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  "legislation_title": "Directive 2012/12/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 April 2012 amending Council Directive 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption",
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  "text": "‘ANNEX I\nPRODUCT NAMES, DEFINITIONS OF PRODUCTS AND CHARACTERISTICS\nI.\nDEFINITIONS\n1.\n(a)\nFruit juice\nThe fermentable but unfermented product obtained from the edible part of fruit which is sound and ripe, fresh or preserved by chilling or freezing of one or more kinds mixed together having the characteristic colour, flavour and taste typical of the juice of the fruit from which it comes.\nFlavour, pulp, and cells obtained by suitable physical means from the same species of fruit may be restored to the juice.\nIn the case of citrus fruits, the fruit juice must come from the endocarp. Lime juice, however, may be obtained from the whole fruit.\nWhere juices are processed from fruits with pips, seeds and peel, parts or components of pips, seeds and peel shall not be incorporated in the juice. This provision shall not apply to cases where parts or components of pips, seeds and peel cannot be removed by good manufacturing practices.\nThe mixing of fruit juice with fruit purée is authorised in the production of the fruit juice.\n(b)\nFruit juice from concentrate\nThe product obtained by reconstituting concentrated fruit juice defined in point 2 with potable water that meets the criteria set out in Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption.\nThe soluble solids content of the finished product shall meet the minimum Brix level for reconstituted juice specified in Annex V.\nIf a juice from concentrate is manufactured from a fruit not mentioned in Annex V, the minimum Brix level of the reconstituted juice shall be the Brix level of the juice as extracted from the fruit used to make the concentrate.\nFlavour, pulp and cells obtained by suitable physical means from the same species of fruit may be restored to the fruit juice from concentrate.\nThe fruit juice from concentrate is prepared by suitable processes, which maintain the essential physical, chemical, organoleptical and nutritional characteristics of an average type of juice of the fruit from which it comes.\nThe mixing of fruit juice and/or concentrated fruit juice with fruit purée and/or concentrated fruit purée is authorised in the production of fruit juice from concentrate.\n2.\nConcentrated fruit juice\nThe product obtained from fruit juice of one or more fruit species by the physical removal of a specific proportion of the water content. Where the product is intended for direct consumption, the removal shall be at least 50 % of the water content.\nFlavour, pulp and cells obtained by suitable physical means from the same species of fruit may be restored to the concentrated fruit juice.\n3.\nWater extracted fruit juice\nThe product obtained by diffusion with water of:\npulpy whole fruit whose juice cannot be extracted by any physical means, or\ndehydrated whole fruit.\n4.\nDehydrated/powdered fruit juice\nThe product obtained from fruit juice of one or more fruit species by the physical removal of virtually all the water content.\n5.\nFruit nectar\nThe fermentable but unfermented product which:\nis obtained by adding water with or without the addition of sugars and/or honey to the products defined in points 1 to 4 to fruit purée and/or to concentrated fruit purée and/or to a mixture of those products, and\nmeets the requirements of Annex IV.\nWithout prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods, where fruit nectars are manufactured without added sugars or with reduced energy value, sugars may be replaced wholly or partially by sweeteners, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008.\nFlavour, pulp and cells obtained by suitable physical means from the same species of fruit may be restored to the fruit nectar.\nII.\nAUTHORISED INGREDIENTS, TREATMENTS AND SUBSTANCES\n1.\nComposition\nThe species corresponding to the botanical name in Annex V shall be used in the preparation of fruit juices, fruit purées and fruit nectars bearing the product name for the applicable fruit or the common name of the product. For fruit species not included in Annex V, the correct botanical or common name shall apply.\nFor fruit juice the Brix level shall be the one of the juice as extracted from the fruit and shall not be modified, except by blending with the juice of the same species of fruit.\nThe minimum Brix level established in Annex V for reconstituted fruit juice and reconstituted fruit purée is exclusive of the soluble solids of any added optional ingredients and additives.\n2.