Commission Directive 2006/82/EC

of 23 October 2006

adapting Directive 91/321/EEC on infant formulae and follow-on formulae and Directive 1999/21/EC on dietary foods for special medical purposes, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 56 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 56 of the Act of Accession, where acts which remain valid beyond 1 January 2007 require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its Annexes, the necessary adaptations are to be adopted by the Commission in all cases where the Commission adopted the original act.

(2) The Final Act of the Conference which drew up the Treaty of Accession indicated that the High Contracting Parties had reached political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the Institutions required by reason of accession and invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union.

(3) Commission Directive 91/321/EEC of 14 May 1991 on infant formulae and follow-on formulae [1] and Commission Directive 1999/21/EC of 25 March 1999 on dietary foods for special medical purposes [2] should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directives 91/321/EEC and 1999/21/EC are amended as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by the date of accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

They shall apply those provisions from the date of accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the fields covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force subject to, and on the date of, the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 October 2006.

For the Commission

Olli Rehn

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 175, 4.7.1991, p. 35.

[2] OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 29.

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ANNEX

FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS

FOODSTUFFS

1. 31991 L 0321: Commission Directive 91/321/EEC of 14 May 1991 on infant formulae and follow-on formulae (OJ L 175, 4.7.1991, p. 35), as amended by:

- 11994 N: Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties ‘�Accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden (OJ C 241, 29.8.1994, p. 21),

- 31996 L 0004: Commission Directive 96/4/EC of 16.2.1996 (OJ L 49, 28.2.1996, p. 12),

- 31999 L 0050: Commission Directive 1999/50/EC of 25.5.1999 (OJ L 139, 2.6.1999, p. 29),

- 12003 T: Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties ‘�Accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33),

- 32003 L 0014: Commission Directive 2003/14/EC of 10.2.2003 (OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 37).

(a) In Article 7(1), the following is added after the words "po膷iato膷n谩 doj膷ensk谩 v媒啪iva" and "n谩sledn谩 doj膷ensk谩 v媒啪iva":

- "‘�in Bulgarian:

"褏褉邪薪懈 蟹邪 泻褗褉屑邪褔械褌邪" and "锌褉械褏芯写薪懈 褏褉邪薪懈",

- ‘�in Romanian:

"preparate pentru sugari" and "pentru copii de v芒rst膬 mic膬".";

(b) In Article 7(1), the following is added after the words "po膷iato膷n谩 doj膷ensk谩 mlie膷na v媒啪iva" and "n谩sledn谩 doj膷ensk谩 mlie膷na v媒啪iva":

- "‘�in Bulgarian:

"屑谢械泻邪 蟹邪 泻褗褉屑邪褔械褌邪" and "锌褉械褏芯写薪懈 屑谢械泻邪",

- ‘�in Romanian:

"lapte pentru sugari" and "pentru copii de v芒rst膬 mic膬". ".

2. 31999 L 0021: Commission Directive 1999/21/EC of 25 March 1999 on dietary foods for special medical purposes (OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 29), as amended by:

- 12003 T: Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties ‘�Accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33).

In Article 4(1), the list starting with "in Spanish" and ending with "medicinska 盲ndam氓l", is replaced by the following list:

- "‘�in Bulgarian:

"袛懈械褌懈褔薪懈 褏褉邪薪懈 蟹邪 褋锌械褑懈邪谢薪懈 屑械写懈褑懈薪褋泻懈 褑械谢懈"

- ‘�in Spanish:

"Alimento dietético para usos médicos especiales"

- ‘�in Czech:

"Dietn铆 potravina ur膷en谩 pro zvl谩拧tn铆 léka艡ské 煤膷ely"

- ‘�in Danish:

"Levnedsmiddel/Levnedsmidler til s忙rlige medicinske form氓l"

- ‘�in German:

"Di盲tetisches/Di盲tetische Lebensmittel f眉r besondere medizinische Zwecke (Bilanzierte Di盲ten)"

- ‘�in Estonian:

"Toit meditsiinilisel n盲idustusel kasutamiseks"

- ‘�in Greek:

"螖喂伪喂蟿畏蟿喂魏维 蟿蟻蠈蠁喂渭伪 纬喂伪 蔚喂未喂魏慰蠉蟼 喂伪蟿蟻喂魏慰蠉蟼 蟽魏慰蟺慰蠉蟼"

- ‘�in English:

"Food(s) for special medical purposes"

- ‘�in French:

"Aliment(s) diététique(s) destiné(s) 脿 des fins médicales spéciales"

- ‘�in Italian:

"Alimento dietetico destinato a fini medici speciali"

- ‘�in Latvian:

"Di膿tisk膩 p膩rtika cilv膿kiem ar vesel墨bas trauc膿jumiem"

- ‘�in Lithuanian:

"Specialios medicinin臈s paskirties maisto produktai"

- ‘�in Hungarian:

"Speci谩lis ‘�gy贸gy谩szati célra sz谩nt ‘�t谩pszer"

- ‘�in Maltese:

"Ikel dijetetiku g魔al skopijiet medi膵i spe膵ifi膵i"

- ‘�in Dutch:

"Dieetvoeding voor medisch gebruik"

- ‘�in Polish:

"Dietetyczne 艣rodki spo偶ywcze specjalnego przeznaczenia medycznego"

- ‘�in Portuguese:

"Produto dietético de uso cl铆nico"

- ‘�in Romanian:

"Alimente dietetice pentru scopuri medicale speciale"

- ‘�in Slovak:

"dietetick谩 potravina na osobitné lek谩rske 煤膷ely"

- ‘�in Slovenian:

"Dietno (dieteti膷no) 啪ivilo za posebne zdravstvene namene"

- ‘�in Finnish:

"Kliininen ravintovalmiste/kliinisi盲 ravintovalmisteita"

- ‘�in Swedish:

"Livsmedel f枚r speciella medicinska 盲ndam氓l" ".

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