1994/0235(COD)

Exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters

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1994/0235(COD) Exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Opinion	ECON	GAROSCI Riccardo (FE)
Lead	ENVI	FLORENZ Karl-Heinz (PPE)

Lead committee dossier: ENVI/4/07443
Legal Basis EC before Amsterdam E 100

Subjects

3.10.10 Foodstuffs, foodstuffs legislation

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Activites

1996/11/23 Final act published in Official Journal
- Directive 1996/70
- OJ L 299 23.11.1996, p. 0026
1996/10/28 Final act signed
1996/10/28 End of procedure in Parliament
1996/07/24 Act approved by Council, 2nd reading
#1944
1996/07/24 Council Meeting
1996/06/13 Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading
- COM(1996)0276 summary
  
  The Commission agreed with the European Parliament's two amendments on natural mineral waters and amended its proposal accordingly.
1996/05/22 Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading
- T4-0236/1996 summary
  
  Adopting the report by Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ (PPE, D), Parliament amended at second reading the proposal amending the 1980 directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters. Since the Council had incorporated in its common position 5 of the 7 amendments tabled by Parliament at first reading, Parliament only introduced amendments concerning spring waters and, notably, that there should be no bar to the utilization of spring waters in the manufacture of soft drinks.
- OJ C 166 10.06.1996, p. 0053-0061
1996/05/21 Debate in Parliament
1996/04/15 Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading
- A4-0116/1996
- OJ C 152 27.05.1996, p. 0005
- ENVI ENVI/4/07443 FLORENZ Karl-Heinz PPE
1996/02/01 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
- ENVI ENVI/4/07443 FLORENZ Karl-Heinz PPE
1996/01/30 Commission communication on Council's position
- SEC(1996)0172 summary
  
  The Commission supported the Council's common position.
#1899
1995/12/22 Council Meeting
- 12676/1/1995 summary
  
  The common position took account of the amendments incorporated in the Commission's amended proposal, particularly those concerning: - the plan to limit to five years the validity of certification for natural mineral waters imported from third countries; - the fact that the Commission should forward a report to the Council, and if necessary present it with a proposal, on the application of the provisions concerning the toxicity of certain constituents of the water; Moreover, the common position expanded on aspects of some of the EP's amendments, particularly in the following areas: - the procedure for adopting the conditions of use concerning the treatment of certain natural mineral waters with ozone-enriched air, including formal consultation of the Scientific Committee for Food; - the labelling requirements to be applied where this treatment was used; - certain aspects of the definition of "spring water": this water should satisfy the provisions of Directive 80/778/EEC and should, in principle, be bottled at source.
- OJ C 059 28.02.1996, p. 0044
1995/11/29 Modified legislative proposal
- COM(1995)0563 summary
  
  The amended proposal incorporated Parliament's amendments concerning: - the duration of the validity of certification recognising waters from third countries (five years); - the removal of the paragraph doing away with Article 9(4) of Directive 80/777/EEC. Furthermore, subject to changes in the form, the Commission also accepted the amendments concerning: - the treatments authorised for use with natural mineral waters, which should be clarified; - the requirements relating to the reference to treatments used for natural mineral waters, with a view to providing better protection for the consumer; - the rules relating to the definition of "spring water", on condition that it was clear that spring water would continue to come under the general regulations applied to all drinking water, as set out in Directive 80/778/EEC. The Commission did not accept the amendment stipulating that the toxic parameters to be applied to the quality of water intended for human consumption contained in Directive 80/778/EEC should also be applied to natural mineral waters.
- OJ C 033 06.02.1996, p. 0015
#1886
1995/11/23 Council Meeting
1995/10/11 Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- T4-0450/1995 summary
  
  In adopting the report by Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ (PPE, D), the European Parliament approved the proposal to amend the directive on the marketing of natural mineral waters with the following amendments: - the validity of the certification for waters from third countries should not exceed five years (instead of ten years); - natural mineral waters should not be subject to any treatment other than the separation of unwanted or volatile constituents, such as iron, manganese, sulphur and arsenic compounds, by means of filtration or decantation; - apart from the separation of unwanted constituents, only aeration was permitted in the treatment of water (including the use of ozone-enriched air, which should be carried out and controlled in accordance with the procedure laid down in Directive 80/777/EEC); - the processes used for treating water should be indicated on the labels of bottles; - limits for the concentration of natural constituents were established; - the description of natural mineral water was strengthened: the term "mineral water" would apply to a water which was drinkable in its natural state, bottled at the spring and subject to the rules and checks laid down in the Directive with regard to quality, in so far as it had not received any other treatment, apart from filtration, decantation or aeration, and its labelling clearly distinguished it from a natural mineral water.
- OJ C 287 30.10.1995, p. 0076-0101
1995/10/10 Debate in Parliament
1995/07/31 Committee draft report
- PE212.329
1995/07/18 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
- A4-0195/1995
- OJ C 269 16.10.1995, p. 0010
- ECON GAROSCI Riccardo FE
- ENVI ENVI/4/07443 FLORENZ Karl-Heinz PPE
1995/02/22 Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
- CES0196/1995 summary
  
