Commission Directive 2002/17/EC of 21 February 2002 amending Directive 90/128/EEC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)

• Published date: 28 February 2002
• Subject Matter: Approximation of laws,Foodstuffs,Internal market - Principles
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 58, 28 February 2002

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Commission Directive 2002/17/EC of 21 February 2002 amending Directive 90/128/EEC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)

Official Journal L 058 , 28/02/2002 P. 0019 - 0024

Commission Directive 2002/17/EC

of 21 February 2002

amending Directive 90/128/EEC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/109/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs(1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

After consulting the Scientific Committee on Food,

Whereas:

(1) On the basis of the new information available to the Scientific Committee on Food, certain monomers provisionally permitted at national level as well as other monomers requested for use following the adoption of Commission Directive 90/128/EEC of 23 February 1990 relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs(2), as last amended by Directive 2001/62/EC(3), may be included in the Community list of permitted substances in Annex II to Directive 90/128/EEC.

(2) Annex III to Directive 90/128/EEC contains an incomplete list of additives which may be used in the manufacture of plastics materials and articles. That list should be amended so as to include other additives evaluated by the Scientific Committee on Food.

(3) For certain substances, the restrictions already established at Community level should be amended on the basis of the information available.

(4) The current list of additives is an incomplete list inasmuch as it does not contain all the substances, which are currently accepted in one or more Member States. Accordingly, these substances continue to be regulated by national laws only pending a decision on inclusion in the Community list.

(5) This Directive establishes specifications for only a few substances. The other substances, which may require specifications, therefore remain regulated in this respect by national laws only pending a decision at Community level.

(6) Directive 90/128/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7) The measures provided...