Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the exercise of the delegation conferred on the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers

This report meets the obligation set for the Commission by Article 51(2) 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 (hereinafter 'the Food Information Regulation').

Article 51(2) of the Food Information Regulation requires the Commission to present to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the exercise of the delegation conferred on the Commission by that Regulation. The report shall be drawn up not later than 9 months before the end of the 5-year period of the delegation, running from 12 December 2011. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than 3 months before the end of each period.

Since the entry into force of the Food Information Regulation, the Commission has adopted three delegated acts:
a) a Commission Delegated Regulation amending the Food Information Regulation in accordance with Article 36(4) as regards the information on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in food;
b) a Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annexes II and III to the Food Information Regulation as regards certain cereals causing allergies or intolerances and foods with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters;
c) a Commission Delegated Regulation on the definition of engineered nanomaterials.