. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/124 
13 October 2006 
 (06-4948) 
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 57.25 Email: ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu 
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):   Pre-packaged foodstuffs 
to be delivered as such to the ultimate cons umer or intended for supply to restaurants, 
hospitals, canteens and other similar mass caterers. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Directive amending Annex IIIa of Directive 2000/1 3/EC of the European Parliament and of 
the Council listing the ingredients which must under all circumstances appear on the 
labelling of foodstuffs. (SANCO/02362/2006 Rev.2) (4 pages, available in all Community 
languages). 
6. Description of content:   Article 1 of this  propo sal adds to  Annex IIIa of:  Directive 
2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the council of 20 March 2000 on the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and 
advertising of foodstuffs , the following ingredients: 
“Lupin and products thereof” and “Molluscs and products thereof”. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Improvement of consumers’ information re garding the content of foodstuffs, and in 
particular, ensuring that people suffering from food allergies could avoid ingredients which 
can cause adverse reactions to them. G/TBT/N/EEC/124 
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8. Relevant documents:   SANCO/02362/2006 Rev.2.  A consolidated version of Directive 
2000/13/EC of the European Parliament a nd of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (OJ L 109, 6.5.2000, p.  29) is available in English, French and 
Spanish. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/e n/consleg/2000/L/0200 0L0013-20040501-en.pdf 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/ fr/consleg/2000/L/02 000L0013-20040501-fr.pdf 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site /es/consleg/2000/L/02000L0013-20040501-es.pdf 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }December 2006 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] 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: 0032 2 299 57 25 E-mail: ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu