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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(30)111 final
Brussels,20March1980
Amendedproposaltora
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingfortheseventhtimeDirective 73/241/EEContheapproximation
ofthelawsoftheMemberStatesrelatingtococoaandchocolateproducts
intendedforhumanconsumption
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.On30April1979,theCommissionsenttheCouncilaproposal
concerningtheauthorization throughouttheCommunityofammonium
phosphatidesforuseintheprocessingofcocoaand.chocolateproducts
(Doc.COM(79)232final).
2.Initsopinionof18January1930(CouncilDoc.4289/80),Parliament ,
askedtheCommissiontoincludepolyglycerol polyricinoleate andsorbitan
tristearateinitsproposal,"unlesstheirunsuitability isestablished".
ThefollowingisasummaryoftheresponsemadebytheCommissiontothis
requestduringtheplenarysessionofParliament: .\
-TheCommissionconsidersthatitiscorrectlyrepresenting Parliament's
positioninsayingthatthetechnicalworkrelatingtothetwoadditives
inquestionisnotsufficiently advancedtoenableafinaldecisiontobe
taken.'
•• » • '
–,Inviewofthisuncertainty ,MemberStatesshouldbeallowedtoretain ,
forthetimebeingnationalprovisionsauthorizingtheuseofthe-
substancesinquestion,afinaldecisionbeingpostponeduntiladequate
"informationisavailable. ,'
Thisamended..proposalwasdrawnupasaresultoftheabovementioned
statementbytheCommission .ItisalsoinconformitywiththeOpinion
deliveredbytheEconomicandSocialCommittee(Doc.JSC850/79)*
3.•Asregardsform,theamendedproposalincludesthreenewitemsby
comparisonwiththeoriginalproposal:
-Polyglycerol polyricinoleate andsorbitantristearateareretained
provisionallyinAnnexII(2)tobasicDirective73/241/EEC,andtheir
statuswillbere-examinedbefore31December19S2*.
–Article2providesfortheproposedmeasureswhichshouldhavebeen
takenbefore21June1979pursuanttotheexistingversion
*i<'orthesakeofclarity,itseemednecessarytoincludeAnnexIl(2)inits
entiretywhendraftingthis-amendeddirective..Amendmentswere,however,
onlymadetosub-paragraphs (a)(iii)and(b)(iii).

efAnnexIl(2)toDirective73/241/EECtoberetroactive
-Therecitalswereamendedaccordingly .

Amended proposal for'aCouncil Directiva >
amending fortheseventh ,time
Directive 73/241/EECon-theapproximation
ofthe laws oftheMember States relating
tococoa andchocolate products .intended
forhuman consumption
4, , '
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Raving regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 100thereof ,
, N
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee ,
Whereas ,pursuant toparagraph 2(b)(iii )ofAnnex IIto
Council Directive ,aslastamended byDirective v78/^42/EEC-^,
Member States can retain until 20June 1979 anynational provisions
authorizing theuse incocoa andchocolate products oftheemulsifiers
listed inparagraph 2(a)(iii)ofthat Annex ? ••
Whereas theCouncil maydecide totransfer such substances toAnnex I
toDirective 73/241/EEC ,i.e. toauthorize their general usethroughout
theCommunity ;
-Whereas this option should beused inrespect ofammonium
phosphatides (ammonium salts ofphosphatidic acids );whereas useofsuch
substances offers technological advantages since they donotalter the
organoleptic properties ofthecocoa .andchocolate products towhich they
areadded ;
J,0JL228,16.8.1973 ,p.23.
^OJL291,17.10.1978 ,p.15.

-2-
Whereastheauthorization touseammoniumphosphatides doesnotpose
anydangertopublichealthsince,pursuanttotherulesetoutin
Annexl(6)concerninglecithins,thisauthorization isaccompanied
bythestipulationofatotalphosphatidelevelwhichmustnotbe
exceededinthefinishedproductandwhich*isfixedbytakinginto
accountthenaturalphosphatide oontentofoocoabeans;
Whereasthespecificpuritycriteriarelatingtolecithinswere
definedinCouncilDirective78/664/EECof25July1978layingdown
specificpuritycriteriaforanti–oxidantswhichmaybeusedin
foodstuffsintendedforhumanconsumption3;
Whereasafinaldecisionontheuseofglycerolpolyrioinoleate and
sorbitantristearatein::ocoaandchocolateproductsshouldbe
postponed;
Wherea3theabsenceofreliabledataonconsumption of;.
cocoaandchocolateproductsthroughouttheCommunitymakesit
impossibletoassesstheamountsofeachofthesetwosubstanoes "
whichcouldbeabsorbedbyconsumers,andwhereas,therefore,itis
currentlyimpossibletostatecategorically thatnodangerto
humanhealthexists;
Whereas,moreover,afurtherthoroughexaminationisnecessaryin
ordertojustifytheuseofthesesubstancesfromthetechnological
standpoint,
30JL223/14.8.1978,p.30.

HASADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
V
Article 1
Directive 73/241/EECishereby amended asfollows :
1.Thefirst andsecond paragraphs ofAnnex l(6)shall be
replaced bythefollowing :
"Thefollowing products maybeadded ,individually orblended ,to
theproducts listed inparagraph 1.,with theexception ofoocoa nib :
(a)lecithins (E322)-
(b)ammonium phosphatides (E442).
Any such addition shall bementioned intheproduct description ^
save where the substances inquestion axe added tothe various sorts
ofchocolate referred toinheadings 1.1£ to1.28 ". '
2.Annex Il(2)shall bereplaced bythefollowing :
"2.(a)This Directive does notinvalidate theprovisions of - .
national Lawioforce ,on1August 1973 which permit theuseof:
(i)phosphoric acid asaneutralizing agent incocoa products to
-which alkalizing agents have been added pursuant toAnnex 1(2)
(ii)aromatic substances other than those allowed byAnnex I,(5)(a )
intheoocoa andchocolate products referred tointhat
paragraph : ''
(iii)glycerol polyricinoleate (E476)andsorbitan tristearate
- (E492).
(b)Theexemption allowed :
(i)in(a)(i )shall cease tobeeffective on30June '1981 ;before
that date ,however ,theCouncil ,pursuant totheprocedure
laid down inArticle 100oftheTreaty ,mayinclude inAnnex I

theeubatsmoa referred toinparagraph 2(i);iuch
substance shall beincluded inAnnex Ionly ifscientific
research hasdemonstrated itssafety asregards human health
and ifitsuse isnecessary oneconomic grounds ;
(ii)under (a)(ii )shall cease to "beeffective atadate tobe
fixed bytheCouncil before 1January 1983 ypursuant tothe
prooedure laid down inArticle 100oftheTreaty ,andin
anycase atthetime ofapplication ofCommunity rules listing
thearomatic substances which may beused infoodstuffs ;
(iii)tinder (a)(iii )shall cease tobeeffective on31December 1982 ;
before that date ,however ,theCouncil ,pursuant totheprocedure
laid down inArticle 100oftheTreaty ,may include inthe first
;indent ofAnnex the substances referred toin (a)Ciii );such
é '
^substances shall beincluded inAnnex Ionly iftheir use incocoa
andchocolate products does notconstitute adanger tohuman health
and iftheir use isnecessary fortechnological reasons ".
Article 2
Article 1/shall take effect from 21June 1979 *
Article 3
•fc V
Member States shall take themeasures necessary tocomply with this
Directive within eighteen months ofitsnotification .They shall
forthwith inform the Commission thereof .
Article 4
This Direotive isaddressed tothe Member States .
Done at For the Council
The President -