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Ref.: EIC 230/2/12
12 January 2017
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 39/2017
European Union (EU)* : Amendments to Regulation on Food Additives
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 121/2016 dated 22 January 2016, the European Commission has adopted a Regulation to amend the Annex of Regulation (EU) No. 231/2012 regarding specifications for food additives steviol glycosides (E 960). Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1814, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016R1814&from=EN
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2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5556.
Yours faithfully,
(Charles LO)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The EU member countries are 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.
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