  The amended proposal for a directive was approved, with the following specific comments: - Article 4(1) referred to the separation of unstable constituents; the ESC considered that reference should also be made to the separation of 'undesirable constituents' in order to take account of advances in the field of toxicology, subject to the proviso that these constituents were removed using methods authorised under the directive being considered; - the ESC considered that it should be mandatory in all cases for the labelling of natural mineral waters to list any treatment that the water had undergone, in order to avoid any grounds for misapprehension and to guarantee fair trade, unlike the proposed amendment to Article 7(3), which left it up to the Member States to take such action; there should, however, never be any question of making specific reference to the processes of decantation and filtration since these processes had always been used to treat both mineral water and tap water; - under the proposed new Article 11, the Scientific Committee for Food was to be consulted on 'the limits for the levels of constituents of natural mineral waters'. In the ESC's view, it would be perfectly appropriate for the Scientific Committee for Food also to be consulted in respect of the definition of these 'undesirable constituents'.
- OJ C 110 02.05.1995, p. 0055
1994/10/24 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- ECON GAROSCI Riccardo FE
- ENVI ENVI/4/07443 FLORENZ Karl-Heinz PPE
1994/10/17 Legislative proposal
- COM(1994)0423 summary
  
  The purpose of this Commission proposal is to rationalize Directive 80/777/EEC by: - updating certain specific provisions in order to take account of scientific and technical progress achieved in the 14 years since the directive was adopted; - bringing certain provisions of the directive into line with the general provisions of Community legislation on foodstuffs. The main changes made by the Commission aim to: - ensure that natural mineral waters do not present a risk to public health (by setting limits agreed at Community level for concentrations of certain constituents and adopting methods of analysis for checking that mineral water is not contaminated); - clarify that natural mineral water may be treated with ozone under strictly defined conditions as regards possible health risks; - require that the composition of the water be stated on the label; - increase the duration of the validity of certification of mineral waters imported from third countries to ten years. The Commission also proposes to: - include a specific obligation in the directive to consult the Scientific Committee for Food before adopting measures which may affect public health; - introduce a safeguard clause permitting rapid decisions at Community level in cases of serious contamination of natural mineral waters; - repeal the provision allowing Member States to prevent imports of natural mineral waters from third countries in application of non-harmonized national legislation.
- OJ C 314 11.11.1994, p. 0004
1994/10/10 Additional information

Documents

Legislative proposal published: COM(1994)0423
Legislative proposal: OJ C 314 11.11.1994, p. 0004
Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0196/1995
Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: OJ C 110 02.05.1995, p. 0055
Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0195/1995
Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 269 16.10.1995, p. 0010
Committee draft report: PE212.329
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0450/1995
Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 287 30.10.1995, p. 0076-0101
Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0563
Modified legislative proposal: OJ C 033 06.02.1996, p. 0015
Council position published: 12676/1/1995
Council position: OJ C 059 28.02.1996, p. 0044
Commission communication on Council's position: SEC(1996)0172
Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0116/1996
Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: OJ C 152 27.05.1996, p. 0005
Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0236/1996
Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading: OJ C 166 10.06.1996, p. 0053-0061
Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading: COM(1996)0276
: Directive 1996/70
: OJ L 299 23.11.1996, p. 0026

