Article 1
Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
Commission Directive 2006/37/EC of 30 March 2006 amending Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of certain substances (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Directive 2006/37/EC of 30 March 2006 amending Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of certain substances (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 2
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 April 2007 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC is amended as follows: 1. In Section A. Vitamins: (a) the heading ‘10. FOLIC ACID’ is replaced by ‘10. FOLATE’ (b) the following line is added under the heading 10. FOLATE: ‘(b) calcium-L-methylfolate’ 2. In Section B. Minerals, the following line is inserted before cupric carbonate: ‘ferrous bisglycinate’.
Implementing measures in the Member States
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