G/SPS/N/EU/75  
 
12 May 2014  
(14-2893)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: European Commission: Health and Consumers Directorate-
General 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Materials and articles in contact with food including 
catering containers and materials and articles in contact with drinking water 
(HS Codes: 3919, 3920, 3923 and 3924; ICS Code: 67.250) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Commission Regulation amending Commission 
Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into 
contact with food (Text with EEA relevance)  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 
6+9 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/EEC/14_2330_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/EEC/14_2330_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed Commission Regulation is amending and 
correcting Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 
15 January 2011 is a specific Regulation with in the meaning of the framework Regulation 
(EC) No 1935/2004 which sets out the main principles and procedures applicable to food contact materials. 
The proposed Commission Regulation is updating the Union list in Annex I to 
(EU) No 10/2011. It amends the authorisation for nine substances, includes six new 
substances with a favourable assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for their use in plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, 
and deletes one authorisation. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    G/SPS/N/EU/75 
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : November 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : November 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 27 June 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
European Commission 
DG Health and Consumers, Unit G6 Multilateral international relations Rue Froissart 101 B 1049 Brussels 
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090 Email: sps@ec.europa.eu 
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Consumers, Unit G6 - Multilateral international relations Rue Froissart 101 B 1049 Brussels 
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090 Email: sps@ec.europa.eu