OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs
Date: 1995-01-25
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: animal nutrition, labelling, manufactured feedingstuffs, marketing













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51995AC0048

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs  


Official Journal C 102 , 24/04/1995 P. 0012 





Opinion on the proposal for a  Council Directive amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound  feedingstuffs(95/C 102/05)On 13  September 1994, the Council decided to consult the  Economic and Social Committee, under Articles 43 and 198 of the Treaty establishing the European  Community, on the abovementioned proposal. The Section for Agriculture and Fisheries, which was responsible for preparing the Committee's work  on the subject, adopted its Opinion on 10  January 1995. The Rapporteur was Mr  Gardner. At its 322nd Plenary Session (meeting of 25  January 1995), the Economic and Social Committee  adopted the following Opinion with no dissenting votes and one abstention. 1. General comments This proposal incorporates a number of changes (mainly  terminological) resulting from COM(94) 313 on the circulation of feed materials. The Committee  approves this subject to the following comments. 2. Detailed comments 2.1. In Article  1-4.b) feed materials are defined as 'whether or not  containing additives'. The Commission should consider adding this phrase to 1-3, since different  additives are authorized for compound feeding stuffs. 2.2. Article  1.11The Commission has taken the standard terminology for language of labelling that is  used in other texts, in particular the labelling Directive (79/112/EEC). However this has given  rise to a good deal of difficulty including references to the Court of Justice. 2.2.1. For this proposal on animal feeds, the Committee therefore proposes the following wording:  'For the purpose of trade within the Community, the indications printed on the packaging, on the  container or on a label attached thereto shall be given both in the language of the manufacturer of  the feedingstuffs and in the language of the purchaser and the user and shall be easy to  understand.'2.3. Article  1.12The Committee finds it difficult to understand why the Commission has proposed  changing from a Regulatory Committee to a Consultative one, knowing full well that the Council will  always change this back to the regulatory procedure. The latter is more appropriate. 2.4. Article  2Knowing the time that it takes to get agreement on such proposals as this, the Committee  thinks that it is wrong to fix a definite date. The wording should be changed to read as follows:  'Member States shall bring into force not later than two years from the date of publication of  this Directive in the Official Journal of the European Communities the laws, regulations and  administrative provisions necessary to comply with the provisions of this Directive. They shall  forthwith inform the Commission thereof.'Done at Brussels, 25  January 1995. The Presidentof the Economic and Social CommitteeCarlos FERRER