Whereas all other forms of nutrition labelling should be prohibited but foodstuffs bearing no nutrition labelling should be able to circulate freely Whereas foodstuffs bearing nutrition labelling should conform to the rules laid down in this Directive Whereas, for the benefit of the consumer on the one hand, and to avoid any possible technical barriers to trade on the other, nutrition labelling should be presented in a standardized form applying throughout the Community Whereas the provision of nutrition labelling should assist action in the area of nutrition education for the public Whereas knowledge of the basic principles of nutrition and appropriate nutrition labelling of foodstuffs would contribute significantly towards enabling the consumer to make this choice Whereas the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, in their resolution of 7 July 1986 on the European programme against cancer, considered the improvement of nutrition to be a priority Whereas there is growing public interest in the relationship between diet and health and in the choice of an appropriate diet to suit individual needs Whereas it is important that measures should be adopted with a view to the progressive establishment of the internal market by 31 December 1992 whereas the internal market is an area without internal frontiers in which freedom of movement is ensured for goods, persons, services and capital Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), In cooperation with the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof, Link Display the Official Journal containing the document Amendment proposed by 52011AG0007 Repeal.Amendment proposed by 52008PC0040 Repeal.Link Select all documents based on this document Link Select all legislative procedures based on this document Link Select all documents mentioning this document Amended by: Relation Treaty: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community Legal basis: No longer in force, Date of end of validity: Repealed by 32011R1169. Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 13 Volume 028 P. Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 13 Volume 010 P. Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 13 Volume 010 P. Special edition in Slovene: Chapter 13 Volume 010 P. Special edition in Slovak: Chapter 13 Volume 010 P.
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