Message 002
Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2023) 00643
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Translation of the message 001
Notification: 2023/0114/E
No abre el plazo - Nezahajuje odklady - Fristerne indledes ikke - Kein Fristbeginn - Viivituste perioodi ei avata - Καμμία έναρξη προθεσμίας - Does not open the delays - N'ouvre pas de délais - Non fa decorrere la mora - Neietekmē atlikšanu - Atidėjimai nepradedami - Nem nyitja meg a késéseket - Ma’ jiftaħx il-perijodi ta’ dawmien - Geen termijnbegin - Nie otwiera opóźnień - Não inicia o prazo - Neotvorí oneskorenia - Ne uvaja zamud - Määräaika ei ala tästä - Inleder ingen frist - Не се предвижда период на прекъсване - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare.
(MSG: 202300643.EN)
1. MSG 002 IND 2023 0114 E EN 17-03-2023 E NOTIF
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3A. Subdirección General de Asuntos Industriales, Energéticos, de Transportes, Comunicaciones y de Medio Ambiente.
Dirección General de Coordinación del Mercado Interior y otras Políticas Comunitarias.
Secretaría de Estado para la Unión Europea
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación.
Plaza Del Marqués de Salamanca 8
28006 Madrid
Teléfonos: 91 379 84 64, 91 379 83 87 y 91 379 83 98
Fax: 91 479 84 01
Dirección correo electrónico: d83-189@ue.mae.es
3B. Subdirección General de Gestión de la Seguridad Alimentaria
Organismo Autónomo Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición
Ministerio de Consumo
Alcalá, 56
28014 Madrid
Correo-e: sggsa@aesan.gob.es
4. 2023/0114/E - C00A
5. DRAFT ROYAL DECREE ON PROCESSING AIDS USED IN FOOD PROCESSING AND PRODUCTION PROCESSES
6. Processing aids used in food manufacturing processes and their conditions of use
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8. The draft Royal Decree regulates processing aids used to process and produce different types of food and their conditions of use.
It applies without prejudice to other rules that may be in force regarding processing aids, such as extraction solvents that can be used in the manufacture of foodstuffs and their ingredients and those used in edible caseins and caseinates and in the production of edible vegetable oils, which are regulated by other national rules, or food enzymes, which are regulated by EU legislation.
It includes the labelling requirements that must be met by processing aids placed on the market in Spain, without prejudice to the indications provided for in other legislation that may be applicable, and the conditions to be met by companies engaged in manufacturing, packaging or distributing processing aids, such as the obligation to be registered in the General Health Register of Food and Food Companies [Registro General Sanitario de Empresas Alimentarias y Alimentos], in the case of Spanish companies, and to be subject to the requirements described in the regulations of the food hygiene package developed by the European Union that may be applicable to them.
All those national rules that have become obsolete and which have been incorporated into this draft are repealed.
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food are empowered to update and amend Annexes I and II of this Royal Decree in order to adapt it to scientific and technical knowledge, and to the European Union rules adopted, where appropriate, on the subject.
Finally, it is established that, for the approval and inclusion in Annex I of new processing aids, a risk assessment by the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition is required, which establishes the safety of the intended use, as well as a prior favourable report from the Directorate-General for the Food Industry at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
9. Processing aids are defined in Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives, but are excluded from its scope of application and are therefore not subject to European Union legislation, hence the need for them to be regulated at national level.
The draft aims to group into a single rule the processing aids that are currently authorised in a dispersed way in several national rules, in order to facilitate their consideration and application by economic operators and control authorities and thus provide them with greater legal certainty.
It also eliminates those processing aids that have become obsolete and incorporates new substances that have not yet been authorised as processing aids in any legislation.
10. There are no basic texts
11. No
12. -
13. No
14. No
15. Yes
16. TBT aspect
NO - The draft will have no discernible effect on international trade.
SPS aspect
NO - The draft will have no discernible effect on international trade.
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European Commission
Contact point Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Fax: +32 229 98043
email: grow-dir2015-1535-central@ec.europa.eu
