CELEX: 51978PC0215
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Date: 1978-05-25
Title: Amending of the Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE relating to Consumer Protection to the matter of indicating prices of foodstuffs. (submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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                                                    COM(78)215 final.
                                                    Brussels , 25 May 1978
                               Amending of the
                               Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
             relating to Consumer Protection re the matter of
                       indicating prices of foodstuffs
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission
                 pursuant to the second paragraph of Article
                 149 of the ESC Treaty )
COM(78 ) 215 final .
 ---pagebreak---                      EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . On the 26th May 1977 the Commission informed the Council of Ministers
    of a proposition concerning the directive relating to the price
    indication of foodstuffs ( Doc - C0MC77 ) 171 final ).
2 . The Social and Economic Committee and the European Parliament , who
    were consulted in accordance with article 235 of the Treaty , expressed
    their opinions on the 27th October 1977 ( doc . CES 1037/ 77 mc ) and
    the 16th February 1978 ( doc . 223 f / 78 ASS 151 ) respectively and
    proposed a certain number of modifications .
3 . The Commission modifies its initial proposal concerning the directive
    in keeping with article 149 , paragraph 2 of the Treaty adopting the
    amended text refered to in annex I.
Notes on the modifications
Article 5 .  This modification has been asked for by the European Parliament
              in order to reinforce consumer information at the point of
             sale .
Article 10 . Following the opinions expressed by the European Parliament
              and the Social and Economic Committee , the Commission
              considers that a period of five years is appropriate in
             order to permit due progress to be made in the standardization
             of prepackaging , undertaken at national and community level .
Article 12 . A delay of application of twelve months enables a mor ,; rspic.
              enforcement of the directive in the interest of the consu.r.e.-s .
             The Commission has estimated from other sources that the pro­
             visions of article 12 are sufficient for the application of
             the directive and provide it with all required information .
              It has not therefore retained the more stringent formulation
             proposed by the Parliament in relation to the second
              paragraph of this article .
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odifi cat ions to the proposal in respect of the directive relating to Consumer ––
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rotection re the matter of indicating prices of foodstuffs which will be proposed by
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lie Commission to the Council in view of article 149 , second paragraph of the Treaty
f the C.E . E.
           ORIGINAL TEXT                                        AMENDED TEXT
                               Preamble and recitals unchanged
                                  Articles 1 to A unchanged
  Article 5                                       Article 5
  In the case of advertisements , special         In the , case of advertisements , special
  offers , offers on normal trade terms and       offers , offers on normal trade terms and
  catalogues , the prices shall be marked and     catalogues , the prices shall be marked and
  displayed in the same manner as the other       displayed in the same manner as the other
  information required to identify the            information required to identify the
  foodstuffs put up for sale .                    foodstuffs put up for sale .
  Any advertisement displayed at a place          Any advertisement displayed at a place of
  other than the place of sale and which          sale or at a place other than the place of
  mentions prices shall state the date of         sale which mentions prices , shall state the
  expiry of the offer or that it applies          date of expiry of the offer or that it
  only while stocks last .                        applies only while stocks last .
                                  Articles 6 to 9 unchanged
  Article 10                                      Article 10
   In the case of foodstuff - prepackaged in       In the case of foodstuffs prepackaged in pre-
  pre-establi shed quantities both the unit        established quantities ,  the marking of the
  price and the price of the quantity              unit price shall become obligatory by pro-
   contained in each package shall be marked ,     gressive steps within , at most , fiv/ e years ,
                                                   of the expiry of the period mentioned in
                                                   article 12 . .
                                   Paragraphs 2 and 3 unchanged
                                       Article 11 unchanged
   Article 12                                      Article 12
    i . Member States shall bring into force     1 . Member States shall bring into force the
   the necessary laws , regulations and          necessary laws , regulations and administrative
   administrative provisions in order to         provisions in order to comply with this
    comply with this Directive within 18         Directive within _12 months of the date of noti­
   ir.onths of the date of notification and      fication and shall immediately inform the
    shall immediately inform the Commission      Commission thereof .
    thereof .
                                    Paragraph 2 unchanged
                                     Article 13 unchanged