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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMAAUN1TIES
COM(78)333Final
Brussels,19July1978
AmendementstotheProposalforaCouncilDirective
amendingforthefifthtimeDirective73/241/EEC
ontheapproximation of'thelawsoftheMember
Statesrelatingtococoaandchocolateproducts
intendedforhumanconsumption
(Submitted "bytheCommissiontotheCouncilin
accordancewiththesecondparagraphofArticle
149oftheTreaty)

^endir.entstotheproposalforaCouncilDirectiveamendingforthe
fifth,timeDireotive73/24l/SEContheapproximation ofthe
lawsoftheMemberStatesrelatingtococoaandchocolate
productsintendedforhumanconsumption
1.SUMMARY
Thisamendedproposal1isintendedto'giveeffecttotheOpiniondeliveredby
theEurnn^nParentatitsmeetingof10April1978-TheCommissiontherefore
adoptsmostoftheamendmentsdesiredbytheEuropeanParliament,whileproposing
thattheirpresentation bechangedslightly.
Ontheotherhand,theCommissionproposestotakeintoaccount,atthedrafting
level,thefact-thattheDirectivecouldnothavebeenadoptedbefore1January
1978,aswouldhavehadtobethecase.
1®1Phosphoricacid
TheCommissionacceptsthewishofthe.EuropaanParliamentthatthis
acidshouldcease"to"beusedfrom1July1979»UnliketheParliament,
however,itdoesnotfeelthatafurtherexaminationofthesituation
"beforethisdatewouldleadtoachangeofview#TheCommission
thereforeproposesthatnoprovisionJ>e"madeforreviewingthesituation
withregardtophosphoricacid#
1,2Flavouringsubstances
TheCommissionisunabletosayhowlongitwilltaketostudythe.''"
listofpermittedflavouringsubstancesforfoodstuffs,asthefield
isextremelycomplex®Itwouldcertainlynot"beabletocompletea
reviewofthepresentsituation "before1July1979,astheEuropean
Parliament wishes#
Inordertoherealistic,theCommissionthereforeproposesthatno
finaldatefortheuseofflavouringswhicharenotgenerally
permitted "beincludedintheDirective,"butthatsuchadecision "be
postponeduntilCommunityrulesarebroughtintocoverthewholeof
theflavouringsseotor#
Originaiproposaiof9.12.1977-«*(77)658final,OJNoC8,10.1.1978,p.2
Report"byMr#Lamberts,EP52.646final

1.3 Emulsifiers
"ThesearelistedinAnnexIIto.CouncilDirective74/329/F.ECof
18June1974ON"theapproximation ofthelawsoftheMemberStates
relatingtoemulsifiers,stabilizers,thickenersandgellingagents
foruseinfoodstuffs"'".UnderArticle3(l)and(3)ofthatDirective ■'
MemberStatesmayauthorizetheuseofemulsifiersforfiveyears
2afteritsnotification ,andtheCouncilmaydecidetotransferthem
totheCommunitylistbeforetheendofthisperiod. -
Forreasonsofconsistency,theCommissionproposesthatthesame
textbeappliedtococoaandchocolateproducts® Afurtherexamination
ofthisquestionwili,ofcourse,bebasedontherequirementsof
healthprotectionandtechnology.'
1.4Entryintoeffectoftheamendments
AnnexIItoDirective73/241/EECshouldhavebeenamendedbefore
1January1978(paragraph2(b)ofAnnexII).
v '»'•
Asthisdeadlinecouldnotbemet,itshouldbespecifiedthatthe
amendmentsaretotakeeffectretroactively . •
2.AMENDMENTS . '■'
2.1Thefifthandsixthrecitalsareamendedt.oreadasfollows:
"Whereastheaforementioned AnnexIIprovidesinparagraph2(b)for
thepossibility ofincludingthesesubstancesinAnnexIbefore
1January1978?whereas,however,anewexaminationofthesituation
didnotallowsuchadecisiontobetaken} •
Vfhereasthereisnolonger■&technological needfortheuseof.
phosphoricacidasaneutralizing agentincocoaproductsandthe
useofthisproductoanthereforebeabolishedafteraperiodof
technological adjustment".
^•OJNoL189,12.7.1974,P.1
^i.e.until20June1979

2«2Artiole4isamended .toreadasfollows:
'Article4
InAnnexII,paragraph2isamendedtoreadasfollows:
"2(a)(PhisDirectiveshallnotaffectthoseprovisionsofnationallaws
inforceatthetimeofitsnotification andauthorizingthe
useaf:
(i)phosphoricacidasaneutralizing agentincocoaproducts
alkalizedinaccordancewithAnnexl(2),
(ii)flavouringsubstancesotherthanthosereferredtoinAnnex
1(5)(a)inthecocoaandchocolateproductsreferredto
inthatparagraph,
(iii)polyglycerolpolyricinoleate ,sorbitanmonostearate ,
sorbitantristearate,polyoxyethylene (20)sorbitan
monostearate andammoniumsaltsofphosphatidic acidsin
thechocolateandcocoaproductsreferredtointhefirst
subparagraph ofAnnexl(6)«
*
(b)Thederogationprovidedfor:
(i)inparagraph2(i)shallendon30June1979»
(ii)inparagraph2(ii)shallendwiththeentryintoforceof
Communityruleslistingflavouringsubstanceswhichmay
beusedinfoodstuffs,
(iii)inparagraph2(iii)shallendon20June1979?before
thatdate,however,theCouncilmay,inaccodancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle100oftheTreaty,include
thesubstancesspecifiedinparagraph2(iii)inthefirst
subparagraphofAnnexl(6)«"
2*3ThefollowingArticle4&isinsertedintheproposalforaDirective.
"Article4a.
Article4shalltakeeffecton1January1978®"