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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/401 
21 April 2011 
 (11-2070) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Commission of the European Un ion.  Health & Consumers 
Directorate-General Directorate E - Safety of the food chain 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food Additives: ICS Code 67.220.20; all foodstuffs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:   Draft Commission Regulation amending Annex II to 
Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the Eur opean Parliament and of the Council by 
establishing a Union list of food additives   Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  173 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/EEC/11_1234_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Food additives which are currently  permitted for use in foods 
under Directive 94/35/EC of 30 June 1994 on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs, Directive 94/36/EC of 30 June 1994 on colours for use in foodstuffs  and Directive 95/2/EC of 20 February 1995 on food additives other than colours and sweeteners, will be included in 
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 after a review of their compliance with Articles 
6, 7 and 8 thereof.  
The review does not include a new risk assessment by the European Food Safety Authority 
(EFSA).  
Food additives and uses that are no longer needed shall not be entered in Annex II to that 
Regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) The General Standard on  Food Additives (GSFA). 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The EU list is mainly based on the Codex Alimentarius General 
Standards on Food Additives.  Adaptations we re however needed to take into account the 
specificity of the food additive authorisations  currently in force in the European Union. 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  When adopted 
it will be published at the Official Journal available at:  http://eur-lex.europa.eu .  
Information relevant to this proposal can be found on the website of DG Health and 
Consumers at:  http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/chemi calsafety/additives/index_en.htm 
(available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  September 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  September 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  20 days after publication 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  20 June 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] 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 68185/59922 Fax:  +(32 2) 29 98090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] 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 68185/59922 Fax:  +(32 2) 29 98090 
E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu