G/SPS/N/EU/271  
 
25 September 2018  
(18-5933) 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 item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Materials and articles in contact with food including catering  
containers and materials and articles in contact with drinking water (HS Codes: 3919, 
3920, 3923 & 3924; ICS Codes: 67.250)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regio ns or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Commission Regulation amending Commission 
Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into 
contact wit h food (Text with EEA relevance ). Language(s): English.  Number of 
pages:  7 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/EEC/18_5072_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/EEC/18_5072_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed Commission Regulation would amend 
Commission Regula tion (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to 
come into contact with food. Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 is a specific Regulation within 
the framework Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004. The latter sets out principles and 
procedures applicable to food contact materials.  
This amendment authorises 3 new substances, modifies the conditions of use of one 
substance, introduces a group migration limit for one substance, clarifies the types of 
migrants that are to be used in foods with a certain pH, in troduces requirements for the 
migration testing for the migrating oligomers for one of the newly authorised substance 
when it is used for the production or polycarbonates other than the ones covered by the 
specific authorisation, and corrects minor typogra phical errors.  
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/271  
 
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  [ ] Interna tional 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 adoption (dd/mm/yy) : May 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : May 2018  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publicatio n, 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 20 days after its 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) : 24 November 2018 
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 -Multilater al International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 295 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 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 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 295 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu