G/SPS/N/EU/224  
 
9 Augu st 2017  
(17-4310) 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 Food Safety 
Directorate -General  
3. Products covered (provide tariff ite m number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Foods  
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 (EU) XXX/XX establishing 
mitigation measures and benchmark levels to reduce the presence of acrylamide in food 
(Text with EEA relevance).  Language(s): English, Frenc h and Spanish . Number of 
pages: 7+21  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_3569_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_3569_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/1 7_3569_00_s.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_3569_01_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_3569_01_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_3569_01_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The draft Regulation establishes mitigation measures to be 
applied by food business operators to reduce the presence of acrylamide in food and 
establishes benchmark levels as performance indicators to be used to verify the 
effectiv eness of the mitigation measures.  
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 inte rnational standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Code of Practice for the Reduction of Acrylamide in 
Foods (CAC/RCP 67 -2009)  
[ ] World Organization for Anim al Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/EU/224  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : November 2017  
Proposed date of publication  (dd/mm/yy) : November 2017  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. Date of application: 4 months after the entry into f orce 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 8 October 2017  
Agency or authority designated to handle 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 Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. Text(s)  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 Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu