European Court Decides: Food Supplements Directive May Go Ahead

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Health Supreme Update: European Court Decides: Food

Supplements Directive May Go Ahead

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Health Supreme Update: European Court Decides: Food Supplements

Directive May Go Ahead

 

July 12, 2005

 

 

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LUXEMBOURG, 12 July 2005 - The European Court of Justice has

delivered its judgement today in a legal case that challenged

the restrictive provisions of the EU's food supplements

directive. The judges confirmed the validity of the supplements

directive. The verdict states that: " Examination of the

question referred to the Court has revealed no factor of such a

kind as to affect the validity of Articles 3, 4(1) and 15(b) of

Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 10 June 2002 on the approximation of the laws of the

Member States relating to food supplements. " The decision comes

as a surprise to activists and observers, because the court's

advocate general had previously expressed serious doubts as to the

validity of at least some of the provisions of the directive, which

require expensive " proof of safety " to be supplied to the European

authorities for ingredients, even if they have been used safely for years.

 

For a copy of the full judgement, go to this page on the EU

Court's site and follow the " Judgement " link.

http://curia.eu.int/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=en & Submit=Submit & alldocs=alldocs\

& docj=docj & docop=docop & docor=docor & docjo=docjo & numaff=c-154%2F04 & datefs= & datefe=\

& nomusuel=Alliance+for+Natural+Health & domaine= & mots= & resmax=100

 

 

 

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