Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Article 9

1. Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs(1) shall apply to the products referred to in Article 1 of this Directive, under the conditions set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article.

2. The designation under which a product is sold shall be accompanied by an indication of its particular nutritional characteristics. However, in the case of the products covered by point (c) of Article 1(3), that reference shall be replaced by a reference to the purpose for which they are intended.

3. The labelling of products for which no specific Directive has been adopted in accordance with Article 4 shall also include:

(a) the particular elements of the qualitative and quantitative composition or the special manufacturing process which gives the product its particular nutritional characteristics;

(b) the available energy value expressed in kilojoules and kilocalories and the carbohydrate, protein and fat content per 100 grams or 100 millilitres of the product as marketed and, where appropriate, per specified quantity of the product as proposed for consumption.

If, however, the energy value is less than 50 kilojoules (12 kilocalories) per 100 grams or 100 millilitres of the product as marketed, those particulars may be replaced either by the words ‘energy value less than 50 kilojoules (12 kilocalories) per 100 grams’ or by the words ‘energy value less than 50 kilojoules (12 kilocalories) per 100 millilitres’.

4. The particular labelling requirements for those products for which a specific Directive has been adopted shall be laid down in that Directive.

(1)

OJ L 109, 6.5.2000, p. 29.