CELEX: 51975PC0376
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Date: 1975-07-18
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending for the fourth time Directive No 73/241/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cocoa and chocolate products intended for human consumption (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                 COM(75)376 final.
                                                 Brussels , 18 July 1975
                                 Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
            amending for the fourth time Directive No 73/241/EEC on
            the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating
                 to cocoa and chocolate products intended for " human
                                   consumption
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
   COM(75 ) 376 final .
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Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the fourth time
 Directive no 73/2^1/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to cocoa and chocolate 'products intended
 for human consumption#                     "   '
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
                        >   .     -       -
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Commu­
nity , and in particular Article 100 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission j
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee f
Whereas Article 6(2 ) of Council Directive 73/2^1/EEC of Zb July 1973
on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to
cocoa and chocolate products intended for human consumption \ as
last amended by Directive 75/155/EEC of 4 March, 1975 , provides that;
the individual weights for marketing cocoa powder products shall be
fixed at a later date {
Whereas a scale of weights should be fixed to ensure the transparency
of the market and as far as possible reduce the risk that consumers
may be misled by levels too closely approximating to each other ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                Article 1
Article 6 paragraph 2 of Council Directive 73/2^1/EEC shall be deleted
and replaced by the following text :
   OJ N° L 228 of 16 August 1973 , P - 23
2 OJ N° L Sk of 11 March 1975 , P « 21
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     The cocoa powder products referred to in annex I , headings 1#8 to
            .«•   ' • ; -* •.
     1.13 » when packaged in units having, an, individual net weight equal
     to or more than 100 g and not exceeding one kg , shall be marketed
     in the following individual net weights . only : . 100 g , 200 g , 250 g
     400 g,' 500 g, 750 g , 1 leg .".
                                                                       Article 2
Within one year from the date of notification of this Directive ,
Member States shall , if necessary, amend their laws in accordance with
the provisions of this Directive and shall so inform the Commission
forthwith .                                         <
The laws thus amended shall be so applied as to t'
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a * permit the marketing of products conforming to the provisions of
    this Directive within two years "from the date of notification j
b « ban .-the marketing of products not conforming to the provisions of
    this Directive within, three years from the date of notification#
                              v-               .....              .:<• Article 5
This directive is* addressed to "the Member States#
Done at Brussels . -             ^                             .r i.' s-i oio r the Council
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                                                                 , 7         the Président .