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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/212
22 August 2003
(03-4387)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Commission of the European Communities, Health & Consumer
Protection Directorate-General.  Directorate D - Food Safety :  production and distribution
chain
3. 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):  Chemically defined flavouring substances for use in foodstuffs.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Member States of the European Communities (EC) and third countries exporting the products
concerned to the EC.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft Commission
Decision amending Commissi on Decision 1999/217/EC adopting a register of flavouring
substances used in or on foods (SANCO/2495/2003-rev.3);  av ailable in English, 11 pages.
6. Description of content:  Adoption of the register of flavouring substances according to EP
and Council Regulation (EC) No.2232/06 (basic legislation), Commi ssion Regulation (EC)
No.1565/2000 (evaluation programme) and Comm ission Regulation (E C) No.622/2002 (time
limits).
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. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:   For a number of substances technical
background was available or under discussion by  the Council of Europe and JECFA (Joint
FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives).  In order to avoid duplication of work,existing data are as much as possible taken in to consideration within the evaluation process.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European
Commission Document SA NCO/2495/2003-rev.3, dd. 8.8.2003 (available in English,
translations under preparation).  When adopted it will be published in the Official Journal
available at:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html.G/SPS/N/EEC/212
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10. Proposed date of adoption:   November 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   November 2003
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after the date of notification
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments:  [ X ] EC notification authority,
[   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of
other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] EC enquiry point, or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: