. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/48 
15 January 2004  
 
(04-0126) 
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:  0032 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:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Foods and foodstuffs 
with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters,  phytostanols and/or phytostanol esters 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposal for a 
Commission Regulation concerning the labelling of foods and food ingredients with added 
phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols and/ or phytostanol esters (3 pages, available in 
all EU official languages) 
6. Description of content:   This proposal lays down labe lling requirements for foods and food 
ingredients with added phytosterols, phytostero l esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer information.  Foods and food ingr edients with added phyt osterols, phytosterol 
esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters should be labelled in order to inform consumers, 
to ensure that the products reach their targ et group and to prevent over-consumption (more 
than 3g/day) of plant sterols and plant/stanols. 
8. Relevant documents:   Proposal for a Commission Regulation concerning the labelling of 
foods and food ingredients with added phytoste rols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols and/or 
phytostanol esters 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  End March 2004  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union G/TBT/N/EEC/48 
Page 2  
 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification 
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:  0032 299 80 43, 
E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int  
 