Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the quality required of shellfish waters (Codified version)
Date: 2006-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC Directive, approximation of laws, codification of EU law, quality standard, shellfish farming, water analysis, water pollution

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 12.05.2006 
COM(2006) 205 final 

2006/0067 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on the quality required of shellfish waters 

(codified version) 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

In  the  context  of  a  people’s  Europe,  the  Commission  attaches  great  importance  to 
simplifying  and  clarifying  Community  law  so  as  to  make  it  clearer  and  more 
accessible to the ordinary citizen, thus giving him new opportunities and the chance 
to make use of the specific rights it gives him. 

This aim cannot be achieved so long as numerous provisions that have been amended 
several times, often quite substantially, remain scattered, so that they must be sought 
partly  in  the  original  instrument  and  partly  in  later  amending  ones.  Considerable 
research work, comparing many different instruments, is thus needed to identify the 
current rules. 

For  this  reason  a  codification  of  rules  that  have  frequently  been  amended  is  also 
essential if Community law is to be clear and transparent. 

On  1  April  1987  the  Commission  therefore  decided1  to  instruct  its  staff  that  all 
legislative acts should be codified after no more than ten amendments, stressing that 
this  is  a  minimum  requirement  and  that  departments  should  endeavour  to  codify  at 
even  shorter  intervals  the  texts  for  which  they  are  responsible,  to  ensure  that  the 
Community rules are clear and readily understandable. 

The  Conclusions  of 
the  Edinburgh  European  Council 
(December 1992) confirmed this2, stressing the importance of codification as it offers 
certainty as to the law applicable to a given matter at a given time. 

the  Presidency  of 

Codification  must  be  undertaken  in  full  compliance  with  the  normal  Community 
legislative procedure. 

Given  that  no  changes  of  substance  may  be  made  to  the  instruments  affected  by 
codification, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed, 
by  an  interinstitutional  agreement  dated  20  December  1994,  that  an  accelerated 
procedure may be used for the fast-track adoption of codification instruments. 

is 

this  proposal 

to  undertake  a  codification  of  Council 
The  purpose  of 
Directive 79/923/EEC  of  30  October  1979  on  the  quality  required  of  shellfish 
waters3.  The  new  Directive  will  supersede  the  various  acts  incorporated  in  it4;  this 
proposal  fully  preserves  the  content  of  the  acts  being  codified  and  hence  does  no 
more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by 
the codification exercise itself. 

COM(87) 868 PV. 
See Annex 3 to Part A of the Conclusions. 
Carried out pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the 
Council – Codification of the Acquis communautaire, COM(2001) 645 final. 
See Annex II, Part A of this proposal. 

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5. 

The codification proposal was drawn up on the basis of a preliminary consolidation, 
in  all  official  languages,  of  Directive  79/923/EEC  and  the  instrument  amending  it, 
carried out by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, by 
means  of  a  data-processing  system.  Where  the  Articles  have  been  given  new 
numbers,  the  correlation  between  the  old and  the  new  numbers  is  shown  in  a  table 
contained in Annex III to the codified Directive. 

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(cid:208) 79/923/EEC (adapted) 

2006/0067 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on the quality required of shellfish waters 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in  particular 
⌦ Article 175(1) ⌫ thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee5, 

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions6, 

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty7, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

Council Directive 79/923/EEC of 30 October 1979 on the quality required of shellfish 
waters8 has been substantially amended9. In the interests of clarity and rationality the 
said Directive should be codified. 

(cid:208)  

(2) 

The protection and improvement of the environment necessitate concrete measures to 
protect waters, including shellfish waters, against pollution. 

(cid:208) 79/923/EEC Recital 1 

(3) 

It  is  necessary  to  safeguard  certain  shellfish  populations  from  various  harmful 
consequences, resulting from the discharge of pollutant substances into the sea. 