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

2012-02-10

activities	added	date 1994-10-10 text PREVIOUS COMMUNITY LEGISLATION: Directive 80/777/EEC of 15 July 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters, amended by 80/1276/EEC, which alters the quorum of votes on the Standing Committee for Foodstuffs to take account of the accession of Greece, amended by 85/7/EEC, which modifies a series of foodstuffs directives as regards the involvement of the Standing Committee for Foodstuffs. PREVIOUS POSITION OF EP: Regarding the directive 80/777/EEC, the Parliament insisted on the need for strict measures to protect the health of consumers; the need for third country imports of mineral water to be subject to the same controls and the need for a directive covering the container and seal of mineral waters. (Parliament's Resolution on the Commission Proposal was adopted in 1971, the Directive was not adopted by the Council until 1980: resolution of the EP on the harmonization of the legislation of the Member States concerning the production and marketing of natural mineral waters (OJ C45 1971). SITUATION IN THE MEMBER STATES: B: AR 11.10.85 (Mon.B. 26.11.85) DK: Bek. No463 (MinT 5.09.84) D: Ver. 25.02.83 (BGB I 2.03.83), Ver. (BGB I 2.03.83) EL: Dec. 433/83 (FEK 163 9.11.83) ES: RD 2119/1981; RD 1164/1991 (BO 178 p24818/24819, 07/91) F: AM 6.12.83 (JO 24.12.83 p1484) IRL: SI No11 1986 I: DM (GU No40 10.02.83 p1099); DL No10 (GU supp No39 17.02.92) L: RGD (Mem A No88 27.10.83 p2001) NL: Wet (SB No1985 p422) P: DL 283/91 (DdR I No182 9.08.91); DR 18/92 (DdR IB No186 13.08.92 p3941) UK: Food and Drugs Act 1955; Reg. 1985 (SI No71 21.01.85) body type Additional information date 1994-10-17 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=1994&nu_doc=0423 text The purpose of this Commission proposal is to rationalize Directive 80/777/EEC by: - updating certain specific provisions in order to take account of scientific and technical progress achieved in the 14 years since the directive was adopted; - bringing certain provisions of the directive into line with the general provisions of Community legislation on foodstuffs. The main changes made by the Commission aim to: - ensure that natural mineral waters do not present a risk to public health (by setting limits agreed at Community level for concentrations of certain constituents and adopting methods of analysis for checking that mineral water is not contaminated); - clarify that natural mineral water may be treated with ozone under strictly defined conditions as regards possible health risks; - require that the composition of the water be stated on the label; - increase the duration of the validity of certification of mineral waters imported from third countries to ten years. The Commission also proposes to: - include a specific obligation in the directive to consult the Scientific Committee for Food before adopting measures which may affect public health; - introduce a safeguard clause permitting rapid decisions at Community level in cases of serious contamination of natural mineral waters; - repeal the provision allowing Member States to prevent imports of natural mineral waters from third countries in application of non-harmonized national legislation. celexid CELEX:51994PC0423:EN type Legislative proposal published title COM(1994)0423 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1994:314:SOM:EN:HTML type Legislative proposal title OJ C 314 11.11.1994, p. 0004 body EC commission type Legislative proposal date 1994-10-24 body EP type Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees body EP responsible False committee ECON date 1994-10-26 committee_full Economic and Monetary Affairs, Industrial Policy rapporteur group FE name GAROSCI Riccardo body EP responsible True committee ENVI date 1994-11-23 committee_full Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection rapporteur group PPE name FLORENZ Karl-Heinz date 1995-02-22 docs url http://eescopinions.eesc.europa.eu/eescopiniondocument.aspx?language=EN&docnr=0196&year=1995 text The amended proposal for a directive was approved, with the following specific comments: - Article 4(1) referred to the separation of unstable constituents; the ESC considered that reference should also be made to the separation of 'undesirable constituents' in order to take account of advances in the field of toxicology, subject to the proviso that these constituents were removed using methods authorised under the directive being considered; - the ESC considered that it should be mandatory in all cases for the labelling of natural mineral waters to list any treatment that the water had undergone, in order to avoid any grounds for misapprehension and to guarantee fair trade, unlike the proposed amendment to Article 7(3), which left it up to the Member States to take such action; there should, however, never be any question of making specific reference to the processes of decantation and filtration since these processes had always been used to treat both mineral water and tap water; - under the proposed new Article 11, the Scientific Committee for Food was to be consulted on 'the limits for the levels of constituents of natural mineral waters'. In the ESC's view, it would be perfectly appropriate for the Scientific Committee for Food also to be consulted in respect of the definition of these 'undesirable constituents'. type Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report title CES0196/1995 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1995:110:SOM:EN:HTML type Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report title OJ C 110 02.05.1995, p. 0055 body ESOC type Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report body EP committees body EP responsible False committee ECON date 1994-10-26 committee_full Economic and Monetary Affairs, Industrial Policy rapporteur group FE name GAROSCI Riccardo body EP responsible True committee ENVI date 1994-11-23 committee_full Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection rapporteur group PPE name FLORENZ Karl-Heinz docs type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title A4-0195/1995 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1995:269:SOM:EN:HTML type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title OJ C 269 16.10.1995, p. 0010 text The Committee has adopted the report