Foodstuffs, labelling: coffee and chicory extracts (simplify Directive 77/436/EEC)

1996/0117(COD)
OBJECTIVE: In accordance with the undertakings given by the Community, simplify certain vertical directives on food in order to take account only of the essential requirements which the products covered by those directives must meet so that they can move freely within the internal market. SUBSTANCE: This proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on coffee extracts and chicory extracts brings Directive 77/436/EEC into line with, in particular, Directives 79/112/EEC on the labelling of foodstuffs, 89/107/EEC on additives, 88/344/EEC on extraction solvents, 85/591/EEC on methods of analysis and 93/43/EEC on the hygiene of foodstuffs. The operative part contains provisions on the scope of the directive, labelling and the committee procedure. The annex contains the definitions and designations and the products and details of their composition. The rules on prepackaged products in Directive 77/436/EEC have been deleted. �