Amended proposal for a EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 95/2/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on food additives other than colours and sweeteners
Date: 1996-05-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: approximation of laws, food additive, foodstuffs legislation, human nutrition, public health

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  21.05.1996 
COM(%) 212 final 

95/0114 (COD) 

Amended  proposal  for a 

EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT  AND COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE 

amending  Directive 95/2/EC of the  European  Parliament  and the Council on food  additives 
other  than  colours and sweeteners 

(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  28  March  1996 
on  the  proposal  for  a  European  Parliament  and  Council  Decision  amending 
Directive  95/2/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  Council  Directive  on  food 
additives  other  than  colours  and  sweeteners  COM(95)0177  -  95/0114  (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  denomination  of  the  substance,  which  is  in  accordance 
with  the  denomination  used  in  international  trade. 

The  Commission  does  not  accept  the  amendment  concerning: 

the  number  H408  to  be  assigned,  since  ii  is  not  in  accordance  with  the  number 
used  in  international  trade,  and  does  not  follow  rules  by  which  additives  containing 
the  same  active  principle  are  indicated  by  the  same  E-number  completed  by  an 
alphabetical  subscript. 

-  the  additional  footnote,  which  is  considered  superfluous,  because  the  amendment 
to  Directive  95/2  does  not  change  the  strict  dispositions  concerning  babyfoods 
already  contained  in  Directive  95/2/EC  which  includes  already  the  prohibition  for 
use  of  E407a. 

1  not  yet  published 
2  O.I  C163  29.6.95  p  12 

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In response to the opinion of the European Parliament3  delivered  on 28 March  1996 
on  the  proposal  for  a  European  Parliament  and  Council  Decision  amending 
Directive  95/2/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  Council  Directive  on  food 
additives  other  than  colours  and  sweeteners  COM(95)0177  -  95/0114  (COD)4  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: 

Original  proposal 

Amended proposal 

E407a  Alternatively  refined 
carrageenan 

E407a  Processed  Euchema seaweed 

3  not  yet  published 
4  OJ CI63 29.6.95 p 12 

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