CELEX: 51982PC0319
Language: en
Date: 1982-06-07
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE LAYING DOWN MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LAYING HENS KEPT IN BATTERY CAGES

No C 187/4                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              22.7.82
                                                            II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                               COMMISSION
             Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive laying down minimum standards for
                                  the protection of laying hens kept in battery cages (')
             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article
                                         149 of the EEC Treaty, on 11 June 1982)
             On the 5 August 1981, the Commission submitted the abovementioned proposal to the
             Council. For the reasons indicated in the explanatory memorandum, the following
             amendment is made to the initial proposal. The text of Article 4 is replaced by the
             following:
                    'Article 4
                   Member States shall ensure that from 1 July 1990 all battery cages which are not at
                   least in conformity with the requirements of Article 3 are not used for keeping
                   laying hens.'
             O OJ No C 208, 18. 8. 1981, p. 5.
             Proposal for a Council Decision concerning a plan for the transnational development of
                 the supporting infrastructure for innovation and technology transfer (1983 to 1985)
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council 18 June 1982)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Community to examine ways of eliminating the
COMMUNITIES,                                                     fragmentation of markets and improving incentives to
                                                                 innovation and the dissemination of knowledge;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 235 thereof,                                             Whereas it is primarily up to undertakings to develop
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               trade in technologies and to promote their
                                                                 exploitation;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,
                                                                 Whereas, nevertheless, a resolute effort is required to
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                 promote interaction between technology, industry
Social Committee,                                                 and the market at European level, so as to ensure that
Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 of the Treaty,             further economically viable innovations accrue from
the aim of the Communities is to promote                         discoveries and inventions through utilization of the
                                                                  advantages of scale afforded by the European
harmonious development of economic activities and
                                                                  dimension;
continuous and balanced expansion throughout the
Community;
Whereas the Heads of State or Government, meeting                Whereas the Member States have developed
in Luxembourg on 1 and 2 December 1980, expressed                specialized services in the field of research
the hope that efforts by the Member States in the                exploitation,   technology     transfer,   information,
field of industrial innovation would be better                   consultancy and financing;
coordinated in order to improve the competitiveness
of European products by making the best use of the               Whereas these infrastructures are important for facili-
dimension afforded by the common market; whereas                 tating innovation, particularly in small and medium-
they requested the competent authorities of the                  sized undertakings;