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COMMISSION QFTHEEUB.OPEAN COMMUMTBBS
COM(74)1848 final
Brussels,8November1974
Proposaifora
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingforthesecond -timeDirective
No.73/241/EEContheapproximationof
toelawsoftheMemberStatesrelating
tococoaandchocolateproductsintended
forhumanconsumption
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(74)1848final

.Explanatory Memorandum
1.Itliasappeared that thepresent wording ofcertain provisions of
Council Directive 73/2^1/EEContheapproximation ofthelaws of
theMember States relating tococoa and chocolate products intended
forhuman consumption canlead toconflicting interpretations .
.1*1Article 6(l)oftheDirective lays down theindividual weights !
forbars andtablets ofchocolate products weighing between 85g
and500 g«Thewording seems toexclude the sale ofthe3ounce
(85gapproximately )units .-which areextremely common inIreland
and theUnited Kingdom# This wasnot ,however ,theCouncil ,s
intention when itadopted theDirective and thewording ofthe
paragraph inquestion should therefore beimproved .
Thederogation laid down inparagraph 2(c)ofArticle 1^should
bealtered atthe same time .
1.2 Thedefinition of"refined cocoa butter "appearing inparagraph
l«l4 (3)ofAnnex Istipulates that this product shall berefined ,
.However ,certain types ofcocoa butter have all thecharacteris­
tics ofso-called refined butter without undergoing therefining
process .Such aprocess isconsidered optional inparagraph 3
(b)ofAnnex ItotheDirective ,where certain treatments for
>refined cocoa butter arelisted asbeing permissible butnotobli­
gatory .The definition ofthelatter should therefore make clear
that refining isapossibility andnot anobligation .
1.3Certain chocolate products arecharacterized bytheinclusion of
various forms ofmilk .This istrue ofmilk chocolate ,milk '
chocolate with high milk content ,milk chocolate vermicelli ,
gianduja nutmilk chocolate andwhite chocolate ,allof .which are
described inAnnex Itothe Directive . '
1 ■'*•/•
OJN°L228of16August 1973 ,P.23

»2~
Accordingtothesedefinitions ,themilkusedmustbeintheform
ofmilksolidsobtainedbyevaporation.Thetextrulesouttheuse
of,forexample,creamorbutter,unlessparagraph7(c)wereapplied
inwhichcasetheproductswouldhavetobementionedonthelabel
inaccordancewithparagraph7(b)whichwouldthengivetheconsu­
merthewrongimpressionofwhattheproductreallycontained.
Therangeofmilkingredients shouldthereforebeextendedalthough
anydistortion,inthefinalchocolateproduct,ofthenaturalbalance
betweenthedifferentsubstances -otherthanbutterfat-makingupthe
milkmustbeexcluded, .
*
2.Inadditiontotheseamendmentstoclarifythetext,:theCommission
proposestwootherchanges:
2.1Theexpression "filledchocolate"usedintheEnglisheditionof
theDirectiveislittleknowninIrelandandtheUnitedKingdom
andothernameswithwhichconsumersaremorefamiliarshould
;"'therefore beused..'.:.
2.2TheDirectiveoncocoaandchocolateproductsdoesnotyetcover
thelabellingoflargepackagesnotintendedforretailsale,
whereacertainamountofflexibilityastohowthevariousde­
tailsshouldfigurecouldbeintroduced. *'-
j,.TheCommissionproposesthatafurtherparagraphonpackaging,
alongthelinesofthemorerecentdirectivesconcerningcertain
!..1,.'.2sugarsintendedforhumanconsumption andhoney,shouldbe
included »
3.InvieyoftheamendmentslaiddowninthepresentdraftDirective,
theCouncil,initsDirective7^/^H/EECof1August197^extended
thetimelimitforincludingtheprovisionsofDirective73/2^1/EEC
aspartofnationallawto1January1975*
,./é
-1OJN®L356,27December1973,p.71
2OJN#L221,12August197VP-10
3OJN°L221,12August197^,p.17

*3-
Theprescribed time limit forimplementing these provisions remains
unchanged .
When ittook this measure ,theCouncil invited theCommission to
study thequestion ofapossible extension ofthesecond time limit
and toput forward anyproposals onthesubject .
TheCommission nowproposes that thetime limit forimplementing
Directive 73/2^1/EECshould only beextended inrespect oftherules
onlabelling where practical difficulties could well rise duetothe
reduced interval between inclusion aspart ofnational lawand entry
into force .
Other rules have notgiven rise tothesame sort ofdifficulty .

