CELEX: 51972PC1589
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-13
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE making an eighth amendment to the Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the preservatives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (submitted by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                COM(72) 1589 final
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                                  Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                   making an eighth amendment to the Directive on
                   the approximation of the laws of the Member
                   States concerning the preservatives authorized
                for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption
                    ( submitted by the Commission to the Council )
  C0M(72 ) 1589 final
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
              V                                  '
1 . The Commission is now in a position to recommend the use under certain
     conditions within the whole of the Community of formic acid and some
     of its salts , of hexamethylenetetramine and of boric acid and borax.
     It will therefore soon submit to the Council a proposal for a
     Directive, relating to the inclusion of these substances in the Annex .
     to the Council Directive of 5 November 1963 on the approximation of
     the laws of the Member States concerning the preservatives authorized
     for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption ( l ).
2 . The Commission is , however , aware of the fact that compliance with the
     procedure laid down in the Treaty for the adoption of this proposal
     will entail some delay and that consequently it will not be possible
     to take the final decision before the end of the year . But , by virtue
     of the Council Directive of 20 December 1971 » (2 ) the Member States
     must , as from 1 January 1973 , prohibit all trade in foodstuffs which
     have been treated with any of the substances under consideration. This
     date must therefore be deferred in respect of the preservatives
     referred to above , and a postponement accordingly of one year would
     seem appropriate .
3 . In the case of organo–borated compounds , the use of which is also
     authorized under national laws until 1 January 1973 1 extension of the
   time limit set by the Directive of 20 December 1971 is not warranted.
     Indeed , in the light of the available information on these compounds ,
     there can be no justification for a declaration by the Commission in
     favour of their use . Their use will therefore be prohibited after the
     end of this year .
( 1 ) OJ No 12 , 27 January 19^4 > p « 161/64
(2 ) OJ No L 2 , 4 January 1972 , p. 22
 ---pagebreak---                     Proposal for a Council Directive making an
                    eighth amendment to the Directive on the
                    approximation of the . laws of the Member
                    States concerning the perservatives t
                    authorized, for use in foodstuffs intended
                    for human consumption
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 100 thereof i              "'
                                                 i i
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas , under Article 5 a) and Article 11 2 ) of the Council Directive of
5 November 1963 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States
concerning the preservatives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for
human consumption (l ), as last amended by the Council Directive of 20
December 1971 (2 ), the Member States must prohibit the use of certain -
preservatives and the prohibition must take effect on 1 January 1973 •
Whereas the Commission has recently submitted a proposal for a Directive
relating to the authorization of the use throughout the Community of formic
acid and its salts , of hexamethylenetetramine and of boric acid and its
salts ; whereas a decision cannot however be taken before 1 January 1973
and it is therefore necessary , in the case of these preservatives , to defer
the application of the prohibition for a further year :
 ( 1 ) 0J No 12 , 27 January 1964, p. 161/64
(2 ) 0J No L 2 , 4 January 1972 » p. 22
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : '
                              Article 1
Article 11 2 ) of the Council Directive of 5 November 19^3 on "the
approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the preservatives
authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption , as last
amended by the Council Directive of 20 December 1971 » is amended by deleting
the second sentence and substituting therefor the following :
"However , in the case of formic acid and its salts , boric acid and its
salts and hexamethylenetetramine , application of the amended laws majr be
deferred until 1 January 1974 "*
                             Article 2
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                          For the Council ,
                                            The President