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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Proposal fora
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
amending forthesecondtimeDirective 76/118/EEContheapproximation
ofthelawsoftheMemberStatesrelating tocertainpartlyorwholly
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The aims ofthis proposal for aDirective are asfollows :
-tobring the requirements governing the labelling ofpreserved milk into
line with the rules onthe labelling offoodstuffs ingeneral ;
-toextend theperiod ofapplication ofArticle 14concerning indications
ofquality for theproducts inquestion ;
-toinclude the following ,inthe case ofcertain Member States ,inthe
provisions ofArticle 3(2)onthedesignations ofthese products :
"condensed semi-skimmed milk "and "semi-skimmed milk powder ".
1.Designations
Under Article 3(2)ofCouncil Directive 76/118/EEC (1)the use oflocal
designations incertain Member States isauthorized forretailing pur­
poses .Council Directive 78/63Q/EEC (2)of19June 1978 amending for
the first time Directive 76/118/EEC extended this authorization to
"lait demi-ecreme concentre ","lait demi-ecrem6 concentre non sucre "
inBelgium ,France andLuxembourg and "geevaporeerde halfvolle melk "in
Belgium and theNetherlands .
However ,under Article 3(3)ofDirective 76/118/EEC the Council is
empowered ,after aperiod offive years ,tomodify orrevoke these pro­
visions .
Moreover ,incertain Member States (France and theBenelux countries )
difficulties have arisen asregards the retailing ofpartly skimmed
sweetened milk andpartly skimmed milk powder ,where these products
contain 14to16grams offats byweight per 100grams .Forthesake
ofclarity ,itwould bedesirable toretail these twoproducts under
thefollowing respective designations :"lait demi-ecreme concentre
sucre "and "lait demi-ecreme enpoudre "inBelgium ,France andLuxembourg
and "gesuikerde geevaporeerde halfvolle melk "and "halfvolle melkpoeder "
inBelgium and the Netherlands .
(1)Council Directive of19June 1978 ;O.J. noL206/78of29.7.1978 .
(2)O.J. noL206 /78of29.7.1978 .

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Experience hasshown,inthisconnection,thatthedesignations listed
inArticle3(2)representnothingmorethanusefulinformation forthe
consumer.Likewise,thereisnoinstancewheretheyconstitute abarrier
tointra-Community trade.
Consequently ,itisproposed,ontheonehand,tobringthetwoabove-
mentionedproductswithinthescopeofArticle3(2)and,ontheother,
torevokeparagraph 3ofthesamearticle,withtheresultthatthese
designations willlosetheirtemporarycharacter.
Theprofessional circlesconsultedinthisconnection arefavourably
disposedtotheseamendments . ,
2.Labelling
PursuanttothefirstparagraphofArticle20ofCouncilDirective
79/112/EECof18December1978ontheapproximation ofthelawsofthe
MemberStatesrelatingtothelabelling,presentation andadvertising
offoodstuffsforsaletotheultimateconsumer(3),therulesgoverning
thelabellingofpreservedmilkhavebeenprovisionally retained.
TheCommissionisnowproposingtobringtheserule?intolinewith
Directive 79/112/EEC,andthisisthepurposeofArticle2(newArticle7).
3.Indications ofquality
Article14ofDirective 76/118/EECstipulates thatthisDirectiveshall
notaffectthelawsoftheMemberStatesconcerning indications of
qualityapplicabletotheproductsreferredto.However,inviewofthe
factthatrelevantCommunityprovisions hadnotbeenadoptedwithina
periodofthreeyearsandpursuanttothesecondparagraphofthisarti­
cle,theCommission hasconducted asurveyamongtheMemberStatesand
theprofessional associations .AreportpreparedbytheDirectorate-
GeneralforAgriculture setsouttheresultsofthissurveybypointing
tothewidevarietyofqualityrangeswhichexistnotonlyintheCommu­
nitybutalsoinothermajormilk-producing countries.Theseresults,
andthediscussions onthem,showedthat,beforetacklingthisproblem,
itwasdesirabletolaydownminimumphysical,chemicalandhygienic
qualitycriteriainaccordance withtheprovisions ofArticle11of
Directive 76/118/EEC.Studiestothisendarecurrentlybeingcarried
(3)O.J.NoL33,8.2.1979,p.1.

