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Ref : EIC 230/2/12

27 July 2015

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 701/2015

European Union (EU)* : Amendment to Regulation Setting Maximum Levels for Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs

Further to our Commercial Information Circular No. 662/2014 of 11 July 2014, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted two Regulations amending Regulation (EC) No. 1881/2006 concerning the maximum levels of lead and inorganic arsenic in certain foodstuff. Details are set out in the Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1005 and 2015/1006, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32015R1005&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32015R1006&from=EN

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 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.