G/TBT/N/DNK/95  
 
5 May 2014  
(14-2683)  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:  DENMARK  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Stationsparken 
31-33, 2600 Glostrup. Tel.: +45 72 27 69 00. Website: http://www.fvst.dk  
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 :    
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):  
The Addition of vitamins an d minerals to foodstuffs. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft order on 
the addition of nutrients to food stuffs (17 pages, in Danish). 
6. Description of content:  The national order proposes the procedure for safe marketing 
in Denmark of foodstuffs to which vitamins and minerals have been added, food supplements and other foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses covered by specific EU 
directives are not regulated by the order. 
The additions in Annex 1 are generally allo wed. The maximum amounts of vitamins and 
minerals in the Annex are the total amount present in the product. The Danish 
Veterinary and Food Administration have accepted the amounts in the Annex on the 
basis of safety assessments by The National  Food Institute. When using one of the 
generally allowed additions in the Annex, the company responsible for the first placing of the product on the Danish market is to notify  the DVFA by providing a model of the label 
used for the product. The DVFA is this way able to monitor the market for enriched 
foodstuffs in accordance with article 15 in regulation (EC) No 1925/2006. If a company wants to use an addition not in the Annex or additions in higher amounts the company 
must send a notification to the DVFA with information sufficient for a safety assessment 
of the addition. The company can use the addi tion 6 months after the notification to 
DVFA. The DVFA will however confirm the addi tion within the period of 6 months. The 
DVFA will immediately update the Annex with new generally accepted additions. If the 
DVFA find the notified addition not safe, it cannot be used. Regulation (EC) No 764/2008 on mutual recognition will apply. Decisions prohibiting an addition can be brought before The Food and Veterinary Complaints Board. Decisions of the Complaint Board can be 
brought before the Danish courts according to article 63 in the Danish Constitution. The 
Danish order is similar to the Danish order on the addition of certain other substances than vitamins and minerals to foodstuffs. The Commission expressed a positive position 
on this on 6 May 2011 (Notification 2010/0793/DK, originally 2010/0400/DK). G/TBT/N/DNK/95 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Introduction of a simplified procedure with a positive list system which is to 
ensure safe use of vitamins and minerals in foodstuffs. In order to protect human health 
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration finds that national legislation is 
necessary, until EU regulation is introduced. There is not yet in accordance with article 6.1 in regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 set down common maximum amounts of vitamins 
and minerals. 
8. Relevant documents:   Act No. 250/2013 on food. Draft national Order No. Xxx/2014 on 
the addition of nutrients to foodstuffs.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - November 2014 
10. Final date for comments:  - 
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:    
Dansk Standard 
Kollegievej 6 
2920 Charlottenlund Tel.:  +45 39 96 61 01