CELEX: 31974R1886
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1886/74 of the Commission of 19 July 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1403/69 laying down detailed rules for the application of the provisions concerning denaturing of common wheat and rye of bread-making quality as regards the colouring materials to be used

20 . 7 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 198 / 21
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1886/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 19 July 1974
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 1403/69 laying down detailed rules for the appli­
               cation of the provisions concerning denaturing of common wheat and rye of
                        bread-making quality as regards the colouring materials to be used
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas in the new Member States , it has not so far
COMMUNITIES,                                                        caused any problems ; whereas it should then be recog­
                                                                    nized that this method is evidently as reliable as the
                                                                    standard method ; whereas its use should then be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               permitted in the Community as an alternative to the
Economic Community ;                                                standard method and to the exclusion of the other
                                                                    methods which were the subject of derogations ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­             are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
lation (EEC) No 1 1 25/74 (2), and in particular Article             ment Committee for Cereals,
7 (5) thereof ;
Whereas Council Regulation No 172/67/ EEC (3) of 27
June 1967 on general rules governing the denaturing
of wheat and rye of bread-making quality, as last                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2096/ 68 (4), lays
down , in Article 2, that the method employed for
denaturing wheat and rye must be at least as effective
as a standard method ; whereas the standard method is                                       Article 1
that which was defined in the Annex to Commission
Regulation ( EEC) No 1403/69 (5 ) Of 18 July 1969
laying down detailed rules for the application of the               The second paragraph of Article 1 of Commission
provisions concerning denaturing of common wheat                     Regulation (EEC) No 1403/ 69 is replaced by the
and rye of bread-making quality as last amended by                   following :
Regulation (EEC) No 21 47/72 (6) ;                                       ' In the case of denaturing by colouring, only the
                                                                         standard method described in Annex I or the alter­
Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 368 /73 (7), (EEC) No                       native method described in Annex la may be
                                                                         used .'
621 /73 (8) and ( EEC) No 3556/73 (9), by way of deroga­
tion from Regulation (EEC) No 1403/69, provided for
the possibility of temporarily using in Denmark,
Ireland and the United Kingdom methods of dena­                                             Article 2
turing by colouring, other than by the Community
standard method, in order to allow in particular the
professional circles in these three new Member States               The Annex la given in the Annex to this Regulation
to change gradually to the standard method based on                  is added to Regulation ( EEC) No 1403/69 .
Patented Blue V ; whereas in fact in these countries
the colouring process most often used was that based
on Green S ;
                                                                                             Article 3
Whereas following trials carried out on a Community
level, the method of denaturing by colouring based on               Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 368 /73 and Article
Green S has given satisfactory rseults ;                             2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3556/73 shall not apply to
                                                                     products denatured by the method laid down in the
  ') OJ  No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67.                         Annex to this Regulation .
 2)  OJ  No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 12.
 3)  OJ  No 130, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2602/67.
 «)  OJ  No L 308 , 23 . 12. 1968 , p. 12.                                                   Article 4
 5)  OJ  No L 180 , 22. 7 . 1969 , p. 3 .
 ')  OJ  No L 229 , 6 . 10 . 1972, p. 16 .
 7)  OJ  No L 39 , 12 . 2. 1973 , p. 28 .
 »)  OJ  No L 58 , 3 . 3 . 1973 , p. 10 .                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
P)   OJ  No L 301 , 29 . 12 . 1973, p . 48 .                         1974 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 19 July 1974.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                             The President
                                                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                         ANNEX la
           Method of denaturing common wheat and rye of bread-making quality as an alternative to the
                                                     standard method
           The cereal must be treated with the colouring matter listed below in such manner that the
           said cereal shall contain a quantity of colouring matter at least equal to that shown in column
           4 and evenly distributed, so that at least 5 °/o of the grains shall be coloured and distributed
            throughout the whole quantity .
                                           TABLE OF COLOURING MATTER
                      l                                     2                            3               4
                                                                                                    Minimum
                                                    Scientific name
                                                                                  Colour index I quantity in parts
             Common name of dye                                                     ( 1956) No     per million
                                                                                               I    by weight
           Green S                   Sodium salt of di-(p-dimethylamiophenyl )
                                 I   -2-hydroxy-3 : 6-disulphonaphtymethanol
                                 l   anhydride                                        44 090            20