WTO notification · TBT
DenmarkProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Official title
Bekendtgørelse om fødevarekontaktmaterialer og om straffebestemmelser for overtrædelse af relaterede EU-retsakter/Danish Order on food contactmaterials and regarding penal provision on the relevant EU-legislation on food contact materials; The attached draft amending the legislative decree establishes new lower migration limits for lead and cadmium from enamelled articles and glass, and clarifies the applicable requirements for declaration of compliance for all food contact materials.
Denmark notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 12 February 2026. The comment period closed on 13 April 2026.
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Published here:
CERAMIC PRODUCTS; GLASS AND GLASSWARE; MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES; Environment. Health protection. Safety; Packaging and distribution of goods; Agriculture; Glass and ceramics industries
The comment period closed on 13 April 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/DNK/146; it can take them up with Denmark.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The attached draft amending the legislative decree is a Danish supplementary legislation to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. The draft establishes an increased demand for the use of Declaration of compliance. Paragraph 5 specifies the formal requirements for the declaration of conformity to which food contact materials marketed in Denmark at an earlier stage than the retail stage must be accompanied. The requirements for the declaration of conformity are set out in Annex 1 and apply without prejudice to specific measures issued by the Commission pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food contact materials and articles. Requirements for the declaration of conformity have been established by reference to Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. Furthermore, the draft establishes new lower migration limits for lead and cadmium from enamelled articles and glass. Paragraph 10 specifies that enamelled articles and glassware may only be placed on the market in Denmark if they comply with the migration limits for lead and cadmium set out in Annex 5 to the legislative decree. The new migration limits for lead and cadmium The new migration limits for lead and cadmium Lead…
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