EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: NATURAL MINERAL WATERS The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.4. TBT/NOTIF. 94.486. 1. Party to Agreement notifying: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. 2. Agency responsible: Commission of the European Communities. 3. Notified under Article 2.5.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Natural Mineral Waters, NC 22011 000. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive Amending Council Directive 80/777/EC on the Approximation of the Laws of Member States Relating to the Exploitation and Marketing of Natural Mineral Waters (2 pages). 6. Description of content: Proposal for an up-date of the existing Directive. Main proposed changes: system of establishing criteria relating to the composition of mineral waters; extension of period of recognition of Natural Mineral Waters (NMW) from third countries; revision of wording referring to treatments allowed; way of indicating the statement of analytical composition in the labelling. 7. Objective and rationale: Up-date of existing Directive: alignment of the existing Directive with the development of horizontal measures in EEC food legislation. 8. Relevant documents: O.J. C314 of 11 November 1994, pages 4-5. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: Adoption: September 1995. Entry into force: One month later. 10. Final date for comments: 28 February 1995. (004)

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