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Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the… Article 8

Article 8

1. The amount of the nutrients or substances with a nutritional or physiological effect present in the product shall be declared on the labelling in numerical form. The units to be used for vitamins and minerals shall be those specified in Annex I. Rules for implementing this paragraph may be specified in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2). 2. The amounts of the nutrients or other substances declared shall be those per portion of the product as recommended for daily consumption on the labelling. 3. Information on vitamins and minerals shall also be expressed as a percentage of the reference values mentioned, as the case may be, in the Annex to Directive 90/496/EEC.

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