Amended proposal for a EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DECISION on the maintenance of national laws prohibiting the use of certain additives in the production of certain foodstuffs
Date: 1996-05-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: exclusion from treatment (EU), food additive, foodstuff, national law, originating product

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  06.05.19% 
COM(96)  50 final 

95/0085  (COD) 

Amended  proposal  for a 

EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT  AND  COUNCIL  DECISION 

on  the  maintenance  of  national  laws  prohibiting  the  use  of  certain 
additives  in the production  of  certain  foodstuffs 

(presented  by  the Commission  pursuant to  Article  189  a (2) 
of  the  EC-Treaty) 

Explanatory  memorandum 

In  response  to  the  opinion  of  the  European  Parliament1  delivered  on  16  January 
1996  on  the  proposal  for  a  European  Parliament  and  Council  Decision  on  the 
maintenance  of  national  laws  prohibiting  the  use  of  certain  additives  in  the 
production  of  certain  foodstuffs  COM(95)0126  -  95/0085  (COD)2  and 
in 
accordance  with  the  second  paragraph  of  Article  189A  of  the  Treaty  establishing 
the  European  Economic  Community,  the  Commission  has  decided  to  amend  the 
above mentioned  proposal. 

The Commission  accepts the amendment concerning: 

The  modification  of the definitions  of the foodstuffs  mentioned  in the Annex 
for  which  Member  States  may  maintain  their  prohibition  of  use of  a  certain 
additives 

The Commission  does not accept amendments concerning: 

Provisions  requiring  the  labelling  of  the  traditional  method  of  production. 
The  Commission  considers  that  the  need  for  such  labelling  should  be 
determined  by the  manufacturer. 

The  addition  of  two  Danish  foodstuffs  and  one  Swedish  foodstuff.  The 
Commission  cannot  accept  these  foodstuffs  since  the  original  notifications 
evoked  only  reasons  of  public  health,  given  that  all  public  health  issues  are 
covered  by the specific  additives directives. 

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In  response  to  the  opinion  of  the  European  Parliament3  delivered  on  16  January 
1996  on  the  proposal  for  a  European  Parliament  and  Council  Decision  on  the 
maintenance  of  national  laws  prohibiting  the  use  of  certain  additives  in  the 
production  of  certain  foodstuffs  COM(95)0126  -  95/0085 
(COD)"  and  in 
accordance  with  the  second  paragraph  of  Article  189A  of  the  Treaty  establishing 
the  European  Economic  Community,  the  Commission  has  decided  to  amend  the 
above mentioned proposal as follows: 

The  table in the annex is replaced by the following  table : 

Member 
State 

Germany 

Foodstuffs 

Categories of  additives  for  which 
a  prohibition  may  be  maintained 

beer brewed  following 
German tradition 

all except propellant  gases 

Greece 

"feta" following Greek 
tradition 

France 

"traditional French bread" 

France 

preserved truffles  following 
French tradition 

France 

France 

preserved snails following 
French tradition 

goose,  duck and turkey 
preserves  ("confit")following 
French tradition 

all 

all 

all 

all 

{ 

all except  preservatives 

Austria 

"Bergkase" following 
Austrian tradition 

all except  preservatives 

Finland 

"Mammi" following  Finnish 
tradition 

all except  preservatives 

i 

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