
Article 1 
Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 are 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 all Member States.Done at Brussels, 3 June 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

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

((1)) in Annex I the following entry 27 is added:
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27.. “contrast enhancers” are substances which, when applied to the external surface of fruit or vegetables following depigmentation of predefined parts (e.g. by laser treatment), help to distinguish these parts from the remaining surface by imparting colour following interaction with certain components of the epidermis.';
((2)) Annex II is amended as follows:

((a)) in Part B, Section 3 ‘Additives other than colours and sweeteners’, after the entry for E 170, the following entry is inserted:
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E 172 Iron oxides and hydroxides'
((b)) in Part E, the food category 04.1.1 ‘Entire fresh fruit and vegetables’ is amended as follows:

((i)) the following entry E 172 is inserted before the entry for E 200-203:
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 E 172 Iron oxides and hydroxides 6  only as a contrast enhancer for marking citrus fruit, melons and pomegranates in order to:
— repeat all or some of the mandatory information particulars required by the Union legislation and/or national law,
and/or
— provide on a voluntary basis brand name, production method, PLU-code, QR-code and/or barcode Period of application:From 24 June 2013.'
((ii)) the following entry E 464 is inserted after the entry for E 445:
'
 E 464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose 10  only for citrus fruit, melons and pomegranates in order to:
— repeat all or some of the mandatory information particulars required by the Union legislation and/or national law,
and/or
— provide on a voluntary basis brand name, production method, PLU-code, QR-code and/or barcode Period of application:From 24 June 2013.'
((3)) in Part 2 of Annex III, the entry for ‘E 432 – E 436’ is replaced by the following:
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E 432 – E 436 Polysorbates quantum satis Preparations of colours, contrast enhancers, fat soluble antioxidants and glazing agents for fruit'
