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3.1. Confectionery or beverages containing glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium s

Label required

3.1. Confectionery or beverages containing glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt due to the addition of the substance(s) as such or the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza

• Sold prepacked
• Contains glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt
• The term 'liquorice' appears in the list of ingredients or the name of the food: no

Depends on: sold prepacked, contains glycyrrhizinic acid, liquorice in name or ingredients

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Confectionery or beverages containing glycyrrhizinic acid

Label required

‘contains liquorice’ added immediately after the list of ingredients

• Sold prepacked
• Contains glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt
• The term 'liquorice' appears in the list of ingredients or the name of the food: no

Depends on: sold prepacked, contains glycyrrhizinic acid, liquorice in name or ingredients

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

‘contains liquorice – people suffering from hypertension should avoid excessive

Label required

‘contains liquorice – people suffering from hypertension should avoid excessive consumption’ shall be added immediately after the list of ingredients.

• Sold prepacked
• Contains glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt
• Glycyrrhizinic acid concentration at least 4000 mg/kg or mg/l

Depends on: sold prepacked, contains glycyrrhizinic acid, glycyrrhizinic acid concentration

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

‘contains liquorice – people suffering from hypertension should avoid excessive

Label required

‘contains liquorice – people suffering from hypertension should avoid excessive consumption’ shall be added immediately after the list of ingredients.

• Sold prepacked
• Contains glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt

Depends on: sold prepacked, contains glycyrrhizinic acid

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

6.1. Frozen meat, frozen meat preparations and frozen unprocessed fishery produc

Label required

6.1. Frozen meat, frozen meat preparations and frozen unprocessed fishery products. | the date of freezing or the date of first freezing in cases where

• Sold prepacked
• Sold frozen
• Meat, meat preparation or fishery product

Depends on: sold prepacked, frozen, meat or fishery product

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

From the consolidated text: 6.1. Frozen meat, frozen meat preparations and frozen unprocessed fishery products. · the date of freezing or the date of first freezing in cases where

15 rules from Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers

Label required

• Sold prepacked

Depends on: sold prepacked

Dates run from 13 Dec 2014 to 13 Dec 2016

Each rule has its own date; open a target.

Example: a clear indication of the component or the ingredient that has been used

Foods containing sweeteners

Label required

‘with sweetener(s)’ accompanying the name of the food

• Sold prepacked
• Contains sweeteners

Depends on: sold prepacked, sweeteners present

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Foods containing both added sugar and sweeteners

Label required

‘with sugar(s) and sweetener(s)’ accompanying the name of the food

• Sold prepacked
• Contains sweeteners

Depends on: sold prepacked, sweeteners present

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Foods containing aspartame or aspartame-acesulfame salt

Label required

‘contains aspartame (a source of phenylalanine)’ where designated only by E number; ‘contains a source of phenylalanine’ where designated by its specific name

• Sold prepacked
• Aspartame is added

Depends on: sold prepacked, aspartame present

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Foods containing more than 10 % added polyols

Label required

‘excessive consumption may produce laxative effects’

• Sold prepacked
• Contains more than 10 % added polyols

Depends on: sold prepacked, added polyols over 10 percent

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Beverages with caffeine above 150 mg/l

Label required

‘High caffeine content. Not recommended for children or pregnant or breast-feeding women’ in the same field of vision as the name of the beverage, followed by the caffeine content in mg per 100 ml in brackets

• Sold prepacked
• A beverage
• Caffeine content at least 150.01 mg/L

Depends on: sold prepacked, beverage, caffeine mg per l

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted. The threshold is read as 150.01 mg/l or more (in excess of 150 mg/l). The exception for beverages based on coffee, tea or their extracts whose name includes ‘coffee’ or ‘tea’ is applied as an exclusion.

Foods other than beverages with caffeine added for a physiological purpose

Label required

‘Contains caffeine. Not recommended for children or pregnant women’ in the same field of vision as the name of the food, followed by the caffeine content in mg per 100 g/ml in brackets

• Sold prepacked
• A beverage: no

Depends on: sold prepacked, beverage

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Food treated with ionising radiation

Label required

Indication ‘irradiated’ or ‘treated with ionising radiation’

• Sold prepacked
• Treated with ionising radiation

Depends on: sold prepacked, irradiated

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

1. The net quantity of a food shall be expressed using litres, centilitres, mill

Label required

1. The net quantity of a food shall be expressed using litres, centilitres, millilitres, kilograms or grams, as appropriate:

• Sold prepacked
• Net quantity exempt under Annex IX point 1(a) or (c): no

Depends on: sold prepacked, annex ix sold by number or loss

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

(e) the net quantity of the food;

Label required

(e) the net quantity of the food;

• Sold prepacked
• Net quantity exempt under Annex IX point 1(a) or (c): no

Depends on: sold prepacked, annex ix sold by number or loss

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Net quantity

Label required

Net quantity in litres, centilitres, millilitres, kilograms or grams: volume for liquid products, mass for other products

• Sold prepacked
• Net quantity exempt under Annex IX point 1(a) or (c): no

Depends on: sold prepacked, annex ix sold by number or loss

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Net quantity of the food

Label required

Net quantity of the food

• Sold prepacked
• Net quantity exempt under Annex IX point 1(a) or (c): no

Depends on: sold prepacked, annex ix sold by number or loss

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Mandatory food information

Label required

Conspicuous place, easily visible, clearly legible and, where appropriate, indelible; not hidden, obscured or interrupted by other matter

Every product in the category

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Mandatory food information

Label required

Mandatory food information in a language easily understood by consumers of the Member State where the food is marketed

Every product in the category

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Nutrition declaration

Label required

Energy value and nutrient amounts per 100 g or per 100 ml

Every product in the category

In force since 13 Dec 2016

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2016

Art. 55: point (l) of Art. 9(1) and Arts. 29-35 apply from 13 December 2016. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date that do not comply with point (l) may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Nutrition declaration

Label required

Art. 30(1) and (2) particulars in the same field of vision, presented together in a clear format

Every product in the category

In force since 13 Dec 2016

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2016

Art. 55: point (l) of Art. 9(1) and Arts. 29-35 apply from 13 December 2016. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date that do not comply with point (l) may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Nutrition declaration

Label required

Tabular format with numbers aligned if space permits; otherwise linear format

Every product in the category

In force since 13 Dec 2016

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2016

Art. 55: point (l) of Art. 9(1) and Arts. 29-35 apply from 13 December 2016. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date that do not comply with point (l) may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Non-prepacked food, allergens present

Label required

Allergen particulars of Art. 9(1)(c) for food offered without prepackaging, packed on the sales premises at the consumer's request or prepacked for direct sale

Every product in the category

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Allergen present in the finished product

Label required

Any Annex II ingredient or processing aid (or derived substance) causing allergies or intolerances still present in the finished product, even in altered form

Every product in the category

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted. The 14 Annex II allergen groups are cereals containing gluten to molluscs; the Annex II list text defining their exceptions is read from the published text and not covered by ClaraDB.

Prepacked food, largest surface 80 cm2 or more

Label required

Mandatory particulars of Art. 9(1) in characters with an x-height of at least 1.2 mm

• Sold prepacked
• Largest package surface area at least 80 cm2

Depends on: sold prepacked, small package area cm2

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted. The 1.2 mm rule applies to packages whose largest surface is 80 cm2 or more; Art. 13(3) sets 0.9 mm below 80 cm2.