
Article 1 
The generic descriptors listed in the Annex to this Regulation are exempted from the application of Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions for sugars intended for human consumption laid down in point A of the Annex to Council Directive 2001/111/EC shall apply.
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 February 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Class of food Generic descriptor Member States where the exemption is valid
Hard and soft sweets based on sugars as well as sugar-free and calorie-reduced variants based on sweeteners (polyols and/or intense sweeteners) containing extracts of herbs, fruit or other plant substances, honey or malt Brust-Caramellen Hustenbonbon Germany, Austria
Halsbonbon,Hustenmischung,Hustenperle Germany
Hustenstopper,Hustenzuckerl Austria
Cough drops United Kingdom
Hoestbonbon,Keelpastille Netherlands
Rebuçados para a tosse Portugal
Hard sweets based on sugars as well as sugar-free and calorie-reduced variants based on sweeteners (polyols and/or intense sweeteners) Kurkkupastilli/ Halspastill Finland
Confectionery products made of solutions of sugar, starch syrup, inverted sugar and/or honey with the addition of herbal ingredients in the form of a syrup Hustensirup Austria
Non-alcoholic carbonated beverage containing the bittering agent quinine in the form of the flavourings FL 14.011, FL 14.152 or FL 14.155 as referred to in the Union list of flavourings as laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 The following terms, used as part of the descriptive name of the beverage:
 ‘tonic’ (in English), substituted by ‘Tоник’ (in Bulgarian),
 ‘tonik’ (in Czech and in Slovak),
 ‘tónica’ (in Spanish and in Portuguese),
 ‘tonica’ (in Italian),
 ‘tonică’ (in Romanian) All Member States
Rusk-type bakery products Biscotto salute Italy