. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/299 
20 October 2009  
 (09-5158) 
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 amending Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council with regard to the list of nutrition claims (3 pages, in English).      
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation concerns the addition of five 
nutrition claims, accompanied by their conditions of use, to the list of permitted nutrition 
claims of Regulation (E C) No 1924/2006 of the European Pa rliament and of the Council of 
20 December 2006 on nutrition and he alth claims made on food: 
- Source of omega-3 fatty acids; 
- High in omega-3 fatty acids; - High in monounsaturated fat; 
- High in polyunsaturated fat; 
- High in unsaturated fat.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and safety. The proposed measure is a Commission Regulation 
allowing the use of the nutrition claims referred  to above under point 6. These nutrition claims 
have been assessed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). EFSA concluded 
nutrition claims identifying foods being source of these nutrients, or being rich in these 
nutrients could help consumers to make healthier choices, and it is therefore advisable to 
permit them under cert ain conditions of use.  G/TBT/N/EEC/299 
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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 nutriti on 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 February 2010 
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 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 downloaded here: 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2009/tbt/eec/09_3677_00_e.pdf