AND THE OTHER MEMBER STATES OF ANY MEASURE TAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH .
BEFORE THE EXPIRY OF A PERIOD OF SIX YEARS FROM THE DATE OF NOTIFICATION OF THIS DIRECTIVE , THE COUNCIL , ACTING ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , SHALL DECIDE ON THE COMMON DATE-INDICATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIGHLY PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS OF THE SORT REFERRED TO IN THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH .
3 . THE WORDS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY :
- EITHER THE DATE ITSELF , OR
- A REFERENCE TO WHERE THE DATE IS GIVEN ON THE LABELLING
IF NEED BE , THESE PARTICULARS SHALL BE FOLLOWED BY A DESCRIPTION OF THE STORAGE CONDITIONS WHICH MUST BE OBSERVED IF THE PRODUCT IS TO KEEP FOR THE SPECIFIED PERIOD .
4 . THE DATE SHALL CONSIST OF THE DAY , MONTH AND YEAR IN UNCODED CHRONOLOGICAL FORM .
HOWEVER , IN THE CASE OF FOODSTUFFS :
- WHICH WILL NOT KEEP FOR MORE THAN THREE MONTHS , AN INDICATION OF THE DAY AND THE MONTH WILL SUFFICE ,
- WHICH WILL KEEP FOR MORE THAN THREE MONTHS BUT NOT MORE THAN 18 MONTHS , AN INDICATION OF THE MONTH AND YEAR WILL SUFFICE ,
- WHICH WILL KEEP FOR MORE THAN 18 MONTHS , AN INDICATION OF THE YEAR WILL SUFFICE .
THE MANNER OF INDICATING THE DATE MAY BE SPECIFIED ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 17 .
5 . IN THEIR OWN TERRITORIES THE MEMBER STATES MAY PERMIT THE MINIMUM DURABILITY PERIOD TO BE EXPRESSED OTHERWISE THAN IN TERMS OF THE DATE OF MINIMUM DURABILITY .
WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE NOTIFICATION PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 22 , MEMBER STATES SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMISSION AND THE OTHER MEMBER STATES OF ANY MEASURE TAKEN UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH .
6 . SUBJECT TO THE COMMUNITY PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE PRODUCTS BELOW , AN INDICATION OF THE DATE OF MINIMUM DURABILITY SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR :
- FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES , INCLUDING POTATOES , WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN PEELED , CUT OR SIMILARLY TREATED ,
- WINES , LIQUEUR WINES , SPARKLING WINES , AROMATIZED WINES , FRUIT WINES AND SPARKLING FRUIT WINES ,
- BEVERAGES CONTAINING 10 % OR MORE BY VOLUME OF ALCOHOL ,
- BAKERS' OR PASTRY-COOKS' WARES WHICH , GIVEN THE NATURE OF THEIR CONTENT , ARE NORMALLY CONSUMED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THEIR MANUFACTURE ,
- VINEGAR ,
- COOKING SLAT ,
- SOLID SUGAR ,
- CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS CONSISTING OF FLAVOURED AND/OR COLOURED SUGARS .
ARTICLE 10
1 . THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF A FOODSTUFF SHALL BE INDICATED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ENABLE APPROPRIATE USE TO BE MADE THEREOF .
2 . COMMUNITY PROVISIONS OR , WHERE THERE ARE NONE , NATIONAL PROVISIONS MAY , IN THE CASE OF CERTAIN FOODSTUFFS , SPECIFY THE WAY IN WHICH THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE SHOULD BE INDICATED .
THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 16 SHALL APPLY TO SUCH NATIONAL PROVISIONS .
ARTICLE 11
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