Activites

• 1997/12/03 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 1997/60
  • OJ L 331 03.12.1997, p. 0007
• 1997/10/27 Final act signed
• 1997/10/27 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2030
• 1997/10/07 Council Meeting
• 1997/07/15 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T4-0362/1997 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the recommendation for second reading without debate by Mr Kenneth COLLINS (PSE, UK) on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients. �

• 1997/07/02 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A4-0231/1997
• 1997/04/24 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #1996
• 1997/03/24 Council Meeting
  • 05201/1/1997 summary

    The common position largely reflects the initial proposal approved by the European Parliament at first reading. The only amendments introduced by the Council concern the application of the directive. With regard first to the date of entry into force of the directive, the Council has postponed the deadlines for transposition by six months. In addition, it has introduced a provision based on the practice applied when other directives on additives were adopted, allowing operators to place products which do not comply with the directive on the market until stocks are used up. It should be noted that Denmark voted against the common position and issued a voting explanation stating that the credibility of the Community could be questioned if the European Union introduced the use of the solvent 1.1.1.2-tetrafluoroethane or HFC-134a now that the Community has a firm policy on greenhouse gases.�

• #1970
• 1996/11/26 Council Meeting
• 1996/10/23 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0515/1996 summary

    Parliament approved the proposal without making any amendments. �

• 1996/09/25 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 1996/09/04 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1996/07/22 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1996)0375 summary

    OBJECTIVE: amending for the third time, and after consultation with the Scientific Committee for Food (SCF), Directive 88/344/EEC on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients. SUBSTANCE: the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive aims at: - discontinuing the authorization of certain solvents which are no longer used: butyl acetate and methyl-propanol-1; - amending the entry for hexane, for which the SCF issued definitive agreement in June 1993; - authorizing, in view of scientific progress, the use of a new substance, approved by the SCF in 1995: 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane, as an extraction solvent in the preparation of flavours. �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1996)0375
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0515/1996
• Council position published: 05201/1/1997
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0231/1997
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0362/1997
• : Directive 1997/60
• : OJ L 331 03.12.1997, p. 0007

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)