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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 on the common 
organization of the markets in the sugar sector 
COM(85) 433 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 18 July 1985) 
(85/C 219/04) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 
43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Article 23 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
1785/81 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
1482/85 (2), lays down that the sugar sector's production 
quota arrangements are applicable in respect of the 
marketing years 1981/82 to 1985/86 and that the 
Council must, in good time, adopt the arrangements to 
be applied with effect from 1 July 1986; 
Whereas the measures applied to date in order to achieve 
control over production should be maintained, since 
overproduction has been a constant feature of the 
situation on the world market in recent years, resulting 
in ever rising surplus stocks, and since the Community 
has a large production potential, as shown in particular 
by the figures recorded in 1981/82; whereas the quota 
arrangements should therefore be applied for a further 
five-year period; 
Whereas the quota system's basic rules and its machinery 
are, as a result of enlargement, applicable to new 
producers, thus appreciably reducing the foreseeable 
volume of overproduction of both A and B sugar; 
whereas, moreover, outlets could be found within the 
Community by encouraging, for instance, the use of quota sugar for purposes other than human 
consumption; whereas, therefore, there would appear to 
be some justification for not calling into question the 
quotas applicable to existing sugar- or isoglucose-
producing undertakings; 
Whereas, however, neither the continued application of 
the quota system itself, nor the quota levels chosen, 
should be allowed to hinder the introduction of the 
necessary adjustments to the structure of production; 
whereas, accordingly, provision should be made for 
allowing greater flexibility in the fixing of the quotas, by 
limiting to 15 % instead of 10 % the extent to which the 
quotas can be transferred; 
Whereas Article 28 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is 
designed mainly to cover, by means of financial contri­
butions by the producers, all the losses resulting from the 
disposal of the Community's surplus production; 
whereas, because of the heavy fall in world market prices 
in recent years and the current ceiling on production 
levies, that objective has never been achieved; whereas 
the ceilings which have been applied to date should 
therefore be raised; 
Whereas, in order to cover the disposal costs relating to 
the new outlets referred to above, the method of 
financing should be adjusted by making producers bear, 
as part of a review of the system, the cost of granting the 
production refunds concerned; 
Whereas the possibility of derogating from the principle 
whereby different delivery contracts are concluded in the 
case of A beet, B beet and C beet could, in the context 
of the present provisions, have untoward effects on the 
quota system itself; whereas those provisions should 
therefore be amended, by making the derogation subject 
to a prior Community decision and by restricting it to a 
single marketing year; 
0) OJNoL 177, 1.7. 1981, p. 4. 
O OJNoL 151, 10.6. 1985, p. 1. Whereas the provisions of this Regulation should be 
introduced in the best possible circumstances; whereas a 
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number of transitional measures may therefore be 
required; whereas those measures, if any, should be 
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 5 (2) is replaced by the following: 
'2. The minimum price for A beet shall be equal 
to 97,5 % of the basic price for beet. 
Subject to Article 28 (5) the minimum price for B 
beet shall be equal to 67,5 % of the basic price for 
beet.' 
2. Article 23 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 23 
1. Articles 24 to 32 shall apply in respect of the 
marketing years 1981/82 to 1990/91. 
2. For the marketing years from 1986/87 to 
1990/91 the A and B quotas of each sugar-
producing undertaking and each isoglucose-
producing undertaking shall, without prejudice to 
Article 25, be those which were applicable in 1985/ 
86.' 
3. Article 24 (c) is replaced by the following: 
'(c) "C sugar" and "C isoglucose" mean any 
quantity of sugar or isoglucose the production 
of which is attributable to a specific marketing 
year and which is produced either by the under­
taking concerned outside the sum of its A and B 
quotas or by an undertaking which has no 
quota.' 
4. The first subparagraph of Article 25 (2) is replaced 
by the following: 
'Member States may reduce the A quota and the B 
quota of each sugar-producing undertaking or each 
isoglucose-producing undertaking situated in their 
territories. However, the remaining A quota or B 
quota may not be less than 85 % of the A quota or 
B quota, as the case may be, which was applicable 
during the 1985/86 marketing year.' 
