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". Mr President, I wish to begin by saying to Mrs Paulsen, on behalf of my colleague, Commissioner Byrne, how grateful we are to her for her work as rapporteur on this extremely important subject.
I shall respond directly to the point she made. I can confirm that the review of authorised food additives is required in the overall framework directive
in the three specific directives on the various classes of additives. The framework directive requires food additives to be re-evaluated whenever necessary. The specific directives require Member States to monitor the consumption of food additives and the Commission to use this information to report to Parliament and to the Council. The Commission presented a first report two years ago in 2001. I want to underline the point that it covered consumption of food additives by adults
children. It has identified additives on which more refined data is necessary. In particular, it concluded that consumption by children of a series of additives should be better evaluated by the Member States, for example, sulphites and benzoates. A second report is foreseen next year in 2004.
Last October, the Commission formally reminded the Member States of their obligation to provide the information for this new report. Three Member States have since then transmitted information and four Member States have confirmed that they have ongoing studies. Even if all Member States do not submit such information, it will be possible to evaluate on this basis whether the current use pattern of some additives has to be modified. If necessary, on the basis of the new report, the Commission will propose restrictions to currently authorised use patterns, in particular to ensure that intake by children is safe. I hope that those reassurances will meet the very important points made by the rapporteur."@en1
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