3745/VI/74-E
Proposal foraCouncil Directive -amending ,forthesecond time ,Council
Directive No.73/24l/SEContheapproxiametion of .thelaws oftheMember
States relating tococoa andchocolate products intended forhuman
consumption
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean [Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 100thereof j
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission }
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament }
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee }
Whereas itappears that thepresent wording ofcertain provisions ofCouncil
Directive No.,73/241/EEC ,(l)of24July 1974 ontheapproximation ofthelaws
ofthe Member States relating tococoa andchocolate products intended for
human consumption maygive rise toconflicting interpretations }
Whereas ,inparticular ,Article 6(2)ofthat Directive couldj incertain
cases atleast ,beinterpreted toexclude thesale ofbars ortablets of
chocolate products weighing 85g,which weight isvery common insome Member
States }whereas thedefinition ofrefined cocoa butter contained inAnnex I
totheDirective seems toimply that this product must berefined ,whereas
this process isnotalways used }whereas thedefinitions inthat Annex ofthe
various chocolote products containing milk invarious forms could have the
effect oflimiting unjustifiably themanufacturers choice ofbasic products }
Whereas these provisions should therefore beworded more clearly }
.•••/•••
(1)OJNo.L221 ,12th August 1974 .P.10.

3745/VI/74-I !
Whereas theexpression "filled chocolate "isnotincommon usage inEnglish
whereas ,theuse ofother expressions better known toconsumers should there­
fore beauthorised also ;
Whereas Directive No.73/241/EECdoes notprovide forthelabelling ofcharge
packages notintended forretail ashave recent Directives onfoodstuffs and
inparticular Council Directive No.74/409/E3C (l)of22July 1974 onthe
harmonization ofthelaws oftheMember States relating tohoney ;whereas this
situation must beremedied ;
Whereas Council Directive No,74/411/EEC (2)of1August 1974 extended until
1January 1975 "thetime limit foramending national laws inaccordance with
theprovisions ofDirective No.73/241/EECbutdidnotalter thedate on
which those provisions shall begin toapply ;
Whereas thereduction oftheperiod between thepublication ofthenewna <-
tional laws andtheir implementation maygive rise topractical difficulties
inprinting thelabels required under therules laid down inDirective No.
73/241/EISC ;whereas theperiod fixed forimplementing these rules should
therefore beextended ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
(1)OJNo.L221 ,12August 1974 »p.10
(2)OJNo.L221 ,12August 1974 »P-17

3745/VI/74-E
Article 1
Thefollowing subparagraph isadded toArticle 3(l)ofDirective No.
73/241/EEC : • .
"-thename "filled chocolate "maybereplaced inEnglish byoneofthe
following names !"chocolate with ... filling ","chocolate with
centre ","chocolate-coated ... ","chocolate-covered ..."."
Article 2
Article 6(l)ofDirective No.73/241/EECisamended asfollows :
"1.Chocolate ,plain chocolate ,gianduj anutchocolate ,milk chocolate ,
milk chocolate with high milk content ,gianduja nutmilk chocolate ,
white chocolate andfilled chocolate ,intheform ofbars ortablets
each weighing notless than 85gandnotmore than 500g,shall be
marketed inthefollowing individual weights only :100gj125St150St
200g,250g,300g,400 g'and^OOg.". " ■ , .
■Article 3
Thefollowing paragraph 2aisadded to .Article 7*>fDirective No.73/241/EEC :
"2a.Where theproducts defined inAnnex Iareputupinpackages orcon­
tainers ofanetweight eijual toorexceeding 10kilogrammes andare
notretailed ,theinformation referred toinparagraph l(d),;(e )and (f)
may ,ifdesired ,appear only ontheaccompanying documents ."
Article 4
Thefirst sentence ofArticle 14(2 )(o)ofDirective No.73/241/EECisamended
asfollows :
"Prohibiting themarketing ofbars ofchocolate weighing notless than 75S
butnot .exceeding 85g.".

35/Va/'l+-LÎ
Article5
ThesecondparagraphofArticle15ofDirectiveNo.73/241/EECisamended
as.,follows:....
"Thislatterperiod,however,,
-shallbeextendedtothreeyearsfortheapplicationofArtiole6,
-shallbeextendeduntil31Januari1976fortheapplicationofArticle7«"»
Article6
Thefirstandsecondparagraphsofthethirdindent•ofAnnexI(1.14)to
Directive'No.73/241/EECis'amendedasfollows:'.
s"refinedcocoabutter
cocoabutterobtainedbypressure,bytorsion(theexpellerprocess),by
extractionusingasolventorby .combinationof"tjheseprocesses,from
oneormoreofthefollowingrawmaterials:
cocoabeans,cocoanib,cocoadust,cocoamass,cocoapresscake,fat-
reducedcocoapresscake,expellerpresscake,andwhichmayberefined
inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofparagraph3(b)jwherecocoafat,-
■preparedeitherbytheproducerof.•refinedcocoabutter'himselfprby
another -producer,isemployedasasecondaryrawmaterial,,^tmusthavebeen
obtainedfromtherawmaterialslistedabove..
•'Artiole7
AnnexI(l.2l)toDirectiveNo.7V241/EECisamendedasfollows:
"1,21Milkchocolaté ...
theproductobtainedfromcocoanib,cocoamass,cocoapowderor
fat-reducedcocoapowderandsucrose,withorwithoutaddedcocoa
butter,andfromsolidsobtainedbypartiallyortotallydehydra­
tingwholemilkorfrompartiallyorwhollyskimmedmilk,andwhere
appropriate,fromcream,partiallyortotallydehydratedcream,
butterorbutterfat:
••*/

