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Brussels .29May1975
REPORT BYTHE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
onthe coordination between the Member States
ontheattitude to "beadopted atthe10th
Session ofthe Codex Committee onFood Additives
COM(75 )?34final

Report bytheCommission totheCouncil onthecoordination between
theMember States onthieattitude tobeadopted atthelO^*1Session
ofthe Codex Committee onFood Additives
Introduction
The 10 Session oftheCodex Committee onFood Additives istotake
place intheNetherlands 2-7 June 1975 an<*theFAO/WHOSecretariat
has drav /nupaprovisional agenda (doc .CX/FA75/1)-Notallthe
documents referred toontheagenda are available and itmay therefore
benecessary for theMember States tocoordinate their views onspecific
items during themeeting .
'·* ·. *ς'
TheCommission proposes that ,inthehight ofcomments received from
theMember States ,inview oftheexistance ofCommunity Directives
relating tocertain items ontheagenda and theinclusion onthe
agenda of .topics relating tothework programme oftheCommunity ,the
Member States ,coordinate their views onthetopics ,indicated below
" "Potential Daily Intake ofFood Additives
Document CX/FA75/5prepared bytheCodex Secretariat presents some
disturbing facts ,while atthesame time pointing out inparagraph 2
that theactual exposure ofmantochemicals maybeiess than the
theoretical calculations presented .
TheCommission ,inview ofthelate distribution ofthedocument ,
hasreceived nocomments from Member States ,itwould appear necessary
toconsider the common attitude tobetaken tothis i-eport ._
2.Council ofEurope publication ohFlavours
.< -
Observations onthe -Council ofEurope publication onnatural
■jb
flavouring substances andartificial flavouring substances were
;requested bytheCodex secretariat (CL197.^/51),on^certain number
ofpoints . -r
TheCommission proposes :that the .Committee beinformed :.(1)that the
Member States oftheCommunity agree with theCodex decision to

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separate flavours into thethree classes (natural *nature-identical and
artificial )butthat "thetreatment tobegiven tothethree classes has
not finally been agreed atCommunity level .TheCommission will be
making aprbposal' forDirective totheCouncil following -theprogramme
agreed bytheCouncil (Resolution 17/12/1973 0J/C117 page 7)
.(ii)that while theMember States oftheCommunity believe
that ;asanobjective itisdesirable toexamine thefeasibility of
including all classes offlavours onapositive list ,they place
differing emphasis onthepractical difficulties ofelaborating such
alist for .natural flavours inthepresent state ofknowledge .
(iii)that theMember States areinagreement that
artificial flavours should beincluded inapositive list .
Thetreatment ,fco ,begiven tonature-identical flavours depends tosome
extent on ,the .approach made inrespect ofnatural flavours ,itis
difficult tojustify asubstantially increased useofaproduct which
appears inlimited quantities innature ,bysynthesizing itsequivalent ,
unless adequate toxicologicnl data areavailable .jQnthe .other hand
use atsimilar levels to .thoge .found innature ;-would not appear to
cf'eate 'any -^dded prdblems -of .safety toconsumes ,and theproducts
could be .treated inthe same -way ..
theCommission also believes that amultilingual approach towhat is
actually' involved intheterm ''natural flavour ".andsimilar terms would
help toovercome misunderstand :!ngs astothescope oft>ie term . ■.,
3.Significance tobegiven tothemaximum levels offood additives
TheCommission suggests that Membier States entirely "support theapproach
putforward bytheNetherlands secretariat indocument CX/FA75/1^•
Member States mayalso wish toconsider the'practicability ofincluding
inafootnote ,orintheReport ofthemeeting ,anobservation 'tothe
effect that thechange to"maximum level inthefinal product "does
notmean that additives which arecompletely removed during processing

canbepermitted without approval .
4.General Standard onLabelling ofFood Additives sold assuch
(docCX/FA75/9)
Therepresentative oftheCommission will inform theCommittee ofthe
Directives oncolours ,preservatives ,antioxidant ^andemulsifiers
(etc)andwill beprepared togive details asrequired .
Thedifferences intheCommunity Directives indicates that incertain
cases there could befundamental reasons why acommon system isnot
possible .
Inaddotion ,itappears from thecomments received that theMember
States arenotyetconvinced that ageneral standard can beapplied
toall additives .TheCommission therefore suggests that theCodex
Committee beagain encouraged todiscuss theprinciple andnecessity
forthestandard ,particularly inview ofthepotential overlap between
this standard andother proposals orstandards developed orinthe
proeess ofbeing developed bytheCodex Committee onLabelling .
5.Carry over principie
This hasbeen subject ofanearlier report bytheCommission and
Member States have agreed theposition tobetaken (Council R/8l4/
75 (AGKI 253 ))•
6.Consultative list ofadditives insoft drinks
1
Tho document prepared byCanada isextremely comprehensive .Member
States should bear inmind intheir comments ttiat theCommunity is
working onaproposal forDirective inthis area .
7.Spécifications forAntioxidants (docCX/FA75/7)
TheCommission istosubmit proposals forspecifications for anti­
oxidants included ontheCommunity list inthenear future .