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Ref. : EIC 230/2/12
2 November 2018
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 989/2018
European Union (EU)* : Authorising of Cranberry Extract Powder, Bovine Milk Basic Whey Protein Isolate and Refined Shrimp Peptide Concentrate as Novel Foods
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 886/2018 dated 28 September 2018, the European Commission has adopted three Regulations to authorise the placing on the market of cranberry extract powder, bovine milk basic whey protein isolate and refined shrimp peptide concentrate as novel foods under Regulation (EC) No. 2015/2283 regarding novel foods, and accordingly amend Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470. Details are set out in Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2018/1631‑1633, which can be accessed through the following links:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R1631&from=EN
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R1632&from=EN
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R1633&from=EN.
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2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.
Yours faithfully,
(LAU Lap)
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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