Council Directive 90/496/EEC of 24 September 1990 on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs
Modified by
  • Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 29 September 2003adapting to Council Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the EC Treaty, 32003R1882, October 31, 2003
  • Commission Directive 2003/120/ECof 5 December 2003amending Directive 90/496/EEC on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs(Text with EEA relevance), 32003L0120, December 20, 2003
  • Commission Directive 2008/100/ECof 28 October 2008amending Council Directive 90/496/EEC on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs as regards recommended daily allowances, energy conversion factors and definitions(Text with EEA relevance), 32008L0100, October 29, 2008
  • Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 22 October 2008adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutinyAdaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One, 32008R1137, November 21, 2008
  • Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 25 October 2011on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R1169, November 22, 2011
Council Directiveof 24 September 1990on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs(90/496/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the CommissionOJ No C 282, 5.11.1988, p. 8 andOJ No C 296, 24.11.1989, p. 3.,In cooperation with the European ParliamentOJ No C 158, 26.6.1989, p. 250 andOJ No C 175, 16.7.1990, p. 76.,Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social CommitteeOJ No C 159, 26.6.1989, p. 41.,Whereas it is important that measures should be adopted with a view to the progressive establishment of the internal market by 31 December 1992; whereas the internal market is an area without internal frontiers in which freedom of movement is ensured for goods, persons, services and capital;Whereas there is growing public interest in the relationship between diet and health and in the choice of an appropriate diet to suit individual needs;Whereas the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, in their resolution of 7 July 1986 on the European programme against cancer, considered the improvement of nutrition to be a priority;Whereas knowledge of the basic principles of nutrition and appropriate nutrition labelling of foodstuffs would contribute significantly towards enabling the consumer to make this choice;Whereas the provision of nutrition labelling should assist action in the area of nutrition education for the public;Whereas, for the benefit of the consumer on the one hand, and to avoid any possible technical barriers to trade on the other, nutrition labelling should be presented in a standardized form applying throughout the Community;Whereas foodstuffs bearing nutrition labelling should conform to the rules laid down in this Directive;Whereas all other forms of nutrition labelling should be prohibited but foodstuffs bearing no nutrition labelling should be able to circulate freely;Whereas, to appeal to the average consumer and to serve the purpose for which it is introduced, and given the current low level of knowledge on the subject of nutrition, the information provided should be simple and easily understood;Whereas application of this Directive for a certain length of time will enable valuable experience on the subject to be gained and consumer reaction to the way in which nutrition information is presented to be evaluated thus enabling the Commission to review the rules and propose any appropriate amendments;Whereas in order to encourage interested parties, especially small and medium-sized undertakings, to provide nutrition labelling for as many products as possible, measures to make information more complete and more balanced should be introduced gradually;Whereas the rules laid down in this Directive should also take into account the Codex Altimentarius guidelines on nutrition labelling;Whereas general labelling provisions and definitions are contained in Council Directive 79/112/EEC of 18 December 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs for sale to the ultimate consumerOJ No L 33, 8.2.1979, p. 1., as last amended by Directive 89/395/EECOJ No L 186, 30.6.1989, p. 17.; whereas this Directive can therefore be confined to those provisions pertaining to nutrition labelling,HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
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