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2013/63/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 24 January 2013 adopting guidelines for the implementation of specific conditions for health claims laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council Text with EEA relevance| Legal instrument | implementing decision |
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| Number legal act | Implementing decision 2013/63 |
| CELEX number i | 32013D0063 |
| Document | 24-01-2013 |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 25-01-2013; Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 15 Volume 025,OJ L 22, 25.1.2013 |
| Effect | 14-02-2013; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
25.1.2013 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 22/25 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 24 January 2013
adopting guidelines for the implementation of specific conditions for health claims laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2013/63/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (1) and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 provides for a possibility to adopt guidelines for the implementation of that Article on specific conditions for health claims. |
(2) |
Both national control authorities and food business operators have raised questions about the implementation of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. In order to ensure consistency in the application of those provisions and to facilitate the work of the control authorities and ensure greater clarity and certainty for economic operators, it is appropriate to issue guidelines. |
(3) |
The guidelines set out in the Annex to this Decision should be taken into account by the national control authorities and food business operators. Interested parties, in particular food business operators and consumer groups, have been consulted on 12 October 2012. |
(4) |
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (2). |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The guidelines for the implementation of Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 are set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 24 January 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
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http://ec.europa.eu/food/committees/regulatory/scfcah/general_food/index_en.htm
ANNEX
Guidelines for the implementation of specific conditions for health claims laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006
Introduction
The following guidelines are addressed to the national control authorities and food business operators as regards the implementation of Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (‘the Regulation’). A health claim is any voluntary commercial message or representation in any form such as words, statements, pictures, logos, etc. which states, suggests or implies that a relationship exists between the food that is the subject of the claim and health.
Article 10 lays down specific conditions for the permitted use of authorised health claims. It should be observed together with the general principles and requirements for all claims (e.g. Article 3 of the Regulation and provisions of Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) and Council Directive 84/450/EEC (2) that operators using health claims must also respect), with the conditions for the use of nutrition and health claims set in Article 4 and with the general conditions for all claims provided in Article 5 as well as with the specific conditions of use foreseen in the list of permitted health claims. For example, in the case of ‘reduction of disease risk’ health claims referred to in point (a) of Article 14(1), additional information is required in Article 14(2). It is important to note that even authorised health claims may not be used unless their use fully complies with all the requirements of the Regulation. Accordingly,...
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