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Date: 1976-07-22
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on the approximation of the laxs of the Member States relating to the ranges of nominal quantities permitted for certain prepackaged products (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPMN COMMUNITIES
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                                                   Brussels , 22 July 1976
                   i           PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
          on the approximation of the laxs bf the Member States relating to
          the ranges of nominal quantities permitted for certain prepackaged
                                        products       ,
                     ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
   COM(76) 384 final
                              - /
 ---pagebreak---                     EXPLANATORY                MEMORANDUM
  This proposal is a natural successor to those already adopted by the
  Counoil on prepackaged products , i.e. , the Directive on the approximation
  of the laws relating to the making-up "by volume of certain prepackaged
  liquids adopted on 19 December 1974 » and the one on the approximation
  of laws relating to the making-up by weight or by volume of certain
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  prepackaged products     .
  The purpose of this new proposal is to lay down , for each of the products
  listed , quantities that must be accepted on the market in all the Member
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  States .
  The reason why it is essential to lay down such quantities     is that several
  Member States have already adopted laws on this matter in order to protect
  their consumers .  If all the various values were to be admitted there would
  be unhealthy competition between – sometimes fairly unscrupulous –
  producers who would change their packages in order to camouflage increases
  in prioe ; the consumer xvould be faced by similar products put up in quantities
  differing by five , ten or twenty per cent and would then have to engage in
  complicated mental arithmetic in order to compare their prices .    Such a
  situation must be avoided , both in order to protect consumers and to protect
  the majority of producers against competition bordering on unfair trading .
  But the Community cannot allow each Member State to adopt the necessary
  measures in complete independence since this would effectively partition
  the Community market ; once again the consumer would suffer because of the
  reduced selection of products available to him since the producers –
  who would have to adapt the dimensions of their products to each national
. market – would often gear their production to a few Member States only .
  ^Official Journal No ^ 42 of 15 February 1975 *
  ^Official Journal No L 46 of 21 February 1976 .
 ---pagebreak---  In any event , producers and consumers would be unable to benefit from the
 econoriiy of scale afforded by a Community of 2^0 million inhabitants .
 It was therefore necessaryj as in the case of beverages in the Directive
 of 19 December 1974 > "to lay down ranges of values for the most commonly
used products in the Community which when they comply with those values ,
must be admitted for free movement .     However , it was far from simple
to resolve the problem .    The Commission 's proposal is merely a compromise
between the wishes of producers who obviously do not want their production,
their brand image and market habits to be upset by arbitrary choices , and the
wishes of consumer associations which , in their concern for clarity and
consistency , want a minimum number of very distinct values which can , if
possible , be derived from each other by simple mental arithmetic ($«g « ,
multiplication or division by two ). Furthermore , the habits of the
various Member States – which have even sometimes become traditions –-
are often difficult to reconcile with each other .
The difficulties would have been insoluble if the proposed harmonization
solution , as in the case , of the other Directives on prepackaged products ,
had not been the " optional " Harmonization system .    This means that the
Member States , while being obliged to accept the prepackages whose values
are laid down by the Direct ive T are also free to accept other dimensions
where they judge this to be necessary .     This system , which at least gives
the producer the certainty that products complying with the Directive will
Hot be prