ARTICLE 7

1 . WHERE THE LABELLING OF A FOODSTUFF PLACES EMPHASIS ON THE PRESENCE OR LOW CONTENT OF ONE OR MORE INGREDIENTS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE SPECIFIC PROPERTIES OF THE FOODSTUFF , OR WHERE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE FOODSTUFF HAS THE SAME EFFECT , THE MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE , AS THE CASE MAY BE , USED IN THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF SHALL BE STATED . THIS INFORMATION SHALL APPEAR EITHER IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO THE NAME UNDER WHICH THE FOODSTUFF IS SOLD OR IN THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE INGREDIENT IN QUESTION . IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 17 , IT MAY BE DECIDED THAT , IN THE CASE OF CERTAIN INGREDIENTS , THE PERCENTAGE REFERRED TO IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE EXPRESSED IN ABSOLUTE TERMS . 2 . PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL NOT APPLY : ( A ) IN THE CASE OF LABELLING WHICH IS INTENDED TO CHARACTERIZE A FOODSTUFF IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OR WHICH IS REQUIRED UNDER COMMUNITY PROVISIONS OR , WHERE THERE ARE NONE , UNDER NATIONAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN FOODSTUFFS ; ( B ) IN THE CASE OF INGREDIENTS USED IN SMALL QUANTITIES ONLY AS FLAVOURINGS . 3 . COMMUNITY PROVISIONS OR , WHERE THERE ARE NONE , NATIONAL PROVISIONS MAY STIPULATE FOR CERTAIN FOODSTUFFS , AS WELL AS IN THE CASE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 ( A ) , THAT QUANTITIES OF CERTAIN INGREDIENTS MUST BE INDICATED EITHER IN ABSOLUTE TERMS OR AS PERCENTAGES AND THAT , WHERE APPROPRIATE , MENTION SHOULD BE MADE OF ANY ALTERATION IN THE QUANTITIES OF THESE INGREDIENTS . THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 16 SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUCH NATIONAL PROVISIONS .

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.