Dietetic foods: approximation of the laws of the Member States (amend. Directive 89/398/EEC)

The Commission's amended proposal took over the European Parliament's amendments concerning: - the introduction of a new recital referring to a "modus vivendi" between the EP, the Council and the Commission; - the inclusion of foodstuffs for diabetics in the groups of foods listed in Annex I for which specific provisions would be laid down by specific directives; - the definition of the conditions for use of the terms low-sodium foods, low-sodium, sodium-free and gluten-free where permitted by scientific data; - the reminder in the recitals that it was still possible to harmonise other rules applicable to other groups of foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses. However, the Commission did not take over the amendments concerning: - the inclusion of low-sodium and gluten-free foods in the groups of foods listed in Annex I for which specific directives should be adopted; - the level of pesticides and residues in infant formulae and follow-on formulae; - the inclusion of a paragraph indicating that the new groups of foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses could be added to Annex I; - the creation of a new Annex Ia to include authorised claims relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses. �