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COMMISSION OFTHE.EUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(76)407final.
Brussels,26July1976.
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CommissionReporttotheCouncilontheactiontobetaken
followingtherequestforinformation onthespecifications
»oradditivescontainedinthelettersentbytheChiefof
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Commission Report ,totheCouncil ontheaction tobetaken following
therequeat forInformation ontheapecifioationa foradditives
contained intheletter sent bytheChief oftheJoint FAO/WHOFood
Standards Programme (CL1976/7)*
Theletter inquestion relates torequests forinformation onthe
specifications contained inthedocument "Specifications forthe
Identity andPurity ofSome Food additives "(FAONut*Meet *Hep*Ser.
N°51*BWHO/Food Add/7).
The Commission proposes thefollowing procedure t
Additives controlled byCommunity legislation
TheCommission will tell theFAO/WHOsecretariat oftheCommunity
0
Directives that already exist onColours ,Preservatives ,Antioxidants
andBnulsifiers (etc.)andwill give information onthespecification
contained therein forthose substances under diffoussion bytheFAO/WHO.
Tothis endtheCommission proposes tosend toCodex theletter ,the
draft ofwhich istobefound annexed tothis document .
Additives not yet controlled byCommunity legislation
TheCommission proposes that theMember States write individually .
Member States could inform theFAO/WHOthat work isinprogress on
many classes offood additives atCommunity level andthat this may
inthefuture have animpact ontheir aoceptance ornon-acceptance
ofthespecifications .

DHAFTLETTEHTOFAO/VHO
SubjecttCriteriaofPurityreferredtointheletterofMarch1976
N#CL1976/7
InreplytoyourletterofMarch1976(CL1976/7)Iwould
remindyouthattheCommissionwroteen(ref. )aboutthe
DirectivesoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunityoncolours,preserva­
tives,antioxidants andemulsifiers (etc.««)whichmaybeusedin
foodwithintheCommunity *Annexedtothatletterweresummuriesof
theso-called"generalcriteria"drawnupforalladditives *
Inowencloseasummary,oftheCommunity^provisions
relatingspecificallytotheadditiveslistedinyourletter(CL
1976/7).

Additifs
ColourB
AnnattoExtracts
Azorubine
BeetBed
B~apo»8*caretancle
B-apo-8*carotenal
'acidethylester
B-carotene (e3t-carote <
•"nes)
BrilliantBlackPN
CanthaxanthinEECN*
ΕΙβΟ(&)
E122
E162
E160(®)Hefsrence
E160(f)
E160(a)
E151
E161(g)
Caramel(ammoniaprocess)
(ex«caraaiel) ,E150
Chlorophyll/chlorophyllins
coppercomplexes fE
Erythrosiae
FoodGreenS
Xndigotina
Ironoxides(hydroxides)
PatentBlue
Ponceau4R
Quinolineïellow
TtunericEl4l
E127
S142
E132
E172
E131
E124
E104CouncilDirective23/10/62
(OJN°115,11/11/62)
CouncilDirective25/10/65
(OJN»178,26/10/65)
CouncilDirective23/10/62
(OJN°115,11/11/62)
CouncilDirective23/10/62
(OJK°115,11/11/62)
CouncilDirective23/10/62
(OJN°115,11/11/62)
CouncilDirective25/10/65
>(QJN*178.26/10/65)
CouncilDirective23/10/62
(OJN®115,11/11/62)
CouncilDirective23/10/62
(OJN*115,11/11/62)
CouncilDirective25/10/65
>(0Jw®178,26/10/65)
CouncilDirsctive23/10/62
(OJN®115,11/11/62)
CouncilDirective24/10/67
(OJw®263.30/10/67)
CouacilDirectiva23A0/62
(OJN°115»llAl/62)
>
(provisionslefttonationallegislation)
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Additive _ EECN# Beference
IEmulsifiersetc.
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ICarrageenan Ek07/
Pectin
MannitolEkOS
EkkO
EkZLCouncilDirective18/6/7H
►(OJN°189,12/7/7^)
generalprovisions ,specificcriteria
ofpurityunderconsideration
IAntioxidants/.
V
Calduralactate
Potassiumlactate
SodiumlactateE327
E326
E325CouncilDirective13/7/70
,(0JN#L157,18/7/70)
generalprovisions :specific
criteriaofpurityunderconsideration
JPreservativesr
Potassiumaoetate
0E261CouncilDirective5/11/63
(OJN#12,2?/l/6k)andCouncil
Directive26/1/65
(OJN*22,9/2/65)
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