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Overview

Jurisdiction: European Union
Topic: Consumer Law
Instrument type: Regulation
Reference number: 1169/2011
Valid from: 2011-12-12
Valid to: 2026-08-06
Modified date: 2024-03-01
Listed at: 2026-08-06
Withdrawn at: -
Description: Establishes rules for providing food information to consumers, including labelling, allergen, origin and nutrition information, and the responsibilities of food business operators.

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Sources

Source URL	Crawler	Publish date
https://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/32011R1169	Schokolade

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Rule sets

	Label	Effective
	Food-chain companies providing consumer food information	2014-12-13 — 9999-12-31
	Applies from milestone: Repeal (2014-12-13) Expires at milestone: - Conditions: Activities contains No Linked Attribute Value “provision of food information to consumers” … Products contains No Linked Attribute Value “foods intended for the final consumer” “foods delivered by mass caterers” “foods intended for supply to mass caterers” …
	Transport companies providing catering services	2014-12-13 — 9999-12-31
	Applies from milestone: Repeal (2014-12-13) Expires at milestone: - Conditions: Activities contains No Linked Attribute Value “catering services provided by transport undertakings” …

Questions this regulation asks

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This regulation asks no questions of its own — every condition uses a general attribute.

Obligations

	Title	Kind	Rule set
	Provide sufficient information to other food business operators	Reporting	-
	Description: Companies must provide other food business operators with sufficient information to enable them, where appropriate, to meet their food-information obligations. Frequency: Event-triggered Check frequency: Event-triggered Products/Services: Food not intended for the final consumer or mass caterers that is supplied to other food business operators Checking responsibility: Food business operators supplying food to other food business operators Check method: Verification that sufficient information has been provided to the receiving food business operator to enable compliance Rule set: - Source reference: Artikel 8 Absatz 8 Source excerpt: Food business operators that supply to other food business operators food not intended for the final consumer or to mass caterers shall ensure that those other food business operators are provided with sufficient information to enable them, where appropriate, to meet their obligations under paragraph 2.
	Notify use of additional nutrition presentations	Reporting	-
	Description: Companies must notify the competent authority of the use of additional forms of expression or presentation of the nutrition declaration and provide the relevant justifications where the Member State requires it; notification of discontinuation may also be required. Frequency: Event-triggered Check frequency: Event-triggered Products/Services: Food bearing additional forms of expression or presentation of the nutrition declaration placed on the market in a Member State Checking responsibility: Food business operators placing such food on the market, where required by the Member State Check method: Review of the notification and supporting justifications submitted to the competent authority, including notification of discontinuation where required Rule set: - Source reference: Artikel 35 Absatz 3 Source excerpt: To facilitate the monitoring of the use of such additional forms of expression or presentation, Member States may require food business operators placing on the market in their territory foods bearing such information to notify the competent authority of the use of an additional form of expression or presentation and to provide them with the relevant justifications regarding the fulfilment of the requirements laid down in points (a) to (g) of paragraph 1. In such cases, information on the discontinuation of the use of such additional forms of expression or presentation may also be required.

Measures

No measures.

Penalties

No penalties.

Milestones

	Date	Type	Description
	2011-10-25	Adopted	Adoption of the Regulation
	Source reference: Schlussformel Source excerpt: Done at Strasbourg, 25 October 2011.
	2011-12-12	Entry into Force	Entry into force of the Regulation
	Source reference: Artikel 51 Absatz 2 Source excerpt: The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 9(3), Article 10(2), Article 12(3), Article 13(4), Article 18(5), Article 19(2), Article 21(2), Article 23(2), Article 30(6), Article 31(2), Article 36(4) and Article 46 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of 5 years after 12 December 2011.
	2014-01-01	Application Start	Application of Part B of Annex VI
	Source reference: Artikel 55 Source excerpt: It shall apply from 13 December 2014, with the exception of point (l) of Article 9(1), which shall apply from 13 December 2016, and Part B of Annex VI, which shall apply from 1 January 2014.
	2014-12-13	Application Start	Start of general application
	Source reference: Artikel 55 Source excerpt: It shall apply from 13 December 2014, with the exception of point (l) of Article 9(1), which shall apply from 13 December 2016, and Part B of Annex VI, which shall apply from 1 January 2014.
	2014-12-13	Repeal	Repeal of the listed former legal acts
	Source reference: Artikel 53 Absatz 1 Source excerpt: Directives 87/250/EEC, 90/496/EEC, 1999/10/EC, 2000/13/EC, 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 are repealed as from 13 December 2014.
	2016-12-13	Application Start	Application of the mandatory nutrition declaration
	Source reference: Artikel 55 Source excerpt: It shall apply from 13 December 2014, with the exception of point (l) of Article 9(1), which shall apply from 13 December 2016, and Part B of Annex VI, which shall apply from 1 January 2014.

Linked regulations

	Type	Regulation
	Cites	Unfair Commercial Practices Directive
	Source reference: Recital (5) Source excerpt: Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market covers certain aspects of the provision of information to consumers specifically to prevent misleading actions and omissions of information.
	Cites	Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation
	Source reference: Recital (38) Source excerpt: the voluntary inclusion of nutrition or health claims on food labels should be in accordance with the 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.
	Amends	Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation
	Source reference: Article 49 Source excerpt: The first and second paragraphs of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 are replaced by the following:
	Cites	Directive 2005/29/EC
	Source reference: Recital (5) Source excerpt: Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market covers certain aspects of the provision of information to consumers specifically to prevent misleading actions and omissions of information.
	Cites	Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006
	Source reference: Recital (38) Source excerpt: the voluntary inclusion of nutrition or health claims on food labels should be in accordance with the 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.
	Amends	Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006
	Source reference: Article 49 Source excerpt: The first and second paragraphs of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 are replaced by the following: