Furthermore, we can reassure that in this exercise of setting the maximum levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements at Community level, we will consider with the utmost care all existing national rules and will endeavour to incorporate in the measures as much flexibility as is compatible with the principles of the internal market.

1 Discussion paper
2 Stakeholder responses received by the Commission

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In the interests of balance, here is some information on how four pieces of recent European legislation impact natural and nutritional means of staying healthy, compiled by the Alliance for Natural Health.

EU LEGISLATION AND NATURAL HEALTH - The good, the bad and the ugly (PDF)