CELEX: 51991PC0502
Language: en
Date: 1991-12-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending for the first time Council Directive 88/344, of 13 June 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients

17 . 1 . 92                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No C 11 /5
                                                               II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the first time Council Directive 88/344/(EEC)
              of 13 June 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to extraction
                             solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients
                                                        (92 / C 11 / 03)
                                               COM(91 ) 502 final — SYN 374
                                    (Submitted by the Commission on 11 December 1991)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                           Whereas the Scientific Committee for Food reconsidered
                                                                    all the extraction solvents in the Directive in 1990 and in
                                                                    1991 with the aim of replacing the temporary acceptable
                                                                    daily intakes (ADIs) established in 1981 with permanent
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               evaluations ; whereas this has not always been possible, as
Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a                  appropriate information, although requested, has not
thereof,                                                            been provided ; whereas on the basis of the information
                                                                    received, the Scientific Committee for Food decided to
                                                                    confirm its acceptance or to retain the temporary status
                                                                    or to withdraw its previous temporary approval ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  depending on the substance concerned ;
and in cooperation with the European Parliament,
                                                                    Whereas the Directive does not make any provisions for
                                                                    the inclusion of new solvents in the Annex ; whereas
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee ,                                                  modifications to be brought therein to take account of
                                                                    progress in scientific and technical knowledge constitute
                                                                    technical matters to be entrusted to the Commission,
Whereas Council Directive 88 / 344 / EEC (x) requires in
Article 2 (5) that within two years of its adoption the             HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Commission shall, after consulting the Scientific
Committee for Food , re-examine the provisions relating
to the solvents in the Annex and to methyl-propan-2-ol                                         Article 1
and propose any necessary amendments ;
                                                                    Directive 88 / 344/EEC is hereby amended as follows :
                                                                     1 . In Article 1 :
Whereas as part of this amendment the Council should
decide whether the residues of the extraction solvents in
Part III of the Annex should refer to flavourings rather                 — paragraph 2 is deleted,
than foodstuffs ;
                                                                         — paragraph 3 becomes new paragraph 2 .
Whereas, three years after the adoption of the Directive,
the Commission should submit any appropriate proposal               2 . In Article 2 , paragraphs 5 and 6 are deleted.
to the Council for some of the solvents in paragraph 6 of
this Article, regulated so far only by national legislation ;
                                                                     3 . In Article 4 the following new paragraph (a) is added :
                                                                         '(a) Amendments in the Annex necessary to take
O OJ No L 157 , 24 . 6 . 1988 .                                               account of progress in scientific and technical
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          knowledge on the use of the solvents, their                       (c) in Part III :
          conditions of use and maximum residue limits
          shall be adopted in accordance with the                                   cyclohexane, isobutane , dichloromethane, and
          procedure provided for in Article 6 .'                                    the footnote are deleted,
     Former paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) become new para­                            propan-l-ol is added, with a maximum residue
     graphs (b), (c) and (d) respectively.                                          limit of 1 mg/kg,
 4 . The following changes are made to the Annex :                                  a footnote is added to hexane and ethyl­
                                                                                    methylketone, requiring :
     (a) in Part I :
                                                                                    'The combined use of these two solvents is
         — the solvents methanol and propan-2-ol are                                forbidden .'
             added ,
         — the following footnote is added to acetone :                                           Article 2
             ' In order to avoid fraud, the use of acetone in           1 . Member States shall amend their laws, regulations
             the refining of olive residue oil is forbidden .';        and administrative provisions in such a way as to :
     (b) in Part II :                                                  — permit trade in products complying with this
                                                                            Directive at the latest by 1 January 1993 ,
         — footnote 1 is completed with the following
             sentence :                                                — prohibit trade in products not complying with this
                                                                            Directive with effect from 1 January 1994.
             ' It  cannot  be    used  in  combination    with
             ethylmethylketone.',                                      They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
         — footnote 2 is deleted . The maximum residue
             limit for dichloromethane in roasted coffee is            2.     All such provisions adopted by the Member States
                                                                       shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be
             reduced to 5 mg/ kg,
                                                                       accompanied by such a reference at the time of official
         — a new footnote 2 is added to ethylmethyl­                   publication . The detailed rules on this reference shall be
             ketone , requiring :                                      adopted by the Member States .
             'This solvent cannot be used in combination
                                                                                                  Article 3
             with n-hexane . The presence of n-hexane in
             this solvent should not exceed 50 mg/ kg.';               This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
                 Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on urgent action for the supply of agricultural
                                      products to the people of Moscow and St Petersburg
                                                           (92 / C 11 / 04)
                                                        COM(91) 555 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 13 December 1991)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                       Having regard to the opinion of the European
                                                                       Parliament,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and                  Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
235 thereof,                                                           Social Committee,