G/TBT/N/EU/711  
17 April 2020  
(20-3052) 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 Commission  
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 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Minerals  
5. Title, number of p ages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Regulation amending Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of 
the Council as regards magnesium citrate malate and nicotinamide riboside chloride used 
in the manufacture of food su pplements and as regards the units of measurement used for 
copper (5 page(s), in English; 2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation concerns the inclusion of 
certain substances in the positive lists of Directive 20 02/46/EC. The purpose of this draft 
Regulation is to amend the positive lists of the above -mentioned legislation by adding new 
vitamin and mineral substances that may be used in the manufacture of food supplements 
and for which the European Food Safety Aut hority has given a favourable opinion. The 
draft Regulation also amends the units of measurement for copper required for labelling 
purposes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health o r safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 June 2002 
on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food 
supplements:  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1587032418289&uri=CELEX:32002L0046  G/TBT/N/EU/711  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  Expected date of adoption is December 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU (the provisions shall apply about a month after adoption). Article 1 of the draft 
Commission Regulation shall apply eighteen months after publication.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from no tification  
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/crnattachments/2020/TBT/EEC/20_2745_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/ 2020/TBT/EEC/20_2745_01_e.pdf