Title I: COMPLIANCE

The conditions under which the mandatory nutrition declaration provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October, as amended, 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…

Without prejudice to specific provisions on the method of indicating the origin of foodstuffs, the indication of the country of origin is mandatory for agricultural and food products and seafood products, whether raw or processed. Without prejudice to labelling requirements laid down by specific provisions of European Union law, where the country of origin or place of provenance of the food is indicated and it is not that of its…

Without prejudice to the specific provisions relating to the indication of the origin of foodstuffs, the indication of origin is made compulsory for milk, as well as for milk used as an ingredient in dairy products and for meat used as an ingredient in processed products, on an experimental basis from the publication of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising economic life and until…

Persons or businesses that process or distribute food products as part of a permanent or occasional, main or ancillary commercial or mass catering activity or takeaway sales of prepared dishes may specify on their menus or any other medium the catch or production area of the aquatic products they offer. The catch or production area shall be determined under the conditions laid down in Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No…

When a food product has a date of minimum durability, this may be accompanied by a statement, specified by decree, informing consumers that the product remains consumable after this date.

Prior to the conclusion of a distance contract for the sale of foodstuffs, the trader shall provide the consumer, pursuant to Article L. 221-5, in a legible and comprehensible manner, the information required by 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…