OPINION of the Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Council Directive 79/851/EEC on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of foodstuffs as amended by Council Directive 88/315/EEC and Council Directive 88/314/EEC on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of non-food products
Date: 1995-04-27
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: application of EU law, consumer goods, consumer protection, foodstuff, publishing of prices













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51995AC0406

OPINION of the Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Council Directive 79/851/EEC on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of foodstuffs as amended by Council Directive 88/315/EEC and Council Directive 88/314/EEC on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of non-food products  


Official Journal C 155 , 21/06/1995 P. 0009 





Opinion on the  proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Council Directive 79/581/EEC on  consumer protection in the indication of the prices of foodstuffs as amended by Council Directive  88/315/EEC and Council Directive 88/314/EEC on consumer protection in the indication of the prices  of non-food products ()(95/C 155/02)On 19 January 1995 the Council decided to consult the  Economic and Social Committee, under Article 100a of the Treaty establishing the European  Community, on the abovementioned proposal. The Section for Protection of the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Affairs, which was  responsible for preparing the Committee's work on the subject, adopted its Opinion on 4 April 1995.  The Rapporteur was Mr Regaldo. At its 325th Plenary Session (meeting of 27 April 1995), the Economic and Social Committee adopted  the following Opinion by a large majority vote with four abstentions. 1. Foreword 1.1. Two Directives are due to start applying from 6 June 1995. They are:  Directive 79/381/EEC as amended by Directive 88/315/EEC on consumer protection in the indication of  the prices of foodstuffs, and Directive 88/314/EEC on consumer protection in the indication of the  prices of non-food products. However, many Member States of the EU have not yet fully implemented  these Directives in their national legislation. If, indeed, the Directives were to be enacted on 6  June 1995, many Member States would be subject to sanctions. 1.2. Hence the Commission considers it necessary to postpone the date of application of the price  indication Directives by a further four years, because of the difficulties of actual implementation  on the ground. 1.3. However, the Commission insists that it will put forward a new simplified Directive that will  bridge the differences among Member States arising from their differing evaluations of the above  mentioned Directives. 2. Comments 2.1. The Committee accepts the proposal of the Commission to postpone the date of  application of the Directives by a further four years from 6 June 1995, to 6 June 1999. 2.2. The Committee insists that this date must be the final and last one, and herewith declares  that it will not give its consent to any further postponement beyond this date. 2.3. The Committee therefore hopes that the Commission's difficulties are resolved rapidly and  urges the Commission to propose very soon a new, generally acceptable text for the Committee's  Opinion. Done at Brussels, 27 April 1995. The Presidentof the Economic and Social CommitteeCarlos FERRER() OJ No C  377, 31. 12. 1994, p. 16.