outbythecompetent Commission departments but,because ofthehighly
technical nature ofthe task ,this will take aconsiderable amount of
time .Accordingly ,itwasconsidered desirable ,with theagreement of
tneprofessional associations concerned ,toextend toseven years the
deadline for the application ofArticle 14,
•Since this proposal isbased onArticle 43oftheTreaty ,consultation
oftheEuropean Parliament ismandatory .Given thenature ofthepropo­
sal,which iscovered bythe laws onfoodstuffs ,consultation ofthe
Economic and Social Committee isdesirable *

Proposal for aCouncil Directive
amending for the second time Directive 76/118/EEC onthe
approximation onthe laws oftheMember States relating
tocertain partly ofwholly dehydrated preserved milk for
human consumption
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 43thereof ,
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Having regard totheproposal from the Commission ,
Having regard totheopinion ofthe European Parliament ,
1Whereas Council Directive 76/118/EEC lays down inArticle 3(3)that
five years after the date ofnotification ofthis Directive the Council ,
acting onaproposal from the Commission ,maydecide tomodify or
revoke paragraph 2ofthis Article ;
2Whereas Council Directive 78/630/EEC amending for the first time
Directive 76/118/EEC lays down inArticle 1that thedesignations
beadded toArticle 3(2)ofDirective 76/118/EEC,todenote ,inthe
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case ofsale byretail ,theproduct defined inpoint 1(c)ofthe Annex
toDirective 76/118/EEC ;
Whereas difficulties have been found incertain Member States inrelation
tothedesignation ofcondensed semi-skimmed milk and semi-skimmed milk
powder which may besold byretail ;whereas itistherefore necessary
toextend tothose States theoption provided for inArticle 3(2)of
Council Directive 76/118/EEC,asregards retail sales ofproducts under
the above designations ;
10JNoL24,30.1.1976 ,p.49. OJNoL206,29.7.1970 ,p.12.

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Whereas the use ofthedesignations listed InArticle 3(2>ofDirective
76/118/EEC,as amended byArticle 1ofDirective 78/630/EECprovides
useful information for the consumer and does not constitute abarrier to
intra-Community trade ;whereas ,inconsequence ,itisdesirable toremove
thetemporary character ofthese designations byrevoking Article 3(3)
ofDirective 76/118/EEC;
Whereas Article 7(8)ofDirective 76/118/EEC lays down that within
three years ofthenotification oftheDirective the Council
re-examine thederogation provided for inthe last indent ofparagraph
3(a)ofthesaid Article ,relating topartly orwholly skimmed products
for infants ;
Whereas the label ling ofpreserved miIkmust bemade subject tothegeneral
rules laid down inCouncil Directive 79/112/EEC of18December 1978 on
theapproximation ofthe laws ofthe Member States relating tothe
labelling ,presentation andadvertising offoodstuffs forsale tothe
ultimate consumer ^;whereas ,according ly,thepresent pirectivecanconfine
itself toadopting thenecessary provisions supplementing andderogating
from these general rules ;
Whereas thesecond paragraph ofArticle 14ofDirective 76/118/EEC
lays down that ,after aperiod ofthree years from notification ofthe
Directive ,the Council ,acting onaproposal from theCommission and
taking into account areport from the Commission onthe situation in
theMember States ,i?totre-examine thepossibility ofdetermining
indications ofquality ;
Whereas asurvey conducted bytheCommission among theMember States has
demonstrated theneed tolaydown minimum physical ,chemical and hygienie
standards prior toexamining thepossibility oflaying down
quality criteria assuch ;whereas ,inconsequence ,the period set in
thesecond paragraph ofArticle 14ofDirective 76/118/EECshould be
extended ,^ •••/•••
OJNoL33,8.2.1979 ,p. 1.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Article 1
Directive 76/118/EEC ishereby amended asfollows :
1. The following .is added toArticle 3(2) :
(e)"lait demi-ecreme concentre sucre "inBelgium ,France and
Luxembourg and "gesuikerde geevaporeerde halfvolle melk "
inBelgium and theNetherlands ,todenote ,inthe case of
sale byretail ,theproduct defined inpoint 1<g)ofthe
Annex ;
(f)"lait demi-ecreme enpoudre "inBelgium ,France andLuxembourg
and "halfvol le-melkpoeder "inBel-gium and theNetherlands ,
todenote ,inthe case ofsale byretail ,theproduct defined
inpoint 2<c)oftheAnnex andcontaining ,byweight ,
between 14and 16grams offatper 100grams .
2. Article 3(3) is .deleted .
3. Article 7 is replaced bythe following :
Article 7
Directive 79/112/EEC shall apply totheproducts defined inthe
Annex ,subject tothefollowing conditions :
(a)the name under which theproducts defined inthe Annex are
sold shall correspond toone ofthedesignations reserved
for this purpose pursuant toArticle 3;
(b)inthe case referred toinArticle 5(4),the words
"instant solubility "shall beadded tothe name under which
theproduct issold .

