Council Directive 89/108/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the… Article 4
Council Directive 89/108/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the… Article 4
Article 4
The cryogenic media authorized, to the exclusion of all others, for use in direct contact with quick-frozen foodstuffs shall be the following:
- air,
- nitrogen,
- carbon dioxide.
By way of derogation from the first paragraph, Member States may retain until 31 December 1992 national laws authorizing the use of dichlorodifluoromethane (R 12) as a cryogenic medium.
The purity criteria to be satisfied by these cryogenic media shall be determined, as far as necessary, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12.
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