Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 76/768/EEC, 88/378/EEC, 1999/13/EC and Directives 2000/53/EC, 2002/96/EC and 2004/42/EC in order to adapt them to Regulation (EC) … on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures, and amending Directive 67/548/EEC and Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No … on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures, and amending Directive 67/548/EEC and Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 COM(2007) 611 final — 2007/0212 (COD) — COM(2007) 613 final — 2007/0213 (COD)
Date: 2008-05-16
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: chemical product, consumer protection, dangerous substance, labelling, packaging, product safety

C 120/50

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.5.2008

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the

— ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council
Directives 76/768/EEC, 88/378/EEC, 1999/13/EC and Directives 2000/53/EC, 2002/96/EC and
2004/42/EC in order to adapt them to Regulation (EC) … on Classification, Labelling and
Packaging of Substances and Mixtures, and amending Directive 67/548/EEC and Regulation (EC)
No 1907/2006’

— and on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending
Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No … on Classification,
Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures, and amending Directive 67/548/EEC and
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006’

COM(2007) 611 final — 2007/0212 (COD)

COM(2007) 613 final — 2007/0213 (COD)

(2008/C 120/13)

On 13 November 2007, the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee,
under Article 95 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the

Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 76/768/EEC,
88/378/EEC, 1999/13/EC and Directives 2000/53/EC, 2002/96/EC and 2004/42/EC in order to adapt them to
Regulation (EC) … on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures, and amending Directive
67/548/EEC and Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006

and on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC)
No 648/2004 in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No … on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances
and Mixtures, and amending Directive 67/548/EEC and Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.

The EESC endorses the contents of these proposals and feels that they require no comment on its part.

The Committee decided, at its 440th plenary session, held on 12 and 13 December 2007 (meeting of
12 December), by 139 votes with 3 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposals.

The Committee will set out its views on the content of the Commission proposal on CLP of substances and
mixtures (1) in an Opinion (2) that is currently underway and scheduled for adoption at the Committee
Plenary in March 2008.

Brussels, 12 December 2007.

The President

of the European Economic and Social Committee

Dimitris DIMITRIADIS

(1) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of
substances and mixtures, and amending Directive 67/548/EEC and Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — COM(2007) 355
final.

(2) NAT/367 — Rapporteur Mr Sears.