
Article 1 
Annex to Directive 94/54/EC is amended in accordance with the text set out in the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2 

1. The Member States shall permit trade in products which comply with this Directive from 20 May 2005 at the latest.
2. The Member States shall prohibit trade in products which do not comply with this Directive from 20 May 2006.However, products which do not comply with this Directive and which were labelled before 20 May 2006 shall be authorised while stocks last.
Article 3 

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 20 May 2005 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 4 
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 5 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004.
For the Commission
David BYRNE
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

In Annex to Directive 94/54/EC, the following text is added:

Type or category of foodstuff Particulars
Confectionery or beverages containing glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt due to the addition of the substance(s) as such or the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza glabra, at concentration of 100 mg/kg or 10 mg/l or above. The terms ‘contains liquorice’ shall be added immediately after the list of ingredients, unless the term ‘liquorice’ is already included in the list of ingredients or in the name under which the product is sold. In absence of list of ingredients, the particular shall take place nearby the name under which the product is sold.
Confectionary containing glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt due to the addition of the substance(s) as such or the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza glabra at concentrations of 4 g/kg or above. The following message must be added after the list of ingredients: ‘contains liquorice-people suffering from hypertension should avoid excessive consumption’. In absence of list of ingredients, the particular shall take place nearby the name under which the product is sold.
Beverages containing glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt due to the addition of the substance(s) as such or the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza glabra at concentrations of 50 mg/l or above, or of 300 mg/l or above in the case of beverages containing more than 1,2 % by volume of alcohol. The following message must be added after the list of ingredients: ‘contains liquorice- people suffering from hypertension should avoid excessive consumption’. In absence of list of ingredients, the particular shall take place nearby the name under which the product is sold.

