
Article 1 
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States.Done at Brussels, 26 July 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended as follows:

((1)) In the entry for food additive E 420 (i) Sorbitol, the specifications as regards purity are replaced by the following:
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Purity
Water content Not more than 1,5 % (Karl Fischer Method)
Conductivity Not more than 20 μS/cm (on 20 % dry solids solution) at temperature 20 °C
Reducing sugars Not more than 0,3 % (expressed as glucose on dry weight basis)
Total sugars Not more than 1 % (expressed as glucose on dry weight basis)
Nickel Not more than 2 mg/kg (expressed on dry weight basis)
Arsenic Not more than 3 mg/kg (expressed on dry weight basis)
Lead Not more than 1 mg/kg (expressed on dry weight basis)'
((2)) In the entry for food additive E 420 (ii) Sorbitol syrup, the specifications as regards purity are replaced by the following:
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Purity
Water content Not more than 31 % (Karl Fischer Method)
Conductivity Not more than 10 μS/cm (on the product as such) at temperature 20 °C
Reducing sugars Not more than 0,3 % (expressed as glucose on dry weight basis)
Nickel Not more than 2 mg/kg (expressed on dry weight basis)
Arsenic Not more than 3 mg/kg (expressed on dry weight basis)
Lead Not more than 1 mg/kg (expressed on dry weight basis)'
((3)) The entry for food additive E 421(i) Mannitol is amended as follows:

((a)) the heading is replaced by the following:
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((b)) the definition is replaced by the following:
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Definition Manufactured by catalytic hydrogenation of carbohydrate solutions containing glucose and/or fructose.The product contains min. 96 % mannitol. The part of the product which is not mannitol is mainly composed of sorbitol (2 % max), maltitol (2 % max) and isomalt (1,1 GPM (1-O-alpha-D-Glucopyranosyl-D-mannitol dehydrate): 2 % max and 1,6 GPS (6-O-alpha-D- Glucopyranosyl-D-Sorbitol): 2 % max). Unspecified impurities shall not represent more than 0,1 % of each.'
((c)) the specifications as regards purity are replaced by the following:
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Purity
Water content Not more than 0,5 % (Karl Fischer Method)
Conductivity Not more than 20 μS/cm (on 20 % dry solids solution) at temperature 20 °C
Reducing sugars Not more than 0,3 % (expressed as glucose)
Total sugars Not more than 1 % (expressed as glucose)
Nickel Not more than 2 mg/kg
Lead Not more than 1 mg/kg'
((4)) In the entry for food additive E 421(ii) Mannitol manufactured by fermentation the specifications as regards purity are replaced by the following:
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Purity
Arabitol Not more than 0,3 %
Water content Not more than 0,5 % (Karl Fischer Method)
Conductivity Not more than 20 μS/cm (on 20 % dry solids solution) at temperature 20 °C
Reducing sugars Not more than 0,3 % (expressed as glucose)
Total sugars Not more than 1 % (expressed as glucose)
Lead Not more than 1 mg/kg'
((5)) The entry for food additive E 953 Isomalt is amended as follows:

((a)) the specification as regards description is replaced by the following:
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Description Odourless, white, slightly hygroscopic, crystalline mass or aqueous solution with a minimum concentration of 60 %'
((b)) the specifications as regards purity are replaced by the following:
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Purity
Water content Not more than 7 % for solid product (Karl Fischer Method)
Conductivity Not more than 20 μS/cm (on 20 % dry solids solution) at temperature 20 °C
D-Mannitol Not more than 3 %
D-Sorbitol Not more than 6 %
Reducing sugars Not more than 0,3 % (expressed as glucose on dry weight basis)
Nickel Not more than 2 mg/kg (expressed on dry weight basis)
Arsenic Not more than 3 mg/kg (expressed on dry weight basis)
Lead Not more than 1 mg/kg (expressed on dry weight basis)'
((6)) In the entry for food additive E 965 (i) Maltitol, the specifications as regards purity are replaced by the following:
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Purity
Appearance of the aqueous solution The solution is clear and colourless
Water content Not more than 1 % (Karl Fischer Method)
Conductivity Not more than 20 μS/cm (on 20 % dry solids solution) at temperature 20 °C
Reducing sugars Not more than 0,1 % (expressed as glucose on an anhydrous basis)
Nickel Not more than 2 mg/kg (expressed on anhydrous basis)
Arsenic Not more than 3 mg/kg (expressed on anhydrous basis)
Lead Not more than 1 mg/kg (expressed on anhydrous basis)'
((7)) In the entry for food additive E 965 (ii) Maltitol syrup, the specifications as regards purity are replaced by the following:
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Purity
Appearance of the aqueous solution The solution is clear and colourless
Water content Not more than 31 % (Karl Fischer Method)
Conductivity Not more than 10 μS/cm (on the product as such) at temperature 20 °C
Reducing sugars Not more than 0,3 % (expressed as glucose on an anhydrous basis)
Nickel Not more than 2 mg/kg
Lead Not more than 1 mg/kg'
((8)) In the entry for food additive E 967 Xylitol, the specifications as regards purity are replaced by the following:
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Purity
Water content Not more than 1 % (Karl Fischer Method)
Conductivity Not more than 20 μS/cm (on 20 % dry solids solution) at temperature 20 °C
Reducing sugars Not more than 0,2 % (expressed as glucose on dry weight basis)
Other polyhydric alcohols Not more than 1 % (expressed on dry weight basis)
Nickel Not more than 2 mg/kg (expressed on dry weight basis)
Arsenic Not more than 3 mg/kg (expressed on dry weight basis)
Lead Not more than 1 mg/kg (expressed on dry weight basis)'
((9)) In the entry for food additive E 968 Erythritol, the specifications as regards purity are replaced by the following:
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Purity
Loss on drying Not more than 0,2 % (70 °C, 6 hours, in a vacuum desiccator)
Conductivity Not more than 20 μS/cm (on 20 % dry solids solution) at temperature 20 °C
Reducing substances Not more than 0,3 % expressed as D-glucose
Ribitol and glycerol Not more than 0,1 %
Lead Not more than 0,5 mg/kg'
