Sugars intended for human consumption

OBJECTIVE: to simplify certain vertical directives in the food sector, in keeping with the commitment given by the Commission, to simply lay down the essential requirements necessary in order to ensure that the goods concerned can move freely within the internal market. SUBSTANCE: the proposal for a Council Directive relating to certain sugars recasts Directive 73/437/EEC in order to adapt it to general Community legislation on foodstuffs, notably on labelling, colouring agents and other authorized additives, extraction solvents and methods of analysis. The proposed directive contains provisions on scope, the required contents of labelling and on commitology. The annex lists definitions, product names and their composition. The provisions on prepackaged products in Directive 73/437/EEC have been deleted. �