G/TBT/N/EU/144  
 
11 September 2013  
(13-4763)  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:  mailto: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 with 
ingredients present in the form of 'engineered nanomaterials'. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers 
as regards the definition of 'engineered nanomaterials' (7 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, requirem ents and responsibilities governing food 
information, and in particular food labelling.  
In order to inform consumers of the presence of engineered nanomaterials in food, 
Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 provides that all ingredients present in the form of 
engineered nanomaterials must be clearly indicated in the list of ingredients and the 
names of such ingredients must be followed by  the word 'nano' in brackets. In addition, 
it provides a definition of engineered nano materials, which may be adjusted and adapted 
to technical and scientific progress or to definitions agreed at international level, by 
means of delegated acts, for the purposes of achieving the objectives of the Regulation. 
On 18 October 2011, the Commission adopted Recommendation 2011/696/EU on the 
definition of nanomaterial. This Delegated Regu lation adapts the definition of 'engineered 
nanomaterials' laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 to the Commission 
Recommendation 2011/696/EU, taking into account the necessary sector specific considerations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information  G/TBT/N/EU/144 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   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 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:304:0018:0063:EN:PDF  
Commission Recommendation of 18 October 2011 on the definition of nanomaterial  
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:275:0038:0040:EN:PDF    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    By the end of November 2013 20 days from publication in the Official 
Journal of the EU (publication to take place 2 to 4 months after adoption) 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
European Commission EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@e c.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/     
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2013/tbt/EEC/13_3548_00_e.pdf