
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Article 3 is amended as follows:

((a)) in paragraph 1, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
'However, the compulsory particulars of the importer, the lot number and the ingredients referred to in Article 6(3a) of Directive 2000/13/EC may appear outside the visual field in which the other compulsory particulars appear.';
((b)) the following paragraph 3 is added:
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3. Where one or more of the ingredients listed in Annex IIIa to Directive 2000/13/EC are present in one of the products referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, they must be indicated on the labelling, preceded by the term “contains”. For sulphites, the following terms can be used: “sulphites” or “sulphur dioxide”.'
2.. in Article 11, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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2. The provisions of Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 3, shall apply mutatis mutandis to the compulsory particulars referred to in Article 12.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 25 November 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 19 November 2004.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission