# Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (Text with EEA relevance), Article 23: Net quantity

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The net quantity of a food shall be expressed using litres, centilitres, millilitres, kilograms or grams, as appropriate:
(a) in units of volume in the case of liquid products;
(b) in units of mass in the case of other products.
2. In order to ensure a better understanding by the consumer of the food information on the labelling, regulations may be made to establish for certain specified foods ... a manner for the expression of the net quantity other than the one laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article.
3. Technical rules for applying paragraph 1, including specific cases where the indication of the net quantity shall not be required, are laid down in Annex IX.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1169/article/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1169/article-23
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