
Article 1 
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2 
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3 
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 all Member States.Done at Brussels, 28 September 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX I

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended as follows:

((1)) In Part B, point 3 ‘Additives other than colours and sweeteners’, the following new entry is inserted after the entry for food additive E 530:
'
E 534 Iron tartrate'
((2)) In Part E is amended as follows:

((a)) in category 12.1.1 ‘Salt’:

((i)) the following new entry is inserted after the entry for food additive E 530:
'
 E 534 Iron tartrate 110 (92) '
((ii)) the following footnote is added:
'
  (92): Expressed on dry matter'
((b)) in category 12.1.2 ‘Salt substitutes’:

((i)) the following new entry is inserted after the entry for for food additive E 338-452:
'
 E 534 Iron tartrate 110 (92) '
((ii)) the following footnote is added:
'
  (92): Expressed on dry matter'

ANNEX II

In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012, the following new entry is inserted after the entry for food additive E 530:
'
E 534 IRON TARTRATE
Synonyms Iron meso-tartrate; complexation product of sodium tartrate with iron(III) chloride
Definition Iron tartrate is manufactured by the isomerisation of L-tartrate to an equilibrium mixture of D-, L- and meso-tartrate followed by addition of iron(III) chloride.
CAS number 1280193-05-9
Chemical name Iron(III) complexation product of D(+)-, L(-)- and meso-2,3 dihydroxybutanedioic acids
Chemical formula Fe(OH)2 C4H4O6Na
Molecular weight 261,93
Assay
meso-tartrate > 28 %, expressed as the anion on dry basis
D(-)- and L(+)-tartrate > 10 %, expressed as the anion on dry basis
Iron(III) > 8 %, expressed as the anion on dry basis
Description Dark green aqueous solution typically comprising ca 35 % by weight complexation products
Identification Highly soluble in water
 Positive tests for tartrate and iron
 pH of a 35 % aqueous solution of complexation products between 3,5 and 3,9
Purity
Chloride Not more than 25 %
Sodium Not more than 23 %
Arsenic Not more than 3 mg/kg
Lead Not more than 2 mg/kg
Mercury Not more than 1 mg/kg
Oxalate Not more than 1,5 % expressed as oxalate on dry basis'
