rec_39

Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 Text with EEA relevance · European Union

(39) In order to specify requirements for the categories of food covered by this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the laying down of specific compositional and information requirements with regard to the categories of food covered by this Regulation, including additional labelling requirements to, or derogations from, Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 and with regard to the authorisation of nutrition and health claims. Furthermore, in order to enable consumers to benefit rapidly from technical and scientific progress, especially in relation to innovative products, and thus to stimulate innovation the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should also be delegated to the Commission in respect of the regular updating of those specific requirements, taking into account all relevant data, including data provided by interested parties. In addition, in order to take into account technical progress, scientific developments or consumers’ health, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the addition of categories of substances that have a nutritional or physiological effect to be covered by the Union list, or in respect of the removal of such categories from the categories of substances covered by the Union list. For the same purposes and subject to additional requirements laid down in this Regulation, the power to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should also be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the Union list by adding a new substance, removing a substance or adding, removing or amending the elements in the Union list related to a substance. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.