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Food Supplements Containing Botanicals: Benefits, Side Effects and Regulatory Aspects pp 27–59Cite as

The Regulatory Situation in Europe and Other Continents

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  1. 1.

    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. Official Journal of the European Union: L136/85, 12 July 2002.

  2. 2.

    www.plantlibra.eu.

  3. 3.

    Consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Official Journal of the European Community C115/01, 9 May 2008.

  4. 4.

    European Commission. Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the use of substances other than vitamins and minerals in food supplements. COM(2008) 824 final; Brussels, 5.12.2008.

  5. 5.

    Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use. Official Journal of the European Union: L311/67 28 November 2001.

  6. 6.

    Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients. Official Journal of the European Union: L043/1, 14 February 1997.

  7. 7.

    Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, amending regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001. Official Journal of the European Union: L327/1, 11 December 2015.

  8. 8.

    http://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/novel_food/index_en.htm.

  9. 9.

    Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods. Official Journal of the European Union: L12/3, 18 January 2007.

  10. 10.

    http://ec.europa.eu/nuhclaims/.

  11. 11.

    https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/nutrition.

  12. 12.

    Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods. Official Journal of the European Union: L404/26, 30 December 2006.

  13. 13.

    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 307/2012 of 11 April 2012 establishing implementing rules for the application of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods. Official Journal of the European Union: L102/2, 12 April 2012.

  14. 14.

    EFSA 2013. Scientific Opinion on the evaluation of the safety in use of Yohimbe (Pausinystalia yohimbe (K. Schum.) Pierre ex Beille). EFSA Journal 2013;11(7):3302.

  15. 15.

    EFSA 2013. Scientific Opinion on safety evaluation of Ephedra species in food. EFSA Journal 2013;11(11):3467.

  16. 16.

    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. Official Journal of the European Union: L109/29, 6 May 2000.

  17. 17.

    Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs. Official Journal of the European Union: L226/3, 25 June 2004.

  18. 18.

    www.foodsupplementseurope.org.

  19. 19.

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs. Official Journal of the European Community L338/1, 22 December 2005.

  20. 20.

    Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC. Official Journal of the European Union: L70/1 16 March 2005.

  21. 21.

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs. Official Journal of the European Union: L364/5, 20 December 2006.

  22. 22.

    Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives. Official Journal of the European Union: L354/16, 31 December 2008.

  23. 23.

    Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 of 9 March 2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Official Journal of the European Union: L83/1 22 March 2012.

  24. 24.

    Directive 2009/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (recast) Official Journal of the European Union: L141/3, 6 June 2009.

  25. 25.

    Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation. Journal of the European Union: L66/16, 13 March 1999.

  26. 26.

    Directive 1999/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 on the establishment of a Community list of foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation. Journal of the European Union: L66/16, 24 March 1999.

  27. 27.

    Commisison of the European Communities. Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the use of substances other than vitamins and minerals in food supplements. 05/12/2008. COM(2008) 824 final.

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    Regulation (EC) No 764/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 laying down procedures relating to the application of certain national technical rules to products lawfully marketed in another Member State and repealing Decision No 3052/95/EC. Official Journal of the European Union L218/21. 13.08.2008.

  29. 29.

    Case 319/05: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 November 2007. Commission of the European Communities v. Federal Republic of Germany. Official Journal of the European Community C8/3, 12 January 2008.

  30. 30.

    Directive 2004/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amending, as regards traditional herbal medicinal products, Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use. Official Journal of the European Union: L136/85 30 April 2004.

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    www.curia.eu. Relevant cases include: C112/89, C60/89), C219/91, C369/88, C290/90, C227/82, C211/03, C319/05, C140/07, 88/07, C27/08, C308/11.

  32. 32.

    Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules. Official Journal of the European Community L165/1, 30 April 2004.

  33. 33.

    Commission Regulation (EU) No 16/2011 of 10 January 2011 laying down implementing measures for the Rapid alert system for food and feed. Official Journal of the European Community L6/7, 11 January 2011.

  34. 34.

    http://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/rasff/index_en.htm.

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Coppens, P., Pettman, S. (2018). The Regulatory Situation in Europe and Other Continents. In: Restani, P. (eds) Food Supplements Containing Botanicals: Benefits, Side Effects and Regulatory Aspects. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62229-3_2

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