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14. 8. 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 205/5 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive on consumer protection in respect of the 
indication of prices for non-food products (') 
COM(85) 398 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of 
the EEC Treaty on 29 July 1985) 
(85/C 205/06) 
Article 3 
Insert a new subparagraph: 
3. The unit price may be shown by poster or labelling. The unit price must not be 
confused with the selling price which is more important. This ranking must be made plain 
in the way the information is presented. 
Article 4 
Delete the words 'indicated at the place of sale'. 
Article 5 
To read: Any written or printed advertisement at the place of sale or elsewhere and any 
catalogue aimed at the final consumer (...). 
Article 10 
Insert a new paragraph: 
Until the expiry of the transitional period during which use of the imperial system of units of 
measurement is authorized by Community provisions relating to units of measurement, the 
competent national authorities in Ireland and the United Kingdom shall determine, for each 
product or each category of product, the units of mass or volume of the international system or 
the imperial system in which indication of the unit price is compulsory. 
Article 11 
The first sentence to read: 
Member States may exempt products sold by certain small retail businesses and passed directly 
by the seller to the buyer from the obligation to indicate the unit price by labelling (...). 
0) OJNoC 8, 13. 1. 1984, p. 2. 
Amendment to the proposal for a Directive amending Directive 79/581/EEC on consumer 
protection on the indication of the prices of foodstuffs (') 
COM(85) 398 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council in respect of Article 149, second paragraph of the 
EEC Treaty) 
(85/C 205/07) 
Article 1 
(new paragraph 1 (a)) 
Insert a new paragraph 4 in Article 3: 
4. The unit price may be shown by poster or labelling. The unit price must not be 
confused with the selling price which is more important. This ranking must be made plain 
in the way the information is presented. 
(») OJ No C 53, 24. 2. 1984, p. 7.
10.10.85 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 258/7 
For the purpose of charging imports against this quota, 
100 kilograms of unboned meat shall be taken to be 
equivalent to 77 kilograms of boned or boneless meat. 
2. Imports of those goods which have been admitted 
under the benefit of another preferential tariff regime 
shall not be set off against this tariff quota. 
3. The Common Customs Tariff duty for this quota 
shall be 20 %. 
Article 2 
The quota amount of 50 000 tonnes shall be divided into 
two parts, one totalling 33 500 tonnes and the other 
16 500 tonnes, broken down as follows: 
Benelux 
Denmark 
Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Spain (from 1 
United Kingd March 1986) 
om For the part 
totalling 
33 500 tonnes 
3 206 
268 
7 953 
1 039 
5 042 
214 
6 422 
874 
8 482 For the part 
totalling 
16 500 tonnes 
1 579 
132 
3 917 
511 
2 483 
106 
3 163 
431 
4 178 Article 3 
1. The Member States shall take all appropriate steps 
to guarantee all persons concerned, established within 
their territories, free access to the quota shares allocated 
to them. 
2. The extent to which the shares of the Member 
States have been used up shall be verified on the basis of 
imports as the product is presented for customs clearance 
under the declaration for free circulation. 
Article 4 
The Member States shall regularly inform the 
Commission of imports which have been charged against 
their shares. 
Article 5 
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate 
closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with. 
Article 6 
The Commission shall, not later than 1 October 1986 
submit to the Council a report on the quantities for 
which licences have been delivered in each Member 
State. 
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a 
proposal from the Commission, shall, where appropriate, 
re-allocate the amounts which have not been used up. 
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2617/80 
instituting a specific Community regional development measure contributing to overcoming 
constraints on the development of new economic activities in certain zones adversely affected by 
restructuring of the shipbuilding industry (') 
COM(85) 523 final 
(Submitted to the Council by the Commission, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of 
the EEC Treaty, on 25 September 1985) 
(85/C 258/08) 
The following Article la is inserted: 
Article la' 
The following paragraph 9 is added to Article 3: 
'9. Member States shall take the measures necessary to make potential beneficiaries and 
professional organizations aware of the possibilities offered by the special programme and 
to inform the public by the most appropriate means of the role played by the Community.' 
O OJNoC70, 18.3. 1985, p. 1.
