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3.3.Tothisend,theCommitteesuggestsallowingclassificationofasubstanceascarcinogenic,mutagenic
alongerperiodthancurrentlyproposedbetweentheorteratogenicandtheentryintoforceofaban.
DoneatBrussels,22October1992.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
SusanneTIEMANN
OpinionontheproposalforaCouncilDirectiveonsweetenersforuseinfoodstuffs
(92/C332/05)
On3July1992theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticle100AoftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,onthe
abovementioned proposal.
TheSectionforProtectionoftheEnvironment ,PublicHealthandConsumerAffairs,which
wasresponsibleforpreparingtheCommittee'sworkonthesubject,adopteditsOpinionon
29September1992.TheRapporteurwasMrGardner.
Atits300thPlenarySession(meetingof22October1992)theEconomicandSocialCommittee
unanimouslyadoptedthefollowingOpinion.
1.Introduction
1.1.Atthecommonpositionstageoftheprevious
sweetenersproposal,afootnotewasinsertedtoprotect
'traditionalbeers'.Thishappenedtohavethesideeffect
ofprotectingbrewingindustriesofsomecountriesfrom
outsidecompetition .Asaresult,amajorityinthe
EuropeanParliamentrejectedtheproposalintoto.
1.2.Thepresentproposalincorporates allthe
changesmadeuptothetimeofwithdrawalbutwithout
the'traditionalbeer'f1).Thatmeansitistheresultof
oneOpinionbytheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
twobytheEuropeanParliamentandacommonpos­
itionbytheCouncil.Itcontainsseveralofthepoints
madeintheOpinionoftheCommitteeonthefirst
proposal.2.Comments
InthisOpiniontheCommitteewillthereforeconcen­
trateonthosepointswhicharenewsincethefirst
proposalandwhichthereforewerenotalreadycon­
sideredbytheCommittee .
Theseinclude:
2.1.Article1.3,secondindent
Thisrecognizesthespecialpositionofdiabeticproducts
inlinewithourpreviousOpinion.However,thesecond
indentdoesnotcarryovertheprohibitionof'other
sweeteningfood'toproductsfordiabetics.Itshould,
therefore,bechanged,usingthewordsunderlined
below.
'«withnoaddedsugar»:withoutanyaddedmono­
ordisaccharidesoranyotherfoodstuffusedforits
sweeteningproperties.Howeverinfoodspresented
fordiabetics,fructosemaybeadded.' (!)OJNoC120,6.5.1991.

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2.2.Article6,firstindent
Thereareseveralcasesoflabellingrulesinspecific
legislation (suchastheWineRegulation )conflicting
withtheLabellingDirective.Thisneedstobeavoided.
Anylabellingprovisions,therefore,mustbewithinthe
frameworkoftheLabellingDirective(79/112/EEC).
2.3.Article9.1
Theindentwhichbegins'allow,by15June1993...'
needsreviewinginthelightofprogresswiththisPro­
posal.Thesubsequentindentshouldbechangedto:
'—prohibittradeinproductsnotconformingto
thisDirectivetwoyearsafteritspublication .How­
ever,productsalreadyinthetrademaybesolduntil
expiryofthe«bestbefore»date.'
2.4.TheAnnexthisshouldbeeitherincapitalsorshouldbetrans­
latedintotheotherlanguages;
—'Gaseosa'isanewinclusion.Hereitwouldseem
desirabletohaveaformulaofwordsanalogousto
thatnowusedfor'oudbruin'beers,i.e.
'non-alcoholicwater-baseddrinksofthe'gaseo­
sa'typewithaddedcarbondioxide,sweeteners
andflavourings.'
2.4.2.Asidefromthis,bothintheoriginalproposal
andinthisone,aGermanspecialityhasbeenomitted
fromtheAnnexandthatisatypeofpreparedsalad
called'Feinkostsalat '..Byusingsweetenersinthese,
microbiological spoilageisreduced.Alsothesalads
staycrisperandbetterinflavourbecausethereisless
osmoticpressurefromthesaucetoextractwaterfrom
them.
2.4.3.Thisproposalintroducesthenewsystemof
keepingnamesinonelanguageonlywhentheyare
givenincapitalletters.Thisallowssuchnational
specialitiestobeaccommodated .Thefollowing,there­
fore,shouldbeadded:
FEINKOSTSALAT Saccharin 100mg/kg2.4.1.Somesmallcorrectionsaredesirableunder
E954,Saccharin.
—'Eßoblaten'isgiveninGermaninallthelanguage
versions.InlinewithothernewpartsofthisAnnex,Aspartame 300mg/kg
AcesulfamK350mg/kg
DoneatBrussels,22October1992.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
SusanneTIEMANN