. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/167
3 July 2002
(02-3710)
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 General Directorat e - Directorate D Food Safety
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):   Material and Articles in contact with  food including catering containers and
material and articles in contact with drinking water covered by TARIC positions 3919, 3920,3923 & 3924.  ICS number:  67.250
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Member States of the European Communities (EEC) and third countries exporting the
products concerned to the EEC.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft Commission
Directive relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with
foodstuffs (legislative consolidation of Directive 90/128/EEC and its amendments,61 pages).
6. Description of content:   The legislative proposal is an official codification of Directive
90/128/EEC and incorporates on a single text the amendments made in Directives
1992/39/EEC, 1993/9/EC, 1995/3/EC, 1996/ 11/EC, 1999/91/EC, 2001/62/EC and
2002/17/EC.
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.  To facilitate trade
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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European
Commission Document SANCO/ 2001/0998-rev1 (Available in all community languages).
When adopted it will be published at the Official Journal available at:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html .
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Beginning of JulyG/SPS/N/EEC/167
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:   End of July
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National 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 ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Further to Document SANCO/2001/0998-rev1, in formation 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/