CELEX: 51977PC0658
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Date: 1977-12-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending for the fifth 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 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                  COM(77)658 final.
                                                  Brussels , 9 December 1977
                               Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
         amending for the fifth 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
                          /
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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COI.;(77 ) 658 final .
 ---pagebreak--- Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the fifth time Directive
73/241/E'EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating
to cocoa and. chocolate products intended for human constunption.
THE COUNCIL OP 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 paragraph 1.19 of Annex I to Directive 73/241/EEC of 24 July 1973
on the approximation of the laws of the Mem"ber States relating to cocoa
and chocolate products intended for human consumption , as last amended
by Directive 7&/628/EEC of 20 July 1976 , defines gianduja nut chocolate ;
Whereas the definition of gianduja nut chocolate given in Annex I does' not
provide for the use of milk in various forms ; and whereas this could eventually
prevent further manufacture of this type of chocolate , which is , moreover , a
quality product ;
Whereas the product may traditionally contain a certain quantity of milk
and whereas , therefore , a better definition should be laid down and the
addition of small quantities of milk in various forms should be authorized ;
Whereas Annex II, paragraph 2(a), of Directive 73/241/EEC authorizes the
new I-Iember States to maintain , until 31 December 1977 1 and in the case of
products marketed on their territories , the national laws existing on
the date of their accession to the European Eoonomic Community and permitting
the use of phosphoric acid , certain flavouring substances and certain
emulsifiers ;
 OJ No L 228 , 16.8.1973 , p. 23
20J No L 223 , 16.8.1976 , p. 1
 ---pagebreak---     Whereas the aforementioned Annex II provides in paragraph 2(b ) for the possibility
    of including these substances in Annex I "before     1 January 1978 ; whereas
    a new examination of the_   oonditiona of use of the said substances haB led
    to the conclusion that a decision on their use in the Community cannot "be _
'. taken by the said date ;   whereas the deadline must therefore be withdrawn and
  ■ the Member States must be authorized to use these substances ;
   Whereas               there continues to be a technological need for the use
    of phosphoric acid, as a neutralizing agent in cocoa products in certain
   Member States , even if not throughout the Community , and whereas this is a
   permanent need ;
   Whereas , pending the adoption of Community provisions on the use of _         \
\ flavouring substances in foodstuffs ,
   it should be possible for Member States to be able to continue to use other
   substances other than those listed in Annex I , paragraph 5(a) , of
  Directive 73/24l/EECj
  Whereas , finally , Council Directive 74/329/EEC of 18 June 1974 on the
  approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to emulsifiers ,
   stabilizers , thickeners and gelling agents for use in foodstuffs^ allows
  Member States , for five years after notification , to authorize the use of
  the emulsifiers listed in Annex II to Directive 72/241/EEC , and whereas ,
  therefore , the same period should be adopted for the purposes of this
  Directive ,
  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                  Article 1
  Directive 72/241/EEC is amended in accordance with the following Articles ,
                                  Article 2
  Paragraph 1»19 of Annex I to Directive 73/ 241/EEC is amended to read as
  follows :
  30J No L 189 , 12.7.1974 , P. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                        - 3 -
 " 1.19 giandu.la ( or one of -the dorivat ivoa of the word 'giandu.ia' ) nut chocola-ta
 The product obtained firstly from chocolate having a minimum total dry
 cocoa solids content of 32<fo including a minimum of dry non-fat cocoa
 solids content of &fo and secondly from finely ground hazelnuts in such
 quantities that 100 g of the product contain not less than 20 g and not
 more than 40 S       nuts ."
 The following may also toe added :
 "-milk or dry matter produced "by the partial or complete dehydration of
whole milk or partially or fully skimmed milk , provided that it does not
 exceed 9$ and contains not more than l»2j/o of butterfat in the finished
■product ,
  – almonds , hazelnuts and other nut varieties , either whole or "broken ,
in such quantities that , together with, the ground hazelnuts , they do not
exceed 60$ of the total weight of the product ."
                                       Article 3
The title of Annex II shall be      as follows :
"Special measures".
                                       Article 4
In Annex II , paragraph 2 is amended to read as follows :
" 2 « This Directive shall not affect the provisions of national laws authorizing
      the use of :
      – phosphoric acid as a neutralizing agent m cocoa products alkalized
        in accordance with Annex I ( 2 );
      – flavouring substances other than those referred to in Annex I ( 5)(a)
        in the cocoa and chocolate products referred to in that paragraph ,
        without prejudice to the relevant provisions to "be adopted by the
        Community j
      – polyglycerol polyricinoleate , s orbit an monostearate , sorbitan
        tristearate , poiyoxyethlylene ( 20 ) sorbitan' monostearate and'ammonium
        salts of phosphatidic acids in the chocolate and cocoa products
        referred to in the first sub-paragraph of Annex I ( 6 )"«
 ---pagebreak---                                     Article 5
Within one year      from the date of notification of this Direotive , the
Member States shall amend their laws , where necessary , in order to comply
with the provisions of this Directive and shall forthwith inform the •
Commission thereof#        „
The laws thus amended shall "be applied so as to :
– permit 'within two years of notification the marketing of products complying
 . with the provisions of this Directive ;
– prohibit within three years of notification the marketing of products not .
   complying with the provisions of this Directive .
                                   Article 6
This Directive is addressed to the Member States#
Done at Brussels ,                                         For the Council
                                                           The President