. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/EEC/13
22 May 2002
(02-2841)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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 57 25,
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):   1) Foodstuffs containing
quinine and/or caffeine as a flavouring 2) beverages containing more than 150mg/l caffeine,where their trade name does not include the term « coffee » or « tea ».          
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   SANCO/4369/01-
REV.5 Draft Commission directive on the labell ing of foodstuffs containing quinine, and of
foodstuffs containing caffeine. (3 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   1) Quinine and/or caffeine used as a flavouring in a foodstuff
should be mentioned by name in the list of ingredients.
2) Where a beverage contains more than 150mg/l caffeine, the message « high caffeine
content » and the caffeine content (in mg/100ml) must appear on the label.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To inform consumers that quinine or caffeine are present in the foodstuff, and in the case of
caffeine, to inform them precisely in case of high content.  Where caffeine is not known as
naturally present in a foodstuff, or where this presence cannot be deduced from the name of
the foodstuff, it is necessary, specially for those people for which moderation of caffeine
intake is advisable, to be clearly informed of the presence and content of caffeine in the
product.
This draft is also being notified to the Secretariat of the WTO Agreement on SPS measures.
8. Relevant documents:G/TBT/N/EEC/13
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 June 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2003          
10. Final date for comments:   30 June 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] 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 2 299 57 25,
E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int