. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/353 
9 December 2010  
 (10-6646) 
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 UNION
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
European Commission 
EU–TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  eu-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):  Fruit and vegetables 
(ICS:  67) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a Directive 
of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 2001/112/EC 
relating to fruit juices and certain simila r products intended for human consumption 
(COM(2010) 490) (16 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  Council Directive 2001/112/EC of  20 December 2001 relating to 
fruit juices and certain similar products inte nded for human consumption lays down rules 
governing the composition, use of reserved de scriptions, manufacturing specifications and 
labelling of the products concerned.  
This draft Directive of the European Parlia ment and of the Council is the second measure 
amending Directive 2001/112/EC and is aimed at incorporating more of the provisions of the 
Codex Alimentarius standard into  EU legislation, while also taking account of the European 
Fruit Juice Association's (AIJN) Code of Practi ce.  It reaffirms the distinction between fruit 
juice and fruit juice from concentrate, simplifies the provisions on the restitution of flavours, provides for the removal of sugar from the list of authorised ingredie nts (except for nectars 
and some special products) and includes tomatoes  in the list of fruits used for fruit juice 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
This modification follows the evolution of tec hnical progress in the fruit juice industry and 
the last developments in relevant international standards, in particular the Codex Standard for 
fruit juices and nectars (Codex Stan 247–2005), a nd takes account of the Code of Practice of 
the AIJN.  
8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 2001/112/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to fruit 
juices and certain similar pr oducts intended for human cons umption, OJEU L10, 12.01.2002, 
pp 58–66. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2002:010:0058:0066:EN:PDF  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
7 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU but deferred date of application (18 
months) 
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from: National  enquiry point [ ], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and website addresses, if available of the other body:  
European Commission EU–TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu
 
The text is available on the EU–TBT Website :  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
and at: 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0490:FIN:EN:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0490:FIN:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0490:FIN:ES:PDF  
And can be downloaded at: http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/EEC/10_4577_00_e.pdf