
Article 1 
Foods and food ingredients as described in Annex I with added phytosterols/phytostanols as specified in Annex II hereinafter called the products, may be placed on the market in the Community.
Article 2 
The products shall be presented in such a manner that they can easily be divided into portions that contain either a maximum of 3 g (in case of one portion per day) or a maximum of 1 g (in case of three portions per day) of added phytosterols/phytostanols.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to Oy Karl Fazer Ab, Fazerintie 6, FIN-00941 Helsinki.
Done at Brussels, 24 January 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

Rye bread with flour containing ≥ 50 % rye (wholemeal rye flour, whole or cracked rye kernels and rye flakes) and ≤ 30 % wheat; and with ≤ 4 % added sugar but no fat added.

ANNEX II
Phytosterols and phytostanols are sterols and stanols that are extracted from plants and may be presented as free sterols and stanols or esterified with food grade fatty acids.


 < 80 % β-sitosterol
 < 15 % β-sitostanol
 < 40 % campesterol
 < 5 % campestanol
 < 30 % stigmasterol
 < 3 % brassicasterol
 < 3 % other sterols/stanols

Phytosterols and phytostanols extracted from sources other than vegetable oil suitable for food have to be free of contaminants, best ensured by a purity of more than 99 % of the phytosterol/phytostanol ingredient.
