Foodstuffs, labelling: coffee and chicory extracts (simplify Directive 77/436/EEC)

Adopting the recommendation for second reading of Mr Paul LANNOYE (V, B), the European Parliament proposed that coffee and chicory extracts weighing more than 25 grammes but less than 10 kilogrammes should be offered for retail sale in packages of 50, 100, 200, 250 grammes (only in the case of mixtures of coffee and chicory extracts and for coffee extracts intended solely for automatic vending machines), 300 grammes (only in the case of coffee extracts), 500 and 750 grammes, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 kilogrammes and multiples of one kilogramme (the Commission disagrees). It is proposed to apply ISO 11292 of February 1997 for the determination of the free and total carbohydrate content of soluble coffees. The European Parliament considers that the changes to this Directive should be undertaken by the Commission with the assistance of the standing foodstuffs committee.