(cid:208) 79/923/EEC Recital 2 

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OJ C […], […], p. […]. 
OJ C […], […], p. […]. 
OJ C […], […], p. […]. 
OJ L 281, 10.11.1979, p. 47. Directive as amended by Directive 91/692/EEC (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, 
p. 48). 
See Annex II, Part A. 

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(cid:208) 79/923/EEC Recital 3 (adapted) 

(4)  ⌦ Decision  No  1600/2002/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of 
22 July  2002  laying  down  the  Sixth  Community  Environment  Action  Programme10 
provides ⌫  that  quality  objectives  are  to  be  jointly  drawn  up  fixing  the  various 
requirements which an environment must meet, inter alia the definition of parameters 
for water, including shellfish waters. 

(5) 

Differences between the provisions in force in the various Member States as regards 
the quality required of shellfish waters may create unequal conditions of competition 
and thus directly affect the functioning of the ⌦ internal ⌫ market.  

(cid:208) 79/923/EEC Recital 4 (adapted) 

(6) 

(7) 

(cid:208) 79/923/EEC Recital 6 (adapted) 

In  order  to  attain  the  objectives  of  the  Directive,  the  Member  States  ⌦ must ⌫ 
designate  the  waters  to  which  it  will  apply  and  set  limit  values  corresponding  to 
certain  parameters.  The  waters  so  designated  will  have  to  conform  to  these  values 
within six years of designation. 

(cid:208) 79/923/EEC Recital 7 

For  the  purpose  of  checking  the  quality  required  of  shellfish  waters,  a  minimum 
number  of  samples  should  be taken  and  the  measurements  relating  to  parameters  set 
out in Annex I should be carried out. Such sampling may be reduced or discontinued 
in the light of the results of the measurements. 

(8) 

Certain  natural  circumstances  are  beyond  the  control  of  the  Member  States  and  it  is 
therefore necessary to provide for the possibility of derogating from this Directive in 
certain cases. 

(cid:208) 79/923/EEC Recital 8 

(cid:208) 79/923/EEC Recital 9 

(9) 

Technical and scientific progress may make necessary the rapid adaptation of some of 
the  requirements  laid  down  in  Annex  I.  In  order  to  facilitate  the  introduction  of  the 
measures required for this purpose, a procedure should be laid down establishing close 
cooperation  between  the  Member  States  and  the  Commission.  Such  cooperation 
should take place in the Committee on Adaptation to Technical and Scientific Progress 
set  up  by  Article  13(1)  of  Council  Directive  [78/659/EEC  of  18  July  1978]  on  the 
quality  of  fresh  waters  needing  protection  or  improvement  in  order  to  support  fish 
life11. 

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OJ L 242, 10.9.2002, p. 1. 
[OJ  L  222,  14.8.1978,  p.  1.  Directive  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  807/2003  (OJ  L  122, 
16.5.2003, p. 36)]. 

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(10)  This Directive cannot, by itself, ensure protection of consumers of shellfish products. 
Proposals  to  this  end  should  therefore  be  submitted  by  the  Commission  as  soon  as 
possible. 

(cid:208) 79/923/EEC Recital 10 

(11)  This  Directive  should  be  without  prejudice  to  the  obligations  of  the  Member  States 
relating to the time-limits for transposition into national law of the Directives set out in 
Annex II, Part B, 

(cid:208)  

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 

(cid:208) 79/923/EEC 

Article 1 

This  Directive  concerns  the  quality  of  shellfish  waters  and  applies  to  those  coastal  and 
brackish  waters  designated  by  the  Member  States  as  needing  protection  or  improvement  in 
order  to  support  shellfish  (bivalve  and  gasteropod  molluscs)  life  and  growth  and  thus  to 
contribute to the high quality of shellfish products directly edible by man. 

The  parameters  applicable  to  the  waters  designated  by  the  Member  States  are  listed  in 
Annex I. 

Article 2 

Article 3 

1.  Member  States  shall,  for  the  designated  waters,  set  values  for  the  parameters  listed  in 
Annex I, in so far as values are given in column G or in column I. They shall comply with the 
comments contained in both columns. 

