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INITIAL TEXT MODIFIED TEXT 
Article 2 
1. Member States shall take all necessary measures to 
ensure that as from 1 January 1992 neither manufacturers 
nor importers established in the Community place on the 
market products whose labelling does not satisfy the 
requirements of this Directive. 
2. Member States shall take all necessary measures to 
ensure that the products referred to in paragraph 1 can no 
longer be sold or disposed of to the final consumer after 
31 December 1993. 
Article 3 
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, 
regulations and administrative provisions necessary to 
comply with the provisions of this Directive not later than 
31 December 1989 and shall forthwith inform the 
Commission thereof. 
2. Member States shall ensure that the text of the 
provisions of national law which they adopt in the field 
governed by this Directive are communicated to the 
Commission. 
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the fifth time Directive 74/329/EEC on the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to emulsifiers, stabilizers, thickeners and 
gelling agents for use in foodstuffs 
COM(88) 322 final — SYN 138 
(Submitted by the Commission on 21 June 1988) 
(88/C 214/05) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 100A 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas Council Directive 74/329/EEC (*), as last amen­
ded by Directive 86/102/EEC (2), lays down a list of 
(!) OJ No L 189, 12. 7. 1974 p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 88, 3. 4. 1986 p. 40. emulsifiers, stabilizers, thickeners and gelling agents which 
may be authorized in foods by the Member States; 
Whereas Annex II to Directive 74/329/EEC indicates the 
designations of substances which may be temporarily 
authorized by Member States for use in foods; whereas the 
validity of each authorization is limited to 31 December 
1988; 
Whereas the scientific and technical knowledge on the 
safety or/and use of the substances in the Annex II is now 
sufficient to allow their transfer to Annex I; 
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Whereas for Tragacanth gum (E 413) new data have 
confirmed the acceptability of this substance at Com­
munity level, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Directive 74/329/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 
1. Paragraph 2 of Article 2 is deleted. 
2. Article 3 is deleted. 3. Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex 
hereto. 
4. Annex II is deleted. 
Article 2 
Member States shall take all measures necessary to comply 
with this Directive not later than 1 January 1989. They 
shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
ANNEX 
(a) The following is inserted between items E 415 and E 420: 
EEC No 
E416 Designation 
Karaya gum Conditions of use 
(b) The following is inserted between items E 422 and E 440: 
EEC No 
E432 
E433 
E434 
E435 
E436 Designation 
Polyoxyethylene (20) 
sorbitan monolaurate 
(synonym: polysorbate 20) 
Polyoxyethylene (20) 
sorbitan monooleate 
(synonym: polysorbate 80) 
Polyoxyethylene (20) 
sorbitan monopalmitate 
(synonym: polysorbate 40) 
Polyoxyethylene (20) 
sorbitan monostearate 
(synonym: polysorbate 60) 
Polyoxyethylene (20) 
sorbitan tristearate 
(synonym: polysorbate 65) Conditions of use 
(c) The following is inserted between items E 477 and E 481: 
EEC No 
E479 Designation 
Thermally oxidized soya bean oil interacted with mono-
and diglycerides of fatty acids Conditions of use