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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref : EIC 230/4

13 November 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 932/2012

European Union (EU)* : List of Nutrition Claims made on Foods

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 96/2010 of 4 March 2010, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Regulation to add new nutrition claims to the permitted list as well as to modify the conditions of use of the claims already permitted under Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. Products which do not comply with the requirements as set out in the amended Regulation but if placed on the market prior to 1 June 2014 can be marketed until the stocks are exhausted. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1047/2012 which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:310:0036:0037: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, 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.



Note ：

  • (1) While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
  • (2)The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.