No L 172/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 7. 77 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 27 June 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to coffee extracts and chicory extracts (77/436/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia- ment (1), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2), Whereas the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in force in certain Member States define coffee extracts and chicory extracts, determine the substances which may be added during the manufacture thereof and lay down specific rules with regard to their labelling ; Whereas the differences existing between these measures constitute a barrier to freedom of movement of coffee extracts and chicory extracts, thus obliging the undertakings engaged in the manufacture thereof in the Community to differentiate their products according to the Member State for which such products are destined ; whereas they have, thereby, a direct bearing on the establishment and functioning of the common market; Whereas for these reasons and in order to protect and inform consumers it is necessary to determine at Community level the rules which must be observed with regard to the composition of these products, the substances which may be used in the manufacture thereof, the packaging materials and the labelling thereof and to lay down the conditions on which specific designations may be used for certain of these products ; Whereas, however, it is not possible in this Directive to harmonize all those provisions applying to food- stuffs which may impede trade in coffee extracts and chicory extracts, although any obstacles that remain as a result are bound to decrease as national provisions relating to foodstuffs are increasingly harmonized ; Whereas the determination of the procedures relating to the taking of samples and to the methods of (1)"0J No C 83, 11. 10. 1973, p. 19. (?) O] No C 37, 1. 4. 1974, p. 1. analysis necessary for checking the composition and manufacturing characteristics of these products is an implementing measure of a technical nature and the adoption thereof should be assigned to the Commis- sion with the aim of simplifying and accelerating the procedure ; Whereas in all cases in which the Council confers on the Commission the power to enforce the rules drawn up in the field of foodstuffs, it is necessary to provide for a procedure for setting up close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs esta- blished by Decision 69/414/EEC (3), HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 1. This Directive concerns the coffee extracts and chicory extracts referred to in the Annex. 2. For the purposes of this Directive : (a) coffee extracts are the products in any concentra- tion obtained by extraction from roasted coffee using only water as the medium of extraction and excluding any process of hydrolysis involving the addition of an acid or a base and, (1) containing the soluble and aromatic constitu- ents of coffee, (i) which may contain insoluble oils derived from coffee, traces of other insoluble substances derived from coffee and insoluble substances not derived from coffee or from the water used for extraction ; (b) chicory extracts are the products in any concentra- tion obtained by extraction from roasted chicory using only water as the medium of extraction and excluding any process of hydrolysis involving the addition of an acid or a base. For the purposes of this Directive chicory is the product in granular or powder form obtained from roots of Chicorium Intybus L., not used for the production of witloof chicory, suitably cleaned, () OJ No L 291, 19. 11. 1969, p. 9.