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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)363 final .
Brussels ,15July 1975
Report "bytheCommission tothe Council .
concerning theCommunity 'scomments ontheStandards examined
atthe 11th session ofthe Codex Committee onCocoa Products
andChocolate (ALINORM 76/10)
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
CGM(75 )363final

INTRODUCTION
InitscircularletterNoCX5/102-CL1975/3»theSecretariatoftheCodex
Alimentarius askedthevariousinterestedpartiestomakeknownanycomments
theymighthaveonthefollowingStandardsatstep8J
-DraftStandardforcocoa "butter
-DraftStandardforchocolate
andanumberofotherStandardswhichhavenotyetreachedstep8,namely:
-DraftStandardforcocoapowder(cocoa)anddrypreparationsobtainedfrom
cocoaandsugar.
-PreliminarydraftStandardsfors
-compositeandflavouredchocolate
-filledchocolate
-v/hitechocolate.

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AsfarastheStandardsatstep8areconcerned,namely:
-theDraftStandardforcocoa"butter
-theDraftStandardforchocolate,
theycertainlydifferinsomev;aysfromCommunitylegislation.
However,thesedifferences wouldnotjustifyblockingtheseStandardsat
step8#
Indeed,itappearsmostunlikely,inthelightofthediscussionsatthelast ■
sessionoftheCommittee,thatanyamendmentsintroducedwouldfindsufficient
support.
Inconsequence,theCommissiondoesnotintendtoopposetheirpassageto
step
Anyamendmentsproposedbyanon-Membercountrycouldbediscussedatthe
coordination meeting#

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2113А1/75-Е
r,t,;
DraftlettertotheChairmanoftheCodesCommittee
onCocoaProductsandChocolate:MrE.M/iTTHET,
Halerstrasse 16,3008Bern,Switzerland
SubjectJReportofthe11thsessionoftheCodexCommitteeonCocoaProducts
andChocolate,Zurich(ALINOHM76/10)•
Rcf.:CircularletterNoCX5/1.2-CL1975/3March1975
DearMrChairman,
Thecircularletterreferredtoabovecontainsarequestfor
commentsonthevariousdraftStandardsexaminedatthelastsessionofthe
CodexCommitteeonCocoaProductsandChocolate,
IencloseacopyoftheoommentsmadebytheCommunity,
TouwillnodoubtseefittoasktheSecretariattobring
thesecommentstotheattentionoftheCommittee,
Yoursfaithfully

2113ΛΙ/75-Ε
ANim
Draftstandardforcocoapowder(cocoa)anddrypreparations madsfrom
cocoaandsugar(returnedtostop7oftheProcsdurefortheelaboration
of'Jorld-widcstandards)(ALIKORM74/10-AnnexVrevised)
3.Essentielcomposition andcrualitycriteria
3.1.2Fat-reduced cocoapowderorcocoa
Inadditiontotheseterms,theCommunityfeelsthatthefollowing
synonymsshouldberetainedj–•-
-fat-reduced cocoapowder\y\'
-fat-reduced cocoa.
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3.1.3Préparations containingcocoaandsug?.r
3.1,3.1Préparations containing 3ugarandcocoapowder;cocoa
powdercontent
3*1»3»1»1Cocoapowder
Inadditiontothisterm,theCommunitywishes
■h'■ *
toretainthefollowingsynonyms:
–sweetenedcocoapowder
–sweetenedcocoa.
3»1.3.1*2Prinkingchocolate
,In 1sothisterm,theCommunityproposes
thatthefollowingsynonymsberetained:
*rsweetenedpowdereddrinkingchocolate
. sweeteneddrinkingchocolate.
3»1»3«^«3Instantdrinkingchocolate
^ ,J)rinkingchocolatehasbeendefinedtinder
3*1*3.1.2asaproductcontainingaminimumof
25^ofcocoapowderbasedontheweightofthe
drymatter.Theproductalsohasareserved
designationatCommunitylevel.

