31974R1886

20 . 7 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 198 / 21

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1886/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 19 July 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1403/69 laying down detailed rules for the appli­ cation of the provisions concerning denaturing of common wheat and rye of bread-making quality as regards the colouring materials to be used

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas in the new Member States , it has not so far COMMUNITIES , caused any problems ; whereas it should then be recog­ nized that this method is evidently as reliable as the standard method ; whereas its use should then be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European permitted in the Community as an alternative to the Economic Community ; standard method and to the exclusion of the other methods which were the subject of derogations ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ lation (EEC) No 1 1 25/74 (2), and in particular Article ment Committee for Cereals, 7 (5) thereof ;

Whereas Council Regulation No 172/67/ EEC (3) of 27 June 1967 on general rules governing the denaturing of wheat and rye of bread-making quality, as last HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2096/ 68 (4), lays down , in Article 2, that the method employed for denaturing wheat and rye must be at least as effective as a standard method ; whereas the standard method is Article 1 that which was defined in the Annex to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1403/69 (5 ) Of 18 July 1969 The second paragraph of Article 1 of Commission laying down detailed rules for the application of the Regulation ( EEC) No 1403/ 69 is replaced by the provisions concerning denaturing of common wheat following : and rye of bread-making quality as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 21 47/72 (6) ; ' In the case of denaturing by colouring, only the standard method described in Annex I or the alter­ native method described in Annex la may be Whereas Regulations ( EEC) No 368 / 73 ( 7), ( EEC) No used .' 621 /73 (8) and ( EEC) No 3556/73 (9), by way of deroga­ tion from Regulation (EEC) No 1403/69, provided for the possibility of temporarily using in Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom methods of dena­ Article 2 turing by colouring, other than by the Community standard method, in order to allow in particular the professional circles in these three new Member States The Annex la given in the Annex to this Regulation to change gradually to the standard method based on is added to Regulation ( EEC) No 1403/ 69 . Patented Blue V ; whereas in fact in these countries the colouring process most often used was that based on Green S ; Article 3 Whereas following trials carried out on a Community level, the method of denaturing by colouring based on Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 368 /73 and Article Green S has given satisfactory rseults ; 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3556/73 shall not apply to products denatured by the method laid down in the ') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67. Annex to this Regulation . 2) OJ No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 12. 3) OJ No 130, 26 . 6 . 1967, p. 2602/67. «) OJ No L 308 , 23 . 12. 1968 , p. 12. Article 4 5) OJ No L 180 , 22. 7 . 1969 , p. 3 . ') OJ No L 229 , 6 . 10 . 1972, p. 16 . 7) OJ No L 39 , 12 . 2. 1973 , p. 28 . ») OJ No L 58 , 3 . 3 . 1973 , p. 10 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August P) OJ No L 301 , 29 . 12 . 1973, p . 48 . 1974 .

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 19 July 1974. For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

ANNEX la

Method of denaturing common wheat and rye of bread-making quality as an alternative to the standard method

The cereal must be treated with the colouring matter listed below in such manner that the said cereal shall contain a quantity of colouring matter at least equal to that shown in column 4 and evenly distributed , so that at least 5 °/o of the grains shall be coloured and distributed throughout the whole quantity .

TABLE OF COLOURING MATTER

l 2 3 4

Minimum Scientific name Colour index I quantity in parts Common name of dye ( 1956) No per million I by weight

Green S Sodium salt of di-(p-dimethylamiophenyl ) I -2-hydroxy-3 : 6-disulphonaphtymethanol l anhydride 44 090 20