G/TBT/N/EU/540  
 
8 February 2018  
(18-0881) 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 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 (and its accompanying annex) (5 pages + 3 pages of annex, in English)    
6. Description of content: This draft Commission Regulation concerns the refusal of 
authorisation of seven 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 Regula tion for seven health claims as 
referred to above under point 6 that have been assessed by the European Food Safety 
Authority (EFSA) with an unfavourable outcome. Therefore the health claims included in 
that Commission Regulation do not comply with the con ditions set out in Regulation 
(EC) No 1924/2006, and will not be authorised for use on foods because EFSA concluded 
that they are not scientifically substantiated.    
8. Relevant documents:   
Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of th e Council of 
20 December  2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.  http://eur -
lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/?qid=1518025545675&uri=CELEX:320 06R1924   G/TBT/N/EU/540  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 3rd quarter 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/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/EEC/18_0784_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachme nts/2018/TBT/EEC/18_0784_01_e.pdf