No C 85/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 4. 86 
Article 3 Article 4 
For the 1986/87 marketing year, the percentages to be used 
to calculate the supplementary aid referred to in Article 5 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 shall be: 
— 100 % for the products referred to in Article 1 (b), first 
indent, and (c) of that Regulation, and 
— 50 % for the products referred to in Article 1 (b), second 
indent, of that Regulation. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 April 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing, for the 1986/87 marketing year, the guide price for 
unginned cotton and the quantity of cotton for which aid may be granted in full 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/23) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in 
particular paragraphs 8 and 9 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as 
amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and 
in particular by Protocol 14 annexed thereto, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 states that the guide price 
for cotton that has not been ginned is to be fixed annually by 
reference to the criteria laid down in paragraphs 2 and 3 of 
that Protocol; whereas paragraph 9 states that the quantity 
of cotton for which aid shall be granted in full is to be 
fixed annually by reference to the criteria laid down in 
paragraph 3; 
Whereas under Articles 68 and 236 of the Act of Accession of 
Spain and Portugal a price level identical to that of the 
common prices has been applied in both countries; 
Whereas reference to these criteria gives the guide price and 
the quantity of cotton indicated below, Article 1 
1. For the 1986/87 marketing year the guide price for 
unginned cotton shall be 96,02 ECU per 100 kilograms. 
2. The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for 
cotton: 
— containing 14 % moisture and 3 % of inorganic 
extraneous matter, 
— with the characteristics required to yield, after ginning, 
54 % of seed and 32 % of fibres of grade No 5, as defined 
in Greece, with a length of 28 mm. 
Article 2 
1. For the 1986/87 marketing year, the quantity of 
cotton referred to in subparagraph (a) of the second 
paragraph of point 9 of Protocol 4 shall be 752 000 
tonnes. 
2. The quantity of cotton referred to in paragraph 1 
shall be unginned cotton of the quality indicated in 
Article 1 (2). 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 September 1986. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States.
No C 85/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 4. 86 
Article 2 
The price referred to in Article 1 shall relate to 
beans: 
— in bulk, of sound, genuine and merchantable 
quality, 
and 
— with an impurity content of 2 % and, for beans as 
such, humidity and oil contents of 14 % and 18 % 
respectively. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, 
and in particular Articles 89 (1) and 234 (2) thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1491/85 of 
23 May 1985 laying down special measures in respect of soya 
beans (1), and in particular Article 2 (6) thereof, 
Haying regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article 2(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1491/85 
provides that the Council shall each year fix a minimum price 
for soya beans; whereas the price is fixed so as to guarantee 
sales for bean producers at a price as close as possible to the 
guide price, taking into account market fluctuations and the 
cost of transporting the beans from the production areas to 
the processing areas; 
Whereas, in order to achieve the abovementioned objective, 
this minimum price must be fixed for a standard quality and a 
well-defined marketing stage; 
Whereas, under Articles 68 and 236 of the Act of Accession 
of Spain and Portugal, prices in these two countries have been 
set at levels differing from that of the common prices; 
whereas, pursuant to Articles 70 (1) and 23 8 (1) of the Act of 
Accession, these prices should be aligned with the common 
H OJ No L 151, 10. 6. 1985, p. 15. Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 September 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
prices in annual steps at the beginning of each marketing 
year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid down give the 
Spanish and Portuguese prices set out below, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1986/87 marketing year, the minimum price for soya 
beans referred to in Article 2 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 
1491/85 shall be: 
(a) 50,67 ECU per 100 kilograms, for the Community as 
constituted on 31 December 1985; 
(b) 37,07 ECU per 100 kilograms, for Spain; 
(c) 50,67 ECU per 100 kilograms, for Portugal. 
Article 2 
The price referred to in Article 1 shall apply to beans which 
meet the criteria referred to in Article 2 of Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 
The said price shall relate to goods ready for dispatch from 
the production areas. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 September 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the minimum price for soya beans for the 1986/87 
marketing year 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/17)
No C 122/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 22.5.86 
COMMISSION 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive on the approximation of national measures 
relating to the placing on the market of high-technology medicinal products, particularly those 
derived from biotechnology (') 
COM(86) 117 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of 
the EEC Treaty on 14 March 1986) 
(86/C 122/08) 
On 25 September 1984 the Commission presented the above proposal to the Council. For the 
reasons outlined in the explanatory memorandum, the original proposal is hereby amended as 
follows: 
The following is inserted before the first recital: 
'Whereas the primary purpose of any rules concerning the production and distribution of 
proprietary medicinal products must be to safeguard public health;'. 