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The labelling efthepreSuets aerified intheAnnex shall also include
the following compulsory information :
a)thepercentage ofmilk fat,expressed byweight inrelation tothe
finished product /except inthe case oftheproducts defined in
point 1b)and f)andpoint 2b)ofthe Annex and thepercentage
offat-free dried milk extract inthe case oftheproducts defined
inpoint 1ofthe Annex ;
b)directions for use inrespect ofproducts defined inpoint 1ofthe
Annex ;these particulars may bereplaced byrelevant information
onthe use oftheproduct when the latter isintended forapplica­
tion inthe unaltered state ;
c)inthe case oftheproducts defined inpoint 2ofthe Annex ,the
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recommendations onthemethod ofdilution orreconstitution ,
including details ofthe fat content oftheproduct thus diluted
orreconstituted ,except inthe case oftheproducts defined inb);
d)theexpressions "UHT"or"ultra heat treated "fortheproducts defined
inpoint 1a),b),c)and d)oftheAnnex ,where these products
are obtained asaresult ofsuch treatment and aseptically packed .
-The netquantity ofproducts defined inthe Annex shall be
expressed :
a)inunits ofmass asagénéral rule ;
b)inunits ofvolume asregards Liquid orsemi-liquid bottled
products ;
-Theparticulars set out inparagraph 3a)and d)shall appear
inthe same field ofvision asthose listed inArticle 11 <3)
ofDirective 79/112/EEC;
-Inthe case referred toinArticle 5(7)Member States shall be
empowered toinsist onthe inclusion ofdetails ofthe nature
andquantity ofadded vitamins ;
\
-Member States shall also beempowered toinsist onthe inclusion
ofarecommendation ontheuse byinfants ofthepartly orwholly
dehydrated products defined inthe Annex * .appear
11 (3)

ThefollowingArticle7aisinserted :
Article7a
Withoutprejudicetotheprovisions tobeadoptedbytheCommunityin
thisfield.MemberStatesshallbefreetodeterminerulesonthelabel­
lingoftheproductsdefinedintheAnnexandnotintendedfordelivery
assuchtotheultimate consumer".
ThesecondparagraphpfArticle14isherebyamendedasfollows :
"IntheabsenceofrelevantCommunityprovisions asat1January1986,
theCouncilshallre-examine theprovisions ofthisArticleonthe
basisofareportfromtheCommission withanyappropriate proposals".
Article 2
MemberStatesshallmakesuchamendments totheirlawsasmaybe
necessarytocomplywiththeprovisions ofthisDirective andshall
forthwith informtheCommission thereof.
Thelawsthusamendedshallbeappliedinsuchawayasto:
-permittradeinthoseproductswhichcomplywiththeprovisions of
thisDirectivenotlaterthan1January1984;
-prohibittradeinthoseproductswhichdonotcomplywiththe
provisions ofthisDirective asfrom1January1985.
Article 3
ThisDirectiveisaddressed totheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil