Gli "health claims" e l'etichettatura

The paper examines the complex legal framework of health-claims with reference to both European and national legal systems. The author underlines the relevant difficulties emerging from the interpretation and application of European rules, and suggests the adoption of a more flexible approach. Moreover the paper suggests the extension of the data protection rules - laid down at article 21 of Regulation No 1924/2006 - to all the applications submitted for an healthclaim in order to support the economic effort of research carried out by food business operators. At national level the paper is focused on the relationship between the general legislation on unfair commercial practices and the specific legislation on health-claims labelling, emphasizing the possible overlapping of competences between Administrative Authorities currently entitled to both supervision and sanctioning functions