15.9. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 255/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 22 July 1983 introducing temporary measures for the designation of certain ingredients in the labelling of foodstuffs for sale to the ultimate consumer (83/463/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 79/112/EEC of 18 December 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, pre- sentation and advertising of foodstuffs for sale to the ultimate consumer(!), and in particular Article 19 thereof, Whereas, pursuant to the second indent of Article 6 (5 (b) of Directive 79/112/EEC, ingredients belonging to one of the categories listed in Annex II thereof must be designated in the list of ingredients by the name of that category, followed by their spe- cific name or EEC number; Whereas, as Community legislation currently stands, not all of the ingredients in question have been assigned an EEC number; whereas full advantage cannot therefore be taken of the choice offered by the abovementioned labelling rule; Whereas the Community is required to complete its rules relating to the categories of ingredients listed in Annex II to Directive 79/112/EEC; whereas, as new Community provisions are adopted in these () OJNoL33,8.2.1979,p. 1. \ areas, EEC numbers' that can be used in the label- ling of foodstuffs will become available; Whereas, as an interim measure aimed at facilitating the application of Directive 79/112/EEC, a tempo- rary numbering system for those ingredients that have not yet received an EEC number should be made available to those responsible for labelling foodstuffs, pending the adoption of these new pro- visions; Whereas a system of this kind is not intended to - affect the provisions under which the use of the ingredients in question is authorized, prohibited or limited; | Whereas this Directive can relate only to ingredients belonging to the categories of use listed in Annex 11 to Directive 79/112/EEC; whereas if, however, other categories were added to that Annex, it could also prove necessary to assign numbers to ingre- dients belonging to such categories; Whereas, due to the scientific and technical devel- opments in progress on artificial sweeteners, the ingredients in that category cannot yet all be enu- merated and in view of this difficulty it is not yet appropriate to include these ingredients in the tem- porary arrangements introduced by this Directive; Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (1) (a) of Directive 79/112/EEC, Member States may make it optional to designate the specific name or EEC number of