2000/196/EC: Commission Decision of 22 February 2000 refusing the placing on the market of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni: plants and dried leaves as a novel food or novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2000) 77) (Only the Dutch text is authentic)

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 258/97
• Articles: 2

Article 1

Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni: plants and dried leaves may not be placed on the Community market as food or food ingredient.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to Professor J. Geuns, KUL, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 92, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium.

Done at Brussels, 22 February 2000.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 43, 14.2.1997, p. 1.