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Document 51997AP0231

Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive amending for the third time Directive 88/344/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (C4- 0151/97 96/0195(COD))

ĠU C 286, 22.9.1997, p. 29 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

51997AP0231

Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive amending for the third time Directive 88/344/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (C4- 0151/97 96/0195(COD))

Official Journal C 286 , 22/09/1997 P. 0029


A4-0231/97

Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive amending for the third time Directive 88/344/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (C4- 0151/97 - 96/0195(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the common position of the Council, C4-0151/97 - 96/0195(COD),

- having regard to its opinion at first reading ((OJ C 347, 18.11.1996, p. 58.)) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(96)0375 ((OJ C 278, 24.9.1996, p. 25.)),

- having regard to Article 189b(2) of the EC Treaty,

- having regard to Rule 72 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection (A4-0231/97),

1. Amends the common position as follows;

2. Calls on the Commission to support Parliament's amendment in the opinion it is required to deliver pursuant to Article 189b(2)(d) of the EC Treaty;

3. Calls on the Council to approve Parliament's amendment, amend its common position accordingly and definitively adopt the act;

4. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission.

(Amendment 1)

Recital 3a (new)

>Text following EP vote>

Whereas this new solvent, namely 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, is used solely for the extraction of flavouring substances and whereas residues in foodstuffs do not exceed 0.02 mg/kg; whereas, apart from those residues, the solvent is fully recycled, so that its use under these conditions has no impact on global warming of the atmosphere;

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