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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)403 final
Brussels .12th July 1979
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL DIRECTIVE
AMENDING FORTHESECOND TIME DIRECTIVE
76/768/EECONTHEAPPROXIMATION OFTHE
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LAWS OFTHE MEMBER STATES RELATING TOCOSMETIC PRODUCTS
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL .'TR3CTIV5 AMENDING FOR THE
SECOND TIMS DIRECTIVE 76/76*'E«EC
ONTUE APPROXIMATION OFTHE LAVJS
OFTHE MEMBER STATES RELATING TOCOSMETIC PRODUCTS
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM ' -
Theaimoftheproposal is -toextend theperiod laid down inArticle 5
ofCouncil Directive 76/T68/eEC.
1.Article 5provides that onexpiry ofathree –year period from
notification oftheabovementioned Directive ,i.e. ,on30July 1979 »
thesubstances and colouring agents listed inAnnex IVshall ?
-either bedefinitively permitted ,
-ordefinitively prohibited (Annex# II),
–orelse retained foraperiod ofthree years inAnnex IV,
–ordeleted from all Annexes tothe Directive .
2.On23May 1979 ^heCommission forwarded totheCounoil aproposal
foraCouncil Directive amending forthefirst time Directive 76/768/EEC
inorder ,among other things ,toensure compliance with Article 5
thereof *.
3.Inview ofthecomplexity oftheproblem ,itwill notbepossible to
meet thedeadline of30July 1979 *
4.Accordingly ,itisproposed that theperiod laid down inArticle 5
beextended to31December 1980 .
5.Theproposal isbased onArticle 100.Since itsimplementation does not
appear toentail amendments tothelaws oftheMember States ,there
does notappear tobeaneed toconsult theEuropean Pari lament
and the Economic and Social Committee .
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PROPOSALFORACOUNCILDIRECTIVE ATTENDINGFORTHE
SECONDTIKEfilRECTIV'c76/768/EgC
ONTHEAPPROXIMATION OFTHELAWS
OFTHEMEMBERSTATESRELATINGTOCOSrETICPRODUCTS
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEAN"COMMJNIT'IIS,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCommunity,andin
particularArticle100thereof,
havingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle5ofCouncilDirective76/768/EECasamendedbyDirective
laysdownthat,onexpiryofathree-yearperiodfromnotification
oftheDirective/thesubstancesandcolouringagentslistedinAnnexIVthereofshalleitherbedefinitively permitted,ordefinitively -prohibited,
orelseretainedforafurtherperiodofthreeyearsinAnnexIV,or
deletedfromallAnnexes;
Whereas,inviewofthecomplexityoftheproblemsto"besolved,this
deadlinecannotbemetandmustthereforebeextended,
HASADOPTEDTKISDIRECTIVE ?
Article 1
Directive76/768/EECis.herebyantendedasfollows! __,
1*InthefirstparagraphofArticle5,theexpression MFor„aperiod,of...three...years,from.notificationofthisDirective"isreplacedby"Unt.iI
.31December1980". ,
OJNoL262,27.9.1976,p.169
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2.,Inthesecond paragraph ofArticle 5,theexpression "On^expiry ofthe
three year period "isreplaced by"From 1January 198f ,r.
Article 2
1.Member States Bhall take allthemeasures necessary tocomply
with this Directive by 30July 1979 shall forthwith inform
the Commission thereof .
g.Once this Directive has 'been notified ,theMember States Bhall also
ensure that theCommission isinformed ,insufficient time forit
tosubmit itscomments ,ofanyother draft laws ,regulations or
administrative provisions which they propose toadopt inthefield
covered bythis Directive .
Article 4
This Directive xsaddressed tothe Member States .