CELEX: 51988PC0322
Language: en
Date: 1988-06-13
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING FOR THE FIFTH TIME DIRECTIVE 74/329/EEC ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO EMULSIFIERS, STABILISERS, THICKENERS AND GELLING AGENTS FOR USE IN FOODSTUFFS

No C 214/14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   16. 8. 88
                          INITIAL TEXT                                                        MODIFIED TEXT
                           Article 2
 1. Member States shall take all necessary measures to
 ensure that as from 1 January 1992 neither manufacturers
 nor importers established in the Community place on the
 market products whose labelling does not satisfy the
 requirements of this Directive.
 2. Member States shall take all necessary measures to
ensure that the products referred to in paragraph 1 can no
 longer be sold or disposed of to the final consumer after
 31 December 1993.
                           Article 3
 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws,
regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
comply with the provisions of this Directive not later than
31 December 1989 and shall forthwith inform the
 Commission thereof.
2. Member States shall ensure that the text of the
provisions of national law which they adopt in the field
governed by this Directive are communicated to the
Commission.
                           Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the fifth time Directive 74/329/EEC on the
              approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to emulsifiers, stabilizers, thickeners and
                                               gelling agents for use in foodstuffs
                                                 COM(88) 322 final — SYN 138
                                       (Submitted by the Commission on 21 June 1988)
                                                          (88/C 214/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            emulsifiers, stabilizers, thickeners and gelling agents which
                                                                    may be authorized in foods by the Member States;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 100A
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  Whereas Annex II to Directive 74/329/EEC indicates the
In cooperation with the European Parliament,                        designations of substances which may be temporarily
                                                                    authorized by Member States for use in foods; whereas the
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social             validity of each authorization is limited to 31 December
Committee,                                                          1988;
Whereas Council Directive 74/329/EEC (*), as last amen-
ded by Directive 86/102/EEC (2), lays down a list of
                                                                    Whereas the scientific and technical knowledge on the
(!) OJ No L 189, 12. 7. 1974 p. 1.                                  safety or/and use of the substances in the Annex II is now
(2) OJ No L 88, 3. 4. 1986 p. 40.                                   sufficient to allow their transfer to Annex I;
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Whereas for Tragacanth gum (E 413) new data have                         3. Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex
confirmed the acceptability of this substance at Com-                       hereto.
munity level,
                                                                         4. Annex II is deleted.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
                                                                                                  Article 2
                          Article 1                                      Member States shall take all measures necessary to comply
                                                                         with this Directive not later than 1 January 1989. They
Directive 74/329/EEC is hereby amended as follows:                       shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
1. Paragraph 2 of Article 2 is deleted.                                                           Article 3
2. Article 3 is deleted.                                                 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
                                                                 ANNEX
             (a) The following is inserted between items E 415 and E 420:
                    EEC No                                     Designation                            Conditions of use
             E416                        Karaya gum
             (b) The following is inserted between items E 422 and E 440:
                    EEC No                                     Designation                            Conditions of use
             E432                        Polyoxyethylene (20)
                                         sorbitan monolaurate
                                         (synonym: polysorbate 20)
             E433                        Polyoxyethylene (20)
                                         sorbitan monooleate
                                         (synonym: polysorbate 80)
             E434                        Polyoxyethylene (20)
                                         sorbitan monopalmitate
                                         (synonym: polysorbate 40)
             E435                        Polyoxyethylene (20)
                                         sorbitan monostearate
                                         (synonym: polysorbate 60)
             E436                        Polyoxyethylene (20)
                                         sorbitan tristearate
                                         (synonym: polysorbate 65)
             (c) The following is inserted between items E 477 and E 481:
                    EEC No                                     Designation                            Conditions of use
             E479                        Thermally oxidized soya bean oil interacted with mono-
                                         and diglycerides of fatty acids