
Article 1 
Directive 90/496/EEC is amended as follows:

1.. In Article 1(4)(j) the following sentence is added:
'The definition of the material and if necessary the methods of analysis shall be included in Annex II;';
2.. The following indents are added in Article 5(1):
'
— fibre 2 kcal/g — 8 kJ/g
— erythritol 0 kcal/g — 0 kJ/g.';
3.. The Annex is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Directive;
4.. The text in Annex II to this Directive is added.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall bring into force by 31 October 2009 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.They shall apply those provisions in such a way as to prohibit, with effect from 31 October 2012, the trade in products which do not comply with Directive 90/496/EEC, as amended by 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 3 
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 October 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

The Annex to Directive 90/496/EEC is replaced by the following:

ANNEX I 
Vitamin A (μg) 800
Vitamin D (μg) 5
Vitamin E (mg) 12
Vitamin K (μg) 75
Vitamin C (mg) 80
Thiamin (mg) 1,1
Riboflavin (mg) 1,4
Niacin (mg) 16
Vitamin B6 (mg) 1,4
Folic acid (μg) 200
Vitamin B12 (μg) 2,5
Biotin (μg) 50
Pantothenic acid (mg) 6
Potassium (mg) 2 000
Chloride (mg) 800
Calcium (mg) 800
Phosphorus (mg) 700
Magnesium (mg) 375
Iron (mg) 14
Zinc (mg) 10
Copper (mg) 1
Manganese (mg) 2
Fluoride (mg) 3,5
Selenium (μg) 55
Chromium (μg) 40
Molybdenum (μg) 50
Iodine (μg) 150As a rule, 15 % of the recommended allowance specified in this Annex supplied by 100 g or 100 ml or per package if the package contains only a single portion should be taken into consideration in deciding what constitutes a significant amount.


ANNEX II

The following Annex II is added to Directive 90/496/EEC:

ANNEX II  Definition of the material constituting fibre and methods of analysis as referred to in Article 1(4)(j) 
For the purposes of this Directive “fibre” means carbohydrate polymers with three or more monomeric units, which are neither digested nor absorbed in the human small intestine and belong to the following categories:


— edible carbohydrate polymers naturally occurring in the food as consumed;
— edible carbohydrate polymers which have been obtained from food raw material by physical, enzymatic or chemical means and which have a beneficial physiological effect demonstrated by generally accepted scientific evidence;
— edible synthetic carbohydrate polymers which have a beneficial physiological effect demonstrated by generally accepted scientific evidence.

