CELEX: 51988PC0783
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-06
Title: Reexamined proposal for a Council directive on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to construction products. (presented by the Commission to the Council in accordance with Article 149.2(d) of the EEC Treety).

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                                              COM(88 )    783 final SYN 77
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             Reexamined proposai
                        proposal for
            on the approximation of laws , régulations
                                           regulations and
           administrative provisions of the Member States
                  relating to construction products .
    (presented by the Commission to the Council in accordance with Article
    149.2(d) of the EEC Treety).
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                              EXPLANATOKY NOTE
The Commission transmitted its proposal to the Council on 17 February 1987
(COM (86) 756 final/3) .
At its session of 14 Octobre 1987 the European Parliament delivered its
opinion on a first reading proposing two amendments which were accepted by
the Commission modifying its proposal (0(31 (87) 728 final) accordingly .
The Economic and Social Committee has published its opinion (O.J.E.C.
Nr C 95 of 11.4.1988).
The joint position of the Council was adopted on 22 June 1988 . In the
Communication of the Commission to the Parliament (SEC (88) 1268 final -
SYN 77) it accepts the modifications contained in the joint position with
the exception of that conferring the drafting of the interpretative
documents to technical Committees in which the Member States participate
(Article 12) . The position was transmitted to the Parliament for the
second reading according to the cooperation procedure introduced by the
Single Act . In its November session the Directive was voted on , one
amendment was adopted , which is acceptable to the Commission .
The accompanying text takes this amendment into account .
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                   Reexamined proposal for a Council directive
                 on the approximation of laws , regulations and.
                administrative provisions of the Member States
                        relating to construction products .
The Commission has reexamined its proposal for a Council Directive on the
approximation of laws , regulations and administrative provisions of the
Member States relating to construction products(2 ) following the position
of the European Parliament^ ) on occasion of its second reading . It
maintains the joint position as laid down in the Council document 7658/ 88
of 26 July 1988 , with the following modification however :
In Article 2 paragraph 3 the words underlined are added :
"3 .    When a future directive win concern mainly other aspects and only
        to a minor extent the essential requirements of this Directive ,
        that other directive shall contain provisions ensuring that it also
        covers the requirements of this Directive .
(1)     EP 128.503 of 16.11.1988
(2)     OtJEC Nr . C 305 of 16.11.1988 , p . 75