COMMENTS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION REGARDING NOTIFICATION

G/TBT/N/CHN/1165

FORMULA REGISTRATION REGULATION FOR INFANT AND FOLLOW-UP FORMULA

The European Union (EU) would like to thank the Chinese authorities for providing the opportunity to comment on the draft "Formula Registration Regulation for Infant and Follow-Up Formula" notified on 7 January 2016.

The EU shares the aims of the notified draft to ensure the safety of infant and young child formulas and agrees that, in this regard, the principles of scientific basis, impartiality, fairness and transparency mentioned in the draft itself are essential.

Having examined the notified draft, the EU considers that, without modification, a number of provisions laid down in the notified draft could be more trade-restrictive than necessary to achieve those aims, and consequently would like to share with China the following concerns:

1. R&D and testing capacity