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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)829 final
Brussels ,5thDecember 1980
PROPOSAL FOR ADIRECTIVE
tomodify certain directives concerning theapproximation
ofthe laws ofMember States relating tofoodstuffs insofar
asconcerns the'majority quorum ofvotes within the
procedure provided forthefunctioning of
the Standing Committee onFoodstuffs
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )

; ■- ;EXPLA2ÍÁTOHÍ SOTE.-■/"• '
/TheAccession ,ofGreecetoth®EuropeanEconomicCcmiaunitynecessitated
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•theamendmentofthenumberofvoteswhich-constitutethemajorityquartern
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ofvotesundertheprocedureoftheStandingCommitteeforFoodstuffsfor ?
whichprovisionismadeineverydireotiverelatingtotheapproximation 1j
ofthelawsofMemberStatesconcerningfoodstuffs. j
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Themajorityquorumofvoteswillchangefromthefortyonevotesto
& •- 'fortyfivevotesbecauseoftheAccessionofthenewMemberState*'
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TheActofAccessionprovidesinAnnex.I.tindertheheadingconcerning
theapproximation oflegislations ,alistofmostofthedirectives
adopted "bytheCouncil,concerningfoodstuffs,inwhioh.themajority :
quorumofvotesistobetakentohavebeensoamended.Nevertheless,
byanomission,CouncilDirective76/®93/eSCdated23November1976*
relatingtotheapproximation ofthelawsofMemberStatesconcerning
materialsandobjectsintendedtocomeintocontactwithfoodstuffs,was
' )'''', ..notincludedinthislist*
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Moreover,followingthesigningoftheActofAccessiontwoother
directiveswereadoptedbytheCouncil,namelyDirective79/693/EECof
24July1979concerningtheapproximation ofthelawsofMemberStates
relatingtofruitjams,jelliesandmarmaladesandchestnutpur£easwell
asDireotive8o/777/EEC^of15July1980concerningtheapproximationof
thelegislations ofMemberStatesrelatingtotheexploitation andmarketing'
■.i ■■ <. ■ ..ofnaturalmineralwaters*
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Theobjectiveofthisproposalforadireotiveistomodifyinthethree
directivesoitedabove,themajorityquorumofvot-as,inamannerwhich
willpermittheproperfunctioningoftheprocedureoftheStanding
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CommitteeforFoodstuffsforwhioihprovisionismadeinthedirectives *
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IProposalforaDirectivetomodifycertaindirectivesconcerning J
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itheapproximationofthelawsofMemberStatesrelatingtofood– i
istuffsinsofarasconcernsthemajorityquorumofvoteswithin *!
!theprocedureprovidedforthefunctioning oftheStanding
-CommitteeofFoodstuffs
THECOUNCILOF3HEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheAotofAccession'ofGreeoeandinparticularArtiole
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■146thereof, j
HavingregardtotheproposaloftheCommission,
Whereas,onaccountoftheaooessionofGreecetotheEuropeanEconomic
I
,Communityitisnecessarytochangethenumberofvoteswhichconstitute
jamajorityquorumofvoteswithintheprooedure -fortheStanding
'CommitteeonFoodstuffsprovidedforinArtiole10ofdireotive76/893/EEc\
jinArtiole13ofdireotive79/693/eBC?andinArtiole12ofdireotive
,80/777/EEC3î :.
HASADOPTEDOHEPRESENTDIRECTIVElj *
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Article1
InArtiole10(2)ofdireotiveNo.76/893/EEC"fortyone"shallbereplaced
"by"fortyfive"witheffeotfromthe1January1981*
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.Article2
InArtiole13(2)ofdireotiveNo,79/693/EEC"fortyone"shallbereplaced
'by"fortyfive"witheffectfromthe1January1981*
Article3
InArtiole12(2)ofdireotiveNo#8O/777/EE0"fortyone"shallbereplaced j
' ■, -by"fortyfive"witheffectfromthe1January1981* |
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