Commission Directive 1999/91/EC of 23 November 1999 amending Directive 90/128/EEC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/91/EC
of 23 November 1999
amending Directive 90/128/EEC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/109/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs(1) and in particular Article 3 thereof,
After consulting the Scientific Committee on Food,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Directive 90/128/EEC(2), as last amended by Directive 96/11/EC(3), provides in Article 3(2) for the revision of Annex II thereto.
(2) On the basis of the information available, certain monomers provisionally admitted at national level may be included in the Community list.
(3) Other monomers have been requested for use following the adoption of Directive 90/128/EEC: the technical data supplied permit their inclusion in the Community list.
(4) Annex III to Directive 90/128/EEC includes a list of additives, which should be amended so as to include other additives fully evaluated by the Scientific Committee on Food.
(5) For certain substances, the restrictions already set out should be amended according to the information available.
(6) The current total list of additives is an incomplete list inasmuch as it does not contain all the substances which are currently accepted in one or more Member States; accordingly, these substances continue to be regulated by national laws pending a decision on inclusion in the Community list.
(7) This Directive establishes purity criteria for only a few substances, and therefore the other substances which may require purity criteria remain regulated in this respect by national laws pending a decision at Community level.
(8) The measures contained in this Directive do not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objectives already provided for in Directive 89/109/EEC.
(9) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs,