G/TBT/N/EU/339  
 
18 January 2016  
(16-0325)  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 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 : 
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/  
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 applic able, 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 (5 pages 
+ 3 pages of annex, in English). 
6. Description of content: This draft Commission Regulation concerns the refusal of 
authorisation of certain 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 1924/20 06 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:  
 Protection of human health and safety 
 The proposed measure is a Commission Regulation for seven health claims as 
referred to above under point 6 that have been assessed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with an unfavoura ble outcome. Therefore the health claims 
included in that Commission Regulation do not comply with the conditions 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 
the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods: http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:404:0009:0025:EN:PDF  G/TBT/N/EU/339 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 3rd quarter 2016 
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   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_0168_00_e.pdf   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_0168_01_e.pdf