Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2314 of 7 December 2015 authorising a health claim made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's development and health and amending Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2015/2314
• Articles: 5

Article 1

1.   The health claim set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be included in the Union list of permitted claims as provided for in Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.

2.   The use of the health claim referred to in the first paragraph shall be restricted to the applicant for a period of five years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. After the expiry of that period, that health claim may be used, in conformity with the conditions applying to it, by any food business operator.

Article 2

The scientific data and other information included in the application, which are claimed by the applicant as proprietary and without the submission of which the health claim could not have been authorised are restricted for use for the benefit of the applicant for a period of five years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation under the conditions laid down in Article 21(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.

Article 3

The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, the following entry is inserted in an alphabetical order:

Nutrient, substance, food or food category

Claim

Conditions of use of the claim

Conditions and/or restrictions of use of the food and/or additional statement or warning

EFSA Journal number

Relevant entry number in the Consolidated List submitted to EFSA for its assessment

‘Native chicory inulin

Chicory inulin contributes to normal bowel function by increasing stool frequency  ( *1 )

Information shall be provided to the consumer that the beneficial effect is obtained with a daily intake of 12 g chicory inulin.

The claim can be used only for food which provides at least a daily intake of 12 g of native chicory inulin, a non-fractionated mixture of monosaccharides (< 10 %), disaccharides, inulin-type fructans and inulin extracted from chicory, with a mean degree of polymerisarion ≥ 9.

2015;13(1):3951

( *1 )   Authorised on 1 January 2016 restricted to the use of BENEO-Orafti S.A., Rue L. Maréchal 1, B-4360 Oreye, Belgium, for a period of five years.’