. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/95 
1 December 2005 
 (05-5723) 
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) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
This measure has also been notified u nder the SPS agreement (see under point 7). 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Foodstuffs (dietary), 
Foods for particular nutritional uses 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Directive amending the Annex to Directive 2001/ 15/EC as regards the inclusion of certain 
substances   (5 pages, in English,  French and Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   This draft Commission Direc tive (amending Directive 2001/15/EC 
to include certain substances in the Annex) adds five substances that have received a 
favourable scientific evaluation to the Annex of Directive 2001/15/EC for use for specific 
nutritional purposes in certain categories of foods for particular nutritional uses. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To ensure a high level of protection of public health and the free circulation of products, 
Commission Directive 2001/15/EC of 15 Februa ry 2001 on substances that may be added 
for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses specifies certain 
categories of substances and mentions for each of  them the chemical substances that may be 
used in the manufacture of foods for particular nutritional uses.  The measure was notified to the WTO in 2000 (G/TBT/Notif.00/95) a nd an amending measure was notified in 2004 
(G/TBT/N/EEC/49).   
Since 2004 additional substances have been ev aluated and the proposed measure includes 
them in the annex to Directive 2001/15/EC which would reduce barriers to trade.  G/TBT/N/EEC/95 
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 Both Directive 2001/15/EEC and the amending measure have been notified under the SPS 
Agreement  (G/SPS/N/EEC/80 and G/SPS/N/EEC/229).  The present draft is also being notified under the SPS Agreement. 
8. Relevant documents:  European Commission Do cument SANCO/2005/02844 
Draft Commission Directive amending th e Annex to Directive 2001/15/EC as 
regards the inclusion of certain substan ces  (Available in English, French and 
Spanish).  
When adopted it will be published in  the Official Journal available at: 
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    January 2006 
20 days after publication in the Official Journal 
of the European Union 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of circulation 
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) 299 80 43 E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int