1.4.2015 Official Journal of the European Union L 88/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 201 5/537 of 31 March 2015 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 13332008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of aluminium lakes of cochineal, carminic acid, carmines (E 120) in dietary foods for special medical purposes (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (*), and in particular Article 10(3), Whereas: (1) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 lays down a Union list of food additives approved for use in foods and their conditions of use. (2)  The Union list of food additives may be updated in accordance with the common procedure referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council () either on the initiative of the Commission or following an application. (3)  The European Food Safety Authority (the Authority’), in its opinion of 22 May 2008 (*) recommended lowering the tolerable weekly intake (TWI) for aluminium to 1 mg/kg body weight/week. In addition, the Authority considered that the revised TWI was generally exceeded for high consumers, especially children, in a significant part of the Union. In order to ensure that the revised TWI is not exceeded, the conditions of use and the use levels for food additives containing aluminium, including aluminium lakes were amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 380/2012 (4. (4)  Regulation (EU) No 380/2012 provides that aluminium lakes prepared from all colours listed in Table 1 of Part B of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 are authorised until 31 July 2014. From 1 August 2014 only aluminium lakes prepared from the colours listed in Table 3 of Part A of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 are authorised and only in those food categories where provisions on maximum limits on aluminium coming from lakes are explicitly stated in Part E of that Annex. () OJL354,31.12.2008, p. 16. (*) Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 establishing a common authori- sation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 1.). (*) Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Foodp Contact Materials (AFC) on Safety of aluminium from dietary intake, (EFSA Journal (2008) 754, p. 1). (*) Commission Regulation (EU) No 380/2012 of 3 May 2012 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the conditions of use and the use levels for aluminium-containing food additives (O] L 119, 4.5.2012,p. 14).