Regulation 3 Amendments to the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995

in the definition of “Directive 94/35/EC” after the words “Directive 96/83/EC of the European Parliament and Council” there shall be inserted —

“and by Directive 2003/115/EC^f1”;

in the definition of “Directive 95/31/EC” after the words “Directive 2001/52/EC” there shall be inserted —

“and by Directive 2004/46/EC^f2”; and

for the definition of “permitted sweetener” there shall be substituted the following definition —

• ““permitted sweetener” means any sweetener specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1 which satisfies the specific purity criteria for that sweetener specified in the Annex to Directive 95/31/EC;”.

in sub–paragraph (c)(i) the words —

“and salt of aspartame–acesulfame”

in sub–paragraph (c)(ii) after the words “as the case may be” where those words first appear in that sub–paragraph, there shall be inserted the following words —

“the maximum amount of free imide contained in the”.