CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO THE OBLIGATION OF INFORMING CONSUMERS ABOUT FOOD PRODUCTS IN THE LIGHT OF THE NEW UNION REGULATIONS: REGULATION (EU) NO. 1169/2011
CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO THE OBLIGATION OF INFORMING CONSUMERS ABOUT FOOD PRODUCTS IN THE LIGHT OF THE NEW UNION REGULATIONS: REGULATION (EU) NO. 1169/2011

Summary/Abstract: The legal framework of consumer's protection with regard to labeling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs was ensured at European level, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and the Council regarding propinquity of Member States legislation relating to labeling and presentation of foodstuff, as well as their advertising , presently repealed. Since November 2011, entered into force Regulation (EU) no. 1169/2011 on consumer's information related food products regulation , whose application began on December 13, 2014. In this context, in the following analysis we compared the texts of both legislations, trying to highlight the novelties brought by Regulation (EU) no. 1169/2011 and also set out to illustrate the issue with the relevant jurisprudence of the European Union Court of Justice. It should be noted that these regulations are based, above all, on the need to inform and protect consume.

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