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.
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