WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1889/97 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Food additives other than colours and sweeteners
Date: 1997-06-02
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EU publication, European Parliament, European Union, codecision procedure, consumer protection, directory, food additive, foodstuffs legislation, human nutrition

C 21/112

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22. 1. 98

The Commission is also engaging in dialogue with providers and users of transport in order to develop practical
solutions to the problems facing combined transport. One recent example of this approach is the Commission
communication  on  the  trans-European  Rail  Freight  Freeways (1),  which  suggests,  on  the  basis  of  wide
consultation, ways of enhancing the attractiveness of Rail Freight by opening access to rail infrastructure to all
licenced train operators and by making the use of rail infrastructure less burdensome.

The  Pilot  Actions  for  Combined  Transport  (PACT)  programme  is  an  excellent  instrument  to  shape  policy  in
direct response to market requirements. It is the market which comes with ideas and propositions and, through
the pilot actions, the Commission is gaining valuable insight into the real problems in the market place. In this
way it can develop policies in close co-operation with market participants which can contribute to the further
development of combined transport.

(1)  COM(97) 242.

(98/C 21/222)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1889/97

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(2 June 1997)

Subject: Food additives other than colours and sweeteners

With reference to the (cid:145)Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending European Parliament
and Council Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners(cid:146) (COM(96) 0303 final ›
96/0166 COD) (1),

the framework Directive 89/107/EEC (2) harmonizes the use of additives at Community level in order to permit
the free movement of foodstuffs and at the same time guarantee effective consumer protection and a wide choice;

the specific Directive 95/2/EC (3) on food additives other than colours and sweeteners is based on the principle of
a positive list, i.e. a list of additives which are permitted and of foodstuffs in which such additives may be used;

will modifications relating to new additives be adopted under a procedure involving the Council and Parliament?

(1)  OJ C 76, 11.3.1997, p. 34.
(2)  OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 27.
(3)  OJ L 61, 18.3.1995, p. 1.

(98/C 21/223)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1890/97

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(2 June 1997)

Subject: Food additives other than colours and sweeteners

The (cid:145)Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending European Parliament and Council
Directive  95/2/EC  on  food  additives  other  than  colours  and  sweeteners(cid:146)  (COM(96)  0303  final  ›  96/0166
COD) (1)  is  intended  to  introduce  certain  new  categories  of  foodstuffs  in  which  additives  that  are  already
permitted may be used. In fact, by the time the deadlines set for transposing the directive have expired these
categories, though already on the market, could have been banned, while the Member States would have lost the
opportunity of altering the lists or the rules on the use of additives on their own initiative.

The proposal also takes account of the recent evaluations of the Scientific Committee for Food, which supported
the use of certain new additives.