. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/284 
15 July 2009  
 (09-3449) 
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):  Vitamins and minerals.      
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation amending Directive 2002/46/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 as regards 
the lists of vitamins and minerals and their forms that can be added to foods, including food 
supplements (19 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation co ncerns the inclusion of certain 
substances in the positive list s of Directive 2002/46/EC and Regulation (EC) 1925/2006. This 
draft Regulation amends the posi tive lists of the abovementio ned legislation by adding new 
substances and for each of them the forms that  may be used for the manufacture of food 
supplements and fortifie d foods and for which the European  Food Safety Authority has given 
a favourable opinion.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 10 June 2002 on the approximation of the la ws of the Member States relating to food 
supplements http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml. do?uri=OJ:L:2002:1 83:SOM:EN:HTML  and 
Regulation (EC) 1925/2006 of the European Parl iament and of the Council of 20 December 
2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals an d of certain other substances to foods. 
http://eur-lex.europa.e u/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L :2006:404:SOM:EN:HTML    G/TBT/N/EEC/284 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 Proposed date of entry into force:    Expected date of adoption is mid-December 
2009 20 days from publication in  the Official Journal 
of the EU (about a month after adoption approx.) It shall apply as from 1 January 2010. 
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 
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 also be downloaded here.