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Directive 1999/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 relating to coffee extracts and chicory extracts
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Directive 1999/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 relating to coffee extracts and chicory extracts
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DIRECTIVE 1999/4/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 22 February 1999 relating to coffee extracts and chicory extracts (OJ L 066 13.3.1999, p. 26) |
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DIRECTIVE 1999/4/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 22 February 1999
relating to coffee extracts and chicory extracts
Article 1
This Directive concerns coffee extracts and chicory extracts as defined in the Annex.
This Directive does not apply to ‘café torrefacto soluble’.
Article 2
Directive 79/112/EEC shall apply to the products defined in the Annex subject to the following conditions:
the product names listed in the Annex shall apply only to the products referred to therein and must be used in trade to designate them. Those names shall be supplemented by the words:
as appropriate.
However, product names may be supplemented by the term ‘concentrated’:
the labelling must include the term ‘decaffeinated’ in the case of the products defined in point 1 of the Annex, provided that the anhydrous caffeine content does not exceed 0,3 % by weight of the coffee-based dry matter. This information must be within the same field of vision as the sales description;
in the case of the products defined in points 1(c) and 2(c) of the Annex, the label must include the terms ‘with …’, ‘preserved with …’, ‘with added …’ or ‘roasted with …’ followed by the name(s) of the types of sugar(s) used.
This information must be within the same field of vision as the sales description;
the labelling must indicate, in the case of the products defined in points 1(b) and (c) of the Annex, the minimum coffee-based dry matter content and, in the case of the products defined in points 2(b) and (c) of the Annex, the minimum chicory-based dry matter content. These contents shall be expressed as a percentage by weight of the finished product.
Article 3
For the products defined in the Annex, Member States shall not adopt national provisions not provided for by this Directive.
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Article 6
Directive 77/436/EEC is hereby repealed with effect from 13 September 2000.
References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive.
Article 7
The laws, regulations and administrative provisions shall be applied so as to:
When Member States adopt these measures, the latter shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
Article 8
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 9
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS, DEFINITIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS
1. ‘Coffee extract’, ‘soluble coffee extract’, ‘soluble coffee’ or ‘instant coffee’
This means the concentrated product obtained by extraction from roasted coffee beans using only water as the medium of extraction and excluding any process of hydrolysis involving the addition of an acid or a base. Apart from those insoluble substances which it is technically impossible to remove, and insoluble oils derived from coffee, coffee extract must contain only the soluble and aromatic constituents of coffee. Member States shall ensure that the methods used to determine the free and total carbohydrate content of soluble coffees are in conformity with paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Annex to Council Directive 85/591/EEC of 20 December 1985 concerning the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the monitoring of foodstuffs intended for human consumption ( 8 ) and that they are validated or standardised, either already or as soon as possible.
The coffee-based dry matter content must be:
not less than 95 % by weight in the case of dried coffee extract;
from 70 % to 85 % by weight in the case of coffee extract paste;
from 15 % to 55 % by weight in the case of liquid coffee extract.
Coffee extract in solid or paste form must contain no substances other than those derived from the extraction of coffee. Liquid coffee extract may contain edible sugars, whether or not roasted, in a proportion not exceeding 12 % by weight.
2. ‘Chicory extract’, ‘soluble chicory’ or ‘instant chicory’
This means the concentrated product obtained by extraction from roasted chicory using only water as the medium of extraction and excluding any process of hydrolysis involving the addition of an acid or a base.
‘Chicory’ means the roots of Cichorium Intybus L., not used for the production of witloof chicory, usually used for the preparation of beverages, suitably cleaned to be dried and roasted.
The chicory-based dry matter content must be:
not less than 95 % by weight in the case of dried chicory extract;
from 70 % to 85 % by weight in the case of chicory extract paste;
from 25 % to 55 % by weight in the case of liquid chicory extract.
Chicory extract in solid or paste form may contain not more than 1 % by weight of substances not derived from chicory.
Liquid chicory extract may contain edible sugars, whether roasted or not, to a proportion not exceeding 35 % by weight.
( 1 ) OJ C 231, 9.8.1996, p. 24.
( 2 ) OJ C 56, 24.2.1997, p. 20.
( 3 ) Opinion of the European Parliament of 23 October 1997 (OJ C 339, 10.11.1997, p. 129), Council Common Position of 30 April 1998 (OJ C 204, 30.6.1998, p. 25) and Decision of the European Parliament of 16 September 1998 (OJ C 313, 12.10.1998, p. 90). Council Decision of 25 January 1999. Decision of the European Parliament of 11 February 1999.
( 4 ) OJ L 172, 12.7.1977, p. 20. Directive as last amended by the 1985 Act of Accession.
( 5 ) OJ L 51, 25.2.1980, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 87/356/EEC (OJ L 192, 11.7.1987, p. 48).
( 6 ) OJ L 33, 8.2.1979, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 97/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 43, 14.2.1997, p. 21).
( 7 ) OJ L 291, 19.11.1969, p. 9.
( 8 ) OJ L 372, 31.12.1985, p. 50.
