National legislation

This Directive shall apply to the categories of food additives listed out in Annex I and which are used or intended to be used as ingredients during the manufacture or preparation of a foodstuff and are still present in the final product, even if in altered...

This Directive lays down the requirements to be met by quick frozen food for human consumption. The requirements deal with conditions of raw materials used in the manufacture of such foodstuffs and their preparation (temperature, equipment requirements). Rules on packaging and labelling are laid down too....

This Directive shall apply to 'flavourings' used or intended for use in or on foodstuffs to impart odour or taste, and to source materials used for the production of flavourings. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that flavourings may not be marketed or...

The Annex hereto establishes the quality standards for cucumber to be applied at all stages of marketing, in compliance with the legislative framework relating to the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables, which is laid down in Regulation (EC) No. 2200/96. The Annex...

This Directive lays down the health inspection rules as well as the level of health fees applying to meat intended for the domestic market in the Member States. The Directive shall not affect national rules concerning the slaughter of an animal for the farmer’s personal needs,...

Annexes I, II, III, IV and V to the present Regulation establish the quality standards to be applied at all stages of marketing of cabbages, Brussels sprouts, ribbed celery, spinach and plums respectively. By way of derogation, however, at the stages following dispatch the products may...

The common organization of the market in wine shall comprise rules governing production and control of the development of wine-growing potential, rules governing oenological practices and processes, a price system and rules governing intervention and other measures to improve market conditions, arrangements for trade with third...

The present Regulation establishes detailed rules for the control of the conformity with the common marketing standards laid down by Regulation (EEC) No. 103/76, which has been repealed and entirely replaced by Regulation (EC) No. 2406/96. A lot of fresh or chilled fish shall be considered...

Pursuant to article 2(3) of Directive 82/711/EC, the stimulants to be used for testing migration of the constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with a single foodstuff or specific group of foodstuffs and the concentration of these stimulants shall be those...

This Directive establishes the methods to be followed for the analysis of edible caseins and caseinates. These methods include determination of moisture, protein content, titratable acidity, ash and pH. ...

Each producer Member State shall, in accordance with its legal structure, set up an agency for the purpose of carrying out certain checks and duties in connection with the olive oil production aid scheme. However, Member States whose production is less than 3,000 tonnes over a...

The quality standards for onions witloof chicory are set out in Annexes I and II hereto. These standards shall apply at all marketing stages, under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No. 1035/72, which has been substituted entirely by Council Regulation (EC) No. 2200/96 on...

This Directive shall apply to plastic materials and articles intended to become in contact with foodstuffs. The migration level of the constituents of the materials and articles referred to in article 1 into or onto foodstuffs must not exceed the limits laid down in the lists...

Annexes I, II and III to this Regulation set forth the quality standards applicable to leeks, aubergines and courgettes respectively. Those standards shall apply at all stages of marketing, in compliance with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No. 1035/72 (which has been repealed and...

This Directive establishes the methods to be implemented for testing certain sugars destined to human consumption. The objective of the analyses is the verification of the criteria set out in Annex I. Annex II lays down the above-mentioned methods of analysis to verify the composition of...

This Directive concerns the labelling of foodstuffs to be delivered as such to the ultimate consumer and certain aspects relating to the presentation and advertising thereof. Without prejudice to the Community provisions to be adopted in this field, this Directive shall apply also to foodstuffs intended...