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Official Journal of the European Union
9.11.2012
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1047/2012
of 8 November 2012
amending Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 with regard to the list of nutrition claims
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
than the one allowed by the claim ‘light’, would run
counter to the purpose and content of the basic
instrument.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(5) Reduction
in
saturated
fat
is
only
beneficial
when
it
is
not substituted or when it is substituted by unsaturated
fat. Substitution of saturated fat by trans-fatty acids is not
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the
beneficial for health and therefore the conditions of use
European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December
of the nutrition claim referring to the reduction of
2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods ( 1 ), and
saturated fat should be designed to avoid substitution
in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
by trans-fatty acids.
Whereas:
(6) Under
current
conditions,
sugars
reduction
can
be
claimed even when sugars are replaced by fat, leading
to a reformulated product higher in energy. The claim
stating that sugars have been reduced should therefore be
(1) Article
8(1)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
1924/2006
provides
permitted only when the energy of the food does not
that nutrition claims made on foods shall only be
increase after reformulation. Stricter conditions
permitted if they are listed in the Annex to that Regu
requesting an energy decrease corresponding to the
lation, which also sets out the conditions of use of such
sugars reduction would only be achievable for a very
claims.
limited number of products and would thus severely
restrict the use of the claim.
(2)
After consulting the Member States and the stakeholders,
in particular food business operators and consumer
(7) The
Annex
to
Regulation
(EC)
No
1924/2006
should
groups, it was concluded that it is necessary to add
therefore be amended accordingly.
new nutrition claims to the list of permitted nutrition
claims and to modify the conditions of use of the
claims already permitted by Regulation (EC) No
(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
1924/2006.
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, and
neither the European Parliament nor the Council have
opposed them,
(3)
Salt has been used as a preservative and a taste enhancer.
As new technology has developed and scientific advice
on salt has become generally accepted, manufacturers are
making efforts to produce more and more products
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
without addition of salt where technologically feasible.
However, the claim stating that salt/sodium has not
been added to a particular food product is currently
Article 1
not permitted. Given the particular interest from the
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 is amended in
health point of view to encourage such innovation, it
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
would be appropriate to enable manufacturers to
inform consumers of this particular aspect of the
production process. To avoid use of such a claim on
Article 2
food naturally high in sodium, its use should be
limited to food low in sodium.
Products placed on the market prior to 1 June 2014 which do
not comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No
1924/2006 as amended by this Regulation may be marketed
until the stocks are exhausted.
(4) The
European
Parliament
in
its
Resolution
of
2
February
2012 on the draft Commission Regulation amending
Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 with regard to the list
of nutrition claims estimated that a new nutrition claim
Article 3
allowing the communication of more modest reductions
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
( 1 ) OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 9.
European Union.

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EN
9.11.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
310/37
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
ANNEX
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 is amended as follows:
(1) after the entry concerning the claim ‘SODIUM-FREE or SALT-FREE’, the following entry is inserted:
‘NO ADDED SODIUM/SALT
A claim stating that sodium/salt has not been added to a food and any claim likely to have the same meaning for the
consumer may only be made where the product does not contain any added sodium/salt or any other ingredient
containing added sodium/salt and the product contains no more than 0,12 g sodium, or the equivalent value for salt,
per 100 g or 100 ml.’;
(2) in the entry concerning the claim ‘REDUCED [NAME OF THE NUTRIENT]’, the following paragraphs are added:
‘The claim “reduced saturated fat”, and any claim likely to have the same meaning for the consumer, may only be
made:
(a) if the sum of saturated fatty acids and of trans-fatty acids in the product bearing the claim is at least 30 % less
than the sum of saturated fatty acids and of trans-fatty acids in a similar product; and
(b) if the content in trans-fatty acids in the product bearing the claim is equal to or less than in a similar product.
The claim “reduced sugars”, and any claim likely to have the same meaning for the consumer, may only be made if
the amount of energy of the product bearing the claim is equal to or less than the amount of energy in a similar
product.’.

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