CELEX: 51983PC0772
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-06
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 80/232/EEC ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO THE RANGES OF QUANTITIES AND NOMINAL CAPACITIES PERMITTED FOR CERTAIN PREPACKAGED PRODUCTS

25. 1.84                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 18/7
                Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 80/232/EEC on the approximation
                of the laws of the Member States relating to the ranges of nominal quantities and nominal
                                      capacities permitted for certain prepackaged products
                                                         COM(83) 772 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 January 1984)
                                                            (84/C 18/08)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                            certain products and the interpretation of the intro-
COMMUNITIES.                                                           ductory paragraph of Annex III;
                                                                      Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
                                                                      Annexes to that Directive,
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 100 thereof,                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                      Annexes I and III to Directive 80/232/EEC are
Having regard to the opinion of the                  European          hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this
Parliament,                                                            Directive.
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                                                Article 2
Social Committee,
                                                                       Member States shall take the measures necessary to
Whereas, since the adoption on 15 January 1980 of                     comply with this Directive on 1 January 1985. They
Council Directive 80/232/EEC (*), difficulties have                    shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
arisen, particularly as regards the designation of
                                                                                               Article 3
(') O J N o L 5 1 , 25.2. 1980, p. 1.                                 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
                                                                ANNEX
                1. In Annex I, points 1.5.4 and 4 are replaced by the following:
                    '1.5.4 Ready-to-serve cereal flakes
                           250 — 375 — 500 — 750 — 1 000 — 1 500 — 2 000;
                    '4.    READY-TO-USE PAINTS AND VARNISHES (with or without added solvents; sub-
                           heading 32.09 AII, excluding dispersed pigments and solutions) (quantity in ml)
                           25 _ 50 — 125 — 250 — 375 — 500 — 750 — 1 000 — 2 000 — 2 500 — 4 000 —
                           5 000 — 10 000.'
                2. In Annex III, the introductory paragraph is replaced by the following:
                    'By way of derogation from Article 8 (1) (e) of Council Directive 75/234/EEC of 20 May 1975
                    on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers ('),
                    products sold in aerosols complying with the requirements of this Directive need not be marked
                    with the nominal weight of their contents.'