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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/343 
1 July 2009 
 (09-3200) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Commission of the European Communities.  Health & Consumers 
Directorate-General  Directorate E – Safety of the food chain 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Materials and articles in contact with food including catering containers and 
materials and articles in contact with dri nking water covered by TARIC positions 3919, 
3920, 3923 & 3924.  ICS Code 67.250. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or 
[   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  "Draft Commission Regulation amending Directive 
2002/72/EC relating to plastic materials and ar ticles intended to come into contact with 
foodstuffs" (Document SANCO/2009/05907)  Language:  English  Number of pages:  11 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/EEC/09_2246_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The objective of this draft Regulation is to update the list of 
monomers and additives used for the manufacture of plastic materials and articles intended 
to come into contact with foodstuffs, in accordance with the opinion from the European 
Food Safety Authority. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/EEC/343 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[ X ] None 
 Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Further to 
Document SANCO/2009/05907, information relevant to this proposal can be found on the website of DG Health and Consumers at:  
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/chemi calsafety/foodcontact/index_en.htm
 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  October 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication 
in the Official Journal of the European Union . 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ X ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  30 August 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
sps@ec.europa.eu 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
sps@ec.europa.eu