Directive 2008/84 - Specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (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
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1.

Current status

This directive was in effect from October  9, 2008 until November 30, 2012 and should have been implemented in national regulation on July  1, 1997 at the latest.

2.

Key information

official title

Commission Directive 2008/84/EC of 27 August 2008 laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (Codified version)
 
Legal instrument Directive
Number legal act Directive 2008/84
CELEX number i 32008L0084

3.

Key dates

Document 27-08-2008
Publication in Official Journal 20-09-2008; OJ L 253 p. 1-175
Effect 09-10-2008; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 4
End of validity 30-11-2012; Repealed by 32012R0231
Transposition 01-07-1997; At the latest See Art 2

4.

Legislative text

20.9.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 253/1
 

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/84/EC

of 27 August 2008

laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners

(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 authorised for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (1), and in particular Article 3(3)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Commission Directive 96/77/EC of 2 December 1996 laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (2) has been substantially amended several times (3). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Directive should be codified.
 

(2)

It is necessary to establish purity criteria for all additives other than colours and sweeteners mentioned in European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC of 20 February 1995 on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (4).
 

(3)

It is necessary to take into account the specifications and analytical techniques for additives 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 accordance 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 food additives other than colours and sweeteners, as mentioned in Directive 95/2/EC, are set out in Annex I to this Directive.

Article 2

Directive 96/77/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 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 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 August 2008.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

 
  • (3) 
    See Annex II, part A.
 

ANNEX I

Ethylene oxide may not be used for sterilising purposes in food additives.

E 170 (i) CALCIUM CARBONATE

Purity criteria for this additive are the same as set out for this additive in the Annex to Commission Directive 95/45/EC (1).

E 200 SORBIC ACID

 

Definition

  

Chemical name

Sorbic acid

Trans, trans-2,4-hexadienoic acid

Einecs

203-768-7

Chemical formula

C6H8O2

Molecular weight

112,12

Assay

Content not less than 99 % on the anhydrous basis

Description

Colourless needles or white free flowing powder, having a slight...


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