Council Directive 72/444/EEC of 26 December 1972 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

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  of 26 December 1972  making an eighth amendment to the Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the preservatives authorised for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption  (72/444/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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, under Article 5 (a) and Article 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 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 will shortly submit a proposal for a Directive relating to the authorisation of the use throughout the Community among these preservatives 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;