G/TBT/N/EU/296  
 
29 June 2015  
(15-3319)  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 authorising a health claim made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's development and health and amending Regulation 
(EU) No 432/2012 (4 pages + 2 pages of annex, in English) 
6. Description of content: This draft Commission Regulation concerns the authorisation of 
one health claim made on foods, other than th ose referring to the reduction of disease risk 
and to children's development and health in a ccordance with Article 18(4) 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: Protection of human health and safety.  
The proposed measure is a Commission Regulation authorising a health claim made on 
foods and amending Commission Regulation (E U) No 432/2012, as referred to above under 
point 6 that has been assessed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with a 
favourable outcome, and which complies with the conditions set out Regulation (EC) 
No 1924/2006. G/TBT/N/EU/296 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the Europe an 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  
 Commission Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 of 16 May 2012 establishing a list of 
permitted health claims made on foods, ot her than those referring to the reduction 
of disease risk and to children's development: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1435136424440&uri=CELEX:32012R0432  
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2015 
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/2015/TBT/EEC/15_2476_00_e.pdf  
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