
Article 1 
The substance Talc E553B is approved as a basic substance as laid down in Annex I.
Article 2 
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 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, 7 May 2018.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX I

Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Specific provisions
Talc E553BCAS No: 14807-96-6 Magnesium hydrogen metasilicatesilicate mineral Food grade in conformity with Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012.< 0,1 % of respirable Crystalline Silica 28 May 2018 Talc E553B shall be used in accordance with the specific conditions included in the conclusions of the review report on Talc E553B (SANTE/11639/2017) and in particular Appendices I and II thereof.


ANNEX II

In Part C of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, the following entry is added:

‘19 Talc E553BCAS No: 14807-96-6 Magnesium hydrogen metasilicatesilicate mineral Food grade in conformity with Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012.< 0,1 % of respirable Crystalline Silica 28 May 2018 Talc E553B shall be used in accordance with the specific conditions included in the conclusions of the review report on Talc E553B (SANTE/11639/2017) and in particular Appendices I and II thereof.