\nAuthorised ingredients\nOnly the following ingredients may be added to the products referred to in Part I:\nVitamins and minerals as authorised in Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods;\nFood additives authorised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008;\nand in addition:\nFor fruit juice, fruit juices from concentrate and concentrated fruit juices: restored flavour, pulp and cells;\nFor grape juice: restored salts of tartaric acids;\nFor fruit nectars: restored flavour, pulp and cells; sugars and/or honey up to 20 % of the total weight of the finished products; and/or sweeteners;\nA claim stating that sugars have not been added to fruit nectar, and any claim likely to have the same meaning for the consumer, may only be made where the product does not contain any added mono- or disaccharides or any other food used for its sweetening properties, including sweeteners as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. If sugars are naturally present in fruit nectar, the following indication should also appear on the label: “contains naturally occurring sugars”;\nFor products referred to in point (a), the first indent of point (b), point (c), the second indent of point (e) and point (h) of Annex III: sugars and/or honey;\nFor products defined in points 1 to 5 of Part I, in order to regulate acidic taste: lemon and/or lime juice and/or concentrated lemon and/or lime juice, up to 3 g per litre of juice, expressed as anhydrous citric acid;\nFor tomato juice and tomato juice from concentrate: salt, spices and aromatic herbs.\n3.\nAuthorised treatments and substances\nOnly the following treatments may be applied and only the following substances may be added to the products referred to in Part I:\nMechanical extraction processes;\nThe usual physical processes, including in-line water extraction (diffusion) of the edible part of fruits other than grapes for the manufacture of concentrated fruit juices, provided that the fruit juices thus obtained comply with point 1 of Part I;\nFor grape juice, where sulphitation with sulphur dioxide of the grapes has been used, desulphitation by physical means is authorised, provided that the total quantity of SO2 present in the final product does not exceed 10 mg/l;\nEnzyme preparations: pectinases (for breakdown of pectin), proteinases (for breakdown of proteins) and amylases (for breakdown of starch) meeting the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food enzymes;\nEdible gelatine;\nTannins;\nSilica sol;\nCharcoal;\nNitrogen;\nBentonite as an adsorbent clay;\nChemically inert filtration aids and precipitation agents (including perlite, washed diatomite, cellulose, insoluble polyamide, polyvinylpolypyrrolidone, polystyrene), which comply with Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food;\nChemically inert adsorption aids which comply with Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004, and which are used to reduce the limonoid and naringin content of citrus juice without significantly affecting the limonoid glucosides, acid, sugars (including oligosaccharides) or mineral content.\nANNEX II\nDEFINITIONS OF RAW MATERIALS\nFor the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:\n(1)\nFruit\nAll fruits. For the purposes of this Directive, tomatoes are also considered as fruit.\nThe fruit shall be sound, appropriately mature, and fresh or preserved by physical means or by treatment(s), including post-harvest treatments applied in accordance with Union law.\n(2)\nFruit purée\nThe fermentable but unfermented product obtained by suitable physical processes such as sieving, grinding, milling the edible part of whole or peeled fruit without removing the juice.\n(3)\nConcentrated fruit purée\nThe product obtained from fruit purée by the physical removal of a specific proportion of its water content.\nConcentrated fruit purée may have restored flavour which shall be obtained by suitable physical means, as defined in point 3 of Part II of Annex I and all of which must be recovered from the same species of fruit.\n(4)\nFlavour\nWithout prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods, flavours for restoration are obtained during the processing of the fruit by applying suitable physical processes. Those physical processes may be applied to retain, preserve or stabilise the flavour quality and include in particular squeezing, extraction, distillation, filtration, adsorption, evaporation, fractionation and concentration.\nFlavour is obtained from the edible parts of the fruit; however it could also be cold pressed oil from citrus peel and compounds from the stones.\n(5)\nSugars\nsugars as defined by Council Directive 2001/111/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to certain sugars intended for human consumption,\nfructose syrup,\nsugars derived from fruits.\n(6)\nHoney\nThe product defined by Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey.\n(7)\nPulp or cells\nThe products obtained from the edible parts of fruit of the same species without removing the juice. Furthermore, for citrus fruit, pulp or cells are the juice sacs obtained from the endocarp.