CELEX: 51977PC0611
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-18
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending for the second time, the Council Directive 70/357/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the antioxidants authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (77) 611
Vol. 1977/0198
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                COM(77 ) 611 final .
                                                Brussels , 18 November 1977
                              Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
    amending for the second time , the Council Directive 70/357/EEC
   on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning
            the antioxidants authorized for use in foodstuffs
                      intended for human consumption
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 COM(77 ) 611 final .
 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY NOTE
The present proposal implements the requirements of the Treaty of Accession
of Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom to examine the possibility of
including certain substances with antioxidant effect in the Directive ,
and also to act on requests from Member States to modify the Directive
in other respects#   This proposal has been made after seeking the advice
of the Scientific Committee for Food on the aspects of the subject which
relate to publlo health *
 ---pagebreak---   Draft proposal for a Council Directive amending for the second time , the
  Council Directive      70/357/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the
  Member States concerning the antioxidants authorized for use in foodstuffs
  intended for human consumption.
  THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
. and in particiilar Article 100 thereof,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
  Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
  Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,
  Whereas Article 2 of Council Directive      70/357/EEC^" of 13 July 1970
  on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the
  antioxidants authorized for use in food intended for human consumption, as
  amended by Directive 74/412/EEC , permits Member States to maintain the
  provisions of their national laws authorizing the use in foodstuffs of
  calcium di sodium ethylene diamine tetra–acetate , propyl gallate and
  L–ascorbic acid esters of the unbranched fatty acids C^ abd C^g until
  31 December 1977 J
  Whereas Chapter IX, 3 Annex VII to the Act of Accession3 permits Denmark ,
  Ireland and the United Kingdom , up to and inoluding 31 December 1977 »
  to maintain in force the provisions of their national laws relating to
  the use in foodstuffs of propyl gallate and ethoxyquinj
  Whereas the technological usefulness of ethoxyquin for the treatment of
  apples   and pears , calcium disodium ethylene diamine tetra-acetate as a
  substance capable of increasing the antioxidant effect of other substances ,
  and propyl gallate as antioxidant in food has been demonstrated within
  the Community :
  ■"OJ No L 157 1 18/7/1970 , p. 31
  20J No L 221 , 12/8/1974» P. 18
  30J No L 73 , 27/3/1972 , p. 14
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas on "the "basis of "the most recent scientific and toxicological
information it is now possible to take a final decision to authorize
within the Community the use of propyl gallate and calcium disodium
ethylene diamine tetraacetate ^
Whereas during a second stage , the Council must decide the conditions
governing the use of antioxidants in particular foodstuffs , "but whereas
the above-mentioned information shows that calcium disodium ethylene
diamine tetraacetate should not be used in foodstuffs intended for the
particular nutritional use of infants and young children in the sehse of
Article 1 of Council Directive 77/94/EEC of 21 December 1976 on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs
for particular nutritional uses^j
Whereas it is not yet possible to take a final decision as to whether or
not the use of ethcocyquin should be authorized at Community level ; but
the situation must be reviewed in the light of further scientific and
                        t
toxicological information ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE J
                                  Article 1
Article 2 of Directive 70/ 357/EEC is hereby amended to read as follows :     :
" 1 » By way of derogation from Article 1 , Member States may until
      31 December 1980 maintain the provisions of their national laws
      permitting the use of ethoxyquin for the treatment of apples and
      pears in the control of scald providing the residues of ethoxyquin
      are not more than 3 milligrams per kilogram of whole fruit .
  2 « Before expiry of the period set in paragraph 1 the Council may , on
      the basis of a study by the Commission , and in accordance with the
      procedure laid down in Article 100 , include ethoxyquin in. the Annex".
                                  Article 2
In Article 9 of Directive 70/357/EEC there is hereby added a second
paragraph as follows :
"However , calcium disodium ethylene diamine tetra–acetate shall not be
 used in foodstuffs intended for the particular nutritional use , in the
  sense of Article 1 of Directive 77/94/eEC , of infants and young children"
 OJ No L 26 , 31/1/77 , P. 55 .
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 3
In part I of the Annex to Directive 70/ 357/EEC shall be added the following
                     EEC No              Name
                     E 310         Propyl gallate
                                   Article 4
In part III of the Annex to Directive 70/ 357/EE0 there shall "be added the
following! .
                     EEC No              Naxne
                     E 342     Calcitali disodium ethylene
                               diamine tetra>-acetate
                                   Article 5
Member States shall bring into force not later than 12 months after
notification of this Directive the laws , regulations or administrative
provisions necessary to comply with this Directive and shall forthwith
inform the Commission thereof#
                                   Article 6
This Directive is addressed to the Member States#
Done at Brussels ,                               '       For the Council ,
                                                         The President#