In order to facilitate consumer choice with regard to the energy and nutrient content of the diet, without prejudice to Articles 9, 16 and 30 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004, the mandatory nutrition declaration provided for in the same Regulation may be accompanied by an additional presentation or expression by means of graphics or symbols, under the conditions laid down in Article 35 of that Regulation.
The procedures by which the recommendations of the administrative authority provided for in Article 35(2) are drawn up and evaluated are defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, after obtaining the opinion of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail.