CELEX: 51987PC0581
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-04
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING FOR THE NINTH TIME DIRECTIVE 73/241/EEC ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO COCOA AND CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

21.1.88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               N o C 16/11
    (b) 50 °/o for the other measures or 70 % for these                However, if it proves necessary at a later stage, the
         measures for expenditure made after 31                        Commission may at the request of the Member State
         December 1987, with the exception of the                      concerned, adjust the above maximum amounts
         measures under Article 18A (2) (b) second                     under the procedure referred to in Article 25
         indent with a maximum eligible amount of:                     provided that the total amount of eligible
         — 560 ECU per hectare under Article 6 (a) and                 expenditure does not exceed 300 million ECU.'
             (b),
         — 600 ECU per hectare under Article 6 (c);               14. The following Article is inserted after Article 23:
            however this amount may be increased up to
             1 000 ECU per hectare up to a total area of               'Article 23A
            45 000 ha,
         — 0,85 million ECU under Article 8 (3),                       For the purposes of the common measure, a
                                                                       Monitoring Committee shall be set up by mutual
         — 0,70 million ECU under Article 8 (4),
                                                                       agreement between the Commission and the Irish
         — 10 million ECU under Articles 14 and 16; as                 Government.
            regards Article 16, the eligible amount shall
            relate only to the creation of the                         The Monitoring Committee shall assist the Irish
            development centre,                                        Government or, where applicable, the authority
         — 3 million ECU under Article 11 (1),                         appointed by the latter, in the implementation of the
         — 0,70 million ECU under Article 11 (3),                      common measure.'
         — 11,75 million ECU under Article 11A with a
            maximum eligible investment of 25 000 ECU                                        Article 2
            per farm,
         — 1 400 ECU per hectare up to a maximum                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
            total expenditure of 27,2 million ECU under           following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
            Article 12,                                           the European Communities.
         — 40 000 ECU per farm under Article 18A with
            a maximum total expenditure of 5 million              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
            ECU.                                                  directly applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the ninth time Directive 73/241/EEC on the
              approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cocoa and chocolate products
                                              intended for human consumption
                                                     COM(87) 581 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 8 December 1987)
                                                        (88/C 16/13)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          on its internal market until 31 December 1987 products
                                                                  of the type 'familiar a la taza' and 'a la taza' under the
                                                                  name of chocolate;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 100A
thereof,                                                          Whereas Council Directive 73/241/EEC ('), as last
                                                                  amended by the Act of Accession, did not define
                                                                  chocolate of this type containing starchy substances and
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                intended for consumption after cooking in Annex I;
In cooperation with the European Parliament,                      Whereas the situation could lead to the prohibition of
                                                                  the sale of this product, which would be undesirable;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                  whereas Directive 73/241/EEC should therefore be
Social Committee,                                                 amended,
Whereas the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal
authorized the Kingdom of Spain to continue to place              (') OJNoL228, 16. 8. 1973, p. 23.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:                                                              Article 2
                        Article 1                               With effect from 1 January 1988, Member States shall,
                                                                where necessary, amend their national legislation in
The following is hereby added to Article 14 (2) of              order to comply with the provisions of this Directive.
Directive 73/241/EEC:                                           They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
'(g) authorizing the marketing under the name of
     "chocolate familiar a la taza" and "chocolate a la
     taza" of chocolate not defined in Annex I                                           Article 3
     containing starchy substances and intended for
     consumption with milk after cooking.'                      This Directive is addressed to the Member States.