17/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 11 January, the European Commission presented two draft directives to the European Parliament and to the Council to overhaul current provisions on colouring matters which can be added to medicinal products (http: //eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM: 2008: 0001: FIN: EN: PDF) and those on textile names (the text is not yet available in French, the English text may be found at: http: //eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM: 2007: 0870: FIN: EN: PDF). On the same day, the Commission also presented a proposal for the codification of Community provisions on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed fro the territory of a member state (http: //eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM: 2007: 0873: FIN: EN: PDF). (O.L.)