G/TBT/N/EU/143  
 
9 September 2013   
(13-4684) 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 Po int 
Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website:   http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Foods 
containing spelt and khorasan; foods and food ingredients with added ph ytosterol, 
phytosterol esters, phytostanols and/or phytostanol esters.  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annexes I I and III to Regulation (EU) 
No 1169/2011 of the European P arliament and of the Council on the provision of food 
information to consumers, as regards certain cereals causing allergies or intolerances and 
foods with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytos tanols or phytostanol esters 
(4 pages , in English).     
6. Description of content:  Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers 
establishes the general principles, requirements and responsibilities governing f ood 
information, and in particular food labelling.  
Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 establishes a list of substances or products 
causing allergies or intolerances. Point 1 of that Annex refers, amongst others, to 
'kamut' and 'spelt', in addition t o wheat. However, the designation 'kamut' does not 
correspond to a common varietal name of wheat but refers to a trademark which has 
been registered in over 40 countries throughout the world.   This trademark is used to 
sell under the 'kamut' brand a special  variety of wheat commonly referred to as 
'khorasan'. In addition, spelt is a variety of wheat and therefore it should be indicated as 
such. This Delegated Regulation amends Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 to 
properly reflect the nature of 'kamut'  and 'spelt' as varieties of wheat.  
Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 repeals and replaces a number of European Union acts, 
including Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 of 31 March 2004 concerning the 
labelling of foods and food ingredients with added phyt osterols, phytosterol esters, 
phytostanols and/or phytostanol esters upon its entry into application. The content of G/TBT/N/EU/143  
 
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  Regulation (EU) No 608/2004 is included in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.  
With a view to ensuring consistency of the informati on provided on the labelling of foods 
and food ingredients with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols and/or 
phytostanol esters, one of the mandatory statements laid down in Regulation (EC) 
No 608/2004 has been amended by Commission Regulat ion (EU) No 718/2013 of 
25 July 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 concerning the labelling of foods 
and food ingredients with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols and/or 
phytostanol esters (previously notified under G/TBT/N/EU/84). T he present draft 
Delegated Regulation amends Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 to align it to 
the new wording of Regulation (EC) No 608/2004.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   Consumer informati on.  
8. Relevant documents:   Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and 
of the Council of 25  October 2011 on the provision of fo od information to consumers, 
OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18:  
http://eur -
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:304:0018:0063:EN:PDF  
Commission Regulation (EU) No  718/2013 of 25  July 2013 amending Regulation (EC) 
No 608/2004 concerning the labelling of fo ods and food ingredients with added 
phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostan ols and/or phytostanol esters, OJ L 201, 
26.7.2013, p. 49 : 
http://eur -
lex.eur opa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:201:0049:0050:EN:PDF  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    By early 2014  
20 days from publication in the Official 
Journal of the EU  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from  notification  
11. Text available from :  National enquiry point  [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
number s, e-mail and web -site address es, if available of the other body:    
European Commission  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website :  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/     
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