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Ref : EIC 230/2/12

5 September 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 722/2013

European Union (EU)* : Amendments to Regulation on Food Additives

Further to Commercial Information Circular No 623/2013 dated 31 July 2013, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted three Regulations to amend Annexes II and III of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 regarding the use of neutral methacrylate copolymer and anionic methacrylate copolymer in solid food supplements; octenyl succinic acid modified gum arabic; and sucrose esters of fatty acids (E 473) in flavourings for water based clear flavoured drinks as well as to amend the Annex of Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 concerning the specifications for certain food additives. Details are set out in Commission Regulations (EU) Nos 816/2013, 817/2013 and 818/2013, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:230:0001:0006:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:230:0007:0011:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:230:0012:0013:EN:PDF

ENQUIRIES

2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.