DECISION OF 13 NOVEMBER 1969 ( 2 ) ;
WHEREAS CERTAIN RULES LAID DOWN IN THIS DIRECTIVE CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED AT PRESENT ON ACCOUNT OF THE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WHICH THIS WOULD CREATE ;
WHEREAS IN SOME CASES IT IS SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE FOR A SUPPLEMENTARY PERIOD AFTER WHICH THE DIRECTIVE WOULD BE APPLICABLE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND WHEREAS THIS APPLIES WITH REGARD TO THE SULPHUR DIOXIDE CONTENT OF GRAPE AND ORANGE JUICES AND CLARIFICATION OF GRAPE JUICES BY MEANS OF POTASSIUM FERROCYANIDE ;
WHEREAS IN OTHER CASES NATIONAL PROVISIONS MUST BE MAINTAINED AND A REVIEW CLAUSE APPLIED ;
WHEREAS IN PARTICULAR THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE POSSIBLE USE OF L-MALIC AND DL-MALIC ACIDS IN FRUIT JUICES AND NECTARS MUST BE EXAMINED IN THE CONTEXT OF MORE GENERAL RULES GOVERNING THE USE OF CERTAIN ACIDS IN FOODSTUFFS ;
WHEREAS MEMBER STATES MUST BE FREE NOT TO ADOPT IN THEIR ENTIRETY THE LISTS OF ADDITIVES AND PROCESSING AIDS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS DIRECTIVE UNTIL THE IDENTIFICATION AND PURITY CRITERIA FOR THESE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
ARTICLE 1
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DIRECTIVE , THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS SHALL BE USED :
1 . FRUIT :
FRUIT , FRESH OR PRESERVED BY CHILLING , SOUND , FREE FROM DETERIORATION , CONTAINING ALL THE ESSENTIAL CONSTITUENTS NEEDED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FRUIT JUICES AND NECTARS AND OF A SUITABLE DEGREE OF RIPENESS . TOMATOES ARE NOT REGARDED AS FRUIT .
2 . FRUIT PUREE :
THE FERMENTABLE BUT UNFERMENTED PRODUCT OBTAINED BY SIEVING THE EDIBLE PART OF WHOLE OR PEELED FRUIT WITHOUT REMOVING THE JUICE .
3 . CONCENTRATED FRUIT PUREE :
THE PRODUCT OBTAINED FROM FRUIT PUREE BY THE PHYSICAL REMOVAL OF A SPECIFIC PROPORTION OF ITS WATER CONTENT .
4 . SUGARS :
( A ) FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FRUIT JUICE
- SEMI-WHITE SUGAR ,
- SUGAR ( WHITE SUGAR ) ,
- EXTRA WHITE SUGAR ,
- DEXTROSE MONOHYDRATE ,
- DEXTROSE ANHYDROUS ,
- DRIED GLUCOSE SYRUP ,
- FRUCTOSE ;
( B ) FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FRUIT JUICE MADE FROM CONCENTRATED FRUIT JUICE AND THE PRODUCTION OF FRUIT NECTAR , IN ADDITION TO THE SUGARS REFERRED TO IN ( A )
- GLUCOSE SYRUP ,
- SUGAR SOLUTION ,
- INVERT SUGAR SOLUTION ,
- INVERT SUGAR SYRUP ,
- THE AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF SUCROSE WITH THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS :
( AA ) DRY MATTER : * NOT LESS THAN 62 % BY WEIGHT ;
( BB ) INVERT SUGAR CONTENT ( RATIO OF FRUCTOSE TO DEXTROSE : 1.0 MORE OR LESS 0.2 ) : * NOT MORE THAN 3 % BY WEIGHT OF DRY MATTER ;
( CC ) CONDUCTIVITY ASH : * NOT MORE THAN 0.3 % BY WEIGHT OF DRY MATTER ;
( DD ) COLOUR IN SOLUTION : * NOT MORE THAN 75 ICUMSA UNITS ;
( EE ) RESIDUAL SULPHUR DIOXIDE CONTENT : * NOT MORE THAN 15 MG/KG OF DRY MATTER .
5 . FRUIT JUICE