. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/266 
8 April 2009  
 (09-1710) 
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 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 
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):  Food 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation on the authorisation of health cl aims made on food and referring to the reduction 
of disease risk and to children's developm ent and health (17 pages, in English).   
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation concerns the authorisation of 
health claims made on food and referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's 
development and health in accordance with Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 Decembe r 2006 on nutritio n and health 
claims made on foods.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
Protection of human he alth and safety.   
The proposed measure is a Commission Regulation for the health claims  referred to above 
under point 6 that have been assessed by the Eu ropean Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to be 
scientifically substantiated, and which comply with the conditions set out in Regulation (EC) 
No 1924/2006. In addition, the measure includes  health claims assessed by the European 
Food Safety Authority (EFSA) not to be scientifically  substantiated, wh ich therefore do not 
comply with the conditions set out in Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and which are 
consequently not authorised for use on foods.   G/TBT/N/EEC/266 
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  8. Relevant documents:   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. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2006:404:0009:0025:EN:PDF
 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    mid-July 2009 
20 days from publication in  the Official Journal 
of the EU (about a month after adoption 
approx.).  The draft pr ovides for a 6 months 
transition period for the rejected health claims of Annex II.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [  ], or addre ss, 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 Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/    
and can be downloaded here.