EU Directive 2000/36 of June 23rd 2000 for cocoa and chocolate products was enacted to bring into line the use of 'non-cocoa butter vegetable fats' (that is vegetable fats other than cocoa butter) for the production of cocoa and chocolate products, previously governed by Directive 1973/241. While the 1973 Directive included a prohibition on the addition of such fats, its application was qualified to the extent it had to be "without prejudice to the rules" of national legislation which, in some countries, allows the use of non cocoa butter vegetable fats. The tinning was significant. 1973 was not only the year of the first directive for the bringing together of food product legislation but also the first year the 'north' was taken into the European Community, including the UK and Denmark, whose food legislation allows the use of non cocoa butter vegetable fats.
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