Regulation 2013/609 - Food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control - Main contents
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Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 Text with EEA relevance| Legal instrument | Regulation |
|---|---|
| Number legal act | Regulation 2013/609 |
| Original proposal | COM(2011)353  |
| CELEX number i | 32013R0609 |
| Document | 12-06-2013 |
|---|---|
| Publication in Official Journal | 29-06-2013; OJ L 181, 29.6.2013,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 13 Volume 066 |
| Effect | 01-01-1001; Application Partial application See Art 22 19-07-2013; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 22 19-07-2013; Application Partial application See Art 22 20-07-2016; Application See Art 22 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
29.6.2013 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 181/35 |
REGULATION (EU) No 609/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 12 June 2013
on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2),
Whereas:
(1) |
Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provides that, for measures having as their object the establishment and functioning of the internal market, and which concern, inter alia, health, safety and consumer protection, the Commission is to take as a base a high level of protection taking account in particular of any new development based on scientific facts. |
(2) |
The free movement of safe and wholesome food is an essential aspect of the internal market and contributes significantly to the health and well-being of citizens, and to their social and economic interests. |
(3) |
Union law applicable to food is intended, inter alia, to ensure that no food is placed on the market if it is unsafe. Therefore, any substances that are considered to be injurious to the health of the population groups concerned or unfit for human consumption should be excluded from the composition of the categories of food covered by this Regulation. |
(4) |
Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (3) lays down general rules on the composition and preparation of foods that are specially designed to meet the particular nutritional requirements of the persons for whom they are intended. The majority of the provisions laid down in that Directive date back to 1977 and need to be reviewed. |
(5) |
Directive 2009/39/EC establishes a common definition for ‘foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses’, and general labelling requirements, including that such foods should bear an indication of their suitability for the nutritional purposes being claimed. |
(6) |
The general compositional and labelling requirements laid down in Directive 2009/39/EC are complemented by a number of non-legislative Union acts, which are applicable to specific categories of food. In that respect, harmonised rules are laid down in Commission Directives 96/8/EC of 26 February 1996 on foods intended for use in energy-restricted diets for weight reduction (4) and 1999/21/EC of 25 March 1999 on dietary foods for special medical purposes (5). Similarly, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC (6) lays down certain harmonised rules with respect to processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children. Commission Directive 2006/141/EC (7) lays down harmonised rules with respect to infant formulae and follow-on formulae and Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 (8) lays down harmonised rules concerning the composition and labelling of foodstuffs suitable for people intolerant to gluten. |
(7) |
In addition, harmonised rules are laid down in Council Directive 92/52/EEC of 18 June 1992 on infant formulae and follow-on formulae intended for export to third... |
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