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▼(b)foodsforinfantsandyoungchildrenasreferredtoinDirective89/

398/EEC,includingfoodsforinfantsandyoungchildrennotingoodhealth;thesefoodstuffsaresubjecttotheprovisionsofAnnexVI;(c)thefoodstuffslistedinAnnexII,whichmaycontainonlythose

additivesreferredtointhatAnnexandthoseadditivesreferredtoinAnnexesIIIandIVundertheconditionsspecifiedtherein.4.AdditiveslistedinAnnexesIIIandIVmayonlybeusedinthefoodstuffsreferredtointhoseAnnexesandundertheconditionsspeci-fiedtherein.

5.OnlythoseadditiveslistedinAnnexVmaybeusedascarriersorcarriersolventsforfoodadditivesandmustbeusedunderthecondi-tionsspecifiedtherein.

6.TheprovisionsofthisDirectiveshallalsoapplytothecorre-spondingfoodstuffsintendedforparticularnutritionalusesinaccordancewithDirective89/398/EEC.

7.MaximumlevelsindicatedintheAnnexesrefertofoodstuffsasmarketed,unlessotherwisestated.

8.IntheAnnexestothisDirective,‘quantumsatis’meansthatnomaximumlevelisspecified.However,additivesshallbeusedinaccor-dancewithgoodmanufacturingpractice,atalevelnothigherthanisnecessarytoachievetheintendedpurposeandprovidedthattheydonotmisleadtheconsumer.

Article3

▼1.

Thepresenceofafoodadditiveispermissible:

(a)inacompoundfoodstuffotherthanonementionedinArticle2(3),

totheextenttowhichthefoodadditiveispermittedinoneoftheingredientsofthecompoundfoodstuff;(b)inafoodstuffwhereaflavouringhasbeenadded,totheextentto

whichthefoodadditiveispermittedintheflavouringincompli-ancewiththisDirectiveandhasbeencarriedovertothefoodstuffviatheflavouring,providedthefoodadditivehasnotechnologicalfunctioninthefinalfoodstuff;or(c)ifthefoodstuffisdestinedtobeusedsolelyinthepreparationofa

compoundfoodstuffandtoanextentsuchthatthecompoundfood-stuffconformstotheprovisionsofthisDirective.

▼2.Paragraph1doesnotapplytoinfantformulae,follow-onformulaeandweaningfoods,asreferredtoinDirective89/398/EEC,exceptwherespeciallyprovidedfor.

▼3.Thelevelofadditivesinflavouringsshallbelimitedtotheminimumnecessarytoguaranteethesafetyandqualityofflavouringsandtofacilitatetheirstorage.Furthermore,thepresenceofadditivesinflavouringsmustnotmisleadconsumersorpresentahazardtotheirhealth.Ifthepresenceofanadditiveinafoodstuff,asaconsequenceofaddingflavourings,hasatechnologicalfunctioninthefoodstuff,itshallbeconsideredasanadditiveofthefoodstuffandnotasanaddi-tiveoftheflavouring.

▼Article4

ThisDirectiveshallapplywithoutprejudicetospecificDirectivespermittingadditiveslistedintheAnnexestobeusedassweetenersorcolours.