2. Member States shall not set values less stringent than those given in column I of Annex I 
and  shall  endeavour  to  observe  the  values  in  column  G,  while  taking  into  account  the 
principle set out in Article 8. 

3.  For  discharges  of  effluents  falling  within  parameters  ‘organohalogenated  substances’  and 
‘metals’,  the  emission  standards  laid  down  by  the  Member  States  pursuant  to  Directive 
⌦ 2006/11/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council ⌫12  shall  be  applied  at  the 

(cid:208) 79/923/EEC (adapted) 

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OJ L ⌦ 64, 4.3.2006, p. 52 ⌫. 

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same  time  as  the  quality  objectives  and  the  other  obligations  arising  from  this  Directive,  in 
particular those relating to sampling. 

Article 4 

1.  Member  States  ⌦ that  have ⌫  initially  ⌦ designated ⌫  shellfish  waters  may  make 
additional designations. 

2. Member States may revise the designation of certain waters owing in particular to factors 
unforeseen at the time of designation, taking into account the principle set out in Article 8. 

(cid:208) 79/923/EEC 

Article 5 

Member  States  shall  establish  programmes  in  order  to  reduce  pollution  and  to  ensure  that 
designated  waters  conform,  within  six  years  following  designation  in  accordance  with 
Article 4,  to  both  the values set by the Member States in accordance with Article 3 and the 
comments contained in columns G and I of Annex I. 

Article 6 

1.  For  the  purposes  of  implementing  Article  5,  the  designated  waters  shall  be  deemed  to 
conform to the provisions of this Directive if samples of such waters, taken at the minimum 
frequency specified in Annex I, at the same sampling point and over a period of 12 months, 
show  that  they  conform  to  both  the  values  set  by  the  Member  States  in  accordance  with 
Article 3 and the comments contained in columns G and I of Annex I, as regards: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

100%  of  the  samples  for  the  parameters  ‘organohalogenated  substances’  and 
‘metals’; 

95% of the samples for the parameters ‘salinity’ and ‘dissolved oxygen’; 

75% of the samples for the other parameters listed in Annex I. 

If, in accordance with Article 7(2), the sampling frequency for all the parameters in Annex I 
except ‘organohalogenated substances’ and ‘metals’ is lower than that indicated in Annex I, 
the  values  and  comments  referred  to  in  the  first  subparagraph  of  this  paragraph  shall  be 
complied with in the case of all the samples. 

2.  Instances  in  which  the  values  set  by  Member  States  in  accordance  with  Article  3  or  the 
comments contained in columns G and I of Annex I are not respected shall not be taken into 
consideration in the calculation of the percentages provided for in paragraph 1 when it is the 
result of a disaster. 

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Article 7 

1.  The  competent  authorities  in  the  Member  States  shall  carry  out  sampling  operations,  the 
minimum frequency of which is laid down in Annex I. 

2. Where the competent authority records that the quality of designated waters is appreciably 
higher than that which would result from the application of the values set in accordance with 
Article 3 and the comments contained in columns G and I of Annex I, the frequency of the 
sampling  may  be  reduced.  Where  there  is  no  pollution  and  no  risk  of  deterioration  in  the 
quality  of  the  waters,  the  competent  authority  concerned  may  decide  that  no  sampling  is 
necessary. 

3. If sampling shows that a value set in accordance with Article 3 or a comment contained in 
columns G or I of Annex I is not respected, the competent authority shall establish whether 
this  is  the  result  of  chance,  a  natural  phenomenon  or  pollution  and  shall  adopt  appropriate 
measures. 

4. The exact sampling point, the distance from this point to the nearest point where pollutants 
are  discharged  and  the  depth  at  which  the  samples  are  to  be  taken  shall  be  fixed  by  the 
competent authority of each Member State on the basis of local environmental conditions in 
particular. 

