Regulation (EU) No 1169/ Future work on food information to consumers

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1 Regulation (EU) No 1169/ Future work on food information to consumers BRIEFING Date: 12 November 2012 Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers (FIR) was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on 25 October 2011 and was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 22 November It entered into force on 12 December In order for food business operators to adjust their labels, a transition period has been foreseen. The Regulation s provisions will generally have to be complied with as of 13 December Food business operators that have not applied any nutrition labelling before this date will have to comply with the nutrition labelling rules in accordance with Regulation 1169/2011 by 13 December Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 is a complex piece of legislation that has left a number of issues to be taken forward by the Commission. In fact, future work on the FIR involves 35 implementing acts/delegated acts/reports: - 17 obligatory actions (9 with deadline and 8 without deadline), and - 18 optional. The immediate action priorities for the Commission are as follows: - Origin labelling - Guidance on margins of tolerances for nutrition labelling - Trans fats - Alcoholic beverages Required actions with deadlines

2 Future acts Relevant provision Service Deadline Implementing act on the obligation to label the origin of meat from swine, sheep, goats and poultry Article December 2013 Implementing act on the mandatory origin of ingredients that do not originate from the place of last substantial change (when product origin is voluntarily labelled) Article December 2013 origin for meat used as an ingredient Article 26.6 and 26.7, 13 December 2013 origin for other meat types origin for milk origin for milk used as an ingredient in dairy products origin for unprocessed foods (AGRI) 2 of 7

3 indication of origin for single ingredient products indication of origin for ingredients that represent more than 50 % of a food Ex-post evaluation of mandatory origin labelling of meat Article December 2016 Report on mandatory ingredients and nutrition labelling declaration (in particular the energy value) to beverages containing more than 1.2% alcohol by volume Also consider the need for a definition of "alcopops" Article 16.4, second subparagraph Report on the presence of trans fats in foods and in the overall diet of the European population Article 30.7 Report on the use of additional forms of nutrition labelling, their effect on the internal market and the advisability of further harmonisation of forms of expression and presentation Article December 2017 Report on the use of delegated power conferred by the regulation Article December of 7

4 (standard provision) Required actions without deadlines 4 of 7

5 Future acts Relevant provision Implementing act on rules on the expression per portion or per consumption unit for specific categories of foods Article 33.5 Implementing act on Conditions of use of the voluntary labelling concerning - the possible and unintentional presence of substances causing allergies or intolerances Article a) Implementing act on conditions of use of the voluntary labelling concerning information related to the suitability of a food for vegetarians or vegans Article 36.3.b) Implementing act on conditions of use of the voluntary labelling concerning nutrient reference intakes for population groups other than adults Article 36.3.c) Delegated act to establish rules for legibility Article 13.4, first subparagraph Delegated act to adjust and adapt the definition of engineered nanomaterials to technical and scientific progress or to definitions agreed at international level Article 18.5 Implementing act setting out detailed rules concerning the implementation of the additional forms of expression and presentation Article 35.6 Exchange of information (not a legal measure but a new role to play) between the EC, MS and stakeholders on the sue of additional forms of expression Article 35.4 Optional actions 5 of 7

6 Future acts Relevant provision Delegated act concerning the criteria subject to which one or more mandatory particulars may be expressed by pictograms or symbols instead of words or numbers Article 9.3, Implementing act on the modalities of application of the criteria to express one or more particulars by means of pictograms or symbols instead of words or numbers Article 9.4 Delegated acts to amend Annex III on additional mandatory particulars for specific types or categories of foods Article 10.2, first subparagraph Delegated act concerning criteria subject to which certain mandatory particulars may be expressed by means other than on the package or on the label Article 12.3 Implementing act on the modalities of application of the criteria to express certain mandatory particulars by means other than on the package or on the label Article 12.4 Delegated act to extend the requirements in points (a), (e) and (k) of Article 9(1) to additional mandatory particulars for specific types or categories of foods Article 13. 4, Delegated act supplementing omissions to the list of foods that do not require a list ingredients Article 19.2 Delegated acts to update Annex II on substances causing allergies or intolerances Article 21.2, first subparagraph Delegated act concerning a manner for the expression of the net quantity other than units of volume/mass for certain specified foods Article 23.2 Implementing act setting out rules on the manner of indicating the date of minimum durability Article of 7

7 Implementing act setting out detailed rules concerning the implementation of instructions of use Article 27.2 Delegated acts to amend he lists of nutrients to be included in the voluntary nutrition declaration Article 30.6 Delegated act concerning conversion factors for vitamins and minerals to calculate more precisely the content of such vitamins and minerals in foods Article 31.2 Implementing act setting out detailed rules with regard to the precision of the declared values such as the differences between the declared values and those established in the course of official checks Article 31.4, Implementing act regarding the energy value and amounts of nutrients which can be regarded as negligible Article 34.5, Implementing act regarding uniform application of the manner of presenting the mandatory nutrition declaration Article 34.6 Delegated act concerning additional cases of provision of voluntary food information Article 36.4 Delegated acts to amend the annexes of the regulation to take into account of technical progress, scientific developments, consumers health or consumers need for information Article 46 7 of 7