CELEX: 51989PC0217
Language: en
Date: 1989-05-02
Title: SECOND AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending for the eighth time the Directive of 23 October 1962 on the approximation of the rules of the Member States concerning the colouring matters that are authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (COM(85)474 final) (presented by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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                                                     COM ( 89)  217 final - SYN 43
                                                     Brussels ,   2 May 1989
                          SECOND AMENDED PROPOSAL  FOR
                              A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
       amending for the eighth time the Directive of 23 October 1962
          on the approximation of the rules of the Member States
concerning the colouring matters that are authorized for use in foodstuffs
             intended for human consumption ( COM(85)474 final )
               ( presented by the Commission pursuant to the
                 third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty )
 ---pagebreak---                                   EXPLANATORY  NOTE
On 1A March 1989 the European Parliament adopted a resolution putting
forward certain amendments to the Commission 's proposal for an amendment
to the proposal for an eighth amendment to the Council Directive on
colouring matters which can be used in food .
Vice-President Bangemann accepted that the Commission would modify its
proposal to add the use of Erythrosine as a food additive in cherry pulp .
This amendment is set out in point 2 of the attached proposal which for
clarity sets out the complete list for Erythrosine , the new amendment
being underlined .
Council Directive 89 / 107 / EEC on food additives adopted on 22 December 1988
delegates the fixing of criteria of purity for food additives to the
Commission .   It is therefore proposed in point 3 of the attached proposal
to wi thdraw these pur i ty criteria , which are contained in Annex 2 of the
amended proposal .
The two recitals referring to this Annex should be deleted as set out in
point 1 of the attached proposal .
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 ---pagebreak---                           Second amended proposal for a Council Directive
           amending for the eighth time the Directive of 25 October 1962
                  on the approximation of the rules of the Member States
   concerning the colouring matters that are authorized for use in foodstuffs
                       intended for human consumption ( C0M(85)474 final )
In response to the opinion delivered by the European Parliament on the amended
proposal for a Council Directive amending for the eighth time Council
Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on colouring
matters which can be used in food ( 1 ) and in response to the adoption of
Council Directive 89 / 1C7 / EEC ( 2 ) on Food Additives which delegates the laying
down of purity criteria of food additives to the Commission , and in accordance
with the third paragraph of Article 149 of the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community , the Commission has decided to amend for a second
time the proposal for an eighth modification , as follows :
1.   delete the sixth and seventh whereas of the amended proposal ;
2.   the text in the amended proposal referring to " Erythros ine " (E 127 ) reads
     as follows         ( additions underlined )             :
Column   1                  Column        2                      Column 3
E 127                       Erythrosine                          45430 ( Food Red 14 )
                            - cocktail cherries -                                  -
                                 cherries                        350 mg / kg
                            - glacé cherries -
                                 cherries                        1 50 mg / kg
                            -     canned mixed fruit           -
                                 cherries                        1 50 mg / kg
                            - canned cherries -
                                 cherries                        1 50 mg / kg
                            - pulp of cherries                   1 50 mg / kg
     delete Annex 2 to the modified proposal .
n ) '' Ö J ~ fi 0 “ 1 VS, ~ 1 ‘1 “ 1 V. 1 96 2 , p . 264 5 ;
( 2)   O.J. N° L 40 , 11.2.1989, p . 27 .
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