Article
The European Court of Justice declares that Regulation No 1924/2006 applies to health claims directed at health professionals: the Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb eV judgment (Case C-15/19)
European Food and Feed Law Review
(2016)
Abstract
«Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1047/2012 of 8 November 2012, must be interpreted as meaning that nutrition or health claims made in a commercial communication on a food which is intended to be delivered as such to the final consumer, if that communication is addressed not to the final consumer, but exclusively to health professionals, falls within the scope of that regulation»
Keywords
- Food Law,
- Food Labelling,
- European Union,
- Health claims,
- Commercial communications,
- Advertising
Disciplines
Publication Date
December 29, 2016
Citation Information
Luis González Vaqué, Silvia Bañares Vilella and Sebastián Romero Melchor. "The European Court of Justice declares that Regulation No 1924/2006 applies to health claims directed at health professionals: the Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb eV judgment (Case C-15/19)" European Food and Feed Law Review Vol. 11 Iss. 6 (2016) p. 508 - 519 ISSN: 1862- 2720 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/luis_gonzalez_vaque/222/
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