
Article 1 

1. The health claim set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be included in the ... list of permitted claims  in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 432/2012.
2. The use of the health claim referred to in the first paragraph shall be restricted to the applicant for a period of five years from  1 January 2016. After the expiry of that period, that health claim may be used, in conformity with the conditions applying to it, by any food business operator.
Article 2 
The scientific data and other information included in the application, which are claimed by the applicant as proprietary and without the submission of which the health claim could not have been authorised are restricted for use for the benefit of the applicant for a period of five years from  1 January 2016  under the conditions laid down in Article 21(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.
Article 3 
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 4 
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 7 December 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, the following entry is inserted in an alphabetical order:

Nutrient, substance, food or food category Claim Conditions of use of the claim Conditions and/or restrictions of use of the food and/or additional statement or warning EFSA Journal number Relevant entry number in the Consolidated List submitted to EFSA for its assessment
‘Native chicory inulin Chicory inulin contributes to normal bowel function by increasing stool frequency Information shall be provided to the consumer that the beneficial effect is obtained with a daily intake of 12 g chicory inulin.The claim can be used only for food which provides at least a daily intake of 12 g of native chicory inulin, a non-fractionated mixture of monosaccharides (< 10 %), disaccharides, inulin-type fructans and inulin extracted from chicory, with a mean degree of polymerisarion ≥ 9.  2015;13(1):3951 