5.  The  reference  methods  of  analysis  to  be  used  for  calculating  the  value  of  the  parameters 
concerned are set out in Annex I. Laboratories which employ other methods shall ensure that 
the results obtained are equivalent or comparable to those specified in Annex I. 

Implementation  of  the  measures  taken  pursuant  to  this  Directive  may  on  no  account  lead, 
either directly or indirectly, to increased pollution of coastal and brackish waters. 

Article 8 

Article 9 

Member  States  may  at  any  time  set  more  stringent  values  for  designated  waters  than  those 
laid down in this Directive. They may also lay down provisions relating to other parameters 
than those provided for in this Directive. 

Article 10 

Where a Member State considers designating shellfish waters in the immediate vicinity of a 
frontier with another Member State, these States shall consult each other in order to determine 
the stretches of such waters to which this Directive might apply and the consequences to be 
drawn  from  the  common  quality  objectives;  these  consequences  shall  be  determined,  after 
formal  consultations,  by  each  State  concerned.  The  Commission  may  participate  in  these 
deliberations. 

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The Member States may derogate from this Directive in the event of exceptional weather or 
geographical conditions. 

Article 11 

Article 12 

Such  amendments  as  are  necessary  for  adapting  to  technical  and  scientific  progress  the  G 
values for the parameters and the methods of analysis contained in Annex I shall be adopted 
by the Committee set up by Article 13(1) of Directive [78/659/EEC] in accordance with the 
procedure referred to in Article 13(2) thereof. 

Article 13 

1. For the purpose of applying this Directive, Member States shall provide the Commission 
with information concerning: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

the waters designated in accordance with Article 4(1) , in summary form; 

the revision of the designation of certain waters in accordance with Article 4(2); 

the  provisions  laid  down  in  order  to  establish  new  parameters  in  accordance  with 
Article 9. 

2.  Where  a  Member  State  applies  the  provisions  of  Article  11,  it  shall  forthwith  notify  the 
Commission thereof, stating its reasons and the periods anticipated. 

3. More generally, Member States shall provide the Commission, on a reasoned request from 
the latter, with any information necessary for the application of this Directive. 

Article 14 

(cid:208) 91/692/EEC Art. 2(1) and 
Annex I, pt. (e) (adapted) 

At  intervals  of  three  years  ⌦ ,  and  for  the  first  time  for  the  period  from  1993  to  1995 
inclusive, ⌫  the  Member  States  shall  send  information  to  the  Commission  on  the 
implementation of this Directive, in the form of a sectoral report which shall also cover other 
pertinent Community Directives. This report shall be drawn up on the basis of a questionnaire 
or  outline  drafted  by  the  Commission  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  referred  to  in 
Article 6(2) of Council Directive 91/692/EEC13. The questionnaire or outline shall be sent to 
the Member States six months before the start of the period covered by the report. The report 
shall  be  sent  to  the  Commission  within  nine  months  of  the  end  of  the  three-year  period 
covered by it. 

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OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48. 

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The  Commission  shall  publish  a  Community  report  on  the  implementation  of  the  Directive 
within nine months of receiving the reports from the Member States. 

(cid:208) 79/923/EEC (adapted) 

Article 15 

Member  States  shall  communicate  to  the  Commission  the  texts  of  the  main  provisions  of 
national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive. 

(cid:208)  

Article 16 

Directive  79/923/EEC,  as  amended  by  the  Directive  listed  in  Annex  II,  Part  A,  is  repealed, 
without  prejudice  to  the  obligations  of  the  Member  States  relating  to  the  time-limits  for 
transposition into national law of the Directives set out in Annex II, Part B. 

References  to  the  repealed  Directive  shall  be  construed  as  references  to  this  Directive  and 
shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III. 

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union. 

Article 17 

(cid:208) 79/923/EEC 

Article 18 

This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 

Done at Brussels, […] 

For the European Parliament 
The President 
[…] 

For the Council 
The President 
[…] 

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ANNEX I 

QUALITY OF SHELLFISH WATERS 

Parameter 

G 

I 

Reference methods of 
analysis 

Minimum sampling and 
measuring frequency 

1. 

pH 
pH unit 

2. 