(') OJ No C 293, 5. 11.1984, p. 1. 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 75/318/EEC on the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to analytical, pharmacotoxicological 
and clinical standards and protocols in respect of the testing of proprietary medicinal 
products (') 
COM(86) 117 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of 
the EEC Treaty on 14 March 1986) 
(86/C 122/09) 
On 25 September 1984 the Commission presented the 
above proposal to the Council. For the reasons outlined 
in the explanatory memorandum, the original proposal is 
hereby amended as follows: 
1. In Article 1, the following point 2 is inserted: 
'2. Part 1 of the Annex, "Physico-Chemical, 
Biological or Microbiological Tests of Proprietary 
Medicinal Products", is amended as follows: 
(a) In Part 1 A the following section 4 is inserted: 
"4. An explanation should be provided with 
regard to the choice of composition, 
constituents and container, supported by 
data on development pharmaceutics. The 
overage, with justification thereof, should 
be stated." 
(b) In Part 1 B the following fifth indent is 
inserted : 
(') OJ No C 293, 5. 11. 1984, p. 4. "— experimental studies validating the manu­
facturing process, where a non-standard 
method of manufacture is used or where 
it is critical for the product." 
(c) In Part 1 C (2), subparagraph (b) is replaced 
by the following: 
"(b) the description of the substance, set 
down in a form similar to that used in a 
descriptive item in the European Phar­
macopoeia, shall be accompanied by any 
necessary explanatory evidence, 
especially concerning the molecular 
structure where appropriate; it must be 
accompanied by an appropriate 
description of the method of synthetic 
preparation. Where substances can only 
be described by their method of 
preparation, the description should be 
sufficiently detailed to characterize a 
substance which is constant both in its 
composition and in its effects;".' 
2. In Article 1, the existing point 2 becomes point 3.
20. 6. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities NoC 154/1 
I 
(Information) 
COMMISSION 
ECU O 
19 June 1986 
(86/C 154/01) 
Currency amount 
Belgian and 
Luxembourg franc 
Belgian and 
Luxembourg franc 
German mark 
Dutch guilder 
Pound sterling 
Danish krone 
French franc 
Italian lira 
Irish pound 
Greek drachma for one unit: 
: con. 
: fin. 43,9062 
44,2433 
2,14716 
2,41816 
0,639274 
7,97275 
6,85703 
1474,45 
0,708398 
135,552 Spanish peseta 
Portuguese escudo 
United States dollar 
Swiss franc 
Swedish krona 
Norwegian krone 
Canadian dollar 
Austrian schilling 
Finnish markka 
Japanese yen 
Australian dollar 
New Zealand dollar 137,574 
145,423 
0,963066 
1,77012 
6,93408 
7,32268 
1,34126 
15,0913 
4,98724 
160,717 
1,38870 
1,80519 
The Commission has installed a telex with an automatic answering device which gives the conversion rates 
in a number of currencies. This service is available every day from 3.30 p.m. until 1 p.m. the following day. 
Users of the service should do as follows: 
— call telex number Brussels 23789; 
— give their own telex code; 
— type the code 'cccc' which puts the automatic system into operation resulting in the transmission of the 
conversion rates of the ECU; 
— the transmission should not be interrupted until the end of the message, which is marked by the code 
'ffff. 
Note: The Commission also has an automatic telex answering service (No 21791) providing daily data on 
calculation of monetary compensatory amounts for the purposes of the common agricultural policy. 
O Council Regulation (EEC) No 3180/78 of 18 December 1978 (OJ No L 379, 30. 12. 1978, p. 1), as 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2626/84 (OJ No L 247, 16. 9. 1984, p. 1). 
Council Decision 80/1184/EEC of 18 December 1980 (Convention of Lome) (OJ No L 349, 
23. 12. 1980, p. 34). 
Commission Decision No 3334/80/ECSC of 19 December 1980 (OJ No L 349, 23. 12. 1980, p. 27). 
Financial Regulation of 16 December 1980 concerning the general budget of the European 
Communities (OJ No L 345, 20. 12. 1980, p. 23). 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 of 16 December 1980 (OJ No L 345, 20. 12. 1980, p. 1). 
Decision of the Council of Governors of the European Investment Bank of 13 May 1981 (OJ No 
L 311, 30. 10. 1981, p. 1).
9.10.86 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 252/3 
'Scientific apparatus' Decisions — Refusal of relief from import duties 
(86/C 252/03) 
(Legal basis: Regulations (EEC) Nos 918/83 (') and 2290/83 (2)) 
File: SUD/B/3 — 010/86 
By virtue of a Commission Decision of 6 October 1986 the apparatus known as 'Hewlett 
Packard — Network Analyzer, model 8510 A with Option 010, Frequency Converter 8511A, 
Oscillator 8350B, Plug-in 83545 A and Adaptor 11869 A' may not be imported free of import 
duties. 
