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No C 30/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 4.2.88 
Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) opening a tariff quota for high-quality 
fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within heading Nos 0201 and 0202 of the combined 
nomenclature (1988) (*) 
COM(88) 5 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the 
EEC Treaty on 14 January 1988) 
(88/C 30/09) 
The proposal for a Council Regulation as set out in Doc. COM(87) 464 final is hereby 
amended as follows: 
1. The title is replaced by the following: 
'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) opening a Community tariff quota for high-
quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within heading Nos 0201 and 0202 and 
subheadings 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature (1988)'. 
2. The first recital is replaced by the following: 
'Whereas, for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within heading Nos 
0201 and 0202 and subheadings 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature, 
the Community has undertaken in the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade (GATT) to open an annual tariff quota attracting duty of 20 % the quantity of 
which, expressed in weight of product, is fixed at 29 800 tonnes; whereas, under the terms 
of an agreement signed with Argentina pursuant to Article XXIV of the GATT, the quota 
has been raised to 34 300 tonnes and whereas that quota should therefore be opened for 
1988;'. 
3. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'1. A Community tariff quota for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal 
falling within heading Nos 0201 and 0202 and subheadings 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of 
the combined nomenclature is hereby opened for 1988. 
This quota shall amount in total to 34 300 tonnes, expressed in weight of product.' 
(') OJ No C 286, 24. 10. 1987, p. 8. 
Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the 
administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within heading 
No 0202 of the combined nomenclature (1988) (') 
COM(88) 5 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the 
EEC Treaty on 14 January 1988) 
(88/C 30/10) 
The proposal for a Council Regulation as set out in Doc. COM(87) 464 final is hereby 
amended as follows: 
1. The title is replaced by the following: 
'Proposal amending a Council Regulation opening, allocating and providing for the 
administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within heading 
No 0202 and subheading 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature (1988)'. 
(') OJ No C 286, 24. 10. 1987, p. 9.
No C 73/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 3. 88 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the conclusion of the Agreement between the 
European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing 
off Comoros 
COM(88) 30 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 February 1988) 
(88/C 73/07) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in 
particular Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Whereas the Community and Comoros have negotiated and initialled an Agreement on fishing 
which provides fishing opportunities for Community fishermen in waters over which Comoros 
has sovereignty or jurisdiction; 
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve this Agreement, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The Agreement on fishing between the European Economic Community and the Islamic 
Federal Republic of the Comoros is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. 
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign 
the Agreement in order to bind the Community. 
Article 3 
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.
No C 111/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 4. 88 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Decision adopting an action plan. 1987 to 1989, on 
informing the general public and training of the health professions in the context of the 
programme 'Europe against cancer' (') 
COM(88) 200 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 
14 April 1988) 
(88/C 111/14) 
After the ninth recital add the three following recitals: 
Whereas there must be an improvement in the quality of tobacco produced and a switch 
to less harmful varieties; 
Whereas a report must be drawn up on the gradual replacement in the long term of 
tobacco by other crops providing the same income for producers; 
Whereas there must be a reduction in the excessive consumption of alcohol in the 
European Community and whereas, to that end, a Community campaign should be 
organized to increase public awareness of the need to combat excessive consumption of 
alcohol; 
The eleventh recital should read as follows: 
Whereas it would be advisable to make the public aware of the campaign against 
carcinogenic agents and notably against excessive exposure to the ultraviolet rays of the 
sun and solar lamps which are not subject to any radiation controls after a certain period 
of use; 
After the eleventh recital add the following recital: 
Whereas the public need to be made aware of regular screening and the early detection of 
cancer, particularly cancer of the uterine cervix and breast cancer; 
(') OJ No C 50, 26. 2. 1987, p. 1.
No C 139/46 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 88 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 866/84 laying down 
special measures concerning the exclusion of milk products from inward processing arrangements 
and from certain usual forms of handling 
(88/C 139/41) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in 
milk and milk products (2), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No ..., and in particular Articles 12(2) and 18(1) 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 866/84 (2), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2254/87 (3), excluded 
milk products from inward processing arrangements for a 
five-year period expiring at the end of the 1988/1989 milk 
year; 
Whereas access to inward processing arrangements for 
whey intended for the manufacture of certain com-
(!) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. 
(2) OJ No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 27. 
(3) OJ No L 208, 30. 7. 1987, p. 3. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in 
milk and milk products (*), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No ..., and in particular Article 5c(6) thereof, 
(!) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. pensatory products was, however, maintained until 
31 March 1988 to enable the necessary adaptations to take 
place; whereas the period provided for has proved to be too 
short; whereas this period should therefore be extended up 
to 31 March 1989, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
In Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 866/84 'up to 
31 March 1988' is hereby replaced by 'up to 31 March 
1989'. 