Temperature °C 

3. 

Coloration (after 
filtration) mg Pt/l 

discharge 

affecting 
A 
shellfish  waters  must  not 
cause  the  temperature  of 
the  waters  to  exceed  by 
more 
the 
temperature  of  waters  not 
so affected 

2 °C 

than 

7 — 9 

– 

Electrometry 

Quarterly 

Measured  in  situ 
at 
time  of 
the 
sampling 

– 

Thermometry 

Quarterly 

Measured  in  situ 
time  of 
the 
at 
sampling 

through  a 

Filter 
0·45 µm 
membrane 

Photometric 
method,  using  the 
platinum/cobalt 
scale 

Quarterly 

– 

discharge 

A 
affecting 
shellfish  waters  must  not 
cause  the  colour  of  the 
waters  after  filtration  to 
deviate  by  more 
than 
10 mg  Pt/l  from  the  colour 
of waters not so affected 

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4. 

Suspended solids 
mg/l 

discharge 

affecting 
A 
shellfish  waters  must  not 
cause  the  suspended  solid 
content  of  the  waters  to 
exceed  by  more  than  30 % 
the content of waters not so 
affected 

– 

– 

Quarterly 

Filtration  through 
a 
0·45 µm 
membrane,  drying 
and 
105 °C 
at 
weighing 

least 

(for 
Centrifuging 
five 
at 
minutes, 
with 
mean  acceleration 
2 800  to  3 200 g), 
drying  at  105 °C 
and weighing 

5. 

Salinity ‰ 

12 to 38 ‰ 

– 

– 

≤ 40 ‰ 

Conductimetry 

Monthly 

Discharge 
affecting  shellfish 
waters  must  not 
cause their salinity 
to exceed by more 
than 
the 
10 % 
salinity  of  waters 
not so affected 

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6. 

Dissolved oxygen 
Saturation % 

≥ 80 % 

– 

– 

– 

day 

Monthly,  with  a  minimum 
of one sample representative 
of low oxygen conditions on 
sampling. 
of 
the 
However, where major daily 
variations  are  suspected,  a 
minimum of two samples in 
one day shall be taken 

(average 

– 

Winkler's method 

– 

Electrochemical 
method 

≥ 70 % 
value) 

an 

Should 
individual 
measurement 
indicate  a  value 
lower  than  70 %, 
measurements 
shall be repeated 

individual 
An 
measurement  may 
not 
a 
indicate 
value  of  less  than 
60 %  unless  there 
are  no  harmful 
consequences  for 
the  development 
of 
shellfish 
colonies 

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7. 

Petroleum 
hydrocarbons 

Visual examination 

Quarterly 

Hydrocarbons  must  not  be 
present 
the  shellfish 
water  in  such  quantities  as 
to: 

in 

– 

– 

produce  a  visible 
film on the surface 
the  water 
of 
and/or  a  deposit 
on the shellfish, 

have 
effects 
shellfish 

harmful 
the 
on 

8. 

Organohalogenated 
substances 

The  concentration  of  each 
substance  in  shellfish  flesh 
must  be  so  limited  that  it 
contributes,  in  accordance 
with  Article  1,  to  the  high 
quality 
shellfish 
of 
products 

The  concentration  of  each 
substance  in  the  shellfish 
water  or  in  shellfish  flesh 
must not reach or exceed a 
level  which  has  harmful 
effects on the shellfish and 
larvae 

Gas  chromatography  after 
extraction  with 
suitable 
solvents and purification 

Half-yearly 

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The  concentration  of  each 
substance  in  shellfish  flesh 
must  be  so  limited  that  it 
contributes  in  accordance 
with  Article  1,  to  the  high 
quality 
shellfish 
of 
products 

The  concentration  of  each 
substance  in  the  shellfish 
water  or  in  the  shellfish 
flesh  must  not  exceed  a 
level  which  gives  rise  to 
harmful  effects  on 
the 
shellfish and their larvae 

Half-yearly 

Spectrometry  of  atomic 
absorption preceded, where 
appropriate, 
by 
and/or 
concentration 
extraction 

The  synergic  effects  of 
these metals must be taken 
into consideration 

9. 

