
Article 1 
Annexes III and VI to Directive 2006/141/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 28 October 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 12 December 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Annexes III and VI to Directive 2006/141/EC are amended as follows:

1.. In Section 3 of Annex III, the following substance is inserted at the top of the list entitled ‘Amino acids and other nitrogen compounds’:
'L-arginine and its hydrochloride'
2.. In Annex VI, the following point 4 is added:
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4. 
The indispensable and conditionally indispensable amino acids in breast milk, expressed in mg per 100 kJ and 100 kcal, are the following:


 Per 100 kJ Per 100 kcal
Arginine 16 69
Cystine 6 24
Histidine 11 45
Isoleucine 17 72
Leucine 37 156
Lysine 29 122
Methionine 7 29
Phenylalanine 15 62
Threonine 19 80
Tryptophan 7 30
Tyrosine 14 59
Valine 19 80

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