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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/138
7 November 2001
(01-5508)
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:  European Commission, General Directorate for Health and Consumer
Protection
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Food contact plastic materials and food packaged in them.  Regions or
countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: EC Member States
and third countries exporting to the European Communities
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Draft Commission Directive
Amending Commission Directive 90/128/EEC relating to plastic materials and articles
intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (11 pages).
5. Description of content: This draft Directive updates the list of monomers and additives
used for the manufacture of plastics materials and articles intended to come into contactwith foodstuffs by including substances recently evaluated by the Scientific Committee on
Food.
6. 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           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: European
Commission Document SANC O/2001/2779 (Available in all community languages)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  End February 2002
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Beginning of April 2002
11. Final date for comments: 14 December 2001.  Comments may be welcome at any time.
They will be considered at the occasion of  a new modification of Directive 90/128/EEC
relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [  X ] EC enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           G/SPS/N/EEC/138
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12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] EC enquiry point or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Further to Document SANCO/2001/2779, inform ation relevant to this proposal can
be found in the opinions and minutes of the Scientific Committee for Food (SCF) at
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/sc/scf/index_en.html . and on the Website of the EEC
Joint Research Centre on Food Contact Materials at http://cpf.jrc.it/webpack/