CELEX: 51986PC0141(01)
Language: en
Date: 1986-03-11
Title: AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION IN RESPECT OF THE INDICATION OF PRICES OF NON-FOOD PRODUCTS

30.4.86                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No C 103/3
                                                            II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                              COMMISSION
        Amended proposal for a Council Directive on consumer protection in respect of the indication
                                            of prices of non-food products (')
                                                    COM(86) 141 final
        (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph, Article 149 of the
                                             EEC Treaty on 17 March 1986)
                                                      (86/C 103/03)
        Article 3
        1.    The products referred to in Article 1 must bear an indication of the selling price. The
        products listed in Annex I of this Directive must bear an indication of the unit price, subject to
        the provisions of Articles 7, 8, 9 and 10.
        2.     Unchanged.
        Article 9
        1.    Where Community measures are adopted concerning the standardization of ranges of
        nominal quantities of contents relating to products prepackaged in pre-established quantities,
        these ranges shall:
        — be limited to values sufficiently distinct one from another to facilitate comparison,
        — be homogeneous in respect of products which are directly comparable or substitutable,
        — consist, as far as possible, of multiples or sub-multiples of one kilogramme or one litre,
        — be simple and include only a limited number of values,
        — refer, where possible, to quantities of contents.
        2.     Products prepackaged in pre-established quantities in the ranges of quantities referred to
        under point 1 shall be exempted from the obligation to indicate the unit price.
        3.    The Council will, within five years of the adoption of this Directive if necessary, revise
        the ranges of quantities listed in Article 8 with a view to their simplification, on a proposal by
        the Commission.
        Article 9a
        During a five-year period to run from the date of adoption of this Directive, the Member
        States may, as a temporary measure, exempt the prepackaged products in pre-established
        quantities listed in Annex I in so far as they form part of ranges of quantities established at
        national level. The Member States shall communicate the ranges of quantities so exempted to
        the Commission; they shall be published at the initiative of the Commission.
        (') O J N o C 8, 13. 1. 1984, p. 2.
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           Article 10
           Add the following indent:
           — the products are not covered by Community measures concerning the standardization of
                ranges of quantities.
           ANNEX     I
           — paints and varnishes referred to under point 4 of Annex I of Directive 80/232/EEC ('), with the
               exception of artist's colours for use in fine arts or for teaching;
           — glues and adhesives referred to under point 5 of Annex I of Directive 80/232/EEC, including glues and
               adhesives in liquid or paste form;
           — cleaning products referred to under point 6 of Annex I of Directive 80/232/EEC, including unblocking
               and stripping products;
           — cosmetics, beauty and toilet preparations referred to under point 7.1 to 7.6 of Annex I of Directive
               80/232/EEC;
           — washing products referred to under points 8.1 to 8.6 of Annex I of Directive 80/232/EEC and point 3
               of Annex II of this Directive;
           — solvents referred to under point 9 of Annex I of Directive 80/232/EEC;
           — lubricating oils referred to under point 10 of Annex I of Directive 80/232/EEC;
           — yarn for hand knitting.
           O OJ No L 51, 25. 2. 1980, pp. 4 and 5.
           Amended proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 79/581/EEC on consumer
                            protection in respect of the indication of prices of food products (')
                                                          COM(86) 141 final
           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph, Article 149 of the
                                                  EEC Treaty on 17 March 1986)
                                                            (86/C 103/04)
           Article 9
           1.     Where Community measures are adopted concerning the standardization of ranges of
           nominal quantities of contents relating to food products prepackaged in pre-established
           quantities, these ranges shall:
           — be limited to values sufficiently distinct one from another to facilitate comparison;
           — be homogeneous in respect of products which are directly comparable or substitutable;
           — consist, as far as possible, of multiples or sub-multiples of one kilogramme or one litre;
           — be simple and include only a limited number of values;
           — refer, where possible, to quantities of contents.
           0) OJ No C 53, 24. 2. 1984, p. 7.