European Communities - Nineteenth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 17 March 1998.

CONTENTS

	Paragraph
PART I INTRODUCTION	1
Vegetable fats	2
Terms of the current Directive (1973)	2
Terms of the Commission's proposal (1996)	3
European Parliament's amendments	5
Milk chocolate	8
Terms of the current Directive (1973)	8
Terms of the Commission's proposal (1996)	9
European Parliament's amendments	10
PART 2 VIEWS OF WITNESSES AND OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE	12
NON-COCOA-BUTTER VEGETABLE FATS	12
Views of witnesses	12
Why use non-cocoa-butter vegetable fats	12
Community circulation	15
Labelling	17
Consumer choice	19
Delayed implementation	20
Effect on developing countries	22
Opinion	24
Single market	24
Labelling	25
Effect on developing countries	28
Verification	29
MILK CHOCOLATE	30
Views of witnesses	30
Free and fair Community circulation	31
Quality	34
Opinion	35
Recommendation	40

Appendix 1-Membership of Sub-Committee D

Appendix 2-List of Witnesses

NOTE: Pages of the report are numbered in bold type; pages of evidence are numbered in ordinary type. References in the text are as follows:

(Q) refers to a question in oral evidence;

(p) refers to a page of written evidence.

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