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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
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amending Regulation (EC) n° 1924/2006 with  regard to the list of  nutrition claims 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
  
EN 2   EN COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
of XXX 
amending Regulation (EC) n° 1924/2006 with regard to the list of nutrition claims 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,   
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods1, and in 
particular Article 8(2) thereof, 
Whereas: (1) Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 provides that  nutrition claims made on 
foods shall only be permitted if they are listed in the Annex to that Regulation, which also sets out the conditions  of use of such claims. 
(2) After consulting the Member St ates and the stakeholders, in particular food business 
operators and consumer groups, it was concl uded that it is necessary to add new 
nutrition claims to the list of permitted nutri tion claims and to modify the conditions of 
use of the claims already permitted by Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. 
(3) Salt has been used as a preservative a nd a taste enhancer. As new technology has 
developed and scientific advice on salt ha s become generally accepted, manufacturers 
are making efforts to produce more and more products without addition of salt where technologically feasible. However, the clai m stating that salt/sodium has not been 
added to a particular food product is curr ently not permitted. Given the particular 
interest from the health point of view to encourage such i nnovation, it 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 food naturally high in sodium, 
its use should be limited to food low in sodium. 
(4) The European Parliament in its Reso lution of 2 February 2012 on the draft 
Commission Regulation amendi ng Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 with regard to the 
list of nutrition claims estimated that  a new nutrition cl aim allowing the 
communication of more modest reductions th an the one allowed by the claim 'light', 
would run counter to the purpose and content of the basic instrument. 
                                                
 
1 OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 9.  
EN 3   EN (5) Reduction in saturated fat is onl y beneficial when it is not substituted or when it is 
substituted by unsaturated fat. Substitution of  saturated fat by trans fatty acids is not 
beneficial for health and therefore the cond itions of use of the nutrition claim referring 
to the reduction of saturated fat should be designed to avoid substitution by trans fatty 
acids.  
(6) Under current conditions, sugars reduction can be claimed even when sugars are 
replaced by fat, leading to a reformulated  product higher in ener gy. The claim stating 
that sugars have been reduced should th erefore be permitted only when the energy of 
the food does not increase after reformulation. Stricter conditions requesting an energy 
decrease corresponding to the sugars reduc tion would only be ach ievable for a very 
limited number of products and would thus seve rely restrict the use of the claim.  
(7) The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 should therefore be amended 
accordingly. 
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulati on are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Anim al Health, and neither the European 
Parliament nor the Council have opposed them, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The Annex to Regulation (EC) n°1924/2006 is amende d in accordance with the Annex to this 
Regulation. 
Article 2 
Products placed on the market prior to [ the first day of the month 18 months after the entry 
into force of this Regulation ] 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. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of  the European Union . 
This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission 
 The President  José Manuel BARROSO  
EN 4   EN ANNEX  
The Annex to Regulation No 1924/2006 is amended as follows: 
(1) After the entry concerning the cl aim '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 mo re 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 th e 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."