on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the exploitation and marketing of natural waters. The Commission's proposal to amend the Directive consists of improvements and additions to and clarifications of the existing body of rules which have been made since 80, not least with regard to the law on food products. They essentially focus on three main topics : - The extent of and the procedure for the treatment of natural mineral water (art. 4(1a) - Laying down the limits for the levels of constituents of natural mineral waters so that it can be proved that they are in their original state, along with methods of analysis and sampling (art.12/11) - Laying down limits for the levels of natural constituents in accordance with the procedure laid down in art.12/11. In general terms, rapporteur welcomed the Commission proposal. But he regarded a number of further classifications and/or additions as essential as far as the use of ozone, the incorporation of spring water in the directive and bottle volumes are concerned. The rapporteur saw, against his wishes, a number of Green and PES amendments adopted and could, therefore, non longer support his own report. date 1995-07-18 type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading date 1995-07-31 docs type Committee draft report title PE212.329 body EP type Committee draft report date 1995-10-10 text The rapporteur announced the conclusion of an agreement on the use of ozone-enriched air subject to strict conditions. He proposed that the Directive should also ensure that the process used for treating mineral water was indicated on the labels; however, he was opposed to laying down a maximum capacity for bottles of water as that was a decision that should be made by the Member States or by consumers themselves. Commissioner BANGEMANN stated that he could take over Amendments Nos 1, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 11. At present, Amendments Nos 2, 3, 6 and 13 were not acceptable, but a short-term solution could be envisaged. body EP type Debate in Parliament date 1995-10-11 docs text In adopting the report by Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ (PPE, D), the European Parliament approved the proposal to amend the directive on the marketing of natural mineral waters with the following amendments: - the validity of the certification for waters from third countries should not exceed five years (instead of ten years); - natural mineral waters should not be subject to any treatment other than the separation of unwanted or volatile constituents, such as iron, manganese, sulphur and arsenic compounds, by means of filtration or decantation; - apart from the separation of unwanted constituents, only aeration was permitted in the treatment of water (including the use of ozone-enriched air, which should be carried out and controlled in accordance with the procedure laid down in Directive 80/777/EEC); - the processes used for treating water should be indicated on the labels of bottles; - limits for the concentration of natural constituents were established; - the description of natural mineral water was strengthened: the term "mineral water" would apply to a water which was drinkable in its natural state, bottled at the spring and subject to the rules and checks laid down in the Directive with regard to quality, in so far as it had not received any other treatment, apart from filtration, decantation or aeration, and its labelling clearly distinguished it from a natural mineral water. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T4-0450/1995 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1995:287:SOM:EN:HTML type Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title OJ C 287 30.10.1995, p. 0076-0101 body EP type Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading date 1995-11-23 body CSL type Council Meeting council Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space) meeting_id 1886 date 1995-11-29 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=1995&nu_doc=0563 text The amended proposal incorporated Parliament's amendments concerning: - the duration of the validity of certification recognising waters from third countries (five years); - the removal of the paragraph doing away with Article 9(4) of Directive 80/777/EEC. Furthermore, subject to changes in the form, the Commission also accepted the amendments concerning: - the treatments authorised for use with natural mineral waters, which should be clarified; - the requirements relating to the reference to treatments used for natural mineral waters, with a view to providing better protection for the consumer; - the rules relating to the definition of "spring water", on condition that it was clear that spring water would continue to come under the general regulations applied to all drinking water, as set out in Directive 80/778/EEC. The Commission did not accept the amendment stipulating that the toxic parameters to be applied to the quality of water intended for human consumption contained in Directive 80/778/EEC should also be applied to natural mineral waters. type Modified legislative proposal published title COM(1995)0563 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1996:033:SOM:EN:HTML type Modified legislative proposal title OJ C 033 06.02.1996, p. 0015 body EC commission type Modified legislative proposal body CSL meeting_id 1899 docs url http://register.consilium.europa.eu/servlet/driver?page=Result&lang=EN&typ=Advanced&cmsid=639&ff_COTE_DOCUMENT=12676%2F95&fc=REGAISEN&srm=25&md=100 text The common position took account of the amendments incorporated in the Commission's amended proposal, particularly those concerning: - the plan to limit to five years the validity of certification for natural mineral waters imported from third countries; - the fact that the Commission should forward a report to the Council, and if necessary present it with a proposal, on the application of the provisions concerning the toxicity of certain constituents of the water; Moreover, the common position expanded on aspects of some of the EP's amendments, particularly in the following areas: - the procedure for adopting the conditions of use concerning the treatment of certain natural mineral waters with ozone-enriched air, including formal consultation of the Scientific Committee for Food; - the labelling requirements to be