AND TECHNICAL DATA CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO ENABLE A FINAL POSITION TO BE ADOPTED ; WHEREAS THE SITUATION WILL CONSEQUENTLY HAVE TO BE RE-EXAMINED IN THE LIGHT OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ;
WHEREAS , ALTHOUGH IT IS ALREADY POSSIBLE TO LAY DOWN A SCALE OF WEIGHTS FOR CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS PUT UP FOR SALE IN THE FORM OF TABLETS OR BARS , IT IS NOT YET POSSIBLE TO DO SO FOR COCOA POWDER PRODUCTS , AS THE CHOICE OF THE VARIOUS LEVELS FOR THE SCALE IN THIS CASE REQUIRES CLOSER STUDY WHICH IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO COMPLETE AND WHEREAS THE CHOICE OF THESE LEVELS WILL CONSEQUENTLY HAVE TO BE MADE AT A LATER DATE ;
WHEREAS THE NAMES LAID DOWN IN THIS DIRECTIVE FOR THE VARIOUS COCOA AND CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS DIFFER IN CERTAIN CASES FROM THOSE USED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE DESIRABLE TO ENABLE CONSUMERS TO BECOME USED TO THESE NEW NAMES BY ALLOWING BOTH THE NEW NAMES AND THOSE AT PRESENT IN FORCE TO BE APPLIED DURING A SPECIFIED PERIOD ;
WHEREAS ESTABLISHING THE METHODS OF ANALYSIS NEEDED TO VERIFY THAT CERTAIN PRODUCTS SATISFY PURITY CRITERIA AND DETERMINING THE METHODS OF SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS NEEDED FOR CHECKING THE COMPOSITION AND MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS ARE IMPLEMENTING MEASURES OF A TECHNICAL NATURE AND WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO SIMPLIFY AND SPEED UP PROCEDURE , THE TASK OF ADOPTING THEM SHOULD BE ENTRUSTED TO THE COMMISSION ;
WHEREAS IT IS DESIRABLE THAT FOR ALL CASES WHERE THE COUNCIL EMPOWERS THE COMMISSION TO IMPLEMENT RULES RELATING TO FOODSTUFFS , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR A PROCEDURE ESTABLISHING CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION WITHIN THE STANDING COMMITTEE FOR FOODSTUFFS SET UP BY THE COUNCIL DECISION OF 13 NOVEMBER 1969 ( 1 ) ;
WHEREAS IT IS POSSIBLE FOR UNDERTAKINGS TO ADJUST THEIR PRODUCTION METHODS AND TO DISPOSE OF STOCKS WITHIN A MAXIMUM PERIOD OF TWO YEARS AFTER NEW RULES AND DEFINITIONS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , APPLICATION OF THE SCALE OF WEIGHTS LAID DOWN FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF PACKAGING WILL MAKE IT NECESSARY TO ADAPT INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT IN THE MEMBER STATES AND THAT THEREFORE THE PERIOD FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS RULE SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THREE YEARS ;
WHEREAS SPECIAL MEASURES NEED TO BE ADOPTED IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE SPECIAL SITUATION OF THE NEW MEMBER STATES ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
ARTICLE 1
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DIRECTIVE COCOA AND CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS SHALL MEAN THE PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION DEFINED IN ANNEX I .
ARTICLE 2
MEMBER STATES SHALL TAKE ALL MEASURES NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 MAY BE OFFERED FOR SALE ONLY IF THEY CONFORM TO THE DEFINITIONS AND RULES LAID DOWN IN THIS DIRECTIVE AND IN ANNEX I THERETO .
ARTICLE 3
1 . THE NAMES LISTED IN ANNEX I ( 1 ) SHALL BE