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Opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive 72/461/EEC on health problems affecting 
intra-community trade in fresh meat and Directive 72/462/EEC on health and veterinary 
inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat or meat 
products from third countries (*) 
(90/C 332/05) 
On 21 June 1990 the Council decided to ask the Economic and Social Committee, under 
Article 198 of the EEC Treaty, for an Opinion on the abovementioned proposal. 
The Section for Protection of the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Affairs, which 
was responsible for the preparatory work, adopted its Opinion on 4 September 1990. Mr 
Storie-Pugh was Rapporteur, Mr Gardner and Mr Murphy were Co-Rapporteurs. 
At its 279th plenary session (meeting of 19 September 1990) the Economic and Social 
Committee unanimously adopted the following Opinion. 
The Committee approves the abovementioned proposal and reaffirms its previous Opinion (2) 
on the same subject. 
Done at Brussels, 19 September 1990. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and Social Committee 
Alberto MASPRONE 
(') OJ No C 154, 23. 6. 1990, p. 8. 
(2) OJ No C 218, 29. 8. 1985, p. 7. 
Opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the 
Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs 
(90/C 332/06) 
On 23 May 1990 the Council decided to ask the Economic and Social Committee, under 
Article 100A of the EEC Treaty, for an Opinion on the abovementioned proposal. 
The Section for Protection of the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Affairs, which 
was responsible for the preparatory work, adopted its Opinion on 4 September 1990. Mr 
Gardner was Rapporteur. 
At its 279th plenary session (meeting of 19 September 1990) the Economic and Social 
Committee unanimously adopted the following Opinion. 
1. The Committee congratulates the Commission on 
its effort in combining the eight documents covering 
the labelling Directive in a single text. This will simplify the application and therefore effective 
implementation of this piece of Community legislation. 
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2. There are many other Directives and Regulations 
in the same position. The Committee strongly urges 
the Commission to give the same treatment to others, 
starting with those that have six amendments or more. 
3. Though the Commission was instructed in 1987 
to consolidate legal instruments after their 10th amend­
ment there are still very many that exceed this number. 
The appendix gives a small selection of these, taken from the Directory of Community Legislation, showing 
in each case the number of changes (amendments, 
extensions of scope, etc.). 
4. Now that the Commission has finished the con­
solidation of the existing texts, the Committee looks 
forward to seeing soon the proposals for updating the 
Directive on which the Commission is working such as 
quantitative ingredient declaration and reducing the 
national interpretation of the Directive. 
Done at Brussels, 19 September 1990. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and Social Committee 
Alberto MASPRONE 
Appendix 
No 
of changes Instrument 
19 
18 
27 
27 
25 
21 
22 
20 
19 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical 
nomenclature and on the common customs tariff. 
70/524/EEC: Council Directive of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feeding-
stuffs. 
77/93/EEC: Council Directive of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the 
introduction into the Member States of harmful organisms of plants or plant products. 
69/208/EEC: Council Directive of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre 
plants. 
Regulation No 136/66/EEC of the Council of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of 
a common organization of the market in oils and fats. 
Regulation No 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security 
schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community. 
77/388/EEC: Sixth Council Directive of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of 
the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Common system of Value Added Tax 
(VAT): uniform basis of assessment. 
64/54/EEC: Council Directive of 5 November 1963 on the approximation of the laws of 
the Member States concerning the preservatives authorized for use in food stuffs intended 
for human consumption. 
67/548/EEC: Council Directive of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations 
and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of 
dangerous substances.