CELEX: 31968L0420
Language: en
Date: 1968-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Directive 68/420/EEC of 20 December 1968 making a fourth amendment to the Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the preservatives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption

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31968L0420

Council Directive 68/420/EEC of 20 December 1968 making a fourth amendment to the Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the preservatives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption  

Official Journal L 309 , 24/12/1968 P. 0025 Finnish special edition: Chapter 13 Volume 1 P. 0108  Danish special edition: Series I Chapter 1968(II) P. 0587  Swedish special edition: Chapter 13 Volume 1 P. 0108  English special edition: Series I Chapter 1968(II) P. 0598  Greek special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 4 P. 0056  Spanish special edition: Chapter 13 Volume 1 P. 0152  Portuguese special edition Chapter 13 Volume 1 P. 0152 

++++ ( 1 ) OJ N 12 , 27 . 1 . 1964 , P . 161/64 .   ( 2 ) OJ N 148 , 11 . 7 . 1967 , P . 1 .  COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  OF 20 DECEMBER 1968  MAKING A FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING THE PRESERVATIVES AUTHORISED FOR USE IN FOODSTUFFS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION   ( 68/420/EEC )  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 100 THEREOF ;  HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ;  WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 5 ( A ) AND 11 ( 2 ) OF THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 5 NOVEMBER 1963 ( 1 ) ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING THE PRESERVATIVES AUTHORISED FOR USE IN FOODSTUFFS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION , AS LAST AMENDED BY THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 27 JUNE 1967 ( 2 ) , MEMBER STATES MUST , NOT LATER THAN FOUR YEARS AFTER NOTIFICATION OF THAT DIRECTIVE , PROHIBIT THE USE OF CERTAIN PRESERVATIVES ; WHEREAS THIS PROHIBITION MUST TAKE EFFECT BEFORE THE END OF ONE FURTHER YEAR ;  WHEREAS IT HAS NOT AS YET BEEN POSSIBLE TO TERMINATE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH ON THE ABOVEMENTIONED PRESERVATIVES AND AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS RESEARCH ;  WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO AUTHORISE THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED TO SUSPEND APPLICATION OF THE PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF THOSE PRESERVATIVES SO THAT , IN THE INTERIM , ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED FOR THEIR ASSESSMENT MAY BE OBTAINED ;  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :  ARTICLE 1  THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 11 ( 2 ) OF THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 5 NOVEMBER 1963 :   " HOWEVER , IN SUCH CASE , APPLICATION OF THE AMENDED LAWS MAY BE DEFERRED UNTIL 1 JANUARY 1972 . "  ARTICLE 2  THIS DIRECTIVE IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .  DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 DECEMBER 1968 .  FOR THE COUNCIL  THE PRESIDENT  V . LATTANZIO