CELEX: 51989PC0217
Language: en
Date: 1989-05-02
Title: SECOND AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING FOR THE EIGHTH TIME THE DIRECTIVE OF 23 OCTOBER 1962 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE RULES OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING THE COLOURING MATTERS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN FOODSTUFFS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION ( COM ( 85 ) 474 FINAL )

1. 6. 89                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No C 135/7
         Second amended proposal for a Council Directive amending for the eighth time the Directive of
         23 October 1962 on the approximation of the rules of the Member States concerning the
         colouring matters that are authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption
                                               (COM(85) 474 final) (')
                                            COM(89) 217 final — SYN 43
         (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty on
                                                     2 May 1989)
                                                    (89/C 135/08)
         In response to the opinion delivered by the European Parliament on the amended proposal for
         a Council Directive amending for the eighth time the Council Directive on the approximation
         of the laws of the Member States on colouring matters which can be used in food (2) and in
         response to the adoption of Council Directive 89/107/EEC (3) on food additives which
         delegates the laying down of purity criteria of food additives to the Commission, and in
         accordance with the third paragraph of Article 149 of the Treaty establishing the European
         Economic Community, the Commission has decided to amend for a second time the proposal
         for an eighth modification, as follows:
         (a) delete the sixth and seventh whereas of the amended proposal;
         (b) the text in the amended proposal referring to 'Erythrosine' (E 127) reads as follows
             (additions in italics):
                                                                            Colour index number (') and
                 'EEC No                    Common name
                                                                            name or chemical description
                   E 127        Erythrosine                           45 430 (Food Red 14)
                                — cocktail cherries — cherries        350 mg/kg
                                — glace cherries — cherries           150 mg/kg
                                — canned mixed fruit — cherries       150 mg/kg
                                — canned cherries — cherries          150 mg/kg
                                — pulp of cherries                    150 mg/kg'
         (c) delete Annex 2 to the modified proposal.
         (') OJ No C 278, 30. 10. 1985, p. 4.
         O OJ No C 115, 11. 11. 1962, p. 2645.
         O OJ No L 40, 11. 2. 1989, p. 27.