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9.11.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
310/41
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1049/2012
of 8 November 2012
amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards the use of polyglycitol syrup in several food categories
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(6) There
is
a
technological
need
for
the
use
of
polyglycitol
syrup as an alternative polyol for the other already auth
orised polyols. Polyglycitol syrup is less sweet and
provides more bulk, opacity, binding and stability in
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
energy-reduced or sugar-free products. It is therefore
Union,
appropriate to authorise the use of polyglycitol syrup
in the food categories applied for and to assign E 964
as E-number to that food additive.
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
2008 on food additives ( 1 ), and in particular Article 10(3) and
Article 30(5) thereof,
(7) Pursuant
to
the
transitional
provisions
of
Commission
Regulation (EU) No 1129/2011 of 11 November 2011
amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of
the European Parliament and of the Council by estab
Whereas:
lishing a Union list of food additives ( 4 ), Annex II estab
lishing the Union list of food additives approved for use
in foods and conditions of use applies from 1 June 2013.
In order to allow the use of polyglycitol syrup in the
(1) Annex
II
to
Regulation
(EC)
No
1333/2008
lays
down
a
food categories concerned before that date, it is necessary
Union list of food additives approved for use in foods
to specify an earlier date of application with regard to
and their conditions of use.
that food additive.
(2) That
list
may
be
amended
in
accordance
with
the
procedure referred to in Regulation (EC) No
(8) Therefore,
Annex
II
to
Regulation
(EC)
No
1333/2008
1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the
should be amended accordingly.
Council of 16 December 2008 establishing a common
authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes
and food flavourings ( 2 ).
(9) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
(3) Pursuant
to
Article
3(1)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and
1331/2008, the Union list of food additives may be
neither the European Parliament nor the Council has
updated either on the initiative of the Commission or
opposed them,
following an application.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(4)
An application for authorisation of the use of poly
glycitol syrup in several food categories was submitted
and was made available to the Member States.
Article 1
(5) The
European
Food
Safety
Authority
evaluated
the
safety Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended in
of polyglycitol syrup when used as a food additive (
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

3 ). It
considers that the chemical and toxicological data
available for polyglycitol syrup are insufficient to
establish an acceptable daily intake. However, it
concludes, on the basis of the available data, that there
Article 2
are no indications of a safety concern for the proposed
uses and use levels.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
( 1 ) OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16.
( 2 ) OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 1.
( 3 ) EFSA Journal 2009;7(12):1413.
( 4 ) OJ L 295, 12.11.2011, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Union
9.11.2012
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 November 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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ANNEX
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended as follows:
(1) in point 2 of Part B the following entry for E 964 is inserted after the entry for E 962:
EN

‘E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup’
(2) in Part E the following entries for E 964 are inserted in numerical order in the relevant food categories:
‘03. Edible
ices
E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup 200
000 only
energy-reduced
or
with
no
Period of application:
added sugar
From 29 November 2012
icial
04.2.5.1
Extra jam and extra jelly as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC
Jour
E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup 500
000 only
energy-reduced
or
with
no
Period of application:
nal
added sugar
From 29 November 2012
of
the
04.2.5.2
Jam, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut puree as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC
European
E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup 500
000 only
energy-reduced
or
with
no
Period of application:
added sugar
From 29 November 2012
Union
04.2.5.3 Other
similar
fruit
or
vegetable
spreads
E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup 500
000 only
energy-reduced
or
with
no
Period of application:
added sugar
From 29 November 2012
05.1 Cocoa
and
Chocolate
products
as
covered
by
Directive
2000/36/EC
E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup 200
000 only
energy-reduced
or
with
no
Period of application:
added sugar
From 29 November 2012
05.2 Other
confectionery
including
breath
refreshening
microsweets
E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup 200
000 only
cocoa
based
energy-reduced
Period of application:
or with no added sugar
From 29 November 2012
L
E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup 600
000 only
starch
based
confectionery
Period of application:
310/43
energy-reduced or with no added From 29 November 2012
sugar

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E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup 800
000 only
chewy
candy
with
no
added
Period of application:
sugar
From 29 November 2012
E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup 990
000 only
hard
candy
with
no
added
Period of application:
sugar
From 29 November 2012
05.3 Chewing
gum
EN

E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup 200
000 Only
with
no
added
sugar Period
of
application:
From 29 November 2012
06.3 Breakfast
cereals
E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup 200
000 only
breakfast
cereals
or
cereal-
Period of application:
based products, energy-reduced From 29 November 2012
or with no added sugar
Off
07.2 Fine
bakery
wares
icial
Jour
E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup 300
000 only
energy-reduced
or
with
no
Period of application:
added sugar
From 29 November 2012
nal
of
16. Desserts
excluding
products
covered
in
category
1,
3
and
4
the
European
E 964 Polyglycitol
syrup 300
000 only
energy-reduced
or
with
no
Period of application:
added sugar
From 29 November 2012’
Union
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