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Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners'
Date: 1999-12-08
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: consumer protection, food additive, foodstuff, human nutrition

23.2.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 51/27

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a European Parliament and
Council Directive amending Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and
sweeteners’

(2000/C 51/06)

On 6 October 1999 the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under Article 95
of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal.

The Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, which was responsible for
preparing the Committee’s work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 15 November 1999. The
rapporteur was Mr Wilkinson.

At its 368th plenary session on 8 and 9 December 1999 (meeting of 9 December), the Economic and
Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 102 votes to one with four abstentions.

1.

Introduction

1.1.
Directive 95/2/EC is based on the principle of the
positive list. It contains a list of authorised food additives, the
foodstuffs in which they may be used and the conditions for
their use. This arrangement ensures transparency and food
safety, thus allowing free trade in foodstuffs throughout the
EU.

Additives not listed may not be used in foodstuffs,
1.2.
although new additives may be authorised for use for a period
of 2 years by any Member State on its own territory. If, during
this period, the Commission proposes that the additives in
question should be authorised at EU level, their use is allowed
for an additional 18 months to allow for the necessary
legislative changes.

Brussels, 9 December 1999.

1.3.
The amendment proposed would be the third amend-
ment to the original Directive 95/2/EC. It includes both new
additives and new applications for some additives that are
already authorised.

2. Comments

The Committee notes that some of the substances
2.1.
covered by this amendment have uses other than additives,
but these uses are not considered in this opinion.

The Committee also notes that the Commission has
2.2.
already evaluated the technical needs of all the additives
proposed. The Scientific Committee on Food has examined
their food safety and allocated Acceptable Daily Intakes (ADIs)
that are satisfactory for the proposed uses.

2.3.

The Committee therefore supports the proposal.

The President

of the Economic and Social Committee

Beatrice RANGONI MACHIAVELLI
Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 introducing a specific measure in respect of certan grain legumes'
Date: 1999-12-08
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: EU control, aid per hectare, aid system, leguminous vegetable

23.2.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 51/29

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC)
amending Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 introducing a specific measure in respect of certain grain
legumes’

(2000/C 51/08)

On 27 September 1999 the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under
Article 37 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal.

The Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, which was responsible for
preparing the Committee’s work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 16 November 1999. The
rapporteur was Mr Barato Triguero.

At its 368th plenary session (meeting of 8 December 1999), the Economic and Social Committee adopted
the following opinion by 107 votes in favour with one abstention.

The Committee generally endorses the principles of the

1.
present proposal.

It does however consider the maximum guaranteed area
2.
(MGA) for this crop to be clearly inadequate. This is shown in
the figures set out in the Report from the Commission to the
Council on the application of the system applicable to certain
grain legumes (1). On this basis, and given that this is a rotation
crop with evident benefits in terms of soil conservation, it
would seem appropriate to increase the MGA up to
500 000 ha, to be subdivided into 300 000 ha for animal feed
and 200 000 ha for human consumption.

3.
The Committee also recommends that the following be
added to the species eligible for aid, as set out in Regulation
No. 1577/96 (2):

— Vicia monanthos

— Lathyrus sativa

— Latyrus cicera

— which would come under the sub-area for vetches.

(1) COM(1999) 426 final.
(2) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996.

Brussels, 8 December 1999.

3.1.
Regulation No. 1577/96 introduced a specific measure
in respect of certain grain legumes, which are the main legume
species for human and animal consumption not included
among the protein crops of the general system for arable
crops. The Regulation left out a number of species of the same
family which were already being grown at a relatively low
level. The result is that in some cases in the present, these
crops have disappeared, since they must compete with very
similar crops receiving EU aid.

There are in fact more species of legumes than those
3.2.
mentioned in Regulation No. 1577/96 which are entitled to
aid: as they are grown on a far smaller scale, they are of great
value in maintaining biodiversity and safeguarding the genetic
heritage. Including these species in the amended Regulation
would have practically no effect on the current situation, since
they are produced in such small quantities and, in any case,
would stand in for the vetches covered by the Regulation.

The President

of the Economic and Social Committee

Beatrice RANGONI MACHIAVELLI
Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs'
Date: 1999-12-08
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: EU control, adjuvant, animal nutrition, foodstuffs legislation, veterinary drug

C 51/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

23.2.2000

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive
amending Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs’

(2000/C 51/07)

On 10 September 1999 the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under
Article 37 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal.

The Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, which was responsible for
preparing the Committee’s work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 15 November 1999. The
rapporteur was Mr Donnelly.

At its 368th plenary session (meeting of 8 December 1999), the Economic and Social Committee adopted
the following opinion by 111 votes to one with one abstention.

