CELEX: 51990PC0339
Language: en
Date: 1990-07-11
Title: RE-EXAMINED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON NUTRITION LABELLING OF FOODSTUFFS

15. 8. 90                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 204/3
                                                              II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
                Re-examined proposal for a Council Directive on nutrition labelling of foodstuffs (')
                                               COM(90) 339 final — SYN 155
            (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (2) (d) of the EEC Treaty on 11 July 1990)
                                                       (90/C 204/03)
          The Commission agrees with the common position of the Council stated in Council Document
           4281/90 of 22 February 1990 subject to the following amendments:
           1. After the ninth recital insert the following new recital:
           'Whereas the application of the Directive for a certain period would allow time to gain
          valuable experience on the subject and to evaluate consumer reactions to the form of
          presenting nutrition information, permitting thus the Commission to review the rules and
          propose any appropriate amendments'.
          2. Article 6 (a) second paragraph:
          Delete.
          3. Article 11 (2) is replaced by the following text:
          2.     'Until. . . (five years following notification of this Directive), the declaration in nutrition
          labelling on a voluntary basis of one or more of the following nutrients: sugars, saturates, fibre,
          sodium, shall not trigger the obligation set out in Article 4 (1) and (2) to declare all these
          nutrients.'
          4. Article 11 (3) is replaced by the following text:
          'The Commission shall, by . . . (eight years after notification of this Directive), submit to the
          Council and the European Parliament a report on the application thereof. Together, it will
          submit to the Council any appropriate proposal for amendment.'
          (l) OJ No C 296, 24. 11. 1989, p. 3 [COM(89) 420 final — SYN 155].
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                                                                      ANNEX
                 Amendments adopted by the European Parliament according to the cooperation procedure, second reading,
                             to the common position adopted by the Council on nutrition labelling of foodstuffs
                 COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL                                             AMENDMENTS BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
                                                              New tenth          recital
                                                                                                               Amendment N o 1
                                                                                Whereas there is an urgent need for the Commission to fund a
                                                                                thorough research programme into the best form of presenting
                                                                                nutrition information to consumers;
                                                                   Tenth     recital
                                                                                                               Amendment N o 2
Whereas in order to encourage interested parties, especially                   Whereas in order to encourage interested parties, especially
small and medium-sized undertakings, to provide nutrition                       small and medium-sized undertakings, to provide nutrition
labelling for as many products as possible, measures to make                    labelling for as many products as possible, measures to make
information more complete and more balanced should be                           information more complete, more balanced, and compulsory
introduced gradually;                                                           should be introduced gradually;
                                                                      Article   6
                                                        Paragraph 1 unchanged
                                                                                                              Amendment No 3
2.     Information shall be expressed per 100 grams or per 100                 2.      Information shall be expressed per 100 grams or per 100
millilitres. In addition, this information may be given per serving             millilitres. For substances where the total quantity is less than
as quantified on the label or per portion, provided that the                    100 grams or 100 millilitres, this information shall be given per
number of portions contained in the package is stated.                         serving as quantified on the label or per portion, provided that
                                                                               the number of portions contained in the package is stated.
                                                 P a r a g r a p h s 3 and 4 u n c h a n g e d
                                             Paragraph 5 (a), second subparagraph
                                                                                                              Amendment No 4
Exceptions to the requirement set out in the first paragraph may               Delete
be decided on in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 10.
                                                    A r t i c l e s 7 t o 10 u n c h a n g e d
                                                                     Article   11
                                                       Paragraph 1 unchanged
                                                                                                              Amendment No 5
2.    Until. . . (six years following notification of this                     2.     Until. . . (five years following notification of this
Directive), the declaration in nutrition labelling either on a                 Directive), the declaration in nutrition labelling on a voluntary
voluntary basis or following a nutrition claim of one or more of               basis of one or more of the following nutrients: sugars,
the following nutrients: sugars, saturates, fibre, sodium, shall               saturates, fibre, sodium, shall not trigger the obligation set out
not trigger the obligation set out in Article 4 (1) and (2) to                 in Article 4 (1) and (2) to declare all these nutrients.
declare all these nutrients.
                                                                                                              Amendment N o 6
3.    The Commission shall, by . . . (eight years after notifi-                3.     The Commission shall, b y . . . (eight years after notifi-
cation of this Directive), submit to the Council a report on the               cation of this Directive), submit to the Council and the
application thereof, together with any appropriate proposal for                European Parliament a report on the application thereof,
amendment.                                                                     together with any appropriate proposal for amendment.