CELEX: 51988PC0227
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-20
Title: Re-examined proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149.2(d) of the EEC Treaty)

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                         Re-examined proposal for a
                              COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
  on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction
   solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients
        ( presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149.2(d )
                             of the EEC Treaty )
 ---pagebreak---                                    EXPLANATORY NOTE
  The Commission transmitted its proposal on the question on 28 October
  1983 ( COM ( 83 ) 626 ) final ).
  Following the opinion given by the Parliament on the proposal ( 14
 January 1985 ), the proposal was amended by the Commission . The amend ¬
 ments were submitted to the Council on 8 March 1985 ( COM ( 85 ) 79
 final ). The Council agreed its common position in October 1987 on
 the basis of a revised Commission proposal . This proposal was transmit ¬
 ted to Parliament which , at its February session , voted in favour
‘■of ajwnumber of amendments , all of which are acceptable to the Commis ¬
 sion . The attached text for a re-examined proposal incorporates the
 amendments put forward by Parliament .
 ---pagebreak--- Re-examined proposal of the Commission for a Council Directive
on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents
used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients .
( presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149.2(d ) of the Treaty ).
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The following amendments are proposed by the Commission to its proposal of
28 October 1983      ( as modified on 8 March 1985 ;  :
The Commission assents to the common position of the Council as described in
Council document 7261 / 87 of 22 June 1987 subject to the following amendments :
  i ) Article 2.5 is amended as follows :
      Within two years of the adoption of this Directive , the Commission shall ,
      after consult i ng the Scientific Committee for Food , re-examine the
      provisions relating to Part 1 of the Annex and the following substances
      and shall propose any necessary amendments acting in accordance with the
      procedure laid down in Article 100 A of the Treaty :
      ( rest unchanged )
ii ) Article 6 is amended as follows :
      1 . Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed , the
          Chairman shall refer the matter to the Standing Committee for
          Foodstuffs .
      2 . The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a
          draft of the measures to be taken .   The Committee shall deliver its
          opinion on the draft within a period which the Chairman may lay down
          according to the urgency of the matte"?!   The opinion shall be delivered
          by the majority laid down in Article 148 ( 2 ) of the Treaty in the case
          of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from
          the Commission .   The votes of the representatives of the Member States
          within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out i n that
          Article .  The Chairman shall not vote .
      3 . a ) The Commission shall adopt the intended measure when they are in
              accordance with the Committee 's Opinion .
 ---pagebreak--- b ) Where the intended measures are not in accordance with the opinion
    ■ of the committee , or in the absence of any opinion , the Commission
      shall forthwith submit to the Council a proposal relating to the
      measures to be taken .  The Council shall act by a qualified
      majority .
      If , on the expiry of three months from the date on which the matter
      was referred to it , the Counci l has not acted , the proposed measures
      shall be adopted by the Commission .
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