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4. The Committee trusts that the increase in funds to 
20-8 million EUA will be enough to allow the 
programme to be completed and, in particular, to 
permit a more satisfactory response to research needs 
and remove the financial constraints which often lead to 
some projects being axed, despite their ecological value. 
5. The Committee welcomes the measures proposed 
under heading C, 'Implementation'. They will make it 
possible to take better informed decisions in the light of project evaluation and to adapt the programme to 
scientific knowledge acquired in the course of research. 
6. In general, the Committee would once again 
reiterate a position that it has repeatedly expressed in 
the past, The important thing is to prevent all types of 
pollution which exceeds admissible limits and 
consequently to concentrate environmental research on 
the identification of pollutants, thus enabling them to be 
fought more effectively. 
Done at Brussels, 19 December 1978. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and Social Committee 
Fabrizia BADUEL GLORIOSO 
ANNEX 
to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee 
The following passage in the Section opinion was modified following the adoption of an amendment: 
Page 3, point 6 
'In general, the Section would once again reiterate a position expressed repeatedly by the Committee 
in the past. The important thing is to prevent all types of pollution and consequently to concentrate 
environmental research on the identification of pollutants, thus enabling them to be fought more 
effectively.' 
Voting 
For: 50; against: 31; abstentions: 6. 
Opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/101/EEC on the 
marketing of straight feedingstuffs 
The text referred to the Committee has been published in Official Journal of the European 
Communities No C 294 of 8 December 1978, page 4. 
A. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE OPINION 
On 6 December 1978 the Council referred the above mentioned proposal to the Economic 
and Social Committee in accordance with Article 47 and 198 of the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community. 
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B. OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 
The Economic and Social Committee prepared its opinion on the above matter at its 164th 
plenary session held in Brussels on 19 and 20 December 1978. 
The full text of the opinion is as follows: 
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING OPINION 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 47 and 
198 thereof, 
Having regard to the request made by the Council of 
the European Communities on 6 December 1978 for an 
Opinion, 
Having regard to the decision taken by its chairman 
under Articles 46 and 47 of the Rules of Procedure, 
instructing the Section for Agriculture to draw up an 
opinion on the matter, 
Having regard to its previous work on the matter, and 
in particular its opinion of 29 September 1971 on the 
proposal for a Council Directive on the marketing of 
straight feedingstuffs (1), 
Having regard to the oral report made by the 
rapporteur, Mr Paggi, 
Having regard to the opinion adopted by the Section for 
Agriculture at its meeting on 13 December 1978, 
Having regard to the discussions at its 164th plenary 
session held on 19 and 20 December 1978 (meeting of 
19 December), unanimously: 
1. The Committee approves the Commission's 
proposal. 
2. The Commission's intention in proposing this 
Directive is to make good a number of omissions in 
basic Directive 77/101/EEC (2) and thereby allow the 
quantity of straight feedingstuffs to be indicated, not 
only in terms of net weight, but also by volume (in the 
case of liquid feedingstuffs) or by number (in the case of 
feedingstuffs sold as individual items). 
In addition, the Commission proposes to authorize the 
Member States to subject feedingstuffs other than those 
listed in the Annex to the basic Directive to the 
packaging requirements which are laid down in the 
Directive. 
3. The Committee notes that the Directive on 
compound feedingstuffs, which is intended to 
complement the Directive on straight feedingstuffs, has 
not yet been adopted despite the Council's undertaking. 
The Committee deplores this delay. It trusts that the 
Directive on compound feedingstuffs will be adopted by 
the end of 1978 so as to allow all the Member States to 
incorporate the Directives into national law. For this 
reason, it approves the Commission's proposal to 
postpone by two years the date of entry into force of the 
Directive on straight feedingstuffs (originally to have 
been 1 January 1979). 
Done at Brussels on 19 December 1978. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and Social Committee 
Fabrizia BADUEL GLORIOSO 
(!) OJ No C 4, 20. 1. 1972. (2) OJ No L 32, 3. 2. 1977.