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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels-24November 1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingDirective No77/101/EEConthemarketingofstraight
feedingstuffs
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Theobjectofthisproposalisasfollows:'
1.toamendsomeprovisionsof.CouncilDirective77/101/EEConthe
marketingofstraightfeedingstuffs.
Sincestraightfeedingstuffsaremarketedinmanyforms,itseems
thatmanufacturers shouldbepermittedtoexpressthequantityof
feedingstuff sdeliverednotonlybynetweightbutalsoby
volumeinthecaseofliquidfeedingstuffsortheunitnumber
forcertainfeedingstuffssoldbyunit.Furthermore,sincethe
MemberStatesareabletofixmarketingrequirements'for
feedingstuff sotherthanthoselistedintheAnnextothe
Directive,theyshouldalsobepermittedtosubmitsomesuch
feedingstuff stothemarketingrequirements providedfor'inthe
Directive.
2.todeferthedateofentry-iintoforceoftheDirectiveonstraight
feedingstuff s,whichwastohavebeen1January1979,bytwoyears.
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Thisdelayisjustifiedsince,besidestheamendmentsreferredto
above,theCommissionisintheprogressatpresentofmaking
numerousamendmentstotheAnnextotheDirectiveonstraight
•feedingstuff s;sincetheCouncilshouldadoptacomplementary
Directiveoncompoundfeedingstuffsbeforetheendoftheyear,*
itseemshiglilydesirablethattheMemberStatesshouldbeable
tobringintoforcethevariousCommunitytextsconcerning
animalfeedingstuffsatthesametimesothattheyalltakeeffect
onthesamedate,whichshouldbe1January *1981.

proposalforaCouncilDirectiveamendingDirective77/101/EECon
themarketingofstraightfeedingstuffs.
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES, v.
havingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof,
havingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
havingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament, i
havingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
whereasCouncilDirective 77/101/EECof23November1976onthemarketing
(1)ofstraightfeedingstuff sshouldbeamendedtoincludeaprovision
authorizing theMemberStatestolaydownmarketingrequirements for
straightfeedingstuffsotherthanthoselistedintheAnnextothe
Directivecitedabove;whereasitisalsonecessarytoamplifycertain
particulars tobegivenonlabelsorpackagingof-straight ,J,
feedingstuff sinordertobetterinformtheuser;
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whereastheAnnextotheDirectivecitedabovemustbesubstantially
amendedassoonaspossibletotakeintoaccountadvancesinscientific
andtechnical knowledge;
whereasittherefore seemspreferabletoputbackthedateonwhichthe.
MemberStatesareobligedtocomplywiththeDirective
onstraightfeedingstuff ssothatallthelegalactsinthisfie'CcT
mayenterintoforceonthesamedate,7 /
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE:' .,
Article 1
Directive77/101/EECisherebyamendedasfollows:
(1)OJNoL32,3.2.1977,p.1

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1..Article6isamended ,toreadasfoLlows*•...-'
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1.'TheMemberStatesmayprescribethatthestraight
feedingstuffsreferredtoinPartBoftheAnnexmaybe
marketedonlyinsealedpackagesorcontainers .The
MemberStatesmayprescribethatthepackagesor
containers besealedinsuchawaythatwhenapackage
isopenedth6"sealisdamagedandcannot.bereused.
2.TheMemberStatesmayapplytheprovisions ofparagraph 1
tostraightfeedingstuff sotherthanthoselistedin
PartBoftheAnnex."
2.Insub-paragraph (e)ofArticle7(1),'thewords"ornetvolume
orunitnumber"areaddedafterthe*words"netweight".
3.InArticle15,thedate*1January1979*isreplacedby
'1January1981'.• ;1
Article2
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.