G/TBT/N/EU/572  
 
23 May 2018  
(18-3054) 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 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/en/  
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 providing derogations from Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 
1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on nutrition and health claims 
made on food for the use of certain generic descriptors (7 pages + Annex 3 pages, in 
English).    
6. Description of content: This draft Commission Regulation authorises the use of certain 
generic descriptors, i.e. terms which have been traditionally used to designate a certain 
class of foods which could imply an effect on health, but which have traditionally not been 
used to indicate a health effect and which are not understood by consumers in such 
manner, for the territories of certain Member States of the EU where these generic 
descriptors are traditionally used.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; The objective of this Commission 
Regulation is to provide for a derogation from the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 
1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims for certain generic descriptors, i.e. terms which 
have been traditionally used to designate a certain class of foods which could imply an 
effect on health, but which have traditionally not been used to indicate a health effect and 
which are not understood by consumers in such manner.  
8. Relevant documents:   
 Regula tion (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.europ a.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:404:0009:0025:EN:PDF   G/TBT/N/EU/572  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: Q3 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: 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 notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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/en/  
 
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