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Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/2224 of 5 November 2025 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monosodium salt of L-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid as a source of folic acid added to foods and as a source of folate used in the manufacture of food supplements

Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/2224 of 5 November 2025 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monosodium salt of L-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid as a source of folic acid added to foods and as a source of folate used in the manufacture of food supplements

Regulation (EU) 2025/2224 · Regulation · 5 articles

Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Article 1

Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

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

Supplementary provisions

Amendment to Directive 2002/46/EC

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I Amendment to Directive 2002/46/EC In point A.10 (FOLATE) of Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC, the following entry is inserted after the entry for ‘(6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid, glucosamine salt’: ‘(d) monosodium salt of L-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid  ( *1 ) ( *1 )   As listed in the Union list of novel foods in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 of 20 December 2017 establishing the Union list of novel foods in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods ( OJ L 351, 30.12.2017, p. 72 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2017/2470/oj ).’.’

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 In point 1 (Vitamin formulations) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, under the title FOLIC ACID, the following entry is inserted after the entry for ‘calcium-L-methylfolate’: ‘monosodium salt of L-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid  ( *1 ) ( *1 )   As listed in the Union list of novel foods in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 of 20 December 2017 establishing the Union list of novel foods in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods ( OJ L 351, 30.12.2017, p. 72 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2017/2470/oj) .’.’

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