Chocolate Containing Vegetable Fats Allowed in All EU Member States.Business Editors STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2000 Today, the Parliament of the European Community European Community: see European Union. European Community (EC) Organization formed in 1967 with the merger of the European Economic Community, European Coal and Steel Community, and European Atomic Energy Community. voted on the recommendation agreed upon Adj. 1. agreed upon - constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations" stipulatory noncontroversial, uncontroversial - not likely to arouse controversy already this autumn by the European Council European Council, a consultative branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU). It is composed of the heads of government of the EU nations and their foreign ministers, in conjunction with the president and two additional members from the European . The common position was adopted with only minor amendments, which have been declared acceptable by the Commission. Thereby the standards for chocolate are harmonized within the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community , allowing the replacement of up to 5% of the cocoa butter content by vegetable fats. The formal decision made by the council of ministers, is expected within three months. Member states are required to incorporate the new directive into their respective national legislation within 36 months of its coming into force. - This expands the market for cocoa butter equivalents considerably, which is highly positive for Karlshamns says Anders Traff, President. The main features of the pending directive are as follows: For domestically produced chocolate each member state is free to decide about the use of up to 5% vegetable fat. Free movement of goods is secured. This means that also member states that do not permit the use of vegetable fats in domestically produced chocolate, must provide for unhindered unhindered Adjective not prevented or obstructed: unhindered access Adverb without being prevented or obstructed: he was able to go about his work unhindered imports of chocolate with vegetable fat from other member states. To secure information to the consumer labelling showing that the product "contains vegetable fat" will be required in addition to the list of ingredients. A limited number of raw materials and processing methods are approved for producing CBE CBE Commander of the Order of the British Empire (a Brit. title) CBE n abbr (= Companion of (the Order of) the British Empire) → tÃtulo de nobleza CBE n abbr (= fats. Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/03/15/20000315BIT00930/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/03/15/20000315BIT00930/bit0002.pdf |
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