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. 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article 5c(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 lays 
down that a Community reserve shall be constituted with a 
view to supplementing, at the beginning of each period of 
12 months, the guaranteed quantities of the Member States 
in which implementation of the levy system raises 
particular difficulties; whereas, this quantity should be 
maintained at 443 000 tonnes for the fifth period of 12 
months, Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) establishing, for the period running from 1 April 1988 
to 31 March 1989, the Community reserve for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c 
of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector 
(88/C 139/42)
2. 12. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 307/9 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending in respect of chromium Directive 86/278/EEC on 
the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in 
agriculture 
COM(88) 624 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 18 November 1988) 
(88/C 307/10) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 130S 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Council Directive 86/278/EEC (') lays down 
limit values for certain heavy metals in cultivated soil by 
fixing limit values for concentrations of them in sludge 
used in agriculture and by fixing limit values for amounts 
of heavy metals which may be added annually to agri­
cultural land, based on a 10-year average; whereas 
Annex I to the Directive provides for the fixing of limit 
values for cadmium, copper, nickel, lead, zinc, mercury 
and chromium; 
Whereas Annex I to Directive 86/278/EEC states that 
the limit values for chromium were not fixed because of 
insufficient scientific data and that it was agreed that the 
Council would fix these values later on the basis of a 
proposal from the Commission; 
Whereas recent practical and experimental developments 
in the use of sewage sludge in agriculture have provided 
further scientific information on the effect of chromium 
on soils and crops; whereas this new information now 
enables limit values for chromium to be fixed with 
certainty, and at a high level of protection, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Annex I to Directive 86/278/EEC is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. In Annex I A: 
— the dash in the last line of the second column of 
the table is replaced by '100 to 200', 
— footnote (3) to the table is deleted. 
2. In Annex I B: 
— the dash in the last line of the second column of 
the table is replaced by '1 000 to 1 750', 
— footnote (*) to the table is deleted. 
3. In Annex I C: 
— the dash in the last line of the second column of 
the table is replaced by '4,5', 
— footnote (2) to the table is deleted. 
Article 2 
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, 
regulations and administrative provisions necessary to 
comply with this Directive not later than 1 January 1990. 
They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. 
2. Member States shall communicate to the 
Commission the texts of the provisions of national law 
which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive. 
Article 3 
(') OJ No L 181, 4. 7. 1986, p. 6. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
NoC 321/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 12. 88 
Re-examined proposal for a Council Directive on the obligations of branches established 
Member State by credit institutions and financial institutions having their head offices outside 
that Member State regarding the publication of annual accounting documents (') 
COM(88) 664 final — SYN 62 
(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (2) (d) of the EEC Treaty on 24 November 
1988) 
(88/C 321/12) 
(') OJ No C 143, 1. 6. 1988, p. 9. 
COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL REEXAMINED PROPOSAL OF THE COMMISSION 
First recital unchanged 
Second recital 
Whereas, as a part of a further instrument of coordi­
nation of the disclosure requirements in respect of 
branches, provision is made for certain documents and 
particulars relating to branches established in a Member 
State which certain types of companies, governed by the 
law of another Member State have to publish; whereas, 
as regards disclosure of accounting documents, reference 
is made to specific provisions to be laid down for banks 
and other financial institutions; 
Five years after the date referred to in Article 6 (2), the 
Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, 
shall examine and, if need be, revise Article 2 (4), in the 
light of the experience acquired in applying this Directive 
and of the aim of eliminating the additional information 
referred to in Article 2 (4), taking account of the 
progress made in striving towards the harmonization of 
the accounts of banks and other financial institutions. Whereas, as a part of a further instrument of coordi­
nation of the disclosure requirements in respect of 
branches, provision is made for certain documents and 
particulars relating to branches established in a Member 
State which certain types of companies, including banks 
and other financial institutions, governed by the law of 
another Member State have to publish; (remainder 
unchanged) 
Five years after the date referred to in Article 6 (2), the 
Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission and 
in cooperation with the European Parliament, shall 
examine (remainder unchanged) Remaining recitals, Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 unchanged 
Article 7
26. 1. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 20/13 
2. In Chapter II of the Annex, point 3 is replaced by the following: 
'3. Before cutting, fresh meat intended for production and meat in pieces of less than 100 grams is 
examined to detect any contamination. Contaminated meat is condemned and may not be used for 
production of meat in pieces of less than 100 grams'. 
3. In Chapter III of the Annex, point 8 is replaced by the following: 
'8. Before mincing fresh meat intended for production of minced meat is examined to detect any 
contamination. Contaminated meat is condemned and may not be used for mincing'. 
