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EXH.AITATORY ÏJ0T2
Thepresentproposalcompletestheexaminationofthesubstances,listed
intheTreatyofAccessionofDenmark,IrelandtheUnitedKingdomfor
possibleinclusionintheDirectiveonPreservatiyes ,andalsoimplements
therequirementsoftheDirectivetoexaminetheinclusioninthe
DirectiveoffonnaldehydeforuseinGranaPadan,ocheese*

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Propose foraCouncil -Direotiv-e.' emending forthethirteenth time .
Directive 65/34/®° ori approximation ofthelews of'theKenbe*' States
concerning thepreservatives authorized foruseinfoodntuffs intended -v .
forhuman consumption *
THECOUNCIL OPTEEEUROPEAN CXXSIUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty -establishing theEuropean Economic Community
andinparticular Article 100thereof , ' . •
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee ,
Whereas Article 3ofCouncil Directive 64/54/eECof5November 1963 on
theapproximation ofthelaws oftheMember States concerning thepreservatives
.authorized foruseinfoodstuffs intended forhuman consumption ,aslast
amended "byDirective 76/629/eEC2,requires thatMember States shall
authorize the smoking ofcertain foodstuffs only insmoke produced from
wood orwoody plants inthenatural state andthat such smoking should
notcreate any risictohuman health :
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Whereas Chapter IX,2Annex VII totheAct ofAccession permits Denmark ,
Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom ,uptoandincluding 31December 1977 »"to
maintain inforce theprovisions oftheir national laws relating tothe
useinfoodstuffs ofliquid smoke solutions ;
Whereas liquid smoke solutions areused primarily fortheir flavouring
properties "butwhereas they mayhave asubsidiary preservative property ;
Whereas investigations aretaking place inseveral Kember States onthe
toxicological acceptability ,andontheprecise technological function of
liquid smoke solutions ; whereas thesituation must' bereviewed inthe
light ofthose investigations ;
OJNoIi12,27/l/l964 ,p.161/164
20JNoL223»16/8/1976 ,p.3
30JNoL73,27/3/1972 ,p.14

WhereasitisthereforenotyetpossibleTOtakefinaldecisionsasto
viietherornottheuseoxliquidsmokesolutionsshould "beauthorised
v/ithintheCommunity,norastothemannerinwhichthisauthorisation
should "be"broughtabout;
WhereasCouncilDirective74/62/eECof17December1973amendingforthe
ninthtimeDirective64/54/EEC^permitsIIemberStatestomaintain
until31December1977theprovisionsoftheirnationallawsrelatingto
.theuseofformaldehydein"Granapadano"cheeseprovidedthat,whenthe•
productismarketed,noresidueofthissubstanceisdetectableinthe
finishedproduct;
Whereasfromatechnological pointofviewtheusefulnessofthissubstance
hasbeendemonstrated atCommunitylevel;
Whereasonthebasisofthemostrecentscientificandtoxicological
informationitisnowpossibletotakeafinaldecisiontoauthorizethe
use6fformaldehyde withintheCommunityforthesameuseasatpresent
permittednationally ,
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
Article1
Article5(2)ofDirective64/54/EKCisherebyamendedtoreadasfollowswith
effectfrom1January197&:
"Until31DecemberI98Oandnotwithstanding Article1MemberStatesmay
authorizetheuseofliquidsmokesolutions"®
Article2
InParti°:^theAnnex"toDirective6<l/54/EI3Cthereshallbeaddedthe
following :
EECNo
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!lîarae Conditions ofuse
E2A0Formaldehyde
!
i
JExclusivelyini;Granapadano"
cheeseprovidedthat,when
theproductismarketed,no
residueofthissubstanceis
'IctGO'«a"bleinthexird.shod
product
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Article3
MemberStatesshall"bringintoforcenotlaterthan12monthsafter
notification ofthisDirectivethenecessarylaw3,regulations or
administrative provisionsnecessarytocomplywiththisDirectiveand
shallforthwithinformtheCommissionthereof®
Article4
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil,
ThePresident.