. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EEC/400 
29 August 2011  
 (11-4242) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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:  mailto:eu-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):  Food 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation amending Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, 
Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European  Parliament and of the Council and 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 953/2009 as regard s the lists of mineral substances that can 
be added to foods (3 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation am ends the lists of authorised 
sources of mineral substances th at may be added to foods and fo r specific nutri tional uses in 
foods for particular nutritiona l uses and for which the European Food Safety Authority 
(EFSA) has given a favourable opinion.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and safety.  G/TBT/N/EEC/400 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliame nt and of the Council of 10 June 2002 on the 
approximation of the laws of the Member  States relating to food supplements 
"http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ /LexUriServ.do?uri=CON SLEG:2002L0046:20091221:EN:PDF " 
Regulation (EC) 1925/2006 of the European Parl iament and of the Council of 20 December 
2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods 
"http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ /LexUriServ.do?uri=CON SLEG:2006R1925:20091221:EN:PDF " 
Regulation (EC) No 953/2009 of 13 October 2009 on substances that may be added for 
specific nutritional pur poses in foods for particular nutritional uses 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2009:269:0009:0019:EN:PDF  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    Expected date mid November 2011 
 
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 date of notification 
11. Text 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 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt//EEC/11_2803_00_e.pdf