CELEX: 51983PC0598
Language: en
Date: 1983-10-17
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 75/106/EEC ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO MAKING-UP BY VOLUME OF CERTAIN PREPACKAGED LIQUIDS

27. 10. 83                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              N o C 291/11
             3. Computer techniques will be used which will facilitate:
                — the storage of data in their original from,
                — the collection and preliminary processing of data,
                — public access to the basic data for the purposes of scientific verification.
             Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 75/106/EEC on the approximation
             of the laws of the Member States relating to the making-up by volume of certain
                                                    prepackaged liquids
                                                     COM(83) 598 final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 17 October 1983)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                             'Article 5
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                        1.    Member States may not refuse, prohibit or
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                           restrict the placing on the market of prepackages
European Economic Community, and in particular                         which satisfy the requirements of this Directive on
Article 100 thereof,                                                   grounds related to the determination of their
                                                                       volumes, the methods by which they have been
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     checked or the nominal volumes where these are
                                                                       set out in Annex III, column I.
Having regard to the opinion of the              European
Parliament,
                                                                        2.    Member States which on 31 December 1973
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                       allowed the nominal volumes listed in Annex III,
Social Committee,                                                      column II, shall continue to allow them up to
                                                                        31 December 1988, or in the case of the volume
Whereas total harmonization of the ranges of                            of 0,73 litres up to 31 December 1985.
nominal volumes for products in the wine sector
appears now necessary for all the products concerned                    3. (a) For prepackages containing the products
since the adoption of Council Directive 75/106/                                 listed in Annex III, Section 1 (a) and (b),
E E C O , as amended by Directive 79/1005/EEC ( 2 );                            only those whith the nominal volumes set
whereas that Directive should be                  amended                       out in Annex III, columns I and II, may be
accordingly;                                                                    marketed after 31 December 1983. The
                                                                                volume 0,73 litres shall be deleted from
Whereas Directive 75/106/EEC does not lay down                                  column II with effect from 1 January 1986.
provisions relating to packages or to their use;
whereas questions relating to the recycling of                             (b) For prepackages containing the products
packages for beverages are being examined within an                             listed in Annex III, Section 1 (a) and (b),
appropriate framework; whereas Article 5 (4) of that                            only those with the nominal volumes set
Directive, as amended by Directive 79/1005/EEC,                                 out in Annex III, column, I, may be
should therefore not be retained,                                               marketed after 31 December 1988.'
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:                                                                    Article 2
                         Article 1                                 Member States shall bring into force on 1 January
                                                                   1984 the laws, regulations and administrative
Article 5 of Directive 75/106/EEC is hereby replaced               provisions needed to comply with this Directive. They
by the following:                                                  shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
                                                                                               Article 3
(') OJ No L 42, 15. 2. 1975, p. 1.
O OJ No L 308, 4. 12. 1979, p. 25.                                 The Directive is addressed to the Member States.