This annex provides details on the approach and methodology used for the estimation of costs linked to the FCM legislation. First, it provides an overview of the estimation techniques that are employed in this study. Then, it provides details for the individual estimates presented in the main re...
This document provides guidance on how to estimate measurement uncertainty (MU) and supports the enforcement of EU food and feed labelling legislation in the GMO sector. Measurement uncertainty is a parameter which is always associated with the result of a measurement, and characterises the disp...
This evaluation of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (the ‘NHCR’), with regard to harmonised nutrient criteria governing their use (Article 4.1) and health claims made on plants and their preparations (Article 13), assessed the impacts of the current situa...
In the period which preceded the drafting of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, some Member States had already adopted legislation and other measures to regulate the use of claims in view of the proliferation of the number and type of claims appearing on the labels of foodstuffs, and in the absence o...
The present study aims to feed into the Commission’s evaluation of the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation (NHCR). The purpose of this study is to provide an evidence base to feed the Commission’s evaluation by assessing whether (i) nutrient profiles; and, (ii) health claims on plants and the...
The overall value of the EU market of food supplements in 2005 was estimated at around €5 billion, out of which about €2.5 billion (50% of total) was accounted for by vitamins and mineral products, €2.2 billion (43%) by supplements containing substances other than vitamins and minerals (these in...
Prior to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutritional and health claims (the ‘NHCR’), the European Commission conducted consultations with the Member States and stakeholders, the outcome of which was taken into consideration in the European Commission (2001) Discussion paper on nu...
Marketing standards have been a feature of agricultural and food product quality policy in the overall framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) since its early days. EU marketing standards have usually been defined by sectors or products; they serve the purpose of taking into account th...
