CELEX: 51988PC0750
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-15
Title: 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

No C 31/6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                     7. 2. 89
                                                               II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
             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(88)   750 final — SYN 172
                                     (Submitted by the Commission on 22 December 1988)
                                                         (89/C 31/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
                                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   Directive 75/106/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
Economic Community, and in particular Article 100A
thereof,                                                           1. In Article 5 (3):
                                                                       (a) Point (a) is deleted.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     (b) The three indents of point (c) are replaced by the
                                                                           following indents:
                                                                           '— 0,68 litre, 0,70 litre and 0,98 litre in Spain, up
In cooperation with the European Parliament,                                    to 31 December 1992,
                                                                            — 0,46 litre and 0,70 litre in Greece, up to 31
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                                December 1992.'
Social Committee,                                                  2. In Section 1 (a) of Annex III:
                                                                       (a) The volumes '0,187 litre', '4 litres' and '8 litres'
Whereas Council Directive 75/106/EEC ('), as last                          are added to column I.
amended by Directive 88/316/EEC (2), provides for total                (b) '0,187 (for consumption on board aircraft and
harmonization of the range of nominal quantities of                        ships only)', at the end of the range in column I,
certain products in the wine sector;                                       is deleted.
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas, in view of developments within the Community
                                                                   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu-
in the vatting, bottling and labelling of wine, it is
                                                                   lations and administrative provisions needed to comply
necessary to modify this range;
                                                                   with this Directive on 1 July 1990. They shall forthwith
                                                                   inform the Commission thereof.
Whereas, in order to permit the use of returnable bottles                                     Article 3
of volumes not covered by the said Directive, it is
necessary to include special rules therein,                        This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
(') OJ No L 42, 15. 2. 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 143, 10. 6. 1988, p. 26.