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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)859 final
Brussels,15December1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingDirective78/631/EEContheapproximation ofthelawsofthe
MemberStatesrelatingtotheclassification ,packagingandlabelling
ofdangerouspreparations (pesticides )
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(80)859final

.EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Itislaid,downinCouncilDirective78/63l/EEContheappriximationof
thelawsoftheMemberStatesrelatingtotheclassification ,packaging
and.labellingofdangerouspreparations (pesticides)^"thattheMember
Statesshalladoptthemeasuresnecessaryforthemtocomplywiththis
Directiveandshallbringthemintoforcenotlaterthan1January1931.
■ ' • .< ■'
Articlell(l)oftheDirectiveprovidesthatthelistofactivesubstances
formingAnnexIIIandtheup-to-datelistinAnnexIIshallbedrawnup
inaccordancewiththecommitteeprocedure.
TheCommission commencedthisworkonthelistsimmediatelyafterthe
adoptionoftheDirective.
Inthecourseoftheworkitemergedthat,asaresultofrapidadvances
inchemistry,thenumberofsubstancestobeincludedinthelistwasmuch
greaterandthestudyofthevariousdangerouscharacteristics ofthese -
substanceswouldtakelongerthanhadoriginallybeenassumed.Althoughthe
workisprogressing smoothly,itcannotbetocompletedbefore
1January1981. .
AslongastheDirectiveisneithercompletenorup-to-date,MemberStates
cannotberequiredtobringintoforcetheirmeasuresforcompliance
therewith.Thetimelimiteof1January1981mustthereforebeextended.
OJNoL206,29.7-1978,p.13

PROPOSAL FOR
ACOUNCIL DIRECTIVE
amending Directive 78/631/EEConthe
approximation ofthe laws oftheMember States
relating totheclassification ,packaging and
labelling ofdangerous preparations (pesticides )
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN -COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 100thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas itisLaid down inArticle 12ofCouncil Directive 78/631/EEC1
that theMember States shall bring into force on1January 1981 thelaws ,
regulations andadministrative provisions necessary tocomply with this
Directive ;
Whereas Article ll(l )ofDirective 78/631/EECprovides that theliat of
active substances with indications oftheir conventional LDCrtand LCc.
values (Annex III)andtherevised list ofsubstances inAnnex IIthereto
shall bedrawn upinaccordance with the 'committee procedure' referred
toinArticle 21ofCouncil Directive 67/548/EECof27June 1967 on "the
approximation oflaws ,regulations andadministrative provisions relating
2totheclassification ,packaging andlabelling ofdangerous substances ,
aslast amended byDirective 79/831/EEC"3;
Whereas when Annex IIwasbeing revised andAnnex IIIdrawn up,itwas
ascertained that the number ofchemical substances tobeconsidered was
considerably greater andthestudy ofthevarious dangerous characteristics oi
these substances would take longer than hadoriginally been assumed ;whereas ,
although thework isprogressing smoothly ,itcannot becompleted before
1January 1981 ^
}0JKoL206,29.7.1978 ,p.13
dOJNo196/1,16.8.1967 .
OJBoL259 ,15.10.1979 ,P.10

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Whereas ,asLong asthere isnoAnnex IIItoDirective 78/631/EEC,the
Member States areunable toadopt themeasures required tobring into force
theentirety oftheDirective ;whereas ,similarly ,aslong asthe
list ofactive substances contained inAnnex IIhasnotbeen brought up
todate ,itisnotappropriate torequire theMember States toadopt the
necessary measures tocomply with theDirective ;
Whereas ,therefore ,thedate onwhich Member States arerequired tobring
into force thenecessary laws ,regulations andadministrative provisions
.tocomply with Directive 78/6J1/EEC must bechanged toadate later than
that 6nwhich theAnnexes will have been brought uptodate and adopted as
aDirective ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Article 1
Article 12(1 )ofDirective 78/631/EEC ishereby replaced bythefollowing : •
'Member States shall bring into force thenecessary laws ,regulations and
administrative provisions tocomply with this Directive onthedate tobe
prescribed fortheentry into force ofthemeasures tobeadopted in
accordance with Article 11(1 ).They shall forthwith inform theCommission
thereof' .
Article 2
This Directive isaddressed tothe Member States .