. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/390 
30 November 2010 
 (10-6425) 
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 Communities. 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 (Lycopene col ours) (ICS Code:  67.220.20) 
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 Directive of amending 
Directive 2008/128/EC laying down specific purity criteria on colours for use in foodstuffs 
Language:  English  Number of pages:  8   
6. Description of content:  Current legislation lays down sp ecifications only for lycopene of 
red tomatoes and needs to be modified by incl uding the other two:  synthetic lycopene and 
lycopene from Blakeslea trispora . 
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) Codex General Standard For Fo od Additives (Codex Stan 192- 
1995) 
[ ] 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?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/EEC/390 
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  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
 (available 
in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  First quarter of 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  First quarter of 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  20 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  29 January 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [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 (0) 2 29 68185/59922 Fax:  + 32 (0) 2 29 98090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu 
13. Texts available from:  [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 (0) 2 29 68185/59922 Fax:  + 32 (0) 2 29 98090 
E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu