Commission Directive (EU) 2023/175 of 26 January 2023 amending Directive 2009/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards 2-methyloxolane (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive (EU) 2023/175 · Directive · 5 articles

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Article 1

Annex I to Directive 2009/32/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 2 years after the date of entry into force of this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Supplementary provisions

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX Annex I to Directive 2009/32/EC is amended as follows: (a) In Part II, the following new entry is inserted after the entry for hexane: ‘2-methyloxolane Production or fractionation of fats and oils and production of cocoa butter 1 mg/kg in the fat or oil or cocoa butter Preparation of defatted protein products and defatted flours 10 mg/kg in the food containing the defatted protein products and the defatted flours 30 mg/kg in the defatted soya products as sold to the final consumer Preparation of defatted cereal germs 5 mg/kg in the defatted cereal germs’ (b) In Part III, the following new entry is inserted after the entry for hexane: ‘2-methyloxolane 1 mg/kg’ (c) A new Part IV is added: ‘PART IV Specific purity criteria for the extraction solvents listed in Annex I 2-methyloxolane CAS number 96-47-9 Assay Content not less than 99,9 % expressed on dry basis Purity Furan Not more than 50 mg/kg (expressed on dry basis) 2-methylfuran Not more than 500 mg/kg (expressed on dry basis) Ethanol Not more than 450 mg/kg (expressed on dry basis)’

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