1. Preliminary comments

1.1.
Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970
concerning additives in feeding-stuffs, as amended by Directive
96/51/EC establishes for certain additives (antibiotics, cocci-
diostats and other medicinal substances, and growth pro-
moters) a system which provides for the Commission to
replace existing authorisations under certain conditions.

1.2.
However, there is no legal base for the replacement of
the authorisations given before 1 January 1988, (except the
footnote in Annex B Chapter I of the annex of Directive
70/524/EEC as amended by Directive 96/51/EC).

conditioned by the higher test of ‘link to the person responsible
for putting into circulation’,
the copy products will be
forbidden.

This has created an incoherent system certainly con-
1.4.
trary to the intentions of the legislator. The purpose of this
proposed amendment is to establish a coherent legal situation
ensuring that these replacements can take place at the same
time for all additives concerned, irrespective of the date when
their authorisation was granted.

2. Specific comments

1.3.
If this proposal were not enacted, all additives author-
ised before 1 January 1988 and evaluated according to lower
standard than since January 1988 would remain authorised,
and also as in the past, the copy products. In contrast, for
the more recent additives (authorised after January 1988)

2.1.
The ESC agrees with the Commission proposal which
corrects the legal anomaly and ensures that the same high
standards of evaluation particularly with regard to product
safety applies to high technology additives. It also facilitates
equal treatment for all products concerned.

Brussels, 8 December 1999.

The President

of the Economic and Social Committee

Beatrice RANGONI MACHIAVELLI
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2588/1999 of 8 December 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-12-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 315/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

9. 12. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2588/1999

of 8 December 1999

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

in compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
last
import arrangements
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98 (2), and in particular
Article 4 (1) thereof,

fruit and vegetables (1), as

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the
standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto;

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 December 1999.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 198, 15.7.1998, p. 4.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 315/5

to the Commission Regulation of 8 December 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the
entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

0805 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50,
0805 20 70, 0805 20 90

0805 30 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
999
204
999
052
204
999
052
204
388
508
999
204
999

052
999
052
600
999
400
404
728
999
064
400
720
999

87,2
70,2
78,7
83,7
83,7
107,6
141,9
124,8
38,4
43,8
34,3
33,1
37,4
63,2
63,2

83,9
83,9
59,7
67,3
63,5
78,1
72,0
109,8
86,6
62,3
116,9
85,1
88,1

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2645/98 (OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 22). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
Commission Communication pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) 2408/92 - Modification by the United Kingdom of a public service obligation in respect of a scheduled air service between Glasgow and Barra(Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-12-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, air transport, inland transport, public service

C 355/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

8.12.1999

Commission Communication pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) 2408/92

Modification by the United Kingdom of a public service obligation in respect of a scheduled air
service between Glasgow and Barra

(1999/C 355/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. The United Kingdom has decided to modify the public service obligation in respect of the scheduled air
service between Glasgow and Barra as set out in the notice published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities No C 387 of 21 December 1996, page 6, pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air carriers to intra-
Community air routes.

2. The modified public service obligation is as follows:

(cid:151) Minimum frequencies

One return trip per day except Sundays between Glasgow and Barra.

(cid:151) Capacity

The capacity of the aircraft used should be not less than:

(cid:151) 11 seats on the Glasgow to Barra route and 14 seats on the Barra to Glasgow route (Mondays to

Fridays); and

(cid:151) nine seats on the Glasgow to Barra route and 14 seats on the Barra to Glasgow route

(Saturdays).

(Provision is currently made by the present operator for two seats for the post office on all
outbound services. This is, however, subject to separate contract arrangements).

(cid:151) Aircraft types

The aircraft used should be suitable for landing on Barra airstrip which is located on Traigh Mhor
beach.

(cid:151) Fares

The price of a single ticket must not exceed GBP 97 (excluding air passenger duty).

The maximum fare on the route may be increased once every year with the prior written consent of
the Scottish Ministers in line with the United Kingdom’s Retail Price Index (all
items) or any
successor index to this.

No other changes may be made to the fare levels without the prior written consent of the Scottish
Ministers.

The new maximum fare on the route must be notified to the Civil Aviation Authority and to the
European Commission which may publish it in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Notification of a joint venture

(Case COMP/E-3/37.654 (cid:151) Shell/Statoil)

(1999/C 355/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 29 November 1999, the Commission received notification pursuant to Article 4 of Council
Regulation No 17 (1) of an agreement by which Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap AS (Statoil) and Shell
Europe Oil Products BV intend to create two production joint ventures. The joint ventures will be
based at the Mongstad, Norway, oil refinery and the Pernis, Netherlands, oil refinery. Shell will take a
minority interest in the refinery production at Mongstad and Statoil will take a minority in the refinery
production at Pernis.

(1) OJ 13, 21.2.1962, p. 204/62.