Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1156 of 13 July 2021 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards steviol glycosides (E 960) and rebaudioside M produced via enzyme modification of steviol glycosides from Stevia


WTO code G/SPS/N/EU/497
Date notice 26/07/2021
Notice type Regular
Title Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1156 of 13 July 2021 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards steviol glycosides (E 960) and rebaudioside M produced via enzyme modification of steviol glycosides from Stevia
Summary

The text aims at updating the current authorisation of the food additive steviol glycosides (E 960) and to authorise rebaudioside M produced via enzyme modification of steviol glycosides from Stevia in the European Union. The Annex to Regulation No 231/2012 (specifications for food additives) is amended accordingly, in line with the conclusion of the evaluation of the safety of this food additive by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which concluded that the new additive does not raise safety concern at the same proposed uses and use levels as steviol glycosides (E 960). In the interest of clarity and coherence, the currently authorised food additive 'steviol glycosides (E 960)' is renamed as 'Steviol glycosides from Stevia (E 960a)'and 'rebaudioside M produced via enzyme modification of steviol glycosides from Stevia' is assigned E 960c(i) as an E-number. As those food additives may be regulated combined, a new group for steviol glycosides, including both of them, is inserted in Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, and all entries for steviol glycosides (E 960) in Part E of Annex II to that Regulation are replaced accordingly, while maintaining the currently applicable uses and maximum level for authorised uses and use levels.

Product Food products
Country European Union

File attach:
NEU497.pdf

Orther Notice:


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G/SPS/N/KGZ/37 - Draft Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission on Amendments to the Common List of Goods Subject to Veterinary Control (Surveillance).
G/SPS/N/BRA/2418 - Draft Resolution 1337, 18 June 2025. Language(s): Portuguese.
G/SPS/N/PHL/532 - Department of Agriculture Memorandum Circular No._, Series of 2025, Updated Import Terms and Conditions (ITC) for the Entry of Dogs and Cats to the Philippines.
G/SPS/N/JPN/1348 - Paraquat: Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard).
G/SPS/N/JPN/1349 - Cyfluthrin: Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard).
G/SPS/N/JPN/1350 - Deltamethrin and Tralomethrin: Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard).
G/SPS/N/JPN/1351 - Fenitrothion: Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard).
G/SPS/N/JPN/1352 - Chlorobenzilate: Amendment to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard).
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