CELEX: 51992PC0028
Language: en
Date: 1992-03-02
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) on certificates of specific character for foodstuffs

COIVMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COSVMUNITIES
                                           COM(92) 28 final
                                          Brussels, 2 March 1992
                           Amended proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
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          (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3)
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                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
At the part-session of 19 November 1991, the European Parliament delivered
an opinion^) on the proposal for a Council Regulation on certificates of
specific character for foodstuffs presented by the Commission in document
SEC(90) 2414 final<2>.
This amended proposal takes account of the amendments proposed by
Parliament, which the Commission has endorsed.
 (1) OJ No C
 (2) OJ No C 30:. 6.2.1991, p. 9
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                             AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A
                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
          on certificates of specific character for foodstuffs
In response to the opinion delivered by the European Parliament at the
part-session   of   19 November     1991   on  the proposal       for  a  Regulation,
presented  by   the   Commission     to  the Council      on   23 January    1991, on
certificates   of   specific    character     for   foodstuffs,     and  pursuant     to
Article 149(3)    of    the   Treaty     establishing      the    European    Economic
Community,   the  Commission      has   decided    to   amend    the   abovementioned
proposal as follows:
1.  The title of the proposal         is amended as follows: "Proposal            for a
    Council   Regulation      on   certificates      of   specific     character     for
    agricultural products and foodstuffs".
2.   In  Article    7(2)    "The    competent     authority     shall    forward     the
    application to the Commission         if it considers" is replaced by "The
    competent    authorities      shall     forward     the   application      to    the
    Commission if they consider".
3.   In  Article    8(1)    "by  the    competent     authority      referred   to    in
    Article 7" is replaced by "by the competent authorities referred to
     in Article 7".
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4. The text of Article 10 is replaced by the following:
   "1. In order to take account in particular of developments on the market for
       foodstuffs and the progress of scientific and technical knowledge, the
       group which made the original application may submit to the competent
       authority of the Member State in which it is established an application
       for the amendment of the product specification on the basis of which it
       obtained the Community certificate of specific character.  In this case,
       Articles 6 to 9 shall apply.
   2.  The necessary measures shall be taken to ensure that any change in
       accordance with paragraph 1 in the original specification, on the basis
       of which the Community certificate of specific character was obtained for
       a foodstuff, is indicated in the labelling of that foodstuff."
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