CELEX: 51989PC0223
Language: en
Date: 1989-04-28
Title: Revised proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 79/112/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs for sale to the ultimate consumer (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(2)(d) of the EEC Treaty)

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DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (89) 223
Vol. 1989/0075
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                                                       Brussels , 28 April 1989
                                Révisai proposai for a
                                   COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                         amending Directive 79/ 112/EEC on the
                   approximation of the laws of the Member States
                     relating to the labelling , presentation and
                      advertising of foodstuffs for sale to the
                                   ultimate consumer
   J         (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(2) (d)
   j
                                  of the EEC Treaty)
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                                              КАИШ
The Commission sent its proposal to the Council on 22 April 1963
(OCK(8f3)80 fined ).
ilxLicwigg the opinion of the Parliament on -Hois proposal ( 10 Iferch 1987),
tic; Commission amende! its proposal .   The ansectkctts were sent to the
Council on 19 May 2‘98? (OC&(<27}242 final). The Council adopted a common
position on 21 December 1903 on the basis of the revised proposal from the
Commission of 10 March. 1987 . This proposal was sent to the Parliament
which , at its April sessi.cn , voted in favour of two amendments which tne
Commission agrees to subject to editorial changes . The text of the amended
proposal taking account of the -agreed amendments is appended hereto .
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                                torl-cyri proposai
for a Council Directive amending Directive 79/ 112/EEC on the approximation
of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling , presentation
and advertising of foodstuffs for sale to the ultimate consumer .
(Presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(2) (d) of the
EEC Treaty).
The Commission is in agreement with the common position stated in Council
document No 10498/88 of 22 December 1988 , subject to the following
amendments :
 I. The fifth recital is replaced by the following :
    Whereas this Directive relates only to the labelling , presentation and
    advertising of foodstuffs and not to the problem of the authorization
    or prohibition of the ionizing radiation of foodstuffs or their
    ingredients ; whereas , however , without prejudice to a decision at
    Community level with regards to its merits , it must be recognized that
    the consumer has the right to be informed of any ionizing radiation
    treatment undergone by a foodstuff or certain of its ingredients , where
    this has been authorized ; whereas , to this end , it should be laid down
    that any food treated in this way must bear a suitable indication ;
    whereas , in accordance with Article 6(b), this obligation also applies
    to ingredients where they appear in a list of ingredients .
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II . A new item 7a shal l , he added to Article 1 :
     "The following text shall he added to Article 5 , paragraph 3 :
     “Any foodstuff treated by ionizing radiation must hear the following
     indications :
         in English : " Irradiated " or “ treated with ionizing radiation"
         in Danish :   “hestralet /... or " straiekonserveret " or “behandlet med
         ionisiserende stråling " or "konserveret med ioniserende stråling "
         in German : "bestrahlt " or " mit ionisierenden Strahlen behandelt "
         in Spardsh : “ tratado con energia ionizante "
         1η Οτββίε : " επεξεργασμένο με ιονίξουσα ακτινοβολία "
                      ου " ακτινοβολημένο "
         in French : " traité par rayonnements ionisants " or " traité par
         ionisation "
         in Italian :   " irradiato " or " trattato con radiazioni ionizzanti "
         in Dutch : "doorstraal d " or "door bestråling behandeld" or "met
         ioniserende strålen behandeld "
         in Portuguese : "irradiado " or " tratado por irradiação " or " tratado
         por radiação ionizante " .