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
Date: 2006-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, EC Directive, EU law - national law, European Commission, Romania, accession to the European Union, approximation of laws, baby food, dietary product

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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,

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

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)

(2)

(3)

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.

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 adap-
tations to acts adopted by the Institutions required by
reason of accession and invited the Council and the
Commission
before
accession, completed and updated where necessary to
take account of the evolution of the law of the Union.

adaptations

adopt

these

to

formulae

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

formulae (1)

follow-on

and

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

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

(1) OJ L 175, 4.7.1991, p. 35.
(2) OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 29.

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31991 L 0321: Commission Directive 91/321/EEC of 14 May 1991 on infant formulae and follow-on formulae

1.
(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 ‘počiatočná dojčenská výživa’ and ‘následná dojčenská výživa’:

‘— in Bulgarian:

“храни за кърмачета” and “преходни храни”,

— in Romanian:

“preparate pentru sugari” and “pentru copii de vârstă mică”.’;

(b) In Article 7(1), the following is added after the words ‘počiatočná dojčenská mliečna výživa’ and ‘následná dojčenská

mliečna výživa’:

‘— in Bulgarian:

“млека за кърмачета” and “преходни млека”,

— in Romanian:

“lapte pentru sugari” and “pentru copii de vârstă mică”. ’.

31999 L 0021: Commission Directive 1999/21/EC of 25 March 1999 on dietary foods for special medical purposes

2.
(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 ändamål’, is replaced by the following list:

‘— in Bulgarian:

“Диетични храни за специални медицински цели”

— in Spanish:

“Alimento dietético para usos médicos especiales”

— in Czech:

“Dietní potravina určená pro zvláštní lékařské účely”

— in Danish:

“Levnedsmiddel/Levnedsmidler til særlige medicinske formål”

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— in German:

“Diätetisches/Diätetische Lebensmittel für besondere medizinische Zwecke (Bilanzierte Diäten)”

— in Estonian:

“Toit meditsiinilisel näidustusel kasutamiseks”

— in Greek:

“Διαιτητικά τρόφιμα για ειδικούς ιατρικούς σκοπούς”

— in English:

“Food(s) for special medical purposes”

— in French:

“Aliment(s) diététique(s) destiné(s) à des fins médicales spéciales”

— in Italian:

“Alimento dietetico destinato a fini medici speciali”

— in Latvian:

“Diētiskā pārtika cilvēkiem ar veselības traucējumiem”

— in Lithuanian:

“Specialios medicininės paskirties maisto produktai”

— in Hungarian:

“Speciális – gyógyászati célra szánt – tápszer”

— in Maltese:

“Ikel dijetetiku għal skopijiet mediċi speċifiċi”

— in Dutch:

“Dieetvoeding voor medisch gebruik”

— in Polish:

“Dietetyczne środki spożywcze specjalnego przeznaczenia medycznego”

— in Portuguese:

“Produto dietético de uso clínico”

— in Romanian:

“Alimente dietetice pentru scopuri medicale speciale”

— in Slovak:

“dietetická potravina na osobitné lekárske účely”

— in Slovenian:

“Dietno (dietetično) živilo za posebne zdravstvene namene”

— in Finnish:

“Kliininen ravintovalmiste/kliinisiä ravintovalmisteita”

— in Swedish:

“Livsmedel för speciella medicinska ändamål” ’.