This apparatus, the subject of an application made by the Netherlands on the 27 March 1986 
and ordered on 19 July 1984, is intended to be used for research on the antenna measuring 
systems and antenna networks and, in particular, on the calibration and recalibration of the 
abovementioned systems, on the measurement of the radiation properties of microwave 
antennae having extremely low sidelobes and of microwave antennae having low cross-polari­
zation, on the measurement of cross talk and mutual coupling, of the spectral distribution of 
waves reflected by metal surfaces. 
Reasoning: 
— Not scientific apparatus 
File: SUD/B/3 —011/86 
By virtue of a Commission Decision of 6 October 1986 the apparatus known as 'Jasco — 
Spectropolarimeter, model J — 500 A' may not be imported free of import duties. 
This apparatus, the subject of an application made by Italy on the 24 March 1986 and ordered 
on 31 December 1983 is intended for use in structural studies of proteins, enzymes, nucleic 
acids and complexes of these with pharmaceutical products and other biologically active 
compounds. 
Reasoning: 
— scientific apparatus 
— existence of production of apparatus of equivalent scientific value in the Community at date 
of order, in particular: 
the apparatus 'Mark V, manufactured by the firm Jobin Yvon, 16-18, rue du Canal, 91163 
Longjumeau/France. 
0) OJNoL 105,23.4. 1983, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 220, 11.8. 1983, p. 20.
No C 42/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 20.2.87 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between 
the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of the Gambia on 
fishing off the Gambia and adopting provisions for its application 
COM(87) 4 5 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 9 February 1987) 
(87/C 42/05) 
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 Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal, and in particular Article 155 (2) (b), 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas the Community and the Gambia have 
negotiated and initialled an agreement on fishing off the 
Gambia, which provides for new fishing possibilities for 
the Community's fishermen in the waters over which the 
Republic of the Gambia has sovereignty or jurisdiction; 
Whereas, under Article 155 (2) (b) of the Act of 
Accession, the Council is required to determine the pro­
cedures appropriate to take into consideration all or part 
of the interests of the Canary Islands when it adopts 
decisions, case by case, with a view to the conclusion of 
fisheries agreements with third countries; whereas the 
said procedures need to be determined in this particular 
case; 
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve this 
Agreement, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Government of the Republic of the Gambia on fishing off the Gambia is hereby approved on 
behalf of the Community. 
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
To take into consideration the interests of the Canary 
Islands, this Agreement and, to the extent required for 
its implementation, the provisions of the common 
fisheries policy on the conservation and management of 
fishery resources shall also apply to vessels sailing under 
the flag of Spain which are recorded on a permanent 
basis in the registers of the competent authorities at local 
level (registros de base) in the Canary Islands as such 
recording is defined in Note 6 of Annex I to Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 570/86 of 24 February 1986 
concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating 
products' and methods of administrative cooperation in 
the trade between the customs territory of the 
Community, Ceuta and Melilla and the Canary 
Islands (')• 
Article 3 
The President of the Council shall give the notification 
provided for in Article 17 of the Agreement. 
Article 4 
This regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following 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. 
(') OJNoL56, 1. 3. 1986, p. 1.
21. 12. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 343/1 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Recommendation for a Council Decision on the conclusion of a Protocol laying down the conditions 
and procedures for the implementation of the second stage of the Agreement establishing an 
Association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus and adapting 
certain provisions of that Agreement 
COM(87) 419 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 3 September 1987) 
(87/C 343/01) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 238 
thereof, 
Having regard to the recommendation from the 
Commission, 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Whereas it is necessary to approve the Protocol laying down 
the conditions and procedures for the implementation of the 
second stage of the Agreement establishing an Association 
between the European Economic Community and the 
Republic of Cyprus, and adapting certain provisions of that 
Agreement, signed in Brussels on 19 December 1972 (J), 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for 
the implementation of the second stage of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic 
Community and the Republic of Cyprus and adapting certain 
provisions of that Agreement, the Annexes and the Final Act 
and declarations and exchange of letters annexed thereto, are 
hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The texts of 
the Protocol and of the Final Act are annexed to this 
Decision. 
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall give the notification 
provided for in Article 36 of the Protocol (2). 
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
(J) OJ NoL 133, 21. 5. 1973, p. 2. (2) The date of entry into force of the Protocol shall be published in 
the Official Journal of the European Communities by the 
General Secretariat of the Council.