Advertising Ban Violates the Law of the European Union

The so called “nutrient profiles” are still under discussion (in the versions of an undated draft and a draft of 17.3.2009 at the latest concerning a Commission Regulation (EC) “establishing nutrient profiles provided for in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council” 1). The author is assuming that the advertising ban that the use of nutrient profiles entails is not consistent with Art. 11 of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, read in conjunction with Art. 10 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and in this respect violates the law of the European Union.