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Date: 1978-07-19
Title: Amendements to the 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 by the Commission to the Council in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 149 of the Treaty)

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                                     COM(78)333 Final
                                     Brussels , 19 July 1978
         Amendements to the 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 "by the Commission to the Council in
           accordance with the second paragraph of Article
           149 of the Treaty)
 ---pagebreak--- ^endir.ents to the proposal for a Council Directive amending for the
              fifth, time Direotive 73/24l/SEC on the approximation of the
              laws of the Member States relating to cocoa and chocolate
                       products intended for human consumption
1 .  SUMMARY
     This amended proposal 1 is intended to 'give effect to the Opinion delivered by
     the Eurnn^n Parent at its meeting of 10 April 1978 - The Commission therefore
     adopts most of the amendments desired by the European Parliament , while proposing
     that their presentation be changed slightly .
     On the other hand , the Commission proposes to take into account , at the drafting
      level , the fact- that the Directive could not have been adopted before 1 January
      1978 , as would have had to be the case .
1®1 Phosphoric acid
       The Commission accepts the wish of the. Europaan Parliament that this
       acid should cease "to "be used from 1 July 1979» Unlike the Parliament ,
       however, it does not feel that a further examination of the situation
       "before this date would lead to a change of view# The Commission
        therefore proposes that no provision J>e" made for reviewing the situation
        with regard to phosphoric acid#
 1,2 Flavouring substances
        The Commission is unable to say how long it will take to study the        . ' ' "
        list of permitted flavouring substances for foodstuffs , as the field
        is extremely complex® It would certainly not "be able to complete a
        review of the present situation "before 1 July 1979 , as the European
        Parliament wishes#
         In order to he realistic, the Commission therefore proposes that no
         final date for the use of flavourings which are not generally
         permitted "be included in the Directive , "but that such a decision "be
         postponed until Community rules are brought in to cover the whole of
         the flavourings seotor#
  Originai proposai of 9.12.1977 - «*(77)658 final, OJ No C 8, 10.1.1978, p. 2
    Report "by Mr# Lamberts , EP 52.646 final
 ---pagebreak---  1.3 Emulsifiers
   " These are listed in Annex II to .Council Directive 74/329/F.EC 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"'". Under Article 3(l ) and ( 3) of that Directive ■'
     Member States may authorize the use of emulsifiers for five years
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     after its notification , and the Council may decide to transfer them
     to the Community list before the end of this period.                    -
     For reasons of consistency , the Commission proposes that the same
     text be applied to cocoa and chocolate products®        A further examination
      of this question wili , of course , be based on the requirements of
     health protection and technology.          '
1.4 Entry into effect of the amendments
     Annex II to Directive 73/241/EEC should have been amended before
     1 January 1978 ( paragraph 2(b) of Annex II).
                                                  v  '  » '•
     As this deadline could not be met , it should be specified that the
     amendments are to take effect retroactively.            •
2 . AMENDMENTS   .                      '    ■'
2.1 The fifth and sixth recitals are amended t.o read as follows :
     "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 , however , a new examination of the situation
     did not allow such a decision to be taken}                •
     Vfhereas there is no longer ■& technological need for the use of .
     phosphoric acid as a neutralizing agent in cocoa products and the
     use of this product oan therefore be abolished after a period of
     technological adjustment ".
^•OJ No L 189, 12.7.1974, P. 1
^i.e. until 20 June 1979
 ---pagebreak--- 2«2 Artiole 4 is amended. to read as follows :
                                     'Article 4
    In Annex II , paragraph 2 is amended to read as follows :
    " 2(a) (Phis Directive shall not affect those provisions of national laws
             in force at the time of its notification and authorizing the
            use af :
             (i)     phosphoric acid as a neutralizing agent in cocoa products
                     alkalized in accordance with Annex l(2 ),
             ( ii )  flavouring substances other than those referred to in Annex
                     1(5 ) ( a) in the cocoa and chocolate products referred to
                     in that paragraph ,
            ( iii ) polyglycerol polyricinoleate , sorbitan monostearate ,
                     sorbitan tristearate , polyoxyethylene ( 20 ) sorbitan
                    monostearate and ammonium salts of phosphatidic acids in
                    the chocolate and cocoa products referred to in the first
                     subparagraph of Annex l(6)«
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       (b ) The derogation provided for :
            (i)     in paragraph 2(i ) shall end on 30 June 1979 »
            ( ii ) in paragraph 2(ii ) shall end with the entry into force of
                    Community rules listing flavouring substances which may
                    be used in foodstuffs ,
            ( iii ) in paragraph 2(iii ) shall end on 20 June 1979 ? before
                    that date , however , the Council may, in accodance with the
                    procedure laid down in Article 100 of the Treaty , include
                    the substances specified in paragraph 2(iii ) in the first
                    subparagraph of Annex l(6)«"
2*3 The following Article 4& i s inserted in the proposal for a Directive .
                                        " Article 4a.
    Article 4 shall take effect on 1 January 1978® "