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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77 )611final .
Brussels ,18November 1977
Proposal fora
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
amending forthesecond time ,theCouncil Directive 70/357/EEC
ontheapproximation ofthelaws oftheMember States concerning
the antioxidants authorized for use infoodstuffs
intended forhuman consumption
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(77 )611final .

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Thepresentproposalimplementstherequirements oftheTreatyofAccession
ofDenmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomtoexaminethepossibility of
includingcertainsubstanceswithantioxidanteffectintheDirective,
andalsotoactonrequestsfromMemberStatestomodifytheDirective
inotherrespects#Thisproposalhasbeenmadeafterseekingtheadvice
oftheScientificCommitteeforFoodontheaspectsofthesubjectwhich
relatetopubllohealth*

DraftproposalforaCouncilDirectiveamendingforthesecondtime,the
CouncilDirective 70/357/EEContheapproximation ofthelawsofthe
MemberStatesconcerningtheantioxidants authorizedforuseinfoodstuffs
intendedforhumanconsumption.
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
.andinparticiilarArticle100thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilDirective70/357/EEC^"of13July1970
ontheapproximation ofthelawsoftheMemberStatesconcerningthe
antioxidants authorizedforuseinfoodintendedforhumanconsumption ,as
amendedbyDirective74/412/EEC,permitsMemberStatestomaintainthe
provisionsoftheirnationallawsauthorizingtheuseinfoodstuffsof
calciumdisodiumethylenediaminetetra–acetate,propylgallateand
L–ascorbicacidestersoftheunbranchedfattyacidsC^abdC^guntil
31December1977J
WhereasChapterIX,3AnnexVIItotheActofAccession3permitsDenmark,
IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom,uptoandinoluding31December1977»
tomaintaininforcetheprovisionsoftheirnationallawsrelatingto
theuseinfoodstuffsofpropylgallateandethoxyquinj
Whereasthetechnological usefulnessofethoxyquinforthetreatmentof
applesandpears,calciumdisodiumethylenediaminetetra-acetate asa
substancecapableofincreasingtheantioxidanteffectofothersubstances ,
andpropylgallateasantioxidantinfoodhasbeendemonstrated within
theCommunity:
■"OJNoL157118/7/1970,p.31
20JNoL221,12/8/1974»P.18
30JNoL73,27/3/1972,p.14

Whereason"the"basisof"themostrecentscientificandtoxicological
informationitisnowpossibletotakeafinaldecisiontoauthorize
withintheCommunitytheuseofpropylgallateandcalciumdisodium
ethylenediaminetetraacetate ^
Whereasduringasecondstage,theCouncilmustdecidetheconditions
governingtheuseofantioxidants inparticularfoodstuffs,"butwhereas
theabove-mentionedinformation showsthatcalciumdisodiumethylene
diaminetetraacetate shouldnotbeusedinfoodstuffs intendedforthe
particularnutritionaluseofinfantsandyoungchildreninthesehseof
Article1ofCouncilDirective77/94/EECof21December1976onthe
approximation ofthelawsoftheMemberStatesrelatingtofoodstuffs
forparticularnutritionaluses^j
Whereasitisnotyetpossibletotakeafinaldecisionastowhetheror
nottheuseofethcocyquinshouldbeauthorizedatCommunitylevel;but
thesituationmustbereviewedinthelightoffurtherscientificand
t
toxicological information ,
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE J
Article1
Article2ofDirective70/357/EECisherebyamendedtoreadasfollows::
"1»BywayofderogationfromArticle1,MemberStatesmayuntil
31December1980maintaintheprovisionsoftheirnationallaws
permittingtheuseofethoxyquinforthetreatmentofapplesand
pearsinthecontrolofscaldprovidingtheresiduesofethoxyquin
arenotmorethan3milligramsperkilogramofwholefruit.
2«Beforeexpiryoftheperiodsetinparagraph1theCouncilmay,on
thebasisofastudybytheCommission,andinaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle100,includeethoxyquinin.theAnnex".
Article2
InArticle9ofDirective70/357/EECthereisherebyaddedasecond
paragraphasfollows:
"However,calciumdisodiumethylenediaminetetra–acetateshallnotbe
usedinfoodstuffsintendedfortheparticularnutritionaluse,inthe
senseofArticle1ofDirective77/94/eEC,ofinfantsandyoungchildren"
OJNoL26,31/1/77,P.55.

Article3
InpartIoftheAnnextoDirective70/357/EECshallbeaddedthefollowing
EECNo Name
E310Propylgallate
Article4
InpartIIIoftheAnnextoDirective70/357/EE0thereshall"beaddedthe
following !.
EECNo Naxne
E342Calcitalidisodiumethylene
diaminetetra>-acetate
Article5
MemberStatesshallbringintoforcenotlaterthan12monthsafter
notification ofthisDirectivethelaws,regulationsoradministrative
provisionsnecessarytocomplywiththisDirectiveandshallforthwith
informtheCommissionthereof#
Article6
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates#
DoneatBrussels, 'FortheCouncil,
ThePresident#