CELEX: 51997PC0467
Language: en
Date: 1997-09-29
Title: Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending for the third time Directive 88/344/EEC on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                      Brussels, 29.09.1997
                                      COM(97) 467 final
                                      96/0195 (COD)
           OPINION OF THE COMMISSION
    pursuant to Article 189 b (2) (d) of the EC Treaty,
        on the European Parliament's amendments
     to the Council's common position regarding the
                       proposal for a
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
    amending for the third time Directive 88/344/EEC
  on the approximation of the laws of the Member States
      on extraction solvents used in the production of
               foodstuffs and food ingredients
 AMENDING THE PROPOSAL OF THE COMMISSION
      pursuant to Article 189 a (2) of the EC Treaty
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Commission proposal amending for the third time Directive 88/344/EEC on
extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients was
approved as it stood and without debate on its first reading in the European Parliament.
However, three amendments of a similar nature were later proposed to the Committee on
the Environment prior to the second reading; the Committee included these in a new
 recital 3a.
This recital refers to the specfic use of the proposed new solvent, to its minimal residue
 in foodstuffs (0.02mg/kg) and to the fact that under the conditions laid down there is no
global warming effect on the atmosphere.
The Commission accepted Parliament's amendment during the second reading of the
Common Position.l
In accordance with Article 189(a)(2) of the EC Treaty, the Commission has decided to
amend its proposal.
The text of the proposal has been amended accordingly to take account of this decision.
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  OJC 157 of 24.5.1997
 ---pagebreak---                          AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A
                      European Parliament and Council Directive
                  amending for the third time Directive 88/344/EEC
                   on extraction solvents used in the production of
                            foodstuffs and food ingredients
   Common position of the Council                          Amended Proposal
              CITATIONS                                       CITATIONS
Whereas as a result of scientific progress Whereas as a result of scientific progress
                                             Whereas this new solvent, namely 1,1,1,2-
                                             tetrafluoroethane, is used solely for the
                                             extraction of flavouring substances and
               new recital                   whereas residues in foodstuffs do not
                   3a                        exceed 0.02 mg/kg; whereas, apart from
                                             those residues, the solvent is fully recycled,
                                             so that its use under these conditions has no
                                             impact on global warming of the
                                             atmosphere;
Whereas the amendments needed                Whereas the amendments needed ...
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