Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 489/2012 of 8 June 2012 establishing implementing rules for the application of Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods  Text with EEA relevance

9.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 150/71
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 489/2012
of 8 June 2012
establishing implementing rules for the application of Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods
(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 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods (1), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 establishes that the Commission shall submit, by 1 July 2013, a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the effects of implementing that Regulation. With regard to this, the Member States shall provide the necessary relevant information to the Commission.
(2) The necessary relevant information to be provided by the Member States should relate to the evolution of the market in foods to which vitamins and minerals have been added, including data demonstrating trends in the market since harmonisation at Union level of the addition of vitamins and minerals to foods.
(3) Such information should include consumption patterns of foods to which vitamins and minerals have been added and information on intake of vitamins and minerals by the population and by specific population groups if appropriate. This should include information that demonstrates changes in dietary habits since harmonisation of the addition of vitamins and minerals to foods.
(4) The relevant information to be provided by the Member States should also relate to the addition of substances other than vitamins or minerals to foods, including food supplements, as defined by Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 June 2002 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements (2). Such information should include information on the consumption of such foods and the amounts of the substances added, and on any national measures whether legislative or not, that have been taken so as to restrict or prohibit the use of certain other substances in foods.
(5) It is necessary by way of these implementing rules to establish a list of the relevant information that Member States should collect and provide to the Commission, and to set a common format for presenting this information.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,