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The European Commission and a Task Force of seven EU Member States, led by Germany and involving Belgium, Spain, France, Greece, Ireland and the Netherlands, have been trying to set maximum levels for vitamin and mineral supplementation in fortified foods and food supplements. After submitting it to all Member States for consideration, the Commission will consult the stakeholders. This article analyzes the evolution and current situation on various issues related to this purpose: applicable EU legislation and comments on it, nutrient reference values in the EU and their possible update, maximum tolerable intake levels in the EU and their recent updates, alternatives when there are no tolerable maximum intake levels in the EU, dietary intake surveys in the EU and models to establish maximum levels for their supplementation in the EU. Finally, some conclusions are formulated on the two objectives to be achieved in setting the maximum amounts for this supplementation and, in addition, the updating of the nutrient reference values and their expansion with specific values for children under 3 years old is suggested.