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Official Journal of the European Union
30.5.2013
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 497/2013
of 29 May 2013
amending and correcting Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 laying down specifications for food
additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European
Parliament and of the Council
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(5) Commission
Regulation
(EU)
No
380/2012
of
3
May
2012 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the
Union,
Council as regards the conditions of use and the use
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the
levels for aluminium-containing food additives
( 4 )
European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
deletes the food additives calcium aluminium silicate
2008 on food additives (
(E 556) and aluminium silicate (kaolin) (E 559) from

1 ), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
the list of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the
as of 1 February 2014. Consequently, the specifications
European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
for those food additives should also be deleted.
2008 establishing a common authorisation procedure for
(6) Regulation
(EU)
No
231/2012
contains
two
errors
food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings ( 2 ), and in
regarding Einecs numbers
(
particular Article 7(5) thereof,

5 ) assigned to disodium
guanylate (E 627) and dipotassium guanylate (E 628).
Whereas:
Those errors should be corrected.
(1) Commission
Regulation
(EU)
No
231/2012
(
(7) Regulation
(EU)
No
231/2012
should
therefore
be

3 ) lays down
specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and
amended and corrected accordingly.
III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008.
(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
(2) Those
specifications
may
be
updated
in
accordance
with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and
the common procedure referred to in Article 3(1) of
neither the European Parliament nor the Council has
Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008, either on the initiative
opposed them,
of the Commission or following an application.


HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(3) When
updating
those
specifications
it
is
necessary
to
take
into account the specifications and analytical techniques
Article 1
for food additives as set out in the Codex Alimentarius as
drafted by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended and
Food Additives.
corrected in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2
(4) Regulation
(EU)
No
231/2012
contains
errors
in
the
specifications for sodium bisulphite (E 222), sodium
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
lactate (E 325) and ammonium phosphatides (E 442).
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
Those errors should be corrected.
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 May 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16.
( 4 ) OJ L 119, 4.5.2012, p. 14.
( 2 ) OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 1.
( 5 ) European Inventory of Existing Commercial chemical Substances
( 3 ) OJ L 83, 22.3.2012, p. 1.
(Einecs).

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EN
30.5.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
143/21
ANNEX
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended and corrected as follows:
(1) the entry for E 222 sodium bisulphite is amended as follows:
(a) the heading is replaced by the following:
‘E 222 SODIUM HYDROGEN SULPHITE’
(b) the specification for the purity of iron is replaced by the following:
‘Iron Not
more
than
10
mg/kg
based
on
the
SO 2 content’
(2) in the entry for E 325 sodium lactate, the specification for the test for potassium identification is replaced by the
following:
‘Test for sodium Passes
test’
(3) in the entry for E 442 ammonium phosphatides, the specifications as regards description are replaced by the
following:
‘Description Unctuous
semi-solid
to
oily
liquid’
(4) in the entry for E 556 calcium aluminium silicate, the heading is replaced by the following:
‘E 556 CALCIUM ALUMINIUM SILICATE (*)
___________
(*) Period of application: until 31 January 2014.’;
(5) in the entry for E 559 aluminium silicate (kaolin), the heading is replaced by the following:
‘E 559 ALUMINIUM SILICATE (KAOLIN) (*)
___________
(*) Period of application: until 31 January 2014.’;
(6) in the entry for E 627 disodium guanylate, the Einecs number in the definition is replaced by the following:
‘Einecs 226-914-1’
(7) in the entry for E 628 dipotassium guanylate, the Einecs number in the definition is replaced by the following:
‘Einecs 221-849-5’

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