5. In the second subparagraph of Article 25 (2), 'The 
limit of 10 %' is replaced by 'The limit'. 6. The second subparagraph of Article 26 (1) is 
replaced by the following: 
'Articles 8, 9, 18 and 19 shall not apply to this sugar 
or Articles 9, 18 and 19 to this isoglucose.' 
7. In Article 28 (1), '1. Before the end of the . . . shall 
be recorded:' is replaced by '1. Before the end of 
each marketing year, there shall be recorded:'. 
8. In Article 28 (2), '2. Before the end of each ... the year 
of recording:' is replaced by '2. At the end of the 
1982/83 marketing year and of each subsequent 
marketing year there shall be recorded cumulatively 
for the marketing years from 1981/82 to the year of 
recording concerned:'. 
9. In the second subparagraph of Article 28 (3), the 
first indent is replaced by the following: 
'— on the sugar in question, an amount equal to 
2,5 % of the intervention price for white sugar, 
and'. 
10. Article 28 (5) is replaced by the following: 
'5. When the maximum permitted basic 
production levy and the maximum permitted B levy 
do not fully cover the overall loss referred to in the 
first subparagraph of paragraph 3, the maximum 
percentage referred to in the first indent of 
paragraph 4 shall be adjusted within a limit which 
would enable such percentage to be increased up to 
47 %. The percentage referred to in the second sub­
paragraph of Article 5 (2) shall be revised in line 
with this adjustment. 
The Council shall, acting by a qualified majority on 
a proposal from the Commission adopt the revised 
percentages referred to in the first subparagraph. 
Those revised percentages shall apply in the 
marketing year immediately following that in which 
the balance of uncovered losses was recorded. 
The Council may, in accordance with the procedure 
specified in the second subparagraph, decide that all 
or part of the losses arising from any production 
refunds granted pursuant to Article 9 (3) should be 
taken into account when determining the total loss 
referred to in paragraph 1 (e) of this Article.' 
11. Article 30 (3) is replaced by the following: 
'3. The Council may, in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in paragraph 4, authorize a 
Member State to approve for a given marketing year 
an agreement within the trade which derogates from 
paragraphs 1 and 2.' 
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12. Article 48 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 48 
Transitional measures may be adopted in accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 41 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1785/81. 
Such measures shall be applicable until 30 June 1987 
at the latest.' Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 July 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Directive on the harmonization of the laws, regulations and 
administrative provisions relating to the application of the principles of good laboratory practice 
and the verification of their application for tests on chemical substances 
COM(85) 380 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 24 July 1985) 
(85/C 219/05) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 
1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and 
administrative provisions relating to the classification, 
packaging and labelling of dangerous substances ('), as 
last amended by Directive 84/449/EEC (2), requires tests 
to be carried out on chemical substances; 
"Whereas the methods to be used for these are laid down 
in Annex V to Directive 67/548/EEC; 
Whereas it is necessary to comply with the principles of 
good laboratory practice in carrying out the tests laid 
down by Directive 67/548/EEC so as to ensure that the 
results are comparable and of high quality; 
Whereas the resources devoted to the tests must not be 
wasted by having to repeat tests owing to differences in 
laboratory practice from one Member State to another; 
0) OJ 196, 16. 8. 1967, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 251, 19. 9. 1984, p. 1. Whereas the Council of the Organization for Economic 
Cooperation and Development took a decision on 
12 May 1981 on the mutual acceptance of data for the 
evaluation of chemical products; whereas it issued a 
recommendation on 26 July 1983 concerning the mutual 
recognition of compliance with good laboratory practice; 
Whereas it is necessary to set up a procedure allowing 
rapid adaptation of the principles of good laboratory 
practice; 
HAD ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
For the tests specified in Directive 67/548/EEC the 
Member States shall take all measures necessary to 
ensure that laboratories apply the principles of good 
laboratory practice specified in Annex 2 to the Decision 
of 12 May 1981 of the Council of the Organization for 
Economic Cooperation and Development on the mutual 
acceptance of data for the calculation of chemical 
products. 
Article 2 
1. When submitting results, the laboratories referred 
to in Article 1 shall certify that the tests have been 
carried out in compliance with the principles of good 
laboratory practice. 
2. To verify compliance with the principles of good 
laboratory practice, the Member States shall carry out 
on-the-spot inspections and verifications of studies using 
procedures that they shall establish for that purpose.