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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-37/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2006/37",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2006/37/EC of 30 March 2006 amending Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of certain substances (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-37",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Directive 2006/37/EC\nof 30 March 2006\namending Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 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, and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,\nAfter consulting the European Food Safety Authority,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nDirective 2002/46/EC specifies the vitamins and minerals, and for each of them the forms, that may be used for the manufacture of food supplements.\n(2)\nThose vitamin and mineral 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 Annexes to Directive 2002/46/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 Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC.\n(5)\nDirective 2002/46/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": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 183, 12.7.2002, p. 51."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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