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Laying Down Specific Purity Criteria Sweeteners for Use in Foodstuffs Directive
Article 1: The purity criteria referred to in Article 3(3)(a) of Directive 89/107/EEC for sweeteners mentioned in Directive 94/35/EC are set out in Annex I to this Directive.
Article 2: Directive 95/31/EC, as amended by the Directives listed in Annex II, Part A, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limits for transposition into national law of the Directives set out in Annex II, Part B.
References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
Article 3: This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . Official Journal of the European Union
Article 4: This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Recital 1
Commission Directive 1995/31 of 5 July 1995 laying down specific criteria of purity concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs ( 2 ) has been substantially amended several times ( 3 ) . In the interest of clarity and rationality the said Directive should be codified.
Recital 2
It is necessary to establish purity criteria for all sweeteners mentioned in European Parliament and Council SUIFD of 30 June 1994 on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs ( 4 ) .
Recital 3
It is necessary to take into account the specifications and analytical techniques for sweeteners as set out in the Codex Alimentarius as drafted by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA).
Recital 4
Food additives prepared by production methods or starting materials significantly different from those evaluated by the Scientific Committee for Food or different from those mentioned in this Directive should be submitted for safety evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority with emphasis on the purity criteria.
Recital 5
The measures provided for in this Directive are in line with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.
Recital 6
This Directive should be without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limits for transposition into national law of the Directives set out in Annex II, Part B,
D-glucitol, D-sorbitol
PART A
Repealed Directive with list of its successive amendments
(referred to in Article 2)
List of time-limits for transposition into national law
(referred to in Article 2)
Commission Directive 95/31/EC
( OJ L 178, 28.7.1995, p. 1 )
Commission Directive 98/66/EC
( OJ L 257, 19.9.1998, p. 35 )
Commission Directive 2000/51/EC
( OJ L 198, 4.8.2000, p. 41 )
Commission Directive 2001/52/EC
( OJ L 190, 12.7.2001, p. 18 )
Commission Directive 2004/46/EC
( OJ L 114, 21.4.2004, p. 15 )
Commission Directive 2006/128/EC
( OJ L 346, 9.12.2006, p. 6 )
PART B
Directive
Time-limit for transposition
95/31/EC
1 July 1996 ( 1 )
98/66/EC
1 July 1999
2000/51/EC
30 June 2001
2001/52/EC
30 June 2002
2004/46/EC
1 April 2005
2006/128/EC
15 February 2008
( 1 ) According to Article 2(2) of Directive 1995/31, products put on the market or labelled before 1 July 1996 which do not comply with this Directive may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.
Correlation table
Directive 95/31/EC
This Directive
Article 11
Article 1
Article 12
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Article 2
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Article 2
Article 3
Article 3
Article 4
Article 4
Annex
Annex I
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Annex II
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Annex III
Footnote p0: Done at Brussels, 17 June 2008.