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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)332final
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Brussels,19July197°
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Proposalfora
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ■
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amendingDirective75/726/EEGontheapproximation ofthelaws
ofth«'MemberStatesconcerningfruitjuicesand
certainsimilarproducts
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
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EXFLAÎTATQET MEMOBJLNDUM
1®Article7(2)(d)ofCouncilDirective75/726/EECof17Novemberl?/5
oatheapprcecimation ofthelawsofthsMemberSpatesconcerning
fxn.Vi.juicesaridcertaineimilarproducts'1,autbcrimes"theaddition
ofoitrioacidorlemonjuicetopulpyneotarsobtainedfrompearsor
poachesoracdxtureofthetwo®
Thisauthorization needsto"beextendedtopulpynectarsobtainedfrom
sweetcherriesandapples,asthe(natural)aoidconfcerrtofsomeof_;
;thesefruitsharvestedintheCommunityistoolow®
2«TheAnnextotheDireotivefixestheminiarum(natural)acidcontentof
fruitneotars*
I.TheCommissionhasbeeninformedthattheacidityfiguresadoptedfor
apples,pears,peaohesandcitrusfruitsdidnotpermittheuseofa
largeproportionofCommunityproduction "becauseofthelownatural
!acidcontent*Thefiguresneedthereforetohereducedsothatthese
fruitscanbeused*
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iAtthesametime,itis-advisablenottoapplythecriterionofminimum „
(natural)acidcontenttopulpynectarswhichcanbeacidified,as
thisoriterionhasnopurposeintheoaseofproductswhoseaoidoonterrt
canbeoorrectedbytheadditionofacid*
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3*Theseoondindentofthesscondsubparagraph ofArticlel8(l)of
Directive75/726/EECobligesMemberStatestoprohibittradeinthose
;•productswhichdonetcomplywiththeDirectivethreeyearsafter
2notification •
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TheCommissionproposesthatthistimelimitbeextendedtofouryears
ifortheMemberStateswhodesireit*Themarketinfruitjuicesand
i
nectarsisatpresentgoingthroughadifficultperiodasaresultofthe
1 ..
;verypoorweather ,inthesummerof1977whichaffectedsales*Thefact
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:9 !"isDirectivewaanotifiedtotheMemberStateson19November1973
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'thatconsumptionwaslowerthanforecastladinseveralMemberstates
totheformationofstockawhiohcannot "bedisposedofwithinthetime
fixedby]>irective73/726/EEG®TheMemberStatesshouldtherefore "be
allowedtoextendthisdeadlineinordertoavoidloss#
TheCommissiontakestheopportunity ofthisamendmenttoproposethe
correctionofanerrorinArticlel6(l)(e)ofDirective75/726/EEC.
Thissubparagraph allowsMemberStatestoauthorizethesubstitution
oflaoticacidforcitricacidinnectarsobtainedfromapplesor
pearsorfromamixtureofthesefruits*However,Article7(2)(d)
ofDirective75/726/EECrestrictstheadditionofacidtopulpynectars
andthisrestrictionmusttherefore "beincludedinArticlel6(l)(e)«
Whenpreparingthisproposal,theCommissionobtainedtheopinionof
theMemberStatesandoftheAdvisoryCommitteeonFoodstuffs *
ThisproposalisbasedonArticle43and100oftheTreatysinceit
concernsbothagricultural andnoi>-agriculturalproducts#
Consultation oftheEuropeanParliamentisrequiredbyArticle43*In
addition,theseoondparagraphofArticle100stipulatesliatthe
EuropeanParliamentandtheEconomicandSocialCommitteemustbe
consultedasimplementation oftheproposedDirectivewillinvolvethe
amendmentoflegislationinscm«MemberStates*

ProposalforaCouncilDirectiveamending
Directive75/726/eEGontheapproximation ofthelawsofthe
MemberStatesconcerningfruit'juioesandoertainsimilar
products
THECOUNCILOPSHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
endinparticularArtioles43and100thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
• .
;
■HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
!WhereasArticle7(2)(d)ofCouncilDirective75/726/EECof17November1975
;ontheapproximation ofthelawsoftheMemberStatesconcerningfruit
!juicesand.oertainsimilarproducts^",authorizestheadditionofcitrio
'aoidorlemonjuicetopulpynectarsobtainedfrompearsorpeachesora
|mixtureofthetwo|
|Whereasthispracticeshouldbeextendedtopulpyneotarsobtainedfrom
.sweetoherriesandapples,inviewofthelownaturalaoidoontentof
* ''' . •'
IoertainofthesefruitsharvestedintheCommunity }
WhereastheAnnextoDireotive75/726/EECfixestheminimumnatural
■acidooirterrtforfruitnectars} 1
'•" - I■! .. : i
iWhereasthefiguresforneotarsobtainedfromapples,pears,peachesand
citrusfruitsareinoertainoasestoohigfrinviewoftheintrinsic
analyticcharacteristics ofsomeofthefruitproducedintheCommunity }
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whereasthesefiguresshouldthereforebelowered}
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Wharsaaih©minimumnaturalacidcontenthasuosignificanceinthecase
ofproductswhoseaoidcontentcanbocorrectedbythoadditionofanacid;
vhersas,therefore,thiscriterionshouldnotapplytothesaproducts?
MiersasthesecondindentofthaseoondsubparagraphofArticlel8(l)
ofDirective75/726/EECobligesMemberStatestoprohibittradeinthose
produotswhichdonotcomplywiththe-Directivethreeyearsafternotification .}
Whereas|becauseofpoorsalesin1977»itwillnot.alwaysbapossibleto
disposeofexistingstocksbeforethisdeadline!whereastheMember.States
shouldthereforebeauthorizedtoextendthetimelimittofouryears;
WhereasArticlel6(l)(e)allowsMemberStatestoauthorizethesubstitution
oflaotioaoidiforcitricacidfortheacidification cfcertainnectars;whereas
thispossibility Bhojildberestricted ,topulpynectars.
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HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVEt ,1
*.*1."· ' ' " *;
i'.' Article1.•
Direotive75/726/EECisherebyamendedasfollows!
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1.Article7(2)(djshallread:
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"(d)inthecaseoftheproduction ,ofthefruitnectarsreferredtoin
Article3(2)(o)whichareobtainedfromapples,pears,peaches,sweet
'cherriesoramixtureofthesefruits,theadditionofcitricacid
!inaquantitynotexceeding5gramsperlitreoffinishedproduot)
•i•■thecitrioacidmay,however,bereplacedtotallyorpartiallybyan
' i • >équivalentquantityoflemonjuice»"
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I■ r ■';
2.Article16(1)(e)shallreads
"(®)upto5gramsperlitreoflacticacidmaybeaddedtothefruit
nectarsreferredtoinArticle3(2)(o)«wheretheseareobtained
I
fromapplesorpearsorfromamixtureofthesefruits"a
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3*TheseoondindentofthesecondsubparagraphofArticle18(1)shallreadt
*-prohibittradeinthoseproductswhichdonotcomplywiththis
Directivethreeyearsafternotification *Thistimelimitmay"be
extendedtofouryearsbytheMemberStates".
4#TheAnne*shall "bereplaced "bytheAnnexhereto*
Artiole2
MemberStatesshalltakeallnecessarystepstoooatplywiththis
*. iDirectivewitheffeotfrom1July1979»andshallforthwithinformthe
Commissionthereof.
ThieDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
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