CELEX: 51978PC0638
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-24
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive No 77/101/EEC on the marketing of straight feedingstuffs (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                  Brussels - 24 November 1978
                                 Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
       amending Directive No 77 / 101 / EEC on the marketing of straight
                                  feedingstuf f s
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The object of this proposal is as follows : '
1.       to amend some provisions of . Council Directive 77 / 101 / EEC on the
         marketing of straight feedingstuf f s .
         Since straight f eedingstuff s are marketed in many forms , it seems
         that manufacturers should be permitted to express the quantity of
         f eedingstuff s delivered not only by net weight but also by
         volume in the case of liquid f eedi ngstuf f s or the unit number
         for certain feedingstuf fs sold by unit .    Furthermore , since the
         Member States are able to fix marketing requi rements' for
         f eedingstuff s other than those listed in the Annex to the
         Directive , they should also be permitted to submit some such
         f eedingstuff s to the marketing requirements provided for 'in the
         Directive .
2.       to defer the date of entry-iinto force of the Directive on straight
         feedingstuff s , which was to have been 1 January 1979 , by two years .
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         This delay is justified since , besides the amendments referred to
         above , the Commission is in the progress at present of making
         numerous amendments to the Annex to the Directive on straight
        •f eedingstuff s ; since the Council should adopt a complementary
         Directive on compound f eedingstuff s before the end of the year , *
         it seems higlily desirable that the Member States should be able
         to bring into force the various Community texts concerning
         animal f eedingstuff s at the same time so that they all take effect
         on the same date , which should be 1 January* 1981 .
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the marketing of straight feedingstuf f s .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                     v   .
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 ,                    i
having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ,
whereas Council Directive 77 / 101 / EEC of 23 November 1976 on the marketing
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of straight feedingstuff s        should be amended to include a provision
authorizing the Member States to lay down marketing requirements for
straight f eedingstuf f s other than those listed in the Annex to the
Directive cited above ; whereas it is also necessary to amplify certain
particulars to be given on labels or packaging of- straight          ,J,
feedingstuff s in order to better inform the user ;
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whereas the Annex to the Directive cited above must be substantially
amended as soon as possible to take into account advances in scientific
and technical knowledge ;
whereas it therefore seems preferable to put back the date on which the .
Member States are obliged to comply with the Directive
on straight feedingstuff s so that all the legal acts in this fie'CcT
may enter into force on the same date ,          7                       /
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:'                               .    ,
                                     Article 1
Directive 77 / 101 / EEC is hereby amended as follows :
 (1)  OJ No L 32 , 3.2.1977 , p.1
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1.    . Article 6 is amended , to read as foLlows *    •   ... - '
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         1. '    The Member States may prescribe that the straight
                 feedingstuf f s referred to in Part B of the Annex may be
                 marketed only in sealed packages or containers .        The
                 Member States may prescribe that the packages or
                 containers be sealed in such a way that when a package
                 is opened    th6" seal is damaged and cannot.be reused .
         2.      The Member States may apply the provisions of paragraph 1
                 to straight feedingstuff s other than those listed in
                 Part B of the Annex ."
2.       In sub-paragraph ( e ) of Article 7(1 ), 'the words " or net volume
         or unit number " are added after the * words " net weight ".
3.       In Article 15 , the date *1 January 1979* is replaced by
        '1 January 1981' .     •                 ;  1
                                     Arti c le 2
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .