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COMMISSION OFTHEEUSOPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(75)376 final .
Brussels,18July 1975
Proposalfora
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingforthefourthtimeDirectiveNo73/241/EECon
theapproximation ofthelawsoftheMemberStatesrelating
tococoaandchocolateproductsintendedfor"human
consumption
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(75 )376final.

2470/VI/75-U
Proposal foraCouncil Directive amending forthefourth time
Directive no73/2^1/EEContheapproximation ofthelaws ofthe
Member States relating tococoa andchocolate 'products intended
forhuman consumption# " '
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
> . - -
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Commu­
nity ,andinparticular Article 100thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission j
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Having regard totheopinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee f
Whereas Article 6(2)ofCouncil Directive 73/2^1/EECofZbJuly 1973
ontheapproximation ofthelaws oftheMember States relating to
cocoa andchocolate products intended forhuman consumption \as
last amended byDirective 75/155/EECof4March ,1975 ,provides that ;
theindividual weights formarketing cocoa powder products shall be
fixed atalater date {
Whereas ascale ofweights should befixed toensure thetransparency
ofthemarket and asfaraspossible reduce therisk that consumers
maybemisled bylevels tooclosely approximating toeach other ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Article 1
Article 6paragraph 2ofCouncil Directive 73/2^1/EECshall bedeleted
andreplaced bythe following text :
OJN°L228of16August 1973 ,P-23
2OJN°LSkof11March 1975 ,P«21

-2- 2'f70Al/75-E
ThecocoapowderproductsreferredtoinannexI,headings1#8to
.«• '•;-*•.
1.13»whenpackagedinunitshaving,an,individualnetweightequal
toormorethan100gandnotexceedingonekg,shallbemarketed
inthefollowingindividualnetweights .only:.100g,200g,250g
400g,'500g,750g,1leg.".
Article2
Withinoneyearfromthedateofnotification ofthisDirective,
MemberStatesshall,ifnecessary,amendtheirlawsinaccordancewith
theprovisionsofthisDirectiveandshallsoinformtheCommission
forthwith. <
Thelawsthusamendedshallbesoappliedastot'
;!"••,■<•,-....-••-"Ti••1 .!• ;■.a*permitthemarketingofproductsconformingtotheprovisionsof
thisDirectivewithintwoyears"fromthedateofnotification j
b«ban.-themarketingofproductsnotconformingtotheprovisionsof
thisDirectivewithin,threeyearsfromthedateofnotification#
v-......:<•Article5
Thisdirectiveis*addressedto"theMemberStates#
DoneatBrussels.-^.ri.'s-ioiortheCouncil
♦, ---Vy'y\'-•j'V,r<'f; ......O
,7thePrésident.