{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-34/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-34/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2006/34",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2006/34/EC of 21 March 2006 amending the Annex to Directive 2001/15/EC as regards the inclusion of certain substances (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-34",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Directive 2006/34/EC\nof 21 March 2006\namending the Annex to Directive 2001/15/EC as regards the inclusion of certain substances\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 89/398/EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses, and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,\nAfter consulting the European Food Safety Authority,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Directive 2001/15/EC of 15 February 2001 on substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses specifies certain categories of substances and mentions for each of them the chemical substances that may be used in the manufacture of foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses.\n(2)\nThose chemical substances that have been evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority (hereafter ‘the Authority’) and have received a favourable scientific evaluation should be included in the Annex to Directive 2001/15/EC.\n(3)\nFavourable scientific evaluation for some vitamins and mineral substances has been recently given and made public by the Authority.\n(4)\nIt is appropriate to replace the category heading ‘folic acid’ in order to take account of the inclusion of other forms of folate in the Annex to Directive 2001/15/EC.\n(5)\nDirective 2001/15/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 186, 30.6.1989, p. 27. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 52, 22.2.2001, p. 19. Directive as amended by Directive 2004/5/EC (OJ L 14, 21.1.2004, p. 19)."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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