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TheCommunitycannotallowaproductwitha
--lowercocoapowdercontent,i.e.18%ofthe
--totaldrymattercontent,to"begiventhis
-'name.Itthereforeasksthatifthistypeof
_productisretainedtitshallhegivenaname
lesslikelytoleadtoconfusion.
3.1.3«2Preparations obtainedfromcocoaandsugar;fat-reduced
cocoapowdercontent
3.1.3.2.1Sweetenedfat-reduced •.
Inadditiontothisname,theCommunitypro­
'posesthatthefollowingsynonyms "beretained:
f-sweetened,fat-reducedcocoapowder
-sweetened,fat-reduced cocoa
-sweetened,minimumfat-contentsweetened
-coooapowder,*
■3.1.3.2.2Sweetenedfat-roduced drinkingchooolate
Inadditiontothisdesignation,theCommunity
wishestoseethefollowingsynonymsrestored:
–sweetenedfat-reduced powdereddrinkingoho-
~....<cholate-••-*
ii.v.y'■-sweetenedfat-deduceddrinkingchocolate
.-r•-–sweetenedminimumfat-contentdrinking
;r:::--:.' ■:*•.chocolate.
3«1.3.2«3Sweetenedfat-reducedinstantcocoa
V'- 1■–---Sweetenedfat-r.educed oocoahas"beendefined
; •f;under3.1»3.2.1asaproductcontaining32%
ooffat-reduced cocoapowder "basedonthe
.> •weightofthedrymatter#Thisproductalsohas
'_• areserveddesignationatCommunitylevel.
''11'"TheCommunitycannotallowthisdesignationto
heextendedtoaproductwithalowerfat-
reducedcocoapowdercontent,i.e.18%ofthe
weightofthedrymatter.Ifthistypeof
productisretained,theCommunityasksthat
it"begivenadesignationlesslikelytolead
toconfusion.
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4»Food additives
Pursuant to "theCommittee 'sdecision onchocolate ,thequestion arises
whether thelist ofneutralising agents should beabolished#
However ,where emulsifiers areconcerned ,theCommunity asks that mono–
anddi-glycer iedesofedible fatty acids beexcluded from this Standard ,,
7.Labelling
TheCommunity wishes thevarious synonyms listed under point 3to
appear onlabels . ,
Infurther proposes toapply theprovisions adopted inthegeneral
international Standard recommended forthelabelling ofpre-packed
foods .
II.Preliminary Draft Standards for composite chqcolate andflavoured choco­
late (ALIKOHM 74/10-Annex Vl); . ■ - ....
(Atstep 3oftheProcedure fortheElaboration ofWorld-wide Standards )
TheCommunity feels that allthese products should becovered bylabelling
requirements .Ittherefore considers thename "composite chocolate "tobe
superfluous .
Moreover ,theCommunity asks that thefollowing designations bereserved
fortheproducts described below^ ' . ■■' .;..
Giandu.ia (oroneofthederivatives oftheword )nutchocolate
£
Theproduct obtained firstly from chocolate having a.minimum total dry
cocoa solids content of32%including aminimum drynon-fat cocoa solids
content of8 andsecondly from finely ground hazelnuts insuch quanti­
ties that 100goftheproduct contain notless than 20gandnotmore
than 40gofnut$ ,Almonds ,hazelnuts andothet nutvarieties mayalso
î.
beadded ,either wholq orbroken ,insuch quantities that ,together with
theground hazelnuts ,they donotexoeed 60Joofthe -total weight ofthe
product . ~ •■"/ ■ .•:„ •;

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Giandu.ja(oroneofthederivatesofthewore*.Viandu.j?..")nutmilk
chooclato .
Bieproductobtainedfirstlyfrommilkchocolatehavingaminimumcontent
of10$.ofmilksolidsobtained "byevaporation,andsecondlyfromfinely
groundhazelnutsinsuchquantitiesthat100goftheproductcontainnot
lessthan15gandnotmorethan40gofhazelnuts#Almonds,hazelnuts
andothernutvarietiesmayalsobeadded,eitherwhole ,or"brokeninsuch
quantitiesthat,togetherwiththegroundhazelnuts,theydonotexceed
60isofthetotalweightoftheproduct,
Achocolate
Theproductinsingle-mouthful size,consistingeither:
"-'offilledchocolate, ■
-orofaCombinationofchocolate,plainchooolate,giandujanutchocolate
.oouverturoohocolate,milkchocolate,milkchocolatewithhighmilkcon­
tent,giandujanutmilkchocolate,couverturemilkchocolateorwhite
chocolateinconjunctionwithotherediblesubstances,insofarasthe
chocolatepartsareclearlyvisibleatleastpartially,andconstitute
atleast25f-ofthetotalweightoftheproductor,ofamixtureof
chocolate,plainchooolate,couverturechocolate,milkchocolate,milk
chocolatewithhighmilkcontent,orcouverturemilkchocolateandother
ediblesubstances,.excepting:
-floyirorstarches,~
providedthatthe'chooolateproductsconstituteatleast25%ofthe
totalweightoftheproduct.
TheCommunityfurtherproposesthatsub-paragraph 3.1,3readasfollows:
,"Ifsubstancesareaddedinclearlyvisibleandseparablepieces,their
amount',inrelationtothetotalweightofthefinishedproduct,maynot
> i •
bolessthan5.®ormorethan40%"#
"Ifsubstancesareaddedinaformwhichisforpracticalpurposesindis-
cernabletheirtotalamountshallnotexceed30%ofthetotalweightof
theproduct".
«
'MIfsubstancesareaddedbothinclearlyvisibleandseparablepiecesand
inaformwhichisforpractioalpurposesindisoernable ,theirtotalamount
shallnotexceed40%ofthetotalweightoftheproduct,andtheamount
ofclearlyvisibleandseparablepiecesms-ynotbelessthan5fcofthe
totalweightoftheproduct".

