CELEX: 51977PC0608
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Date: 1977-11-18
Title: Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the thirteenth time Directive 64/54/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the preservatives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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The present proposal completes the examination of the substances , listed
in the Treaty of Accession of Denmark , Ireland the United Kingdom for
possible inclusion in the Directive on Preservatiyes , and also implements
the requirements of the Directive to examine the inclusion in the
Directive of fonnaldehyde for use in Grana Padan,o cheese*
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  Propose for a Council - Direotiv-e.' emending for the thirteenth time .
  Directive 65/34/®° ori       approximation of the lews of' the Kenbe*' States
  concerning the preservatives authorized for use in foodntuffs intended - v     .
  for human consumption*
  THE COUNCIL OP TEE EUROPEAN CXXSIUNITIES ,
  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 Article 3 of Council Directive 64/54/ eEC of 5 November 1963 on
  the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the preservatives
. authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption , as last
  amended "by Directive 76/629/eEC 2, requires that Member States shall
  authorize the smoking of certain foodstuffs only in smoke produced from
  wood or woody plants in the natural state and that such smoking should
  not create any ri sic to human health :
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  Whereas Chapter IX , 2 Annex VII to 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 relating to the
 use in foodstuffs of liquid smoke solutions ;
  Whereas liquid smoke solutions are used primarily for their flavouring
  properties "but whereas they may have a subsidiary preservative property ;
  Whereas investigations are taking place in several Kember States on the
  toxicological acceptability, and on the precise technological function of
  liquid smoke solutions ;      whereas the situation must' be reviewed in the
  light of those investigations ;
   OJ No Ii 12 , 27/l/l964 , p. 161/164
  20J No L 223 » 16/8/1976, p. 3
  30J No L 73 , 27/3/1972 , p. 14
 ---pagebreak---   Whereas it is therefore not yet possible TO take final decisions as to
  vii ether or not the use ox liquid smoke solutions should "be authorised
  v/ithin the Community , nor as to the manner in which this authorisation
  should "be "brought about ;
  Whereas Council Directive 74/62/eEC of 17 December 1973 amending for the
   ninth time             Directive 64/54/EEC^ permits IIember States to maintain
  until 31 December 1977 the provisions of their national laws relating to
. the use of formaldehyde in " Grana padano" cheese provided that , when the •
  product is marketed , no residue of this substance is detectable in the
  finished product ;
  Whereas from a technological point of view the usefulness of this substance
  has been demonstrated at Community level ;
  Whereas on the basis of the most recent scientific and toxicological
  information it is now possible to take a final decision to authorize the
  use 6f formaldehyde within the Community for the same use as at present
  permitted nationally ,
  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                         Article 1
  Article 5(2) of Directive 64/54/EKC is hereby amended to read as follows with
  effect from 1 January 197& :
  "Until 31 December I98O and notwithstanding Article 1 Member States may
  authorize the use of liquid smoke solutions"®
                                         Article 2
In Part i °:^ the Annex "to Directive 6<l/54/EI3C there shall be added the
  following :
                                           I
                EEC No    !     lîarae            Conditions of use
            *  - -  - - -
                E 2A0       Formaldehyde     Exclusively in i ; Grana padano"
                                          ! cheese provided that , when
                                           i
                                             the product is marketed , no
                                             residue of this substance is
                                             'IctGO'«a"ble in the xird.shod
                                             product
                                          J
       No L   38 , 11/2/1974 , P. 29
 ---pagebreak---                                  Article 3
Member States shall "bring into force not later than 12 months after
notification of this Directive the necessary law 3 , regulations or
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive and
shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof®
                                 Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                      For the Council ,
                                                        The President .