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(b) The following paragraph is inserted: 
'2 (a). Member States shall refrain from 
adopting technical regulations on a subject 
covered by a Commission proposal for a Directive 
for a period of 12 months from the date of its 
submission to the Council. 
If the Commission ascertains that a communi­
cation pursuant to Article 8 (1) relates to a subject 
covered by such a proposal for a Directive, it shall 
inform the Member State concerned of this fact 
within three months of receiving the communi­
cation. 
These provisions shall not apply to a Member 
State which, having communicated the infor­
mation required by Article 8 (1), is obliged to 
postpone adoption of the draft technical regu­
lation concerned pursuant to Article 9 (2).' (c) In paragraph 3, the expression 'Paragraphs 1 and 
2' is replaced by 'Paragraphs 1, 2 and 2 (a)'. 
Article 2 
1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to 
comply with this Directive not later than 1 January 1988 
and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. 
2. Member States shall ensure that the texts of main 
provisions of national law which they adopt in the field 
governed by this Directive are communicated to the 
Commission. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Directive laying down a procedure for the provision of information in 
the field of technical standards and regulations applying to agricultural products 
COM(87) 52 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 20 February 1987) 
(87/C 71/08) 
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 Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Council Directive 83/189/EEC (') as amended 
by Directive ..., lays down a procedure for the provision 
of information in the field of technical standards and 
regulations for a series of products other than agri­
cultural products; 
Whereas the national standards and regulations 
applicable to agricultural products are also likely to 
create barriers to the free movement of these products; 
whereas, in order to prevent the emergence of such 
barriers, a procedure for the provision of information 
should also be provided for in this field as regards the 
products in question; 
Whereas, in the light of experience, the procedure 
provided for in the abovementioned Directive seems the 
most suitable; whereas it should therefore be extended to 
cover the products listed in Annex II to the Treaty, 
(l) OJ No L 109, 26. 4. 1983, p. 8. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
The provisions of Directive 83/189/EEC shall apply to 
the products listed in Annex II of the Treaty, subject to 
the following: 
1. In Article 1 (1), the following meaning shall apply: 
'1. "technical specification", a specification con­
tained in a document which lays down the charac­
teristics required of a product such as conditions of 
obtaining levels of quality, performance, safety or 
dimensions, including the requirements applicable to 
the product as regards terminology, symbols, testing 
and test methods, packaging, marking or labelling;'. 
2. In Article 8 (1), second subparagraph, the following 
shall apply: 
'The Commission shall immediately notify the other 
Member States of any draft it has received; it may 
also refer this draft to the Committee referred to in 
Article 5 of Directive 83/189/EEC or to the 
Committee responsible for the field in question for its 
opinion'. 
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3. In Article 9 (3) the following shall apply: 
'Paragraphs 1, 2 and 2 (a) shall not apply in those 
cases where, for urgent reasons relating to the 
protection of public health or safety, the protection of 
health and life of animals or plants, a Member State is 
obliged to prepare technical regulations in a very 
short space of time in order to enact and introduce 
them immediately without any consultations being 
possible. The Member State shall indicate in the 
communication referred to in Article 8 the just­
ification for the urgency.' 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 
113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-' 
liament, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3495/86 of 13 
November 1986 (') opened for 1986, as an autonomous 
measure, a special import tariff quota for high quality 
fresh, chilled or frozen beef falling within subheadings 
02.01 AII a) and 02.01 A II b) of the Common Customs 
Tariff; whereas this Regulation did not enter into force 
until 18 November 1986; whereas in consequence the 
period during which imports could be made under it was 
very short and did not prove long enough for the 
quantities available for certain qualities to be used up; 
whereas since it is in the Community's interest to 
maintain harmonious trade relations with third countries 
an additional period during which meat of these qualities 
may be imported under the quota should be set, Article 2 
1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to 
comply with this Directive not later than 1 January 1988 
and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. 
2. Member States shall communicate the texts of the 
main provisions of national law which they adopt in the 
field governed by this Directive are communicated to the 
Commission. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
An additional period for the use of the special 
Community import tariff quota for high quality fresh, 
chilled or frozen beef falling within subheadings 
02.01 A II a) and 02.01 A II b) of the Common Customs 
Tariff opened for 1986 by Regulation (EEC) No 
3495/86 is hereby set corresponding to the period 
between the day on which this Regulation enters into 
force and the end of the fourth month following that in 
which it enters into force, in respect of the quantity of 
5 000 tonnes specified at (c) in Article 1 of Commission 
Regulation (EEC) No 353/86 (2). 
Article 2 
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall 
be determined in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 27 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
805/68 (J). 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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. Proposal for a Council Regulation setting an additional period for use of the special import 
tariff quota for high-quality beef opened by Regulation (EEC) No 3495/86 
COM(87) 58 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 24 February 1987) 
(87/C 71/09) 
(«) OJ No L 323, 18. 11. 1986, p. 3. (2) OJ No L 326, 21. 11. 1986, p. 21. 
O OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.