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1 HieCommunity sees novalid reason toobject totheuseofnon-fat solids
assuch (subparagraph 3,1»4)andfeels that this section should beomitted ,.
Asfarasthelabelling offlavoured chocolate isconcerned ,theCommunity
asks that thefollowing provisions beadopted :
-where afoodstuff having aflavouring effect isemployed ,bygiving its
name ,
-where flavouring substances other than ethyl vanillin areemployed ,by
adding tothename thestatement taste "or"•.«< flavour "with the
name ofthesubstance incharacters ofequal size ,anyreference toa
natural source should berestricted tonatural flavouring substances .
Forquestions concerning additives andlabelling ,theremarks made onthe
subject ofthepreliminary draft Standard forcocoa powder (cocoa )anddry
products determined from cocoa andsugar inparagraphs 4and7areequally
valid here .
Ill# Preliminary Draft Standard forwhite chocolate
(Atstep 3oftheProcedure fortheElaboration ofWorld-wide Standards )
(Document ALINOIZM 74/10-AnnexH)
TheCommunity asks that theproduct bedefined asfollows :
-Theproduct free ofcolouring matters ,obtained from cocoa butter ,
sucrose ,andmilk ormilk solids obtained bythepartial orcomplete
evaporation offull cream milk orskimmed orsemi–skimmed milk from
cream orpartially orfully evaporated cream ,butter ofbutter fat ,and
containing :
–atleast 20%ofcocoa butter
-atleast 14$ofmilk solids obtained from theingredients listed
above
-atleast 3*5%ofbutter fat
–notmore than 55$ofsucrose ,
these percentages tobecalculated after theweight oftheadditions
provided forinparagraphs 5"to8hasbeen deducted .
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Concerningquestionsofadditivesandlabelling,theremarksmadeonthe
draftStandardforcocoapowder(cocoa)anddriedproductsmadefromcocoa
andsugarinparagraphs4and^areequallyvalidheres -
IV.Preliminary -DraftStandardforfilledchocolate''.
(Atstep3oftheProcedurefortheestablishment ofWorld-widestandards)
*(DocumentÎJo*ÀLIMDE&I74/10-AnnexVIII)
' >.««'> # •
TheCommunitywishesthistypeofchocolatetobedefinedasafilled
product?thecuterpartwhichconsistsof
-chocolate ,........, .r
'■'t'- .-s-plainchocolate '.
._-giandujanutchocolate
-couverture chocolate
-milkchocolate
-milkohocolatewithhighmilkcontent
-»giandujanutmilkchocolate
-couverture milkchocolate
-whitechocolate *
Theouterpari:shallconstituteatleast25$ofthetotalweightofthe
.product, •;. .-
IheremarksmadeinChaptersI,IIandIIIofthepresentcoiarauiication
alsoapplytotheotherpointsofthePreliminaryDraftStandardfor
fil3edchocolate,"",'

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TheMzmberStatesmaysendtheircommentson:
-Chocolate-flavoured powder(subparagraph 3»1«3*1«4)
-Sweetened ,cocoa~flavouredpowder(subparagraph 3.1»3«2»4)
-ProductsobtainedfromcocoaandBugarandcontainingmilksolids
(subparagraph 3.1«4)
-Productscontaining18^ofcocoapowder(subparagraph 3«1»3«1«3)
-Productscontaining18%offat-reduoedcoooapowder(subparagraph 3»1»3»2,3)
describedinthePreliminaryDraftStandardforcocoapowder(cocoa)anddried
productsobtainedfromcocoaandsugar(referredbacktostep7ofthetTocedure
fortheElaborationofWorld-wideStandards)totheSecretariatoftheCodex,
astheseproductsarenotgovernedbytheCommunityDirective,
MemberStatesshouldemphasizethatthedesignations oftheseproductsshould
notleadtoconfusion.