{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1472/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/1472",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1472 of 28 September 2018 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards Cochineal, Carminic acid, Carmines (E 120) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1472",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1472\nof 28 September 2018\namending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards Cochineal, Carminic acid, Carmines (E 120)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives, and in particular Article 10(3) and Article 14 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nAnnex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 lays down a Union list of food additives approved for use in food and their conditions of use.\n(2)\nCommission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 lays down specifications for food additives that are listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008.\n(3)\nCochineal, Carminic acid, Carmines (E 120) is a substance authorised as a colour in a variety of foods in accordance with Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008.\n(4)\nArticle 32(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 provides that all food additives that were already permitted in the Union before 20 January 2009 are subject to a new risk assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’).\n(5)\nFor that purpose, a program for the re-evaluation of food additives is laid down in Commission Regulation (EU) No 257/2010, according to which the re-evaluation of colours had to be completed by 31 December 2015.\n(6)\nOn 18 November 2015 the Authority delivered a Scientific Opinion on the re-evaluation of cochineal, carminic acid, carmines (E 120) as a food additive. The Authority concluded that the present dataset did not give reasons to revise the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) value for E 120 and that the refined exposure estimates were below the ADI for all population groups. However, the Authority recommended to revise the current title ‘Cochineal, Carminic acid, Carmines’, so that it would more accurately reflect the material used as a food additive and to update the specifications as regards the percentage of material not accounted for, the maximum limits for toxic elements and the presence of proteinaceous compounds.\n(7)\nPursuant to Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, the Union list of approved food additives shall be amended in accordance with the procedure referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.\n(8)\nArticle 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 provides that the Union list of food additives may be updated either on the initiative of the Commission or following an application.\n(9)\nIt is therefore appropriate to amend Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 and the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012.\n(10)\nA reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before the amendments become applicable in order to permit food business operators to meet the new requirements laid down in this Regulation.\n(11)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 of 9 March 2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 83, 22.3.2012, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 257/2010 of 25 March 2010 setting up the program for the re-evaluation of approved food additives in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives (OJ L 80, 26.3.2010, p. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "EFSA Journal 2015; 13(11):4288."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 1)."
    }
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