G/TBT/N/EU/600  
 
2 October 2018  
(18-6068) 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 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 applicable, 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 and referring to the 
reduction of disease risk (5 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 and referring to the reduction of disease risk in 
accordance with Article 17(3) 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 or safety; The proposed measure is a Commission 
Regulation for one health claim as referred to above under point 6 that has been assessed 
by the E uropean Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with a favourable outcome. Taking into 
account the opinion of the Authority, any relevant provisions of Union law and other 
legitimate factors relevant to the matter under consideration, a health claim reflecting this 
conclusion is considered as complying with the requirements of Regulation 
(EC) No 1924/2006 and should be included in the Union list of permitted claims, 
established by Regulation (EU) No 432/2012.  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of th e 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.d o?uri=OJ:L:2006:404:0009:0025:EN:PDF   G/TBT/N/EU/600  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: Second quarter of 2019  
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/2018/TBT/EEC/18_5157_00_e.pdf  
https:// members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/EEC/18_5157_01_e.pdf