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Article 7 
1. Applications for payment shall relate to expenditure 
incurred by Spain during the calendar year and shall be 
submitted to the Commission before 1 July of the 
following year. 
2. Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall 
apply to the decisions adopted by the Commission 
relating to the financing of this measure by the 
Community. 
3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article 
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70. 
Article 8 
Regulation (EEC) No 129/70 and Articles 8 and 9 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply mutatis 
mutandis. 
Article 9 
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to 
be followed, matters shall be referred without delay by 
the chairman, either on his own initiative or at the 
request of a Member State, to the Standing Veterinary 
Committee (hereinafter called the 'Committee') set up by 
Decision 68/361 /EEC. 
2. Within the Committee, the votes of Member States 
shall be weighted as laid down in Article 148 (2) of the 
Treaty. The chairman shall not vote. 
3. The representative of the Commission shall submit 
a draft of the measures to be adopted. The Committee 
shall deliver its opinion on such measures within the time 
limit set by the chairman according to the urgency of the matters under consideration. Opinions shall be delivered 
by a qualified majority of 54 votes. 
4. The Commission shall adopt the measures and shall 
apply them immediately where they are in accordance 
with the opinion of the Committee. Where they are not 
in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if 
no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall without 
delay propose to the Council the measures to be taken. 
The Council shall adopt the measures by a qualified 
majority. 
If, within three months from the date on which the 
proposal was submitted to it, the Council has not 
adopted any measures, the Commission shall adopt the 
proposed measures and shall apply them immediately. 
Article 10 
1. The Commission shall monitor the situation with 
regard to African swine fever in Spain and the 
implementation of the eradication plan. The Commission 
shall inform the Member States within the Committee of 
developments regularly, at least once a year, in the light 
of the information provided by the Spanish authorities, 
who shall submit a progress report to the Commission 
together with the applications for payment, and any 
reports from experts who, acting on behalf of the 
Community and appointed by the Commission, have 
visited Spain. 
2. Should the need arise to amend the eradication 
plan in the course of its execution, a new decision 
approving it shall be taken in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 9. 
Article 11 
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain. 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the fourth time Directive 70/357/EEC on the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the antioxidants authorized for use 
in foodstuffs intended for human consumption 
COM(86) 384 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 July 1986) 
(86/C 197/11) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in 
particular Article 100 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, 
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Whereas Article 2 of Council Directive 70/357/EEC (*) as last amended by Directive 81/962/ 
EEC (2), permits Member States to authorize in their territory the use in foodstuffs of calcium 
disodium ethylene diamine tetra-acetate until 31 December 1986; 
Whereas the technological usefulness of calcium disodium ethylene diamine tetra-acetate as an 
antioxidant has been demonstrated throughout the Community in certain foodstuffs; 
Whereas, according to toxicological information, this use presents no hazard to public health 
provided that calcium disodium ethylene diamine tetra-acetate is not used in foods intended for 
the particular nutritional use of infants or young children within the meaning of Article 1 of 
Council Directive 77/94/EEC of 21 December 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the 
Member States relating to foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses (3), 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Directive 70/357/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 
1. Article 2 is deleted. 
2. Article 9 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 9 
1. Member States shall authorize the use of the substances listed in Parts I to III of the 
Annex only under the conditions set out therein. 
2. Where conditions of use are not laid down in the Annex, this Directive shall not affect 
national laws specifying the foodstuffs to which the substances listed in Parts I to III of the 
Annex may be added and the conditions governing the addition of such substances. 
However, such laws must not have the effect of totally excluding the use in foodstuffs of 
any of the substances listed in the Annex.' 
3. The Annex is amended by the addition of a third column entitled 'Conditions of Use'. 
4. Part I of the Annex is amended by the addition of the following: 
EEC No 
E 385 Name 
Calcium disodium 
ethylene diamine tetra­
acetate Conditions of use 
Solely in the foodstuffs listed below which are not 
intended for the particular nutritional use of infants or 
young children within the meaning of Article 1 of 
Directive 77/94/EEC, provided that the residues do not 
exceed the limits specified: 
— mayonnaise and condiment sauces 75 mg/kg 
— conserves of red beans, 
chick peas, lentils and broad beans 250 mg/kg 
Article 2 
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions 
necessary to comply with this Directive [not later than 12 months after its notification.] They 
shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
C) OJ No L 157, 18. 7. 1970, p. 31. 
(2) OJ No L 354, 9. 12. 1981, p. 22. 
(3) OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 55.