\nANNEX III\nPARTICULAR DESIGNATIONS FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX I\n(a) “vruchtendrank”, for fruit nectars;\n(b) “Süßmost”;\nThe designation “Süßmost” may be used only in conjunction with the product names “Fruchtsaft” or “Fruchtnektar”:\nfor fruit nectar obtained exclusively from fruit juices, concentrated fruit juices or a mixture of these products, unpalatable in the natural state because of their high natural acidity,\nfor fruit juice obtained from apples or from pears, with the addition of apples where appropriate, but with no added sugar;\n(c) “succo e polpa” or “sumo e polpa”, for fruit nectars obtained exclusively from fruit purée and/or concentrated fruit purée;\n(d) “æblemost”, for apple juice with no added sugar;\n(e) “sur … saft”, together with the name (in Danish) of the fruit used, for juices with no added sugar obtained from blackcurrants, cherries, redcurrants, whitecurrants, raspberries, strawberries or elderberries,\n“sød … saft” or “sødet … saft” together with the name (in Danish) of the fruit used, for juices obtained from this fruit, with more than 200 g of added sugar per litre;\n(f) “äppelmust/äpplemust”, for apple juice with no added sugar;\n(g) “mosto”, synonym of grape juice;\n(h) “smiltsērkšķu sula ar cukuru” or “astelpaju mahl suhkruga” or “słodzony sok z rokitnika” for juices obtained from seabuckthorn berries with no more than 140 g of added sugar per litre.\nANNEX IV\nSPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO FRUIT NECTARS\nFruit nectars made from\nMinimum juice and/or purée content (% by volume of finished product)\nI. Fruits with acidic juice unpalatable in the natural state\nPassion fruit\n25\nQuito naranjillos\n25\nBlackcurrants\n25\nWhitecurrants\n25\nRedcurrants\n25\nGooseberries\n30\nSeabuckthorn berries\n25\nSloes\n30\nPlums\n30\nQuetsches\n30\nRowanberries\n30\nRose hips\n40\nSour cherries\n35\nOther cherries\n40\nBilberries\n40\nElderberries\n50\nRaspberries\n40\nApricots\n40\nStrawberries\n40\nMulberries/blackberries\n40\nCranberries\n30\nQuinces\n50\nLemons and limes\n25\nOther fruits belonging to this category\n25\nII. Low-acid, pulpy or highly flavoured fruits with juice unpalatable in the natural state\nMangoes\n25\nBananas\n25\nGuavas\n25\nPapayas\n25\nLychees\n25\nAzeroles (Neapolitan medlars)\n25\nSoursop\n25\nBullock’s heart or custard apple\n25\nSugar apples\n25\nPomegranates\n25\nCashew fruits\n25\nSpanish plums\n25\nUmbu\n25\nOther fruits belonging to this category\n25\nIII. Fruits with juice palatable in the natural state\nApples\n50\nPears\n50\nPeaches\n50\nCitrus fruits except lemons and limes\n50\nPineapples\n50\nTomatoes\n50\nOther fruits belonging to this category\n50\nANNEX V\nMINIMUM BRIX LEVELS FOR RECONSTITUTED FRUIT JUICE AND RECONSTITUTED FRUIT PURÉE\nFor those products marked with an asterisk (*), which are produced as a juice, a minimum relative density is determined as such in relation to water at 20/20 °C.\nFor those products marked with two asterisks (**), which are produced as a purée, only a minimum uncorrected Brix reading (without correction of acid) is determined.\nCommon Name of the Fruit\nBotanical Name\nMinimum Brix levels\nApple (*)\nMalus domestica Borkh.\n11,2\nApricot (**)\nPrunus armeniaca L.\n11,2\nBanana (**)\nMusa x paradisiaca L. (excluding plantains)\n21,0\nBlackcurrant (*)\nRibes nigrum L.\n11,0\nGrape (*)\nVitis vinifera L. or hybrids thereof\nVitis labrusca L. or hybrids thereof\n15,9\nGrapefruit (*)\nCitrus x paradisi Macfad.\n10,0\nGuava (**)\nPsidium guajava L.\n8,5\nLemon (*)\nCitrus limon (L.) Burm.f.\n8,0\nMango (**)\nMangifera indica L.\n13,5\nOrange (*)\nCitrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck\n11,2\nPassion Fruit (*)\nPassiflora edulis Sims\n12,0\nPeach (**)\nPrunus persica (L.) Batsch var. persica\n10,0\nPear (**)\nPyrus communis L.\n11,9\nPineapple (*)\nAnanas comosus (L.) Merr.\n12,8\nRaspberry (*)\nRubus idaeus L.\n7,0\nSour Cherry (*)\nPrunus cerasus L.\n13,5\nStrawberry (*)\nFragaria x ananassa Duch.\n7,0\nTomato (*)\nLycopersicon esculentum, Mill.\n5,0\nMandarin (*)\nCitrus reticulata Blanco\n11,2\n’.",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
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      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 9."
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      "text": "OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 26."
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      "text": "OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 7."
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      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ L 338, 13.11.2004, p. 4."
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      "label": "f6",
      "text": "OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 34."
    },
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      "label": "f7",
      "text": "OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 53."
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      "text": "OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 47."
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