G/TBT/N/EU/140  
 
29 July 2013  
(13-4025)  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):  
Agricultural products and foodstuffs. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Implementing Regulation laying down rules for the application of Regulation 
(EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for 
agricultural products and foodstuffs  (34 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Implementing Regulation, together with 
the draft Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament an d of the Council with regard to the 
establishment of the Union symbols for prot ected designations of origin, protected 
geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed and with regard to 
certain rules on sourcing, certain procedural rules and certain additional transitional rules, lays down the rules necessary for the application of Regulation (EU) No 
1151/2012, the new Regulation on quality schemes of agricultural products and 
foodstuffs that repealed and replaced Council Regulations (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products 
and foodstuffs and Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 on agricultural products and 
foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed. The two draft Commission Regulations will replace the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2006 of 14 December 2006 laying down detailed rules of implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 and 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1216/2007 of 18 October 2007 laying down detailed 
rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006. Technical and procedural rules allowing the functioning of the quality schemes are established in the 
two drafts. EU Member States and third countries are concerned.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Rules of application of the existing quality schemes.  G/TBT/N/EU/140 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and 
of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJL 343, 14.12.2012, p. 129) 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:343:0001:0029:EN:PDF    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    February 2014 (at the earliest)  Around 1 month after adoption.  Application: 6 months after publication  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], 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/crnattach ments/2013/tbt/EEC/13_3005_00_e.pdf