CELEX: 51977PC0155
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Date: 1977-05-02
Title: Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the first time Council Directive No 76/118/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                   COM(77)155 final.
                                                   Brussels . 2 Kay 1977
                            Proposal for a
Council Directive amending for the first time Council Directive No
76/118/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States
relating" to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for
human consumption .
                                         \
            ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(77 ) 155 final
 ---pagebreak---                                    Explanatory note
  In several Member States , notably the Benelux and Prance a product within
  the meaning of point 1 ( c ) of the Annex to the Council Directive
  ( 76/II8 /EEC ) of 18 December 1975 on the approximation of the laws of
  the Member States relating to certain partly of wholly dehydrated preserved
  milk for human consumption ( l ), has been sold by retail for a number of
  years by a designation "geevaporeerde halfvolle melk" or " lait demi-ecreme
  concentre non sucre ". The application of the above-mentioned Directive
  requires that this term be modified to conform with the provisions of
  the Annex.
  The Directive has already made provision for certain other denominations
  to be maintained for the time being in the legislations of Member States
  (Article 3.2 ) in view of difficulties of comprehension which would have
  arisen in too sudden a change of nomenclature . The Commission is now
  proposing that the terms in question be added to this Article for the
  same  reasons .
( 1 ) OJ No L 24 of 30.1.1976 p.49
 ---pagebreak---  Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the first time Council
Directive No 76/H8/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member
 States relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for
human consumption .
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 43 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ;
Whereas Council Directive 76/H8/EEC of 18 December 1975 °n "the approx­
 imation of the laws of the Member States relating to certain partly or
wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption ( l ) lays down in
point 1 ( c ) of its Annex a definition of the term unsweetened condensed
partly skimmed milk ; and whereas with the only milk which may be sold by
retail under this designation is condensed partly skimmed milk containing
by weight between 4 and 4*5% fa"t and not less than 24$ total milk solids ;
Whereas , in order to take account of problems of understanding on the part
of buyers , Directive 76/II8/EEC sets out in Article 3 ( 2 ) certain desig­
nations the use of which may be reserved in their territories by the
Member States concerned ;
Whereas similar difficulties have also been found in certain Member States
in relation to the designation of imsweetened condensed partly-skimmed
milk sold by retail , and whereas it is therefore necessary to extend to
those States as regards retail sales of products coming within the above
designation the power provided for in the said Article 3 ( 2 ),
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                     Article 1
Article 3 ( 2 ) of Directive 76/ II8/EEC is amended by the addition of a
further subparagraph as follows*
"(d) "geevaporeerde halfvolle melk" in Belgium and the Netherlands , and
       "lait demi-£cr£m£ concentrl non sucr£" in Belgium , France and
       Luxembourg , to denote in the case of retail sales the produot defined
       in point 1 ( c ) of the Annex.
                                     Article 2
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
                                               Done at Brussels ,
                                               For the Council
                                               The President
( 1 ) OJ No L 24 , 30.1.1976 , p. 49