Legal provisions of COM(2006)607 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No …/… on nutrition and health claims made on foods - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2006)607 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No …/… on nutrition and health claims made on foods. |
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document | COM(2006)607 ![]() |
date | January 15, 2008 |
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 is hereby amended as follows:
1. | Article 1 shall be amended as follows:
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2. | in Article 3, second paragraph, point (d) shall be replaced by the following:
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3. | Article 4 shall be amended as follows:
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4. | Article 8(2) shall be replaced by the following: ‘2. Amendments to the Annex shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 25(3) and, where appropriate, after consulting the Authority. Where appropriate, the Commission shall involve interested parties, in particular food business operators and consumer groups, in order to evaluate the perception and understanding of the claims in question.’; |
5. | Article 13 shall be amended as follows:
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6. | Article 17(3) shall be replaced by the following: ‘3. A final decision on the application, designed to amend non essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 25(3). However, where at the applicant's request for the protection of proprietary data, the Commission proposes to restrict the use of the claim in favour of the applicant:
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7. | in Article 18(4), the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following: ‘5. Where the Authority issues an opinion that does not support the inclusion of the claim in the list referred to in paragraph 4, a decision on the application designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it shall be taken in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 25(3). However, where at the applicant's request for the protection of proprietary data the Commission proposes to restrict the use of the claim in favour of the applicant:
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8. | in Article 20(2), second subparagraph, points 2 and 3 shall be replaced by the following:
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9. | Article 25 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 25 Committee procedure 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof. The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months. 3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4), and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.’; |
10. | Article 28 shall be amended as follows:
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.