G/TBT/N/EU/568  
 
25 April 2018  
(18-2598) 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): Food 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commission Regulation refusing to authorise a health claim made on foods and referring to 
children's development and health (and its accompanying annex) (3 pages + 2 pages of 
annex, in English)   
6. Description of content: This draft Commission Regulation concerns the refusal of 
authorisat ion of one health claim made on foods and referring to children's development 
and health in accordance with Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health 
claims made on foods.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health and safety; The proposed measure is a 
Commission Regulation for one health claim as referred to above under point 6 that has 
been as sessed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with an unfavourable 
outcome. Therefore the health claim included in that Commission Regulation does not 
comply with the conditions set out in Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, and will not be 
authorised for use on foods.  
8. Relevant documents:  Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods. 
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 4th quarter 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU (about a month after adoption approx.)  
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/crnattachments/2018/TBT/EEC/18_2232_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/EEC/18_2232_01_e.pdf