Metals 

Silver 

Arsenic

Ag

As

Cadmium Cd

Chromium Cr

Copper

Mercury

Nickel

Lead 

Zinc 

mg/l 

Cu

Hg

Ni

Pb

Zn

10. 

Faecal 
coliforms/100 ml 

≤ 300  in  the  shellfish  flesh 
and intervalvular liquid(1) 

Quarterly 

in 

in 

Method  of  dilution  with 
fermentation 
liquid 
substrates  in  at  least  three 
three  dilutions. 
tubes 
the 
Subculturing 
of 
a 
positive 
confirmation 
medium. 
Count  according  to  MPN 
(most  probable  number). 
temperature 
Incubation 
44 °C ± 0·5 °C 

tubes 

on 

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Concentration  lower  than 
that  liable  to  impair  the 
taste of the shellfish 

11. 

Substances 
affecting the taste 
of the shellfish 

12. 

Saxitoxin 
(produced by 
dinoflagellates) 

Abbreviations: 

of 

the 
Examination 
shellfish  by  tasting  where 
the  presence  of  one  of 
is 
these 
presumed 

substances 

G 

I 

(1) 

= 

guide 

=  mandatory 

However,  pending  the  adoption  of  a  Directive  on  the  protection  of  consumers  of  shellfish  products,  it  is  essential  that  this  value  be 
observed in waters in which shellfish directly edible by man live. 

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ANNEX II 

Part A 

Repealed Directive with its amendment 
(referred to in Article 16) 

Council Directive 79/923/EEC 
(OJ L 281, 10.11.1979, p. 47) 

Council Directive 91/692/EEC 
(OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48) 

Only Annex I, pt. (e) 

Part B 

List of time-limits for transposition into national law 
(referred to in Article 16) 

Directive 

Time-limit for transposition 

79/923/EEC 

91/692/EEC 

6 November 1981 

1 January 1993 

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ANNEX III 

CORRELATION TABLE 

Directive 79/923/EEC 

This Directive 

Article 1 

Article 2 

Article 3 

Article 4(1) and (2) 

Article 4(3) 

Article 5 

Article 1 

Article 2 

Article 3 

Article 4(1) 

Article 4(2) 

Article 5 

Article  6(1),  first  subparagraph,  introductory 
sentence 

Article  6(1),  first  subparagraph,  introductory 
sentence 

Article 6(1), first subparagraph, first indent 

Article 6(1), first subparagraph, point (a) 

Article 6(1), first subparagraph, second indent  Article 6(1), first subparagraph, point (b) 

Article 6(1), first subparagraph, third indent 

Article 6(1), first subparagraph, point (c) 

Article 6(1), second subparagraph 

Article 6(1), second subparagraph 

Article 6(2) 

Article 7 

Article 8 

Article 9 

Article 10 

Article 11 

Article 12 

Article  13, 
sentence 

Article 6(2) 

Article 7 

Article 8 

Article 9 

Article 10 

Article 11 

Article 12 

first  paragraph, 

introductory 

Article 13(1), introductory sentence 

Article 13, first paragraph, first indent 

Article 13(1), point (a) 

Article 13, first paragraph, second indent 

Article 13(1), point (b) 

Article 13, first paragraph, third indent 

Article 13(1), point (c) 

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Article 13, second paragraph 

Article 13, third paragraph 

Article 13(2) 

Article 13(3) 

Article 14 

Article 15(1) 

Article 15(2) 

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Article 16 

Annex 

______ 

______ 

Article 14 

_______ 

Article 15 

Article 16 

Article 17 

Article 18 

Annex I 

Annex II 

Annex III 

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