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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)1123 final
Brussels ,16July 1974
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
amending forthefirst time theCouncil Directive of
24July 1973 ontheapproximation ofthe laws ofthe
Member States relating tococoa andchocolate products
intended forhuman consumption
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(74 )1123 final

EKPLA1IATI0N MEFDRAI1DUII
ThefirstsentenceofthefirstparagraphofArticle15oftheCouncil
Directive(l)of24July1973ontheapproximation ofthelawsofthe
MemberStatesrelatingtococoaandchocolateproductsintendedforhuman
consumptionprovidesthatMemberStates0hall,ifnecessary,withinaperiod
ofoneyearfollowingnotification,amendtheirlawsinaccordancewiththe
provisionsofthatDirective#
Whenthelawsandregulationsdischargingthisobligationwerebeingdrawnup
intheMemberStatesitemergedthatcertainrulesanddefinitions proposed
intheDirectivemightgiverisetoconflictinginterpretation# Forexample,
theFrenchandEhglishversionsofArticle6(l)areunclear.Thedefinition
ofmilkchocolate,milkchocolatewithhighmilkcontentandmilkchocolate
vermicelliorflakes(items1*21,1»22and1.23intheAnnex)nolonger
correspondtotheintentionsofthedelegations whentheDirectivewas
adopted.
TheCommissionintendsthereforetosubmitassoonaspossibleaproposalfor
aDirectivedefiningthetextwhererequiredmoreaccurately.
UntilsuchtimeastheCounciladoptstheproposaltheperiodlaiddownin
Article15shouldbeextendedtoenableMemberStatestotakeaccountofthese
adjustments whennationalmeasuresareadopted.
Theobjectofthisproposalis,therefore,toextendtheperioduntil
31December1974•
OJNoL.228,16August1973,P.23

PROPOSALFORACOUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingforthefirsttimetheCouncilDirectiveof
24July1973ontheapproximation ofthelawsofthe
MemberStatesrelatingtococoaandchocolateproducts
intendedforhumanconsumption
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
Havingregard.totheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle100thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasthefirstsentenceofthefirstparagraphofArticle15oftheCouncil
Directive(l)of24July1973ontheapproximation ofthelawsoftheMember
Statesrelatingtococoaandchooolateproductsintendedforhumanconsumption
providesthatMemberStatesshall,ifnecessary,withinaperiodofoneyear
followingnotification amendtheirlawsinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
thatDirective;
Whereasitappears ,thatthepresentwordingofcertainprovisionsofthe
Directiveconcernedmaygiverisetoconflictinginterpretation andthatthey
shouldthereforebedefinedmoreaccurate;
WhereastheCommissionhasstatedthatitisabouttosubmitaproposalamending
thewordingoftheDirectivebutthatitwillnotbepossibletomakesuch
amendmentbeforetheexpiryoftheabovementioned period;
WhereasMemberStatesshouldthereforebeenabled,bytheextensionofthat
period,totakeaccountoftheadjustments madewhengivingeffecttothe
Directiveintheirnationallaws;
Whereas,however,thereisnoneedtoalter-theperiodoftwoyearslaiddown
inthesecondsentenceofthefirstparagraphofArticle15oftheCouncil
Directiveof23July1973,
OJNo.L228,16August1973,p.23

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HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVEj
Article1
ThefirstparagraphofArticle15oftheCouncilDirectiveof24July1973
isherebyamendedtoreadasfollows:
"MemberStatesshall,ifnecessary,"before1January1975»amendtheirlaws
inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthisDirectiveandshallforthwithinform
theCommissionthereof.Thelawsthusamendedshallapplytoproductsoffered
forsaleintheMemberStatestwoyearsafterthenotification ofthis
Directive"•
Article2
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates#
DoneatBrussels. ■■ FortheCouncil
ThePresident