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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(77)155 final .
Brussels .2Kay 1977
Proposal fora
Council Directive amending for thefirst time Council Directive No
76/118/EEContheapproximation ofthelaws oftheMember States
relating "tocertain partly orwholly dehydrated preserved milk for
human consumption .
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(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(77 )155final

Explanatory note
InseveralMemberStates,notablytheBeneluxandPranceaproductwithin
themeaningofpoint1(c)oftheAnnextotheCouncilDirective
(76/II8/EEC)of18December1975ontheapproximation ofthelawsof
theMemberStatesrelatingtocertainpartlyofwhollydehydratedpreserved
milkforhumanconsumption (l),hasbeensoldbyretailforanumberof
yearsbyadesignation "geevaporeerde halfvollemelk"or"laitdemi-ecreme
concentrenonsucre".Theapplication oftheabove-mentioned Directive
requiresthatthistermbemodifiedtoconformwiththeprovisionsof
theAnnex.
TheDirectivehasalreadymadeprovisionforcertainotherdenominations
tobemaintainedforthetimebeinginthelegislations ofMemberStates
(Article3.2)inviewofdifficulties ofcomprehension whichwouldhave
arisenintoosuddenachangeofnomenclature .TheCommissionisnow
proposingthatthetermsinquestionbeaddedtothisArticleforthe
samereasons.
(1)OJNoL24of30.1.1976p.49

Proposal foraCouncil Directive amending forthefirst time Council
Directive No76/H8/EEContheapproximation ofthelaws oftheMember
States relating tocertain partly orwholly dehydrated preserved milk for
human consumption .
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 43thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas Council Directive 76/H8/EECof18December 1975 °n"theapprox­
imation ofthelaws oftheMember States relating tocertain partly or
wholly dehydrated preserved milk forhuman consumption (l)lays down in
point 1(c)ofitsAnnex adefinition oftheterm unsweetened condensed
partly skimmed milk ;andwhereas with theonly milk which maybesold by
retail under this designation iscondensed partly skimmed milk containing
byweight between 4and4*5% fa"tandnotless than 24$total milk solids ;
Whereas ,inorder totake account ofproblems ofunderstanding onthepart
ofbuyers ,Directive 76/II8/EECsets outinArticle 3(2)certain desig­
nations theuseofwhich maybereserved intheir territories bythe
Member States concerned ;
Whereas similar difficulties have also been found incertain Member States
inrelation tothedesignation ofimsweetened condensed partly-skimmed
milk sold byretail ,andwhereas itistherefore necessary toextend to
those States asregards retail sales ofproducts coming within theabove
designation thepower provided forinthesaid Article 3(2),
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Article 1
Article 3(2)ofDirective 76/II8/EECisamended bytheaddition ofa
further subparagraph asfollows *
"(d)"geevaporeerde halfvolle melk "inBelgium andtheNetherlands ,and
"lait demi-£cr£m£ concentrl nonsucr£ "inBelgium ,France and
Luxembourg ,todenote inthecase ofretail sales theproduot defined
inpoint 1(c)oftheAnnex .
Article 2
This Directive isaddressed tothe Member States .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
(1)OJNoL24,30.1.1976 ,p.49The President