Article 14

Council Directive 89/107/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning food additives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption · European Union

1. Member States shall take all measures necessary to comply with this Directive within 18 months of its notification. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. The measures taken shall: authorize, two years after notification of this Directive the marketing and use of food additives complying with this Directive; prohibit, not later than three years after notification (8) of this Directive, the marketing and use of food additives which do not comply with this Directive. 2. Paragraph 1 shall not affect existing Community provisions or those national provisions which, in the absence of the comprehensive directives referred to in Article 3, apply to certain groups of food additives or specify the foodstuffs in or on which food additives complying with this Directive may be used.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.