WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1890/97 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Food additives other than colours and sweeteners
C 21/112 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 1. 98 The Commission is also engaging in dialogue with providers and users of transport in order to develop practical solutions to the problems facing combined transport. One recent example of this approach is the Commission communication on the trans-European Rail Freight Freeways (1), which suggests, on the basis of wide consultation, ways of enhancing the attractiveness of Rail Freight by opening access to rail infrastructure to all licenced train operators and by making the use of rail infrastructure less burdensome. The Pilot Actions for Combined Transport (PACT) programme is an excellent instrument to shape policy in direct response to market requirements. It is the market which comes with ideas and propositions and, through the pilot actions, the Commission is gaining valuable insight into the real problems in the market place. In this way it can develop policies in close co-operation with market participants which can contribute to the further development of combined transport. (1) COM(97) 242. (98/C 21/222) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1889/97 by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission (2 June 1997) Subject: Food additives other than colours and sweeteners With reference to the Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweetenersí (COM(96) 0303 final › 96/0166 COD) (1), the framework Directive 89/107/EEC (2) harmonizes the use of additives at Community level in order to permit the free movement of foodstuffs and at the same time guarantee effective consumer protection and a wide choice; the specific Directive 95/2/EC (3) on food additives other than colours and sweeteners is based on the principle of a positive list, i. e. a list of additives which are permitted and of foodstuffs in which such additives may be used; will modifications relating to new additives be adopted under a procedure involving the Council and Parliament? (1) OJ C 76, 11. 3. 1997, p. 34. (2) OJ L 40, 11. 2. 1989, p. 27. (3) OJ L 61, 18. 3. 1995, p. 1. (98/C 21/223) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1890/97 by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission (2 June 1997) Subject: Food additives other than colours and sweeteners The Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweetenersí (COM(96) 0303 final › 96/0166 COD) (1) is intended to introduce certain new categories of foodstuffs in which additives that are already permitted may be used. In fact, by the time the deadlines set for transposing the directive have expired these categories, though already on the market, could have been banned, while the Member States would have lost the opportunity of altering the lists or the rules on the use of additives on their own initiative. The proposal also takes account of the recent evaluations of the Scientific Committee for Food, which supported the use of certain new additives