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ProposalforaCouncilDirectiveamendingforthefirsttimeCouncilDirective88/344/(EEC)
of13June1988ontheapproximationofthelawsoftheMemberStatesrelatingtoextraction
solventsusedintheproductionoffoodstuffsandfoodingredients
(92/C11/03)
COM(91)502final—SYN374
(SubmittedbytheCommissionon11December1991)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle100a
thereof,WhereastheScientificCommitteeforFoodreconsidered
alltheextractionsolventsintheDirectivein1990andin
1991withtheaimofreplacingthetemporaryacceptable
dailyintakes(ADIs)establishedin1981withpermanent
evaluations ;whereasthishasnotalwaysbeenpossible,as
appropriateinformation,althoughrequested,hasnot
beenprovided;whereasonthebasisoftheinformation
received,theScientificCommitteeforFooddecidedto
confirmitsacceptanceortoretainthetemporarystatus
ortowithdrawitsprevioustemporaryapproval,
dependingonthesubstanceconcerned;
WhereastheDirectivedoesnotmakeanyprovisionsfor
theinclusionofnewsolventsintheAnnex;whereas
modificationstobebroughtthereintotakeaccountof
progressinscientificandtechnicalknowledgeconstitute
technicalmatterstobeentrustedtotheCommission ,HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
andincooperationwiththeEuropeanParliament,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee ,
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :WhereasCouncilDirective88/344/EEC(x)requiresin
Article2(5)thatwithintwoyearsofitsadoptionthe
Commission shall,afterconsultingtheScientific
CommitteeforFood,re-examinetheprovisionsrelating
tothesolventsintheAnnexandtomethyl-propan-2-ol
andproposeanynecessaryamendments ;
WhereasaspartofthisamendmenttheCouncilshould
decidewhethertheresiduesoftheextractionsolventsin
PartIIIoftheAnnexshouldrefertoflavouringsrather
thanfoodstuffs;Article1
Directive88/344/EECisherebyamendedasfollows:
1.InArticle1:
—paragraph2isdeleted,
—paragraph3becomesnewparagraph2.
2.InArticle2,paragraphs5and6aredeleted.
3.InArticle4thefollowingnewparagraph(a)isadded:Whereas,threeyearsaftertheadoptionoftheDirective,
theCommissionshouldsubmitanyappropriateproposal
totheCouncilforsomeofthesolventsinparagraph6of
thisArticle,regulatedsofaronlybynationallegislation;
'(a)Amendments intheAnnexnecessarytotake
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(c)inPartIII:
cyclohexane ,isobutane,dichloromethane ,and
thefootnotearedeleted,
propan-l-olisadded,withamaximumresidue
limitof1mg/kg,
afootnoteisaddedtohexaneandethyl­
methylketone ,requiring:
'Thecombineduseofthesetwosolventsis
forbidden.'knowledgeontheuseofthesolvents,their
conditionsofuseandmaximumresiduelimits
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththe
procedureprovidedforinArticle6.'
Formerparagraphs(a),(b)and(c)becomenewpara­
graphs(b),(c)and(d)respectively .
4.ThefollowingchangesaremadetotheAnnex:
(a)inPartI:
—thesolventsmethanolandpropan-2-olare
added,
—thefollowingfootnoteisaddedtoacetone:
'Inordertoavoidfraud,theuseofacetonein
therefiningofoliveresidueoilisforbidden.';
(b)inPartII:
—footnote1iscompletedwiththefollowing
sentence :
'Itcannotbeusedincombination with
ethylmethylketone .',
—footnote2isdeleted.Themaximumresidue
limitfordichloromethane inroastedcoffeeis
reducedto5mg/kg,
—anewfootnote2isaddedtoethylmethyl­
ketone,requiring :
'Thissolventcannotbeusedincombination
withn-hexane.Thepresenceofn-hexanein
thissolventshouldnotexceed50mg/kg.';Article2
1.MemberStatesshallamendtheirlaws,regulations
andadministrativeprovisionsinsuchawayasto:
—permittradeinproductscomplyingwiththis
Directiveatthelatestby1January1993,
—prohibittradeinproductsnotcomplyingwiththis
Directivewitheffectfrom1January1994.
TheyshallforthwithinformtheCommissionthereof.
2.AllsuchprovisionsadoptedbytheMemberStates
shallcontainareferencetothisDirectiveorshallbe
accompaniedbysuchareferenceatthetimeofofficial
publication .Thedetailedrulesonthisreferenceshallbe
adoptedbytheMemberStates.
Article3
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
ProposalforaCouncilRegulation(EEC)onurgentactionforthesupplyofagricultural
productstothepeopleofMoscowandStPetersburg
(92/C11/04)
COM(91)555final
(SubmittedbytheCommissionon13December1991)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43and
235thereof,HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee,