Directive 2008/60 - Specific purity criteria concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs (Codified version)

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  1. Current status
  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. Sources and disclaimer
  6. Full version
  7. EU Monitor

1.

Current status

This directive was in effect from July  8, 2008 until November 30, 2012 and should have been implemented in national regulation on July  1, 1996 at the latest.

2.

Key information

official title

Commission Directive 2008/60/EC of 17 June 2008 laying down specific purity criteria concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs (Codified version)
 
Legal instrument Directive
Number legal act Directive 2008/60
CELEX number i 32008L0060

3.

Key dates

Document 17-06-2008
Publication in Official Journal 18-06-2008; OJ L 158 p. 17-40
Effect 08-07-2008; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 3
End of validity 30-11-2012; Repealed by 32012R0231
Transposition 01-07-1996; At the latest See Art 2

4.

Legislative text

18.6.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 158/17
 

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/60/EC

of 17 June 2008

laying down specific purity criteria concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Codified version)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/107/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning food additives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (1), and in particular Article 3(3)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Commission Directive 95/31/EC 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.
 

(2)

It is necessary to establish purity criteria for all sweeteners mentioned in European Parliament and Council Directive 94/35/EC of 30 June 1994 on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs (4).
 

(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).
 

(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.
 

(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.
 

(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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS 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.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 June 2008.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

 
  • (3) 
    See Annex II, Part A.
 

ANNEX I

 

E 420 (i) —   

SORBITOL

Synonyms

D-glucitol, D-sorbitol

Definition

Chemical name

D-glucitol

Einecs

200-061-5

Chemical formula

C6H14O6

Relative molecular mass

182,17

Assay

Content not less than 97 % of total glycitols and not less than 91 % of D-sorbitol on dry weight basis.

Glycitols are compounds with the structural...


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