applied where this treatment was used; - certain aspects of the definition of "spring water": this water should satisfy the provisions of Directive 80/778/EEC and should, in principle, be bottled at source. type Council position published title 12676/1/1995 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1996:059:SOM:EN:HTML type Council position title OJ C 059 28.02.1996, p. 0044 council Fisheries date 1995-12-22 type Council Meeting date 1996-01-30 docs text The Commission supported the Council's common position. type Commission communication on Council's position title SEC(1996)0172 body EC commission type Commission communication on Council's position date 1996-02-01 body EP type Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading committees body EP responsible True committee ENVI date 1994-11-23 committee_full Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection rapporteur group PPE name FLORENZ Karl-Heinz body EP committees body EP responsible True committee ENVI date 1994-11-23 committee_full Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection rapporteur group PPE name FLORENZ Karl-Heinz docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A4-1996-0116&language=EN type Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading title A4-0116/1996 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1996:152:SOM:EN:HTML type Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading title OJ C 152 27.05.1996, p. 0005 text The committee adopted a draft recommendation by Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ. The recommendation concerned the common position adopted by the Council on 22 December 1995. The rapporteur proposed no amendments to the common position on the grounds that, as he told the committee, most of Parliament's wishes had been taken on board by the Council. The Council had, in fact, accepted 5 of the 7 amendments adopted by Parliament at its first reading of the proposal. One of the first reading amendments accepted by Council involved rewording of the proposal so that it refers to "spring waters" as well as mineral waters. Two amendments (1 and 4) - tabled by members other than the rapporteur - were adopted by the committee on 15 April. These extended the reference to "spring waters". date 1996-04-15 type Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading date 1996-05-21 text The rapporteur, Mr FLORENZ (EPP, D), submitted his report in the form of a purely technical presentation. The Council had taken over five of the seven amendments tabled by Parliament at first reading. It had accepted, among other things, that the directive referred to 'spring water' as mineral water. The two amendments adopted in parliamentary committee were aimed at strengthening the reference to spring water. Commissioner BANGEMANN said that he was having problems in understanding why they were going back on some of the points that had been accepted in the common position. As a result the Commission was unable to accept those amendments whose content was already included in the common position. The same also applied to Amendments Nos 2, 3, 4 and 5. body EP type Debate in Parliament date 1996-05-22 docs text Adopting the report by Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ (PPE, D), Parliament amended at second reading the proposal amending the 1980 directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters. Since the Council had incorporated in its common position 5 of the 7 amendments tabled by Parliament at first reading, Parliament only introduced amendments concerning spring waters and, notably, that there should be no bar to the utilization of spring waters in the manufacture of soft drinks. type Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading title T4-0236/1996 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1996:166:SOM:EN:HTML type Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading title OJ C 166 10.06.1996, p. 0053-0061 body EP type Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading date 1996-06-13 docs text The Commission agreed with the European Parliament's two amendments on natural mineral waters and amended its proposal accordingly. type Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading title COM(1996)0276 body EC commission type Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading date 1996-07-24 body type Act approved by Council, 2nd reading date 1996-07-24 body CSL type Council Meeting council Agriculture and Fisheries meeting_id 1944 date 1996-10-28 body type Final act signed date 1996-10-28 body EP type End of procedure in Parliament date 1996-11-23 text OBJECTIVE: to amend and rationalize Directive 80/777/EEC concerning the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Directive 96/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 80/777/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters. SUBSTANCE: the principal changes introduced by the Directive concern the following points: - the separation of undesirable constituents from certain natural mineral waters by treatment with ozone-enriched air; - in the interests of consumer information, the requirement to include a statement of the analytical composition of natural mineral waters on the labelling; - extension of the period of recognition for natural mineral waters originating from third countries in order to simplify the administrative procedures: this period may not exceed five years; - extension of the scope of the Directive to waters bottled as 'spring water'; - introduction of a safeguard clause permitting rapid decisions by the Member States in cases of contamination of natural mineral waters. Member States should amend their legislation so as to: - permit trade in products complying with the Directive by not later than 28 October 1997; - prohibit trade in products not complying with the Directive with effect from 28 October 1998. DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE: 13 December 1996. type Final act published in Official Journal docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31996L0070 title Directive 1996/70 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:1996:299:SOM:EN:HTML title OJ L 299 23.11.1996, p. 0026
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	ECON	ENVI
Lead Rapporteur		FLORENZ Karl-Heinz (PPE)
Opinion Rapporteur(s)	GAROSCI Riccardo (FE)