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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/370/Add.1 
16 June 2010 
 (10-3272) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 14 June 2010, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the European Union
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Specifications on Food additives other than colours and sweeteners (ICS Code 67.220.20)
 
 The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EEC/370 (12 February 2010) has been modified in the 
"Draft Commission Directive of *** amending Directive 2008/84/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners".  The European Parliament voted a resolution on 19 May 2010 on the draft Commission Di rective amending the Annexes to the European 
Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC on food  additives other than colours and sweeteners and 
considered that the inclusion of the enzyme pr eparation thrombin/fibrinogen as a food additive for 
reconstituting food in its Annex IV was not compatib le with the aim and content of Regulation (EC) 
No 1333/2008, as it would not meet the general criteria of Article 6 of Regulation (EC) 
No 1333/2008, especially the paragraph 1(c) of Article 6.  
 Taking into account this resolution, the Eur opean Commission proposed a revised version of 
the "Draft Commission Directive of *** amending Directive 2008/84/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners" and proposed a new revision where all 
thrombin/fibrinogen provisions have been withdrawn. 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2438_00_e.pdf
 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    
Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  G/SPS/N/EEC/370/Add.1 
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  [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  15 August 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
European Commission 
DG Health and Consumers, Unit D3 – In ternational questions  (multilateral)  
Rue Froissart 101 B 1049 Brussels Tel:  +(32 2) 29 68185/59 922 Fax:  +(32 2) 29 98 090 
E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu  
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
European Commission 
DG Health and Consumers, Unit D3 – In ternational questions  (multilateral)  
Rue Froissart 101 
B 1049 Brussels Tel:  +(32 2) 29 68185/59 922 Fax:  +(32 2) 29 98 090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu  
 
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