4. In Chapter III of the Annex, point 11 is replaced by the following: 
'11. Immediately after production the minced meat must be stored at a temperature of not more than 
— 18 °C. However, by decision of the official service, the minced meat may be stored at a 
maximum temperature of + 2 DC and for a maximum of two days'. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 as regards 
extensification of production 
COM(88) 745 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 15 December 1988) 
(89/C 20/16) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in 
particular Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, 
"Whereas the introduction of an aid scheme for the extensification for surplus products, as laid 
down in Article 1(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the 
efficiency of agricultural structures ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1094/88 (2), 
has presented Member States with technical and administrative difficulties; 
Whereas it may prove necessary for Member States to adapt the measure in question to 
particular agronomic or economic conditions; whereas Member States should be permitted to 
introduce the measure on an experimental basis in 1989 within a framework of pilot 
programmes on a local or regional level, 
(') OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 106, 27. 4. 1988, p. 28. 
No C 20/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 1. 89 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Article 1(b) (1) second indent of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 is replaced by the following: — 
'Until 31 December 1989 Member States may limit the aid scheme, where agronomic and 
economic conditions necessitate it, to an experimental application within the framework of 
pilot programmes on a local or regional level.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
No C 32/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 2. 89 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Re-examined proposal for a Council Directive on additives in foodstuffs (') 
COM(88) 852 final — SYN 48 
(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (2) (d) of the EEC Treaty on 5 January 
1989) 
(89/C 32/15) 
Article 5 
1. In order to take account of scientific or technical 
developments which have occurred since the adoption of 
a list in accordance with Article 3, a Member State may 
provisionally authorize the marketing and use within its 
territory of an additive from one of the categories listed 
in Annex I and not included in the relevant list provided 
that the following conditions are satisfied: 
(a) the authorization shall be limited to a maximum 
period of two years; 
(b) the Member State shall ensure that foodstuffs 
containing an additive which it has authorized are 
officially monitored; 
(c) in the authorization the Member State may require 
that foodstuffs manufactured with the additive in 
question shall bear a special indication. 
2. The Member State shall communicate to the other 
Member States and to the Commission the text of any 
authorization decision adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 
within two months of the date on which the decision 
takes effect. 
(') OJ No C 154, 12. 6. 1987, p. 11. 3. Before the two-year period stipulated in paragraph 
1 (a) has expired the Member State may request the 
Commission to include in the list, adopted in accordance 
with Article 3, the additive which had been the subject of 
national authorization pursuant to paragraph 1 of this 
Article. At the same time, the Member State shall provide 
the evidence which, in its view, supports such inclusion 
and shall indicate how the additive is to be used. If the 
Commission considers this request to be justified, it shall 
operate the procedure laid down in Article 100A of the 
Treaty in order to amend the list adopted in accordance 
with Article 3. The Council shall act on a proposal from 
the Commission within 18 months from the date on 
which the matter was referred to it. 
4. If, within the two- year period stipulated in 
paragraph 1, the Commission does not submit a proposal 
in accordance with paragraph 3, or if the Council does 
not act within the 18-month period stipulated in 
paragraph 3, the national authorization must be 
cancelled. At the same time, any authorization granted 
by another Member State for the same additive must be 
cancelled. 
5. No new authorization for the same additive may be 
granted unless the scientific or technical development 
made since the cancellation provided for in paragraph 4 
so justifies.
No C 82/98 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 4. 89 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ... 
of... 
laying down special measures applicable to raw tobacco of certain varieties 
from the 1989, 1990 and 1991 harvests 
(89/C 82/56) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 
21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in 
raw tobacco (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No ... (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of 
Article 13(8) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas the Commission report provided for in Article 
13(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 shows for the 1986 
and 1987 harvests a marked increase in the quantities of the 
varieties Forchheimer Havanna, Mavra and Tsebelia taken 
over by the intervention agencies; whereas these quantities 
are substantially in excess of the production quantities and 
percentage set by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1469/ 
70 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3805/87 (4) 
and with effect from the 1988 harvest by Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 2269/88 (5); 
Whereas it is necessary therefore to adopt special measures 
as provided for in Article 13(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 
727/70, and in particular to lower the intervention price for 
these varieties; whereas in view of the need to rebalance the 
(!) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L ... 
(3) OJ No L 164, 27. 7. 1970, p. 35. 
(4) OJ No L 357, 19. 12. 1987, p. 1. 
(5) OJ No L 199, 26. 7. 1988, p. 44. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at... 
For the Council market the lower price should apply to a number of 
consecutive harvests, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The intervention price for tobacco of the 1989, 1990 and 
1991 harvests of the following varieties is lowered to 75 % 
of the corresponding norm price: 
11. Forchheimer Havanna II c 
23. Tsebelia 
24. Mavra 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities.