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Date: 1977-11-18
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending for the sixth time the Council Directive of 23 October 1962 on the approximation of the rules of the Member States concerning the colouring matters authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                COM(77 ) 609 final.
                                                Brussels . 18 November 1977
                              Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
           amending for the sixth time the Council Directive
      of 23 October 1962 on the approximation of the rules of the
 Member States concerning the colouring matters authorized, for use in
                 foodstuffs intended for human consumption
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 COK(77 ) 609 final .
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY I-70T5
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 colouring matters 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 Pood on the aspects of the subject which relate to public
health .
 ---pagebreak--- Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the sixth time the Council
Directive of 23 October 1962 on the approximation of the rules of the
Member States concerning the colouring matters authorized for use in
foodstuffs intended . for human consumption.
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular 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 the Council Directive of 23 October 1962 on the approximation
of the rules of the Member States concerning the colouring matters
authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption , as
last amended by Directive 76/399/EEC , lays down a common list of colouring
matters ;
Wheras from a technological point of view the usefulness of titanium
dioxide (E 17l )» iron oxides and iron hydroxides (E 172 ) not only for
surface but also mass colouring has been demonstrated at Community level ;
Whereas riboflavin-5-phosphate has technological advantages in certain
circumstances over riboflavin (E lOl ), alre'ady included in Annex I of the Directive ;
Whereas having regard to the most recent scientific and toxicological
information it is possible to authorize within the Community the use
of the substances referred to above ;
 OJ No. 115 , 11 November 1962 , p. 2645/2662
20J No. L 108 , 26 April 1976 , p. 19
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas Annex VII , Chapter IX.l of the Act of Accession permits Denmark ,
Ireland and the United Kingdom , up to and including 31 December 1977 ,
to maintain in force the provisions of their national laws permitting
the use in foodstuffs of certain colouring matters and substances used
for diluting and dissolving colouring matters , not appearing on the
common list ;
Whereas the scientific research on certain of these has not yet "been
completed and therefore it is not possible to take a final decision on
whether or not the use of Brilliant Blue PCF , Brotm FK , Chocolate Brown KT ,
Red 2G and Yellow 2G , r>nd the substances listed in the Act of Accession
for diluting or dissolving colouring matters , should be authorized within
the Community,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                  Article 1
Article 2 of the Directive of 23 October 1962 is hereby amended to read as
follows :
" 1 . By way of derogation from Article 1 Member States may authorize the
      use in foodstuffs of the substances listed in Annex II .
  2 . Within "three years following notification of this Directive , the
      Commission shall re–examine the derogations in paragraph 1 and shall
      propose, any iiecessaiy amendments to the Council#
                                  Article 2
Annex 1 of the Directive of 23 October 1962 is amended as follows :
1 , The following shall "be inserted "between No E 105 and E 110 :
  Colour     EEC No    Common Name          Schultz  CI  DPG  Chemical Formula
                                                              or Description
  Yellovr    E 106     riboflavin–5–                         phosphate ester
                         phosphate                           of riboflavin
     2 . The indents referring to E171 and E 172 shall be transferred from Part
         II to Part I and' inserted after E 163 «
30J No. L 73 , 27 March 1972
 ---pagebreak---                                          Article 3
Annex II of "the Directive of 23 October 1962 is replaced by the following :
( a) Colouring matters for "both mass and. surface colouring
  Common Naxne           Schultz      CI     DFG     Chemical Formula or Description
  Brilliant Blue PCP       770      42,090           di sodium salt of 4 4*-( N–ethyl–
                                                     p–salph obenzyl–ami no)–ph eny1–
                                                     ( 2–sul ph oniph enyl ) -methyl enc ) -
                                 I
                                 I                   ( 1–( N–ethyl–N–sul ph obenzyl ) –
                       i                             2,5--) cycl oh exadi eneimi ne )
                       i                           Λ
  Brown FK                                           a mixture consisting essentially
                                                     of the disodium salt of 1,3–
                                                     diamino–4-( p-sulf ophenylazo )
                                                     benzene and the sodium salt of
                                                     2 , 4^diamino–5–( p–sulf ophenylazo)
                                                     t oluene
  Chocolate Brown. HT               20,285           disodium salt of 4,4-/12,4-
                                    ( 671 )          dihydroxy–5 ( hydroxym ethyl ) –m–
                                  I
                                                     phenyl ene/ bis ( AZO ) di–1–
                                                     naphthalene sulphonic acid
  Red 2G                    40      18,050           disodiurn salt of acetaraino–5
                                                     hydroxy–4 ( phenylazo )–3
                                                     naphthal ene–2 , 7 di sul ph oni c
                                                     acid
  Yellow 2G                         18,965           disodium salt of 1–( 2,5-dichloro–
                                                     4–sul ph oph eny1–5–hydr oxy–3-m ethyl–
                                                     4^-p–sulphophenylaz opyraz ol e
( b) . substances for diluting or dissolving colouring matters :
             Ethyl acetate
             Diethyl ether
             Glycerol monoacetate
             Glycerol diacetate
             Glycerol triacetate
             Isopropyl alcohol
             Propylene glycol
             Acetic acid
             Sodium hydroxide
             Ammonium hydroxide
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 4
Member States shall bring into force not later than one year after
notification of this Directive the laws , regulations or administrative
provisions necessary to comply with this Directive and shall forwith
inform the Commission thereof .  '
                                   Article 5
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                 . For the Council ,
                                                     The President ,