European Union, legislation

This section aims to present a brief overview of the most significant literature covering general aspects of common techniques used currently for natural food colorant analysis, and specifically current protocols applied to analyze minor natural food colorants whose chemical and technological properties are presented in Sections 2.3 and 7.2. We consider here only pure colorants or extracts that seek or have received approval for use as food additives in the United States and European Union. Legislative aspects are detailed in Sections 7.1 and 7.2. 

An examination is made of proposals for European Union legislation concerning the use of phthalate plasticisers in PVC toys. 

ADAPTATION OF FOOD PACKAGING TO EUROPEAN UNION LEGISLATION... 

Developments in plastics materials and processing techniques for the manufacture of food packaging are examined, and Spanish and European Union legislation relating to packaging materials for use in contact with foods is reviewed. 

A survey is made of French and European Union legislation relating to hazardous chemicals in the workplace, and particular attention is paid to regulations concerning exposure to chemicals in the rubber industiy. The carcinogenicity of nitrosamines formed during vulcanisation processes is examined, and methods used in their detection are discussed. 2 refs. 

French and European Union legislation relating to the control of emissions in the workplace is examined, with particular reference to the rubber processing industry. Air sampling and analytical procedures used in the detection of nitrosamines formed in vulcanisation reactions are reviewed. 2 refs. 

A number of non-UK European-based companies have criticised the rate of return on capital (ROC) on the basis that it favours companies with a large capital base in the United Kingdom and could therefore be regarded as an incentive to invest in the United Kingdom, which is contrary to European Union legislation. 

On a global scale, there is good correlation between quality standards for fin it and fruit juice processed in different regions. In the European Union, legislative controls are set up, or modified, by the central European Council of Ministers, usually following discussion with and between trade organisations from the EU member countries. A new directive, once agreed and approved, is translated into the statutory laws of the member countries concerned. 

Today, European Union legislation (Reg. EU N° 401/2010) defines and recognizes "Vin Santo" by the following synthetic definition ... 

The positive list system within the European Union Legislation... 

Brock TCM, Arts GHP, Maltby L, Van den Brink PJ. 2006. Aquatic risks of pesticides, ecological protection goals, and common aims in European Union legislation. Integ Environ Assess Manag 2 20 16. 

European Union Legislation Concerning New Drug Development... 

The 1999 Gothenburg Protocol led to the establishment of new European Union legislation, Directive 2001/81/EC on National Emissions Ceilings for Certain Pollutants. The Directive set upper limits for each member state for the total emissions of SO2, NO, , VOCs, and ammonia, four pollutants responsible for acidification, eutrophication, and ground-level ozone pollution. Member states are allowed to determine which measures they will take to comply with the directive, but are required to report annually on their national emission inventories and projects for 2010. ... 

Central to the development of European Union legislation is the Commission of the European Communities (CEC), which operates through 23 Directorates General (DG). The DGs having most relevance for the occupational health field are ... 

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