. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/96 
1 December 2005 
 (05-5724) 
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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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@cec.eu.int 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
This measure has also been notified u nder the SPS agreement (see under point 7). 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Food supplements 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Directive amending the Annexes to Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and 
of the Council as regards the inclusion of certain  substances  (5 pages, in English, French 
and Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This draft Commission Direc tive (amending Directive 2002/46/EC 
to include certain substances in the Annex) adds three substances that have received a 
favourable scientific evaluation to the Anne x of Directive 2002/46/EC for use in food 
supplements. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To ensure a high level of protection of public health and the free circulation of products, 
Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliame nt and of the Council of 10 June 2002 on 
the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements specifies certain categories of vitamins a nd minerals and mentions for each  of them the substances that 
may be used in the manufacture of food suppl ements.  The measure wa s notified to the WTO 
in 2000 (G/SPS/N/EEC/87).   
Since 2002 additional substances have been ev aluated and the proposed measure includes 
them in the annexes to Directive 2002/46/EC wh ich would reduce barriers to trade.   
The present draft is also being notified under the SPS Agreement. G/TBT/N/EEC/96 
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 8. Relevant documents
:  European Commission Document SANCO/2005/02845 Draft 
Commission Directive amending the Anne xes to Directive 2002/46/EC of the 
European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of certain 
substances  (Available in English, French and Spanish).  
When adopted it will be published in the Official Journal available at:  
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    January 2006 
20 days after publication in the Official Journal 
of the European Union 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of circulation 
11. Texts 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) 299 80 43 
E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int