
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, 8 November 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 the following entry for E 964 is inserted after the entry for E 962:
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Synonyms Hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, hydrogenated glucose syrup and polyglucitol
Definition A mixture consisting mainly of maltitol and sorbitol and lesser amounts of hydrogenated oligo- and polysaccharides and maltrotriitol. It is manufactured by the catalytic hydrogenation of a mixture of starch hydrolysates consisting of glucose, maltose and higher glucose polymers, similar to the catalytic hydrogenation process used for the manufacture of maltitol syrup. The resulting syrup is desalted by ion exchange and concentrated to the desired level.
Einecs 
Chemical name Sorbitol: D-glucitol
Maltitol: (α)-D-Glucopyranosyl-1,4-D-glucitol
Chemical formula Sorbitol: C6H14O6
Maltitol: C12H24O11
Molecular weight Sorbitol: 182,2
Maltitol: 344,3
Assay Content not less than 99 % of total hydrogenated saccharides on the anhydrous basis, not less than 50 % higher molecular weight polyols, not more than 50 % of maltitol and not more than 20 % of sorbitol on the anhydrous basis.
Description Colourless and odourless clear viscous liquid
Identification 
Solubility Very soluble in water and slightly soluble in ethanol
Test for maltitol Passes test
Test for sorbitol To 5 g of the sample add 7 ml of methanol, 1 ml of benzaldehyde and 1 ml of hydrochloric acid. Mix and shake in a mechanical shaker until crystals appear. Filter the crystals and dissolve in 20 ml of boiling water containing 1 g of sodium bicarbonate. Filter the crystals, wash with 5 ml of a water-methanol mixture (1 in 2) and dry in the air. The crystals of the monobenzylidine derivative of sorbitol so obtained melt between 173 and 179 °C.
Purity 
Water content Not more than 31 % (Karl Fischer method)
Chlorides Not more than 50 mg/kg
Sulphates Not more than 100 mg/kg
Reducing sugars Not more than 0,3 %
Nickel Not more than 2 mg/kg
Lead Not more than 1 mg/kg
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