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Commission Directive 96/8/EC of 26 February 1996 on foods… Article 1

Commission Directive 96/8/EC of 26 February 1996 on foods… Article 1

Article 1

1. This Directive is a 'specific Directive` within the meaning of Article 4 of Directive 89/398/EEC and lays down compositional and labelling requirements for foods for particular nutritional uses intended for use in energy restricted diets for weight reduction and presented as such. 2. Foods for use in energy-restricted diets for weight reduction are specially formulated foods which, when used as instructed by the manufacturer, replace the whole or part of the total daily diet. They are divided in two categories: (a) products presented as a replacement for the whole of the daily diet; (b) products presented as a replacement for one or more meals of the daily diet.

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