CHAPTER II

COMPOSITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
SECTION 2

General requirements, restrictions and specifications

Overall migration limit
Article 12
1
Plastic materials and articles shall not transfer their constituents to food simulants in quantities exceeding 10 milligrams of total constituents released per dm2 of food contact surface (mg/dm2).
2
By derogation from paragraph 1, plastic materials and articles intended to be brought into contact with food intended for infants and young children, as defined by Commission Directives 2006/141/EC and 2006/125/EC , shall not transfer their constituents to food simulants in quantities exceeding 60 milligrams of total of constituents released per kg of food simulant.
OJ L 401, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
OJ L 339, 6.12.2006, p. 16.