G/TBT/N/EU/408  
 
23 September 2016  
(16-5087) 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 a ddress (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/   
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 certain health claims made on foods, other than those 
referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's development and health (3 pages 
+ 2 pages of annex, in English)  
6. Description of content : This draft Commission Regulation concerns the refusal of 
authorisation of certain 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 1924/2006 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 : The proposed measure is a Commission Regulation concerning three health 
claims that have been assessed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with an 
unfavourable outcome. EFSA concluded that these three health claims are not scientifically 
substantiated. Therefore they do not comply with the condit ions set out in Regulation 
(EC) No 1924/2006, and will not be author ised for use on foods.  
Protection of human health or safety  
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=OJ:L:2006:404:0009:0025:EN:PDF  G/TBT/N/EU/408  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : Third Quarter 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force : 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU (about a month after adoption approximatively)   
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts avai lable from : National enquiry point  [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, 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/   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_3987_01_e.pdf   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_3987_00_e.pdf