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E. The following points in Section 6, Marking and instructions for use, are amended as 
follows: 
6.1.: deleted. 
6.2.: add the following paragraph: 'The provisions laid down in point 1 of Annex III to 
Council Directive .../.. ./EEC of... (') also apply.' 
6.4.: add the following paragraph: "The provisions laid down in point 2 of Annex III to 
Council Directive .../.. ./EEC of ... (') also apply.' 
6.5: deleted. 
6.6: add the following to the first paragraph: "The provisions on functional toys laid down in 
point 3 of Annex III to Council Directive .../.. ./EEC of... (') also apply.' 
(') The framework Directive (see XI/566/82). 
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Proposal for a Council Directive on common technical safety standards concerning the 
flammability of toys 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 100 thereof, 
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 the national laws on toy safety differ from 
one Member State to another; whereas it is 
necessary to approximate these laws in order to 
avoid barriers to trade in these products and to 
ensure the safety of consumers, especially children; 
Whereas Council Directive .../.. ./EEC of... on 
the approximation of the laws of the Member States 
relating to toy safety, hereinafter called 'the 
framework Directive', sets out the basic provisions 
of substantive law and procedure to be adopted by 
the Member States in this field; 
Whereas the abovementioned Directive provides in 
Article 4(1) that specific Directives shall determine 
the common technical safety standards containing 
the technical specifications for construction and 
composition to which toys have to conform in the 
Community and the relevant testing methods; Whereas such standards should cover the main 
aspects of toy safety; whereas one of these aspects is 
that of hazards which can arise from the 
flammability of these products; whereas the general 
safety objectives relating to these hazards have been 
set out in Annex II to the framework Directive; 
Whereas there already exists in this field a 
non-binding European standard concerning toys 
most likely to present a fire hazard; whereas the 
most satisfactory form of harmonization consists in 
referring to that standard; 
Whereas if such reference is made it should be 
confined in particular to the technical specifications 
and test methods laid down in the abovementioned 
standard without taking over its general and legal 
provisions which, being the responsibility of the 
legislature, are already laid down in the framework 
Directive; 
Whereas a small number of amendments to 
technical points in the standard should be envisaged 
in order to bring them into line with the principles 
and safety objectives set out in the said Directive; 
Whereas the standard referred to will become 
mandatory in the Community; whereas therefore its 
text should be published, with the amendments to it 
which are set out in this Directive, in the Official 
Journal of the European Communities; 
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Whereas according to Article 11 of the framework 
Directive the amendments necessary for adapting 
the common technical standards laid down in the 
specific Directives to technical progress and to 
experience gained in regard to the safety and health 
of the consumer are to be adopted in accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of that 
Directive, Article 4 
As provided for in Article 11 of 
Directive.../.. ./EEC, the amendments to the 
common technical safety standards referred to in the 
Annex shall be adopted in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 13 of that Directive. 
HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
This Directive shall apply to toys within the 
meaning of Article 1 of Directive .../.. ./EEC. 
Article 2 
The common technical safety standards relating to 
the flammability of toys, within the meaning of 
Article 4 (1) of Directive.../.. ./EEC, shall be the 
standard referred to in the Annex with the 
associated amendments. Article 5 
1. The Member States shall adopt and publish the 
provisions necessary to comply with this Directive 
and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. 
They shall apply these provisions from [1 January 
1985] at the latest. 
2. As soon as this Directive has been notified, 
Member States shall also ensure that the 
Commission is informed, in sufficient time for it to 
submit its comments, of any draft laws, regulations 
or administrative provisions which they intend to 
adopt in the field covered by this Directive. 
Article 3 
The common technical safety standards referred to 
in the Annex shall be published in the Official 
Journal of the European Communities. Article 6 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
ANNEX 
COMMON TECHNICAL SAFETY STANDARDS RELATING TO THE FLAMMABILITY OF 
TOYS 
The common technical safety standards relating to the flammability of toys to which these 
products have to conform are those laid down in European Standard EN 71, Part 2, edition 2, of 
June 1982, established by CEN, rue Brederode 2, boite 5, 1000 Brussels, subject to the following 
amendments: 
A. The Foreword and sections 1. Scope and 2. Field of application shall be replaced by the 
following text: 
1. Scope 
This standard establishes the categories of flammable materials which are prohibited in the 
manufacture of toys (3.1) and the requirements concerning the flammability of certain toys 
when they are submitted to a small source of ignition (3.2 to 3.5), as well as the relevant test 
methods (4 to 4.5). 
B. 3.1 General 
— The following qualification shall be added to the first indent of the first paragraph: '...; 
this prohibition shall not be applicable to table-tennis balls'; 
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— under (b) in the second paragraph, insert a new indent after the first: '— are defined as 
extremely flammable by the EEC Directives relating to dangerous substances (4)'; 
footnote (4) placed at the end of the second indent shall become footnote (5); 
— the text at the bottom of the page under (3), (4), (5) shall read: 'Article 2 (2) (b), (c) and (d) 
of Council Directive 79/831/EEC of 18 September 1979 (OJ No L 259, 15. 10. 1979, pp. 11 
and 12).' 
4.5. Pre-treatment of toys likely to be washed 
— The present paragraph shall be preceded by the sentence '(a) Toys designed such that a 
child can enter them'. 
— The following paragraph shall be added: '(b) Disguise costumes; soft toys with a pile or 
textile surface. Such toys shall be washed, rinsed and spin-dried twice in a domestic 
washing machine, in a manner appropriate to the type of fabric of which they are made, at 
a temperature of 40° C with a moderate washing cycle and a light load or at a temperature 
of 50° C with a normal washing cycle and a heavier load (')•' 
— The following footnote (') shall appear at the bottom of the page: 'See, for example, 
Standard BS 5651, 1978, Ch. 6.' 
Proposal for a Council Regulation on outward processing relief arrangements* 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 24 June 1983) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 113 thereof, 
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, in the context of the international division 
of labour, many Community undertakings have 
recourse to outward processing relief arrangements, 
that is the exportation of goods with a view to their 
subsequent re-importation after processing, working 
or repair; whereas recourse to these arrangements is 
justified for economic or technical reasons; 
Whereas it is necessary to set up a system to provide 
partial or total exemption from import duties 
applicable to compensating products in order to 
avoid, at the time of their re-importation, the 
taxation of goods exported from the Community for 
processing; Whereas this exemption, if it concerns certain taxes 
other than customs duties and agricultural levies, 
may not be compatible with the common 
agricultural policy or with specific arrangements 
applicable to certain goods resulting from the 
processing of agricultural products, or with the 
objectives sought by the adoption of taxes of a 
particular type notably monetary compensatory 
amounts, additional amounts and compensatory 
taxes for compensating the price level used by third 
countries; whereas it is important to provide that the 
total or partial exemption applicable under the 
framework of the outward processing relief 
arrangements may not affect these taxes; whereas 
the Commission should be instructed to draw up a 
list of those taxes which may be of a very different 
nature; 
Whereas the use of outward processing relief 
arrangements must be refused by the competent 
authorities where the essential interests of 
Community producers are likely to be seriously 
affected; 
Whereas by virtue of Article 42 of the 1979 Act of 
Accession, the provisions of this Regulation 
regarding trade with third countries are to apply 
under the same conditions to trade within the 
Community in so far as customs duties may arise