. /.    WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/261 
30 March 2009  
 (09-1556) 
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 claims made  on food, other than 
those referring to the reduction of disease ri sk and to children's development and health 
(5 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:   
This draft Commission Regulation concerns the au thorisation of health claims made on food, 
other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's development and 
health in accordance with Article 18(5) of 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.  G/TBT/N/EEC/261 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
Protection of human he alth and safety.   
The proposed measure is a Commi ssion Regulation for health cl aims as referred to above 
under point 6 that have been assessed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). For 
the health claims referred to in the Commissi on Regulation, EFSA concluded that they were 
not scientifically substantiated. Therefore they  do not comply with the conditions set out in 
Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, and will not  be authorised for use on foods.  
8. Relevant documents:    
Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European  Parliament and of the Council of 
20 December 2006 on nutrition and he alth 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 
approximately). There is  a transition period of 
6 months. 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, 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.