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Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION If applicable, name of local government involved: |
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Agency responsible:European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate-General |
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Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Food products |
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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: [X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: |
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Title of the notified document: Draft Commission Regulation amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the introduction of restrictions on the use of certain flavouring substances (text with EEA relevance). Language(s): English. Number of pages: 24 https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_12655_00_e.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_12655_01_e.pdf |
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Description of content: The text limits the conditions of use of 2-Phenyl-2-butenal (FL No. 05.062), 5-Methyl-2-phenyl-2-hexenal (FL No. 05.099) and 4-Methyl-2-phenyl-2-pentenal (FL No. 05.100) to their current use, following an evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority that could not rule out an in vivo potential aneugenicity for these substances and pending the re-evaluation by the Authority of theadditional data from the interested business operators |
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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. |
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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard: [ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text): [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number): [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number): [X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? [ ] Yes [ ] No If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard: |
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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: |
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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): Foreseen for December 2023. Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): Foreseen for December 2023. |
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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or(dd/mm/yy): 20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (with transitional provisions). [ ] Trade facilitating measure |
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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 26 November 2023 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 Food Safety, Unit A4-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101 B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu |
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Text(s) 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 Food Safety, Unit A4-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101 B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu |
