CELEX: 51975PC0489
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Date: 1975-10-02
Title: PROPOSAL for a Council Directive amending for the third time Council Directive No 65/66/SEC of 26 January 1965 laying down specific criteria of purity for preservatives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                     PROPOSAL
        for a Council Directive amending for the third time Council
        Directive No 65/66/SEC of 26 January 1965 laying down specific
        criteria cf purity for preservatives authorized for use in
        foodstuffs intended for human consumption .
                   ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission )
   COI;(75 ) 489 final .
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                                  ÏÏxplanatory note
1 . Council Directive 3tf0 64/54/ -^C of 5 November 1963 ( l ) established a single
     list of preservatives in the Community authorized for use in foodstuffs
     intended for human consumption . The Directive also provides for the laying
     down of criteria of purity with which these preservatives must comply .
2 . These criteria of purity were developed and included in Council Directive
     N° 65/66 /SEC of 26 January 1 9^5 (2 ) modified by Council Directive N° 67/428/EEC
     of 27.6.1967 ( 3 ) and (4 ).
3 . The present proposal for Directive relates to additives included in the
     11th amendment ( 5 ) "to Directive 64/ 54/33C on the approximation of the laws
     of the Member States concerning the preservatives author! zed               in
     foodstuffs intended for human consumption , and should be considered as
     completing this 11th modification .
4 . The substances concerned are as follows :
     – sodiu-n derivative of methyl p-hydroxybanzoate (E219 )
     - potassium ni+rite (S 249 )
     - potassiuia propìodate (potassium salt of propionio acid (ai! 283 ).
                                                                     • • «/• • •
( 1 ) OJ H 0 12 of 27.1.1964 p. 161 /64
( 2 ) OJ N° 22 of 9.2.1965 P. 373/55
( 3 ) OJ ïï°148 of 11,7.1967 p. 10
( 4 ) L Proposal at Council_/
( 5 ) /" proposal at Council /
 ---pagebreak--- Propo sal fo r a Council Directive amending for-_tlie third time Council Directive
                 ..of 2.6 Jaraar-y 1965 laying dcya specific oriterIa of purity for ■
                    authorised' for uae in foodstuffs intend for }nm?n eonsumptionr
TIE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN C0HKUNITL5S
 Having regard to the Treaty oat ^„blishing the European Jco ionic Community ,
Having regard to the Council Directive N° 64/54/^2E3 ( l ) of 5 November 1§63 on
the approximation of the laws of Member States concerning the preservatives
authorised for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption , as last
amended by Council Directive N°                       ( 2 ), and in particular Article 8
thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the Council Directive N° 65/65/330 (jU last amended by the Council
Directive N°                    ( 4; has laid down specific criteria of purity for tho
preservatives listed in the Annex to the Council Directive IT0 64/ 54/3UC ;
whereas that Annex was supplemented by the Council Directive IT 0
which added the soduim derivative of met Kyi p-hydroxybenzonte , potassiun nitrite
and potassium propionate ( potassium salt of propionic acid)#
Whereas it is necessary to lay down specific criteria of purity for the three
preservatives         .:t .» .         ,
IL.1S AD0PT3D THIS PIRbCïIVIS
( 1 ) OJ I\T1 12 of 27.1.1964 P. 161 /64
(2
( 3 ) OJ llo 2? of 09 . o2 . 1965 , P. 373A5
(4)
 ---pagebreak---                                              Article 1
The Annex to the Council Directive N° 65/ 66/SEC shall "be amended as follows r
1 , The following specification should be inserted beftfeen N 0 -"E 218 and E 220 .
    3 219 Sodium derivative of methyl p~hydrox.ybcr.zoat e
    Appearance :                                     white hygroscopic powder
    Lie 1 ting range of methyl ester                 The white precipitate formed by
                                                     acidifying with hydrochloric acid a
                                                     10 per centern (weight /volume ) aqueous
                                                     solution of th>3 sodium darivstiva &£ yrneth
                                                    p«l^clxoj^Ucnio^©fc/ uaij(V; littJUS' payer as
                                                     indicator ) shall , when washed with
                                                     water ^.nd dried at 80° C. for 2 hours ,
                                                   . have a melting range of 1 25°-1^S°C .
     Content
                                                     Hot less than 99*5 % of CgH^O^lia on a
                                                     moisture free basis after vacuum drying
                                                    in a vdi?i3fiktb»a(sL<.,£Ld deeiOQuvtor ' • •
    Moisture 2                                       Not more than 5»0 '/■> (Karl-Pi sCh^r ) .
    Sulphated ash                                    40.0-44*5 ii<> °n a moisture free basis
                       c vbu:\ golxrbion i.u
    pH . {v^-tll^i^3^U%ijt2n".iii;:jGa)rT3on
          •> ^í.^iáaxLTítijsn *.án±:jcárbon          Not less than 9*7 &nd not more than 10.3
    dióxixieL ifcrcí.B nwate r :
    dioxiddifrespjimter                              Not more than 0.1 %
    Salicylic acid :                             ' Not mora than 0.1 cp
2 . The following specification should be innerted between N°E 232 and N° E 250
    E 249 Potassium r.itrito
    Appearance :                                     White or slightly yellow deliquescent
                                                     granules
    Content f'nin c2) :                              95 /J after drying for 4 hours over
                                                     silica gel .
    pH (5         solution in carbon ■
    dioxide – and ammonia - free
    water ) ;                                        Not less than 6.0 and not more than 9*0
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3 «. E 283 Potassiuro propionate (pntassiuni salt of proprionic acid )
     appearance :                          White crystalline powder
     Content :                             Not less than 99 >» after drying for
                                           2 hours at 105° -.
     Volatile substances :                 Not more than 4 ,-j determined by drying
                                           for 2 hours at 105°C .
     Water insoluble substances :          Wot more than 0.3 fs
     Readily oxidisable substances :       Ho trace
     Iron :                                Hot more than 30 mg/'kg.
                                 Article 2
Member States shall , if necessary within a period of one year following
notification of this Directive , amend their laws in accordance with tho
provisions of this Directive and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof .
The laws thus amended shall be applied in such a way as to :
– permit trade in products complying with the provisions laid down in this
    Directive as from 1 January 1977
- prohibit trade in products not complying with the provision laid down in
    this Directive as from I January 1978 .
                                Article 3
This Directive is addressed to the Member States
Done at
                                              For the Council
                                              The President