1. By19January2009,theCommissionshallestablishspecific nutrient profiles, including exemptions, which food or certain categories of food must comply with in order to bear nutrition or health claims and the conditions for the use of nutrition or health claims for foods or categories of foods with respect to the nutrient profiles. Such measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 25(3).
The nutrient profiles for food and/or certain categories of food shall be established taking into account in particular:
(a) the quantities of certain nutrients and other substances contained in the food, such as fat, saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, sugars and salt/sodium;
(b) the role and importance of the food (or of categories of food) and the contribution to the diet of the population in general or, as appropriate, of certain risk groups including children;
(c) the overall nutritional composition of the food and the presence of nutrients that have been scientifically recognised as having an effect on health.
The nutrient profiles shall be based on scientific knowledge about diet and nutrition, and their relation to health.
In setting the nutrient profiles, the Commission shall request the Authority to provide within 12 months relevant scientific advice, focusing in particular on:
(i) whether profiles should be set for food in general and/or categories of food;