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

This Regulation establishes implementing rules for the application of Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 and in particular on the provision of the necessary relevant information by the Member States to the Commission for the purpose of evaluating the effects of implementation of the Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006.

1 Member States shall by 1 July 2012 provide to the Commission the necessary relevant information in particular concerning the following: (a) evolution of the national market in foods to which vitamins and minerals have been added since the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006; (b) consumption patterns of foods to which vitamins and minerals have been added; (c) intake levels of vitamins and minerals by the population; (d) the addition of substances other than vitamins or minerals to foods, including food supplements as defined in point (a) of Article 2 of Directive 2002/46/EC and the information on the consumption patterns of such foods as well as the amounts of these substances added to foods and food supplements.

2 The necessary relevant information to be provided by the Member States to the Commission referred to in paragraph 1 shall include at least the information specified in Annex I to this Regulation. The necessary relevant information and details thereof shall be submitted to the Commission in the format laid down in Annex II to this Regulation.

3 A Member State shall inform the Commission if any of the information specified in Annex I is not available or cannot for any other reason be provided to the Commission by 1 July 2012.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.