Directive on coffee extracts and chicory extracts

Citation

Jukes, D. (1999), "Directive on coffee extracts and chicory extracts", British Food Journal, Vol. 101 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/bfj.1999.070101dab.009

Directive on coffee extracts and chicory extracts

Simplified European rules will apply to coffee extracts and chicory extracts following the agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council.

The new directive on coffee and chicory forms part of a broader process of simplifying directives on foodstuffs. In 1996, the Commission had proposed reviewing a total of seven directives in accordance with the undertaking it had given at the Edinburgh European Council in December 1992 to simplify and streamline certain existing legislative texts in the light of the principle of subsidiarity.

Directive 77/436/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to coffee extracts and chicory extracts will therefore be replaced by a simpler text dealing only with the essential requirements to be met by the products concerned so that they can move freely throughout the internal market. The products concerned are coffee (or chicory) extract, soluble coffee (or chicory) extract and instant coffee (or chicory).