CELEX: 51981PC0712
Language: en
Date: 1981-11-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING FOR THE SEVENTEENTH TIME DIRECTIVE 64/54/EEC ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING THE PRESERVATIVES AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN FOODSTUFFS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

17. 12.81                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No C 330/7
                                                             II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                               COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the seventeenth time Directive
              64/54/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the pre-
                       servatives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption
                            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 3 December 1981)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       acceptability of thiabendazole (E 233), the deadline
COMMUNITIES,                                                      for its permitted use should be removed;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      Whereas natamycin has proved to have technological
European Economic Community, and in particular                    advantages in the protection of certain cheeses and
Article 100 thereof,                                              sausages against fungi and to assist in the prevention
                                                                  of any potential development of mycotoxins;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                  Whereas the data on the safety of natamycin permit
                                                                  these restricted food uses and whereas therefore the
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                substance be added to the list under E 235,
 liament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECITVE:
Whereas Council Directive 64/54/EEC ( l ), as last
amended by Directive 81/214/EEC (2), lays down a
list of preservatives authorized for the protection of                                      Article 1
foodstuffs intended for human consumption against
deterioration caused by microorganisms;                           The Annex to Directive            64/54/EEC       is  hereby
                                                                  amended as follows:
Whereas potassium bisulphite has application in wine              1. The following is inserted between the entries
production as an alternative to other sulphites already              relating to E 224 and E 226
permitted by the Directive, and therefore should be
added to the list under E 225;                                         EEC No          Name             Conditions of use
                                                                      E225        Potassium bi-
Whereas, without prejudice to future general                                      sulphite
Community rules on the surface treatment of fruit, in
order to remove any uncertainty about the
                                                                  2. Under E 233 in the column 'Conditions of use',
                                                                     paragraph (c) is deleted.
 (l) OJ No 12, 27. 1. 1964, p. 161/64.                            3. The following is inserted between the entries
 (') OJ No L 101, 11. 4. 1981, p. 10.                                relating to E 233 and E 236
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   EEC No    Name         Conditions of use                                Article 2
  E235     Natamycin For the surface treat-
                     ment of the rind of           Member States shall bring into force not later than 31
                     whole, semi-hard        or
                     hard, pressed cheese and      December      1982     the     laws, regulations     or
                     for the casings of saus-      administrative provisions necessary to comply with
                     ages requiring maturation     this Directive and shall forthwith inform the
                     before marketing pro-         Commission thereof.
                     vided that the natamycin
                     will not be present in the
                     cheese or sausage at the
                     time of sale at a depth
                     greater than 5 mm and
                     that the residues ex-
                     pressed in relation to the
                     surface area of the rind                              Article 3
                     or casing do not exceed
                     1 mg/dm 2
                                                   This Directive is addressed to the Member States.