. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/158 
8 June 2007 
 (07-2409) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  ec-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):   Agricultural products 
and foodstuffs intended for  human consumption – those included in HS Chapters 1 to 24 
approximately. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Regulation (EC) laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council regulation 
(EC) n° 509/2006 on agricultural products  and foodstuffs as traditional specialities 
guaranteed (20 pages, in English, French and Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This draft Commission Regulation concerns the detailed rules on 
the information to be included in the product specification, especially concerning names to 
be registered, description of the product, the production method, checking the specific character, and the practical rules/procedures for registration (application, joint application, 
objections), amendments to the specifications, objections, cancellations.  
The draft also sets out rules regarding the indications and symbols (Article 9) and the 
register (Article 10). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Adapting the implementing rules following the adoption of Council Regulation (EC) 
509/2006 for the sake of clarity of economic operators. G/TBT/N/EEC/158 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Council Regulation (EC) 509/20 06 on agricultural products and 
foodstuffs as traditional specialities guarantee. 
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1848/93 of 9 July 1993 laying down detailed 
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Mid August 2007  
Seven days from publication in the Official 
Journal of the EU 
10. Final date for comments:   60  days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu 
The text is available on the EC-TBT We bsite:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/