legibility

Definitions over time (1)

12/12/2011 – today applies on 11/11/2026 Article 2, Food Information to Consumers Regulation (FIC) Scope: Whole act

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

‘legibility’ means the physical appearance of information, by means of which the information is visually accessible to the general population and which is determined by various elements, inter alia, font size, letter spacing, spacing between lines, stroke width, type colour, typeface, width-height ratio of the letters, the surface of the material and significant contrast between the print and the background;