G/TBT/N/EU/1010  
27 September 2023  
(23-6444) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addit ion, where applicable):  Products 
or final materials that come into contact with water intended for human consumption  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive (EU) 202 0/2184 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council by laying down conformity assessment 
procedures for products that come into contact with water intended for human 
consumption and the rules for the designation of conformity assessment bodies involved 
in those procedures; (15 page(s), in English), (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Commission Delegated Regulation establishes the 
procedure to assess that a product covered by the regulation complies with the minimum 
hygiene requirement s of Article 11 of Directive (EU) 2020/2184.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The objective of this regulation is the protection of human health by ensuring 
that products that come into contact with water intended for human consumption conform 
with EU minimum hygiene requirements; Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/EU/1010  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 
2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast) (Text with EEA 
relevance). More specifically its Article 11  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32020L2184&qid=1690899415855  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU. The provisions shall apply from 31 December 2026.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattac hments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_12638_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_12638_01_e.pdf