G/SPS/N/FRA/10  
10 July 2015  
(15-3555)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: FRANCE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministère de l'économie, de l'industrie et du numérique – Direction 
générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes  (Ministry 
of the Economy, Industry and Digital Technology – Directorate-General for Competition, 
Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff it em number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS nu mbers should be provided in addition 
where applicable): Anti-foaming agents, enzymes (ICS codes: 67.180, 67.160.10, 
67.060, 67.220.10)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Arrêté modifiant l'arrêté du 19 octobre 2006 relatif à 
l'emploi d'auxiliaires technologiques dans la fabrication de certaines denrées alimentaires 
(Order amending the Order of 19 October 2006  on the use of processing aids in the 
manufacture of certain foodstuffs) Language(s): French Number of pages: 5 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/FRA/15_2684_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content: Use of processing aids in certain foodstuffs. 
The notified text amends annexes IA and IC of the Order of 19 October 2006 in order to 
authorize new processing aids. 
It authorizes the use of certain ethylene oxide and propylene oxide copolymers as anti-
foaming agents in the sugar manufacturing process. 
It also authorizes the use of two new enzymes (glucose oxidase and maltogenic exo-
amylase) evaluated in another EU member St ate, and three new enzymes (alpha-amylase, 
phosphodiesterase I, and xylanase) evaluated by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES). 
7. Objective and rationale: [X ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard: 
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) G/SPS/N/FRA/10 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
[ ] Yes [ ] No If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: Arrêté du 
19 octobre 2006 relatif à l'emploi d'auxiliaires technologiques dans la fabrication de 
certaines denrées alimentaires  (Order of 19 October 2006 on the use of processing aids in 
the manufacture of certain foodstuffs) http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTex te.do?cidTexte=LEG ITEXT000020667468  (available 
in French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 November 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 31 December 2015  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Si x months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Beginning of 2016 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 8 September 2015  
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body: 
Commission européenne  
Direction générale de la santé et sécurité alimentaire Unité G-6-Relations multilatérales internationales Rue Froissart 101B-1049 Bruxelles 
Tel.: +(32 2) 295 4263 
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090 Email: sps@ec.europa.eu 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: 
Commission européenne 
Direction générale de la santé et sécurité alimentaire Unité G-6-Relations multilatérales internationales 
Rue Froissart 101B-1049 Bruxelles 
Tel.: +(32 2) 295 4263 Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090 
Email: sps@ec.europa.eu