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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)658 final .
Brussels ,9December 1977
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
amending forthefifth time Directive 73/241/EEConthe
approximation ofthe laws oftheMember States
relating tococoa and .chocolate products
intended for human consumption
/
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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COI.;(77 )658final .

ProposalforaCouncilDirectiveamendingforthefifthtimeDirective
73/241/E'EContheapproximation ofthelawsoftheMemberStatesrelating
tococoaand.chocolateproductsintendedforhumanconstunption.
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
inparticularArticle100thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee;
Whereasparagraph1.19ofAnnexItoDirective73/241/EECof24July1973
ontheapproximation ofthelawsoftheMem"berStatesrelatingtococoa
andchocolateproductsintendedforhumanconsumption ,aslastamended
byDirective7&/628/EECof20July1976,definesgiandujanutchocolate;
WhereasthedefinitionofgiandujanutchocolategiveninAnnexIdoes'not
providefortheuseofmilkinvariousforms;andwhereasthiscouldeventually
preventfurthermanufacture ofthistypeofchocolate,whichis,moreover,a
qualityproduct;
Whereastheproductmaytraditionally containacertainquantityofmilk
andwhereas,therefore,abetterdefinitionshouldbelaiddownandthe
additionofsmallquantitiesofmilkinvariousformsshouldbeauthorized ;
WhereasAnnexII,paragraph2(a),ofDirective73/241/EECauthorizesthe
newI-IemberStatestomaintain,until31December19771andinthecaseof
productsmarketedontheirterritories ,thenationallawsexistingon
thedateoftheiraccessiontotheEuropeanEoonomicCommunityandpermitting
theuseofphosphoricacid,certainflavouringsubstancesandcertain
emulsifiers ;
OJNoL228,16.8.1973,p.23
20JNoL223,16.8.1976,p.1

Whereastheaforementioned AnnexIIprovidesinparagraph2(b)forthepossibility
ofincludingthesesubstancesinAnnexI"before 1January1978;whereas
anewexamination ofthe_oonditionaofuseofthesaidsubstanceshaBled
totheconclusionthatadecisionontheiruseintheCommunitycannot "be_
'.takenbythesaiddate;whereasthedeadlinemustthereforebewithdrawnand
■theMemberStatesmustbeauthorizedtousethesesubstances ;
Whereas therecontinuestobeatechnological needfortheuse
ofphosphoricacid,asaneutralizing agentincocoaproductsincertain
MemberStates,evenifnotthroughouttheCommunity,andwhereasthisisa
permanentneed;
Whereas,pendingtheadoptionofCommunityprovisionsontheuseof_\
\flavouringsubstancesinfoodstuffs ,
itshouldbepossibleforMemberStatestobeabletocontinuetouseother
substancesotherthanthoselistedinAnnexI,paragraph5(a),of
Directive73/24l/EECj
Whereas,finally,CouncilDirective74/329/EECof18June1974onthe
approximation ofthelawsoftheMemberStatesrelatingtoemulsifiers ,
stabilizers,thickenersandgellingagentsforuseinfoodstuffs^allows
MemberStates,forfiveyearsafternotification ,toauthorizetheuseof
theemulsifierslistedinAnnexIItoDirective72/241/EEC,andwhereas,
therefore,thesameperiodshouldbeadoptedforthepurposesofthis
Directive,
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
Article1
Directive72/241/EECisamendedinaccordancewiththefollowingArticles,
Article2
Paragraph1»19ofAnnexItoDirective73/241/EECisamendedtoreadas
follows:
30JNoL189,12.7.1974,P.1

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"1.19giandu.la(oroneof-thedorivativoaoftheword'giandu.ia' )nutchocola-ta
Theproductobtainedfirstlyfromchocolatehavingaminimumtotaldry
cocoasolidscontentof32<foincludingaminimumofdrynon-fatcocoa
solidscontentof&foandsecondlyfromfinelygroundhazelnutsinsuch
quantitiesthat100goftheproductcontainnotlessthan20gandnot
morethan40Snuts."
Thefollowingmayalsotoeadded:
"-milkordrymatterproduced "bythepartialorcompletedehydration of
wholemilkorpartiallyorfullyskimmedmilk,providedthatitdoesnot
exceed9$andcontainsnotmorethanl»2j/oofbutterfatinthefinished
■product,
–almonds,hazelnutsandothernutvarieties,eitherwholeor"broken,
insuchquantitiesthat,togetherwith,thegroundhazelnuts,theydonot
exceed60$ofthetotalweightoftheproduct."
Article3
ThetitleofAnnexIIshallbeasfollows:
"Specialmeasures".
Article4
InAnnexII,paragraph2isamendedtoreadasfollows:
"2«ThisDirectiveshallnotaffecttheprovisionsofnationallawsauthorizing
theuseof:
–phosphoricacidasaneutralizing agentmcocoaproductsalkalized
inaccordancewithAnnexI(2);
–flavouringsubstancesotherthanthosereferredtoinAnnexI(5)(a)
inthecocoaandchocolateproductsreferredtointhatparagraph,
withoutprejudicetotherelevantprovisionsto"beadoptedbythe
Communityj
–polyglycerol polyricinoleate ,sorbitanmonostearate ,sorbitan
tristearate ,poiyoxyethlylene (20)sorbitan'monostearate and'ammonium
saltsofphosphatidic acidsinthechocolateandcocoaproducts
referredtointhefirstsub-paragraph ofAnnexI(6)"«

Article5
Withinoneyearfromthedateofnotification ofthisDireotive,the
MemberStatesshallamendtheirlaws,wherenecessary,inordertocomply
withtheprovisionsofthisDirectiveandshallforthwithinformthe•
Commissionthereof# „
Thelawsthusamendedshall "beappliedsoasto:
–permit'withintwoyearsofnotificationthemarketingofproductscomplying
.withtheprovisionsofthisDirective;
–prohibitwithinthreeyearsofnotification themarketingofproductsnot.
complyingwiththeprovisionsofthisDirective.
Article6
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates#
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident