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ANNEX 
to the opinion  of the Economic  and  Social  Committee 
I. The  following  text  of the Section's  opinion  was  deleted  following  the adoption  of an amend-
ment  during  the debate: 
Point  2.2.4 
'(e.g.  tobacco  products,  alcoholic  beverages,  confectionery  containing  sugar  and  fats)/ 
II. The  following  amendment  was  rejected  during  the debate: 
Point  2.6.2 
Replace  the last  sentence  of 2.6.2  by: 
'Above  all,  the  Section  asks  that  the  consumers'  consultative  committee  opinions  be more 
widely  publicized  and  that  workers'  and  producers'  representatives  be allowed  to belong  to it 
as is the case  with  the other  consultative  committees  (e.g.  the committees  on agricultural  pro-
ducts),  which,  moreover,  have  consumers  represented  on them.' 
Voting 
For:  30; against:  57; abstentions:  14. 
Opinion  on the proposal  for a Council  Regulation  fixing  the quantities  of basic  products 
considered  to have  been  used  in the manufacture  of goods  covered  by Regulation  (EEC) 
No 
The text  referred  to the Committee  has  been  published  in Official  Journal  of the Euro-
pean  Communities  No  C 259  of 13 October  1979,  page  2. 
A. LEGAL  BASIS  FOR  THE  OPINION 
On 20 September  1979  the Council  referred  the abovementioned  proposal  to the Eco-
nomic  and  Social  Committee  in accordance  with  Article  43 of the Treaty  establishing 
the European  Economic  Community. 
B. OPINION  OF  THE  ECONOMIC  AND  SOCIAL  COMMITTEE 
The Economic  and  Social  Committee  prepared  its opinion  on the  above  matter  at its 
174th  plenary  session  held  in Brussels  on 12 and  13 December  1979. 
The full  text  of the opinion  is as follows: 
THE  ECONOMIC  AND  SOCIAL  COMMITTEE, 
Having  regard  to the  Treaty  establishing  the  Euro-
pean  Economic  Community,  and  in particular  Arti-
cle 43 thereof, Having  regard  to the  request  made  by the  Council 
of the  European  Communities  on  20  September 
1979  for an opinion, 
Having  regard  to the proposal  for a Council  Regul-
ation  laying  down  the  trade  arrangements  appli-
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cable  to certain  goods  resulting  from  the processing 
of agricultural  products  and  its opinion  on the sub-
ject, 
Having  regard  to the  decision  taken  by its Bureau 
on 25 September  1979  instructing  the  Section  for 
Agriculture  to prepare  the Committee's  work  on the 
matters, 
Having  regard  to the  oral  report  submitted  by the 
rapporteur,  Mr Zinkin, 
Having  regard  to the opinion  issued  by the Section 
for Agriculture  at its meeting  held  on 29 November 
1979, 
Having  regard  to the discussions  at its 174th  plenary 
session  held  on 12 and  13 December  1979  (meeting 
of 12 December  1979), 
HAS  ADOPTED  THE  FOLLOWING  OPINION 
unanimously: 
The Committee  approves  the proposal  of the Com-
mission  with  the following  observations: 
1. The  Commission  is proposing,  first,  to republish 
the Regulations  incorporating  all the  amendments 
up to date,  and  secondly,  to make  certain  related 
minor  changes.  The  republication  is welcome.  The 
changes  are discussed  under  the relevant  headings. 
1.1. Article  4. This  will  give  the  Commission  the 
power  to adjust  this  Regulation  to conform  with 
changes  in the  Common  Customs  Tariff  without 
having  to go to the Council  of Ministers. 
1.2. Heading  No  19.02  of the  Annex.  In order  to 
prevent  mere  mixtures  of milk  powder  or eggs  with 
flour  coming  in as baby  food  or dietetic  food  with-
out paying  a levy  on the  milk  powder  or eggs  in 
them,  provision  is made  for  the  charge  in those 
cases  where  the  content  is larger  than  is normally 
found  in the trade. 
1.3. Heading  No  21.07  of the  Annex.  For  certain 
high  sucrose  or low  milk  fat products,  the egg  con-
tent is made  chargeable,  again  because  it is easy  in 
these  cases  to make  mixtures  where  the  eggs  can 
subsequently  be separated  out. 1.4. Heading  No 19.08  of the Annex.  A new  cate-
gory  of I 5 % to 6 % of milk  fats  has  been  intro-
duced.  The  Committee  considers  that  this  should  be 
further  subdivided  into  a category  of 15  % to 3 % 
and a category  of more  than  3 % to 6 %. This  will  in 
very large  measure  cure  the overcharge  which  occurs 
at present  on those  products,  biscuits  in particular, 
whose  fat content  is low.  There  has been  a consider-
able movement  recently  towards  lower  fat contents. 
