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3. The following Articles 15 (a) and 15 (b) are inserted: 
'Article 15 (a) 
The information obtained pursuant to Articles 14 and 
14 (a) may, following consultation with the competent 
authorities of the Member State which supplied it, be 
communicated to the third countries concerned in 
order to obtain from the latter the assistance required 
to ensure correct application of the law on customs or 
agricultural matters. In the event of such communi­
cation, protection equivalent to that laid down by 
Article 19 (1) shall be afforded by appropriate means. 
Article 15 (b) 
1. For the purposes of ensuring that the law on 
customs or agricultural matters is correctly applied, 
the Commission may carry out Community 
administrative and investigative missions in third 
countries in cooperation with the competent auth­
orities of the Member States. 
In response to the opinion delivered by the European 
Parliament (2) on the proposal for a Directive 
transmitted to the Council by the Commission on the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating 
to quick-frozen foodstuffs for human consumption and 
in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 149 
of the Treaty establishing the European Economic 
Community, the Commission has decided to amend the 
aforementioned proposal as follows: 
1. The eighth recital is replaced by the following: 
'Whereas brief upward fluctuations are necessary on 
technical grounds and may therefore be tolerated 
provided they are in accordance with good 
commercial practice and do not jeopardize the quality 
of the products.' 
2. The 11th recital is replaced by the following: 
'Whereas this Directive need merely state the 
objectives to be attained as regards both the 
(') COM(84) 489 final, 19 September 1984, OJ No C 267, 
6. 10. 1984, p. 6. 
O OJ No C 175, 15. 7. 1985, p. 292. 2. The Community missions referred to in 
paragraph 1 shall be carried out under the following 
conditions: 
(a) missions may be undertaken on the Commission's 
initiative or at the request of one or more 
Member States; 
(b) missions shall be carried out by Commission 
officials designated for that purpose and by 
experts designated for that purpose by the 
Member State(s) concerned; 
(c) mission expenses shall be paid by the Commission. 
3. The Commission shall inform the Member States 
of the results of missions carried out in pursuance of 
this Article.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
equipment used for the quick-frozen process and the 
temperatures to be adhered to in the installations and 
appliances for storage, handling, transport and distri­
bution.' 
3. The first subparagraph of Article 1 (2) is replaced by 
the following: 
'For the purposes of this Directive "quick-frozen 
foodstuffs" means foodstuffs put up for sale which 
have undergone a suitable freezing process known as 
"quick-freezing" whereby the temperature zone of 
maximum crystallization is spanned as rapidly as 
possible, depending on the type of product, with the 
result that the temperature of the product (after 
thermal stabilization) is — 18 °C or lower.' 
4. The introductory phrase of Article 5 (2) is replaced by 
the following: 
'Brief upward fluctuations in the temperature of the 
product in accordance with the good storage and 
distribution practices shall be permitted, on condition 
that they do not exceed:' Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the 
Member States relating to quick-frozen foodstuffs for human consumption (') 
COM(85) 514 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of 
the EEC Treaty on 27 September 1985) 
(85/C 267/07) 
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5. Article 5 (3) is replaced by the following: 
'3. Should the tolerances allowed in paragraph 2 be 
either accidentally or unforeseeable exceeded, the 
product in question shall be examined to determine 
the use to which it may be put. (Thawed products or 
those in which the thawing process has begun must be 
labelled with a clear warning.)' 6. Article 7 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 7 
Quick-frozen foodstuffs intended for retail sale shall 
be packed by the manufacturer or packer in suitable 
sealed packages which protect the products from any 
harmful influence and which must be delivered intact 
to the consumer.'