The European Commission demands that Bulgaria change its regulations for the sale of mineral water

With a motivated opinion, sent today by the European Commission to the Ministry of Environment and Water, Bulgaria is urged to correctly apply the EU rules for the sale of natural mineral water and spring water, the EC press center announced. The letter was sent due to non-compliance with the requirements for the placing on the market of natural mineral and spring waters from one source set out in Directive 2009/54 / EC. Bulgarian legislation does not prohibit the placing on the market of natural mineral waters and spring waters originating from the same source under more than one commercial description, as required by Directive 2009/54 / EC. Unlike the said directive, the Bulgarian legislation does not require the indication of the name of the source on the labels of these foodstuffs. Directive 2009/54 / EC was adopted in order to eliminate the differences between the laws of the Member States governing natural mineral and spring ...