This  was  previously  1-5  % to 10 %, which  led to an 
overcharge  of the  quite  considerable  proportion  of 
biscuits  in particular  whose  fat content  is low. 
1.5. Heading  No  21.07  of the  Annex.  There  was 
previously  no separate  category  of dried  pasta.  Cer-
tain quantities  of this  are now  coming  from  the Far 
East,  and  is obviously  contains  more  durum  wheat 
per 100  kg than  undried  pasta. 
1.6 Footnote  3 to subheading  21.07  Al.  This 
means  that,  when  charging  canned  maize,  the 
weight  of preservative  liquid  will  be ignored.  This  is 
in accordance  with  the  general  principle  on which 
charges  are made. 
The Committee  considers  all  these  changes 
improvements. 
2. The  Committee  would  wish  to recommend  cer-
tain further  changes,  on the same  principles  as have 
inspired  the Commission's  own  proposals. 
2.1 Subheading  18.06  D I of the Annex.  There  are 
many  products  of this  type  with  much  less  than  70 % 
of skimmed-milk  powder.  It is, therefore,  suggested 
that three  further  subheadings  should  be provided: 
(i) products  containing  up to 25 % (30 %) sucrose 
and up to 50 % (55 %) skimmed  milk; 
(ii) products  containing  up to 45 % (50 %) sucrose 
and up to 30 % (35 %) skimmed  milk; 
(iii) products  containing  up to 60 % sucrose  and  up 
to 20 % skimmed  milk. 
2.2 Heading  No  19.03.  Subheading  A should  be 
divided  in the same  way  as subheading  B, since  the 
two types  of product  exist  for macaroni,  spaghetti, 
etc. which  do not  contain  eggs.  The  assumed  167 
kilos  of durum  wheat  per  100  kg would,  therefore, 
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remain  for  products  containing  no common  wheat  kilos  of common  wheat  and  100  kilos  of durum 
flour  or meal,  and  a new  assumed  composition  of 67 wheat  would  apply  to other  products. 
Done  at Brussels,  12 December  1979. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic  and  Social  Committee 
Raffaele  VANNI 
Opinion  on 
— the proposal  for a Council  Regulation  on liqueur  wines  produced  in the Community 
— the proposal  for  a Council  Regulation  amending  Regulation  (EEC)  No 338/79  as 
regards  quality  liqueur  wines  produced  in specified  regions 
The text  referred  to the Committee  has  been  published  in Official  Journal  of the Euro-
pean  Communities  No  C 188  of 26 July  1979,  pages  3 and  6. 
On 30 July  1979  the Council  referred  the abovementioned  proposal  to the Economic 
and Social  Committee  in accordance  with  Article  43 of the  Treaty  establishing  the 
European  Economic  Community. 
B. OPINION  OF THE  ECONOMIC  AND  SOCIAL  COMMITTEE 
The Economic  and  Social  Committee  prepared  its opinion  on the above  matter  at its 
174th  plenary  session  held  in Brussels  on 12 and  13 December  1979. 
The full  text  of the opinion  is as follows: A. LEGAL  BASIS  FOR  THE  OPINION 
THE  ECONOMIC  AND  SOCIAL  COMMITTEE ation  (EEC)  No 816/70  laying  down  additional  pro-
visions  for the common  organization  of the market 
in wine  0), Having  regard  to the  Treaty  establishing  the  Euro-
pean  Economic  Community,  and  in particular  Arti-
cle 43 thereof, Having  regard  to the opinion  issued  by the Section 
for Agriculture  on 29 November  1979, 
Having  regard  to the request  from  the Council  of the 
European  Communities  on 30  July  1979  for  an 
opinion, Having  regard  to the  report  of the  rapporteur,  Mr 
Masprone, 
Having  regard  to the  decision  of its Bureau  on 25 
September  1979  to refer  the matter  to the Section  for 
Agriculture, Having  regard  to the discussions  at its 174th  plenary 
session  held  on 12 and  13 December  1979  (meeting 
of 12 December  1979), 
Having  regard  to its previous  work  in this  field  and, 
in particular,  the opinion  of 4 April  1979  on the pro-
posal  for  a Council  Regulation  amending  Regul- (1) OJ NoC  171,9.7.  1979.