CELEX: 51987PC0160(01)
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-15
Title: AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 79/581/EEC ON CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE INDICATION OF THE PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS

7. 5. 87                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 121/7
               Amended proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 7 9/5 81/EEC on consumer
                                    protection in the indication of the prices of foodstuffs (*)
                                                         COM(87) 160 final
               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149(2) of the EEC Treaty on
                                                            23 April 1987)
                                                           (87/C 121/09)
Rewording of Articles 8, 9, 9a and 10:                                        are sold in the ranges of nominal quantities of
                                                                             contents given in the said Annex, or where they
1. Article 8 is replaced by the following:                                    are sold in quantities of 100 grams or less or in
    "Article 8                                                               quantities exceeding the greatest in the range.
    1.    Foodstuffs     prepackaged      in    pre-established          3.     Member States may exempt from the obligation
    quantities listed in Annex I shall be subject to the                 referred to in paragraph 1:
    obligation to indicate the unit price subject to the
    provisions set out in paragraphs 2 and 3.                            — the foodstuffs prepackaged in pre-established
                                                                             quantities referred to in points 3, 7, 8, 9 of Annex
    2.    The obligation referred to in paragraph 1 shall                     III to Directive 75/106/EEC, where they are sold
    not apply to the following:                                               in the nominal volumes given in column I of the
    — the foodstuffs referred to in Article 6 (1) of                         said Annex,
        Directive 73/241/EEC, where they are sold in the                 — the foodstuffs prepackaged in pre-established
        range of nominal quantities of contents given in                     quantities listed in Annex III to Directive 75/106/
        the said Article, or where they are sold in
        quantities of 50 grams or less or 1 kilogram or                      EEC, where they are sold in the nominal volume
        more,                                                                of 0,70 litres,
    — the foodstuffs referred to in Article 6 (2) of                     — the foodstuffs prepackaged in pre-established
        Directive 73/241/EEC, where they are sold in the                     quantities listed in points 1.2, 2, 3 of Annex I and
        range of nominal quantities of contents given in                      in Annex II to Directive 80/232/EEC, where they
        the said Article,                                                     are sold in the ranges of nominal quantities of
                                                                             contents listed in the said Annexes or in quantities
    — the foodstuffs prepackaged in pre-established
        quantities referred to in points 1 to 3 of Article 1                 of 100 grams or 100 millilitres or less or quantities
        of Directive 73/437/EEC, where they are sold in                      exceeding the greatest in the range.'
        the range of nominal quantities of contents given
        in Article 8 of the said Directive or where they are          2. Article 9 is replaced by the following:
        sold in quantities of 50 grams or less or 10
        kilograms or more,                                                Article 9
    — the foodstuffs prepackaged in pre-established                      Where Community measures are adopted concerning
        quantities referred to in Article 4 of Directive                 the standardization of ranges of nominal quantities
        77/436/EEC, where they are sold in the range of                  relating to foodstuffs prepackaged in pre-established
        nominal quantities of contents given in Article 4                quantities or the revision of ranges of quantities pre-
        (1) of the said Directive,                                       viously adopted, the Council shall amend Article 8.'
    — the foodstuffs prepackaged in pre-established
        quantities listed in points 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of Annex         3. Article 9a is replaced by the following:
        III to the said Directive 75/106/EEC, where they                  Article 10
        are sold in the nominal volumes given in column I
        of the said Annex,                                               During a five-year period to run from the adoption of
                                                                         this Directive the Member States may, as a
    — the foodstuffs prepackaged in pre-established
                                                                         transitional measure, maintain in force any national
        quantities listed in Annex I (with the exception of
        point 1.2) to Directive 80/232/EEC, where they                   measures concerning the prepackaged foodstuffs
                                                                         referred to in Article 8 (1).'
(') OJ No C 53, 24. 2. 1984, p. 7.                                    4. Article 10 is deleted.
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                                                                  ANNEX       I
            Designation of foodstuffs
            — wines, non-sparkling beverages, vermouth,
            — sparkling wines, cider,
            — beers,
            — spirits and other spirituous beverages,
            — vinegar,
            — oils,
            — milk and milk-based beverages,
            — spa waters, lemonade,
            — fruit juices and vegetable juices,
            — coffee (with the exception of lyophilized and soluble) and chicory,
            — coffee and chicory extracts,
            — chocolate and cocoa products,
            — chocolate, cocoa-based spreads and cocoa powder,
            — sugars,
            — milk, concentrated and in powder,
            — butter,
            — fresh cheeses,
            — processed cheese,
            — fermented milk, yoghurt and kephir,
            — cream,
            — table and cooking salt,
            — cereal flours, groats, flakes and meal,
            — pasta products,
            — rice,
            — cereals flakes,
            — cereals,
            — dried vegetables,
            — jams, fruit jellies, marmalade, chestnut puree, honey,
            — broths and soups (with the exception of dehydrated and soluble),
            — mayonnaise, condiment sauces, mustard,
            — preserved and semi-preserved vegetable products,
            — preserved fish,
            — preserved meat,
            — frozen fruit, vegetables and potatoes,
            — frozen fish fillets and portions,
            — fish fingers,
            — frozen crustaceans,
            — frozen meat,
            — ice-cream,
            — tea,
            — dry foods for dogs and cats,
            — moist foods for dogs and cats.