
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 all Member States.Done at Brussels, 28 September 2018.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended as follows:

((1)) In the entry for the food additive E 491 Sorbitan monostearate, the specification as regards ‘congealing range’ is replaced by the following:
'
Identification test by acid value, iodine value (not more than 4), gas chromatography'
((2)) In the entry for the food additive E 492 Sorbitan tristearate, the specification as regards ‘congealing range’ is replaced by the following:
'
Identification test by acid value, iodine value (not more than 4), gas chromatography'
((3)) In the entry for the food additive E 495 Sorbitan monopalmitate, the specification as regards ‘congealing range’ is replaced by the following:
'
Identification test by acid value, iodine value (not more than 4), gas chromatography'
