CELEX: 51974PC0836
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Date: 1974-06-12
Title: Proposal for a Directive on a first amendment to the Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning antioxydants for use in food (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                        COM(74)836 final
                                        Brussels , 12 June 1974
            Proposal for a Directive on a first amendment to the
            Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of
          the Member States concerning antioxidants for use id food
                (submitted, to the Council by the Commission )
   00M(74) 836 final
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1.    The Council Directive of 13 July 1970 on the approximation of the laws
of Member States concerning the antioxidants authorised for use in food
intended for human consumption ( 1 ) allows Member States to maintain their
national laws authorising the use in foodstuffs of calc ium dis odium
ethylene diamine tetra acetate , propyl vallate . and L-ascorbic acid esters
of the mbranched fatty acids C. . and C „ Q .                                              The same exemption is made
         ■iBnimi irrn ii' – L.rt.-. II 1 . 1  ^ IIM n .» » MJI j              JQ
for synthetic ^tocopherol .                                The expiry date for this exemption is
14 July 1974 .
                                                                                                              (2
2.    The Treaty of Accession of the new Member States Annex VII. chap . ulXojJ allows
those new
Member States to maintain in force their national laws existing at the
date of accession relating to the use in foodstuffs of propyl vallate .
The same exemption     *
                                          is made for iiwMii  certain        polyphosphates andn 1 ethoxygnin
                                                                  ■ >■[» i imfc iiiiniriwh–– mm i i wian' i ■ – i «m     im ■*
                                                                                                                               . ,
The expiry date for this exemption is 31 December 1977 *
3 . No case ( e.g. toxicological data or technological necessity) has been
made for the, continued inclusion of synthetic ©--tocopherol .                                                       For the
substances referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 there is considerable interest
within the Member States on their possible inclusion in a Community list
of Antioxidants for use in food, and the Commission is preparing a proposal
for a Directive .                     This proposal cannot be finalised without the advice of
the Scientific Committee for Food .
4.    The Scientific Committee for Foodf for the nine Member States of the
Community was instituted by Decision of the Commission 16 April 1974
The Committee cannot be expepted to complete detailed study of the substan­
ces under consideration in time to allow the Council to adopt the modifi­
cation before 14 July 1 974-
( 1 ) OJ L 157 18.7.1970
( 2 ) OJ Special Edition (L 73 ). 27.3.1972
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5.    Hie present proposal concerns only those substances which , without
any change to the Directive on Antioxidants , would not "be allowed after
14 July 1974 »    No consideration has "been given to ethoxyquin and
polyphosphates ( see paragraphs ). The aim of the modification is twofold.
Firstly, it is anomalous that certain Member States have a right to use
propyl gallate not given to -the other Members . Therefore; it is proposed
that the expiry date for this provision "be extended to 31 December 1977 for
all the Member States . Secondly, as there is also considerable interest
in the continued use of calcium disodium ethylene diamine tetraacetate
and L-ascorbic acid esters of the unbranched fatty acids         and C^g , it
is proposed that Member States be given the facility to use these
substances for a "limited, period". When the Scientific Committee for Pood
has given its advice , the Commission will decide what further action is
required .
6.    The " limited period" has been made the same as for propyl gallate to
avoid unnecessary proliferation of dates within the Directive .
7 . - Consultation with, the European Parliament and the Economic and
Social Committee according to Article 100 is not necessary as the Directive
does not involve the amendment of legislation in any Member State .
 ---pagebreak---  Proposal for a Directive on a first amendment to the Council Directive
on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning
antioxydants for use in food .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COIJMUlTITlSS ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
and in particular Article 100 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission ,
Whereas Article 2 of the Council Directive of 13 July 1970 on the
approximation of the laws of Member States concerning the antioxidants
authorised for use in food intended for human consumption ( 1 ) allows Member
States for a period of three years following the notification of the said
Directive to maintain their national laws authorising the use in foodstuffs
of calcium disodium ethylene diamine t'etraacetate , propyl gallate /md
L–ascorbic acid esters of the unbranchcd fatty acidn C^ and C^gj
                                  the Conditions of Accession
Whereas annex VII chap. IX.3 of the . Act concerning /    ( 2 ) allows the
new Member States , up to and including 31 December 1977 » "to maintain in
force their national laws existing on the date of accession relating to
the use in foodstuffs of propyl gr.llr.te ;
l'!hereas the usefulness of these substances in food has been demonstrated
on a technological plane at Community level ;
Whereas the laws of certain Member States still authorise the use of these
substances ;
Whereas the situation must be reviewed in the light of the most recent
scientific and toxicological information .
Whereas the Scientific Committee for Food instituted by Decision of the
Commission of tha 16 April IS?**'        has not yet fully . considered the
 information ;
Whereas it is therefore not possible to take a final decision as to the
suitability of these substances at Community level .
( 1 ) 0J L157 , 18.7.1970
( 2 ) 0J Special Edition (L 73 ), 27.3.1972
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED ÏHIS DIRECTIVE,
                                 Article 1
The Council Directive of 13 July 1970 shall "be amended as follows :
1.   Paragraph 1 of Article 2 is replaced "by the following :
     By way of derogation from Article 1 , Member States may until
     31 December 1977 maintain the provisions of their national laws
     authorising the use in foodstuffs of calcium disodium ethylene
     diamine tetraacetate , propyl gallate and L-as corbie acid esters
   . of the unbranched fatty acids C- . and C^g . -
                                 Article 2
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                    By the Council
                                      The Président ,