. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/198 
9 July 2008 
 (08-3283) 
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) 2299 8043 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):   Labelling requirements 
applicable to all foods   
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Directive amending Council Directive 90/496/ EEC on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs as 
regards recommended daily allowances, energy conversion factors and definitions (8 pages 
in English, translated into all offici al languages of the European Communities) 
6. Description of content:   Proposal for a Commission Directive that amends Council 
Directive 90/496/EEC on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs as regards recommended daily allowances, energy conversion factors and definitions (definition of 'fibre'). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Following extensive consultation it is consider ed necessary to revise and update a number 
of the technical rules of the Directive. The re vision is needed to ensure coherence between 
different pieces of legislation – more specifically the legislation on:   
- Claims (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of th e European Parliament and of the Council of 
20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods, OJ L 12, 18.1.2007);  
- Fortification (Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other 
substances to foods, OJ L 404, 30.12.2006); and on  G/TBT/N/EEC/198 
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  - Food supplements (Directive 2002/46/EC of th e European Parliament and of the Council 
of 10 June 2002 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements, OJ L 183, 12.7.2002). 
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Earliest date of adoption mid September 2008
20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification 
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) 2 299 8043 
E-mail:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EC-TBT Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/    
and at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/tbt/eec/08_2009_00_e.pdf