CELEX: 51988PC0220
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-13
Title: RE-EXAMINED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING THE SAFETY OF TOYS

20. 5. 88                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No C 131/7
                                                                 II
                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
             Re-examined proposal for a Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member
                                             States concerning the safety of toys
                                                       COM(88) 220 final
             (Commission communication pursuant to Article 149 (2) (d) of the EEC Treaty of 13 April 1988)
                                                         (88/C 131/06)
             Decision of the European Parliament on the common position of the Council on the proposal from the
             Commission for a Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the safety
                                                 of toys (C2-272/87, A2-311/87)
                                      Extract of the Minutes of the Meeting of 9 March 1988
             Decision on the common position of the Council on the proposal from the Commission for a
             Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the safety
                                           of toys (Toy safety — Doc. A2-311/87)
                                          (Cooperation procedure: second reading)
              The European Parliament,
             Having regard to the common position of the Council (Doc. C2-272/87),
             Having regard to the relevant provisions of the EEC Treaty and its own Rules of Procedure,
              1. has amended the common position as set out below;
             2. has instructed its President to forward this Decision to the Council and Commission.
             COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL                                  TEXT AMENDED BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
                                                                     AMENDMENT No 1
Article 11 (5)                                                       Article 11 (5)
5.    Annex IV sets out the warnings and indications of              5.    Annex IV sets out the warnings and indications of
precautions to be taken during use that have to be given             precautions to be taken during use that have to be given
for certain toys.                                                    for certain toys.
Member States may require that these warnings and                    Member States may require that these warnings and
precautions, or some of them, together with the infor-               precautions, or some of them, together with the infor-
mation specified in paragraph 4, be given in their own               mation specified in paragraph 4, be given in their own
national language or languages when the toys are placed              national language or languages when the toys are placed
on the market.                                                       on the market. The warnings and precautions mentioned
                                                                     in this paragraph may be represented by symbols
                                                                     (pictograms) drawn up by the international standards
                                                                     organizations.
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             COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL                               TEXT AMENDED BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
                                                                  AMENDMENT No 2
Annex I, point 3                                                  Annex I, point 3
3. Equipment intended to be used collectively in play-            3. deleted
   grounds
                                                                  AMENDMENT No 3
Annex I, points 11 and 12                                         Annex I, points 11 and 12
11. Slings and catapults                                          11. deleted
12. Sets of darts with metallic points                            12. deleted
                                                                  AMENDMENT No 6
Annex II, Section II, point 2 (a), last phrase                    Annex II, Section II, point 2 (a), last phrase
Such combustible materials must not constitute a risk of          Such combustible materials must not constitute a risk of
ignition for other materials used in the toy.                     ignition for other materials used in the toy. They should
                                                                  not give off toxic fumes.