\ No L 318/44 Official Journal of the European Communities . 25.v11. 88 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) \ COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 18 November 1988 amending Directive 79/693/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the ~ Member States relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and chestnut purée (88/593/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3, Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social’ Committee (%), ! Whereas Directive 79/693/EEC (%), as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, lays down a number of technical rules in its Annexes; Whereas the Directive also requires certain amendments not caused by technical development; Whereas with regard to the completion of the internal market it is appropriate to subject products with a low dry-matter content to Community arrangements by 1 January 1993; Whereas it is necessary to acknowledge the right of all consumers to be informed of a significant sulphur dioxide residue in a product to which Directive 79/693/EEC apphes ; () OJ No C 25, 3. 2. 1987, p. 8. () OJ No C 122, 9. 5. 1988, p. 39. % OJ No C 180, 8. 7. 1987, p. 18. () OJ No L 205, 13. 8. 1979, p. S. Whereas Council Directive 85/591/EEC of 20 December 1985 concerning the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the monitoring of foodstuffs intended for human consumption (%), because of its general and horizontal nature, makes it unnecessary to maintain a specific provision on samplmg and analysis in Directive 79/693/EEC; Whereas in the present state of Community food legislation the situation of certain food additives, the authorization of whose use in jams and similar products is provisionally left to Member States, must be reviewed not within the specific framework of Directive 79/693/EEC but in the wider framework of the general legislation on food additives; . Whereas there is no reason why the use of red fruit juices should not be authorized to enhance the colour not only of ‘extra’ jams but also of jams made from certain red fruits ; Whereas pursuant to Council Directive 86/102/EEC of 24. March 1986 amending for the fourth time Directive 74/329/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to emulsifiers, - stabilizers, thickeners and gelling agents for use in foodstuffs (%), amidated pectin has been put on the same footing as pectin ; whereas Directive 79/693/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly; Whereas the wording of certain provisions in Dlrectlve 79/693/EEC should also be clarified, () OJ No L 372, 31. 12. 1985, p. SO (9 OJ No L 88, 3. 4. 1986, p. 40