G/TBT/N/EU/534  
 
12 January 2018  
(18-0380) 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 applica ble, 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 Implementing Regulation laying down rules for the application of Article 26(3) 
of Regulation (EU) N° 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the 
provision of food information to consumers, as regards the rules for indicating the country 
of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient of a f ood where different to that 
given for that food. (6 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: According to Article 26(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, this 
draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerns the measures defining the modalities 
for indicating when the origin of a main ingredient of a food differs from the origin of the 
final food.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer protection and information.  
This text addresses cases whe re the origin indication of a food is given: 1) mandatorily in 
order to rectify the misleading food information which implies a certain origin of a food, 
when in fact its true origin is different (according to Article 26(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 
1169/20 11); 2) voluntarily through any indication such as statements, terms, pictorial 
presentation or symbols. Such indications should comply with the criteria set in the notified 
draft in order to avoid the consumer being misled as to the true origin of the foo d. 
8. Relevant documents:  Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food 
information to consumers  
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  2nd quarter 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the third day following the publication of the 
Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union. Th e provisions shall apply from 
1 April 2019.  
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/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/EEC/18_0334_00_e.pdf