-5- 3745/VI/74-E
Itshall have thefollowing characteristics ,
milk chocolate vermicelli ,gianduja nutmilk
chocola.te :
-total drycocoà solids
-drynon-fat cocoa solids
-total drymilk solids
-butter fat
-total fat
-sucrose
these percentages tobecalculated after the
forinparagraphe 5to8hasbeen deducted :",subject tothedefinitions of
chocolate and couverture milk
notless than 24$
notless than 2.5%
-notless than 14%
-theproportions ofthevarious
constituents remaining after the
butter fat has been deducted cor­
respond with those occuring na­
turally inmilk
notless than -3.51°
notless than 25% r
notmore than 55f°t
weight oftheadditions provided
Article 8
Annex I(.1.22 )"toDirective No.73/241/3ECisamended asfollows :
"1.22 Milkchocolate with high milk content
theproduct obtained from cocoa nib ,cocoa mass ,cocoa powder ,or
fat-reduced cocoa powder andsucrose ,with orwithout added cocoa
butter ,andfrom solids obtained t?ypartially ortotally dehydrating
whole miilk orfrom partially orwholly skimmed milk ,andwhere
appropriate ,from partially ortotally dehydrated cream ,butter or
butter fat j
Itshall have thefollowing characteristics :
-total drycocoa solids
-drynon-fat cocoa solids'
-total drymilk solids -notless than 20%
notless than 2.5$
-notless thàn 20%
-theproportions ofthevarious
constituents remaining after the
>butter fat has been deducted cor­
respond with those occuring na­
turally inmilk

37-tVVv/4-E
-butterfat notlessthan5$
-"totalfat. notlessthan25$
-ΕΤΚ5Γ08Θ ηοίΠΙΟΓΘ^Ιχειπ55>
thesepercentagestobecalculatedaftertheweightoftheadditions
providedforinparagraphs5to8hasbeondeducted:".
Article9
AnnexI(1.23)toDirectiveNo.73/241/EECisamendedasfollows:
•*1.*23Milkchocolate .vermicelli,milkchocolateflakes,milkchocolatein
theformof.granulesorflakeshavingthefollowingcharacteristics which
differfromthoselaiddowninparagraph1.21:
-totaldrycocoasolids notlessthan20$>.
-total,drymilksolids -notlessthan12%
.-theproportions ofthevarious
..constituents remainingafterthe
butterfathasbeendeducted
correspondwiththoseoccuring
naturallyinmilk
-butterfat ,notlessthan3%
-totalfat notlassthari12"$
-suerose notmoróthan66 '
.Article10
AnnexI(l.24)toDirectiveNo.73/241/EECisamendedasfollows:
"1.24Gianduja(oronefothederivatesoftheword•dianduja 1)nutmilk
chocolate
Theproductobtainedfirstlyfrommilkchocolatehavinga,minimumcontent
of10$ofdry-milksolids,andsecondlyfromfinely-ground hazelnutsin
such''quantitiesthat100gofthe-productcontainnotlessthan15gand
notmorethan40.gofhazelnuts.Almonds,hazelnutsandothernutvarie-
'ties.mayalsobe.added,eitherwholeorbrokeninsuchquantitiesthat,
"togetherwiththegroundhazelnuts,theydonotexceed60foofthetotal
•-weight'oftheproduct:".

-7- 3745/VI/74-B
Article 11
Annex I(l«26)toDirective No.73/241/EECisamended asfollows :
"1.26 White chocolaté
.theproduct free ofcoloring matters ,obtained from cocoa butter ,
sucrose andfrom solids obtained bypartially ortotally dehydrating
whole milk orpartially orwholly skimmed milk ,and ,where appropriate ,
from cream ,partially orwholly dehydrated cream ,butter orbutter fat}
Itshall have thefollowing characteristics *
-cocoa butter not less than 20%
-total drymilk solids -notless than 14%
-theproportions ofthevarious
constituents remaining after the
butter fathasbeen deducted
correspond with those occuring
naturally inmilk
-butter fat notless than 3»5%
•sucrose notmore than 55i»
these percentages tobecalculated after theweight oftheadditions pro­
vided forinparagraphs 5to8hasbeen deducted »"•
Article 12
Member States shall before 1January 1972 take allmeasures neoessary to
comply with this Directive *
Article 13
This Decision laaddressed tothe Member States .
Done atBruasels , For the Council
The Président