G/SPS/N/EU/221  
 
7 August 2 017 
(17-4268) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate -
General  
3. Products covered (provide tariff ite m number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Novel food  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Commission Regulation (EU) XXX/XX on the 
procedural steps of the consultation process for determination of novel food status in 
accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the Europ ean Parliament and of the 
Council on novel foods (Text with EEA relevance).  Language(s): English . Number of 
pages: 10 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/ SPS/EEC/17_3527_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: According to Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 on novel 
foods, the European Commission has to specify the procedural steps of the consultation 
process established in Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 inclu ding deadlines and the means to 
make the status publicly available.  
Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 establishes that, where food business operators (FBOs) are 
unsure whether or not a food which they intend to place on the market within the 
European Union falls w ithin the scope of this Regula tion, FBOs shall consult the 
EU member State where they first intend to place the novel food on the market. FBOs 
shall provide the necessary information to that EU member State to enable the 
determination whether or not a food  falls within the scope of this Regulation.  
In order to carry out such determination the EU member State may consult other 
member States and the European Commission.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  G/SPS/N/EU/221  
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adopti on (dd/mm/yy) : December 2017  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : December 2017  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Union.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 6 October 2017  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 9 8090 
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. Text(s)  available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multila teral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu