G/TBT/N/EU/101  
 
2 April 2013  
(13-1697)  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 telephon e 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:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
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 langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Regulation refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's development and 
health (11 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation concerns the refusal of  
authorisation of seventeen health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the 
reduction of disease risk and to children's development and health in accordance with Article 18(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/20 06 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 seventeen health claims as referred 
to above under point 6 that have been assessed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). One health claim referred to in the Commission Regulation, attributes medicinal 
properties to the food subject to the claim which is prohibited and accordingly it will not be 
authorised. For all the other health claims referred to in the Commission Regulation, EFSA concluded that they are not scientifically substantiated. Therefore they do 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 nutr ition and health claims made on foods. 
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lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ. do?uri=OJ:L:2006:404:0009:0025:EN:PDF "   G/TBT/N/EU/101 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    November 2013 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 date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail: mailto:eu-tbt@e c.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/TBT/EEC/13_1314_00_e.pdf