http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/609/chapter/II/section/2Regulation (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)Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (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)King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R0609-20170711texttext/xmlen2025-04-11Expert Participation2025-02-27 CHAPTER II<Strong>COMPOSITIONAL AND INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS</Strong>SECTION 2<Strong><Emphasis>Specific requirements</Emphasis></Strong>Specific compositional and information requirementsArticle 111... Taking into account relevant technical and scientific progress, and having regard to such scientific opinion as an appropriate authority considers appropriate, the appropriate authority may make regulations, with respect to the following:athe specific compositional requirements applicable to food referred to in Article 1(1), with the exception of requirements as set out in the Annex;bthe specific requirements on the use of pesticides in products intended for the production of food referred to in Article 1(1) and on pesticide residues in such food. ...cthe specific requirements on labelling, presentation and advertising of food referred to in Article 1(1), including the authorisation of nutrition and health claims in relation thereto;dthe notification requirements for the placing on the market of food referred to in Article 1(1), in order to facilitate the efficient official monitoring of such food, ...;ethe requirements concerning promotional and commercial practices relating to infant formula;fthe requirements concerning information to be provided in relation to infant and young child feeding in order to ensure adequate information on appropriate feeding practices;gthe specific requirements for food for special medical purposes developed to satisfy the nutritional requirements of infants, including compositional requirements and requirements on the use of pesticides in products intended for the production of such food, pesticide residues, labelling, presentation, advertising, and promotional and commercial practices, as appropriate....2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Milk-based drinks and similar products intended for young childrenArticle 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Food intended for sportspeopleArticle 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Technical guidelinesArticle 14 The Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers may adopt technical guidelines to facilitate compliance by food business operators, in particular small or medium sized enterprises as defined in the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, with this Chapter and Chapter III , as it applies in their territory. For the purposes of this Article, the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises is to be read as if—ain Article 2—iin paragraph 1, for “EUR 50 million, and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million” there were substituted “£44,000,000, and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding £38,000,000”;iiin paragraph 2, for “EUR 10 million” there were substituted “£8,800,000”;iiiin paragraph 3, for “EUR 2 million” there were substituted “£1,750,000”;bin Article 3—iin paragraph 2(a), for “EUR 1 250 000” there were substituted “£1,100,000”;iiin paragraph 2(d), for “EUR 10 million” there were substituted “£8,800,000”;iiiin paragraph 5, for “by national or Community rules” there were substituted “under the law of Great Britain (or any part of it)”;cin Article 5, in paragraph (b), for “national law” there were substituted “the law of Great Britain (or any part of it)”.Art. 12 omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(10); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 14 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(11)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1476, regs. 1(2), 5(4)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 14 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(11)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 14 inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(11)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1476, regs. 1(2), 5(4)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Art. 13 omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(10); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 11(1) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(9)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 11(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(9)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 11(1)(b) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(9)(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 11(1)(d) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(9)(a)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 11(1) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(9)(a)(v); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Art. 11(2) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(9)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)