THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 June 2002 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements(1), and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,
After consulting the European Food Safety Authority,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2002/46/EC specifies the vitamins and minerals, and for each of them the forms, that may be used for the manufacture of food supplements.
(2) Those vitamin and mineral substances that have been evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority (hereafter ‘the Authority’) and have received a favourable scientific evaluation should be included in the Annexes to Directive 2002/46/EC.
(3) Favourable scientific evaluation for some vitamins and mineral substances has been recently given and made public by the Authority.
(4) It is appropriate to replace the category heading ‘folic acid’ in order to take account of the inclusion of other forms of folate in Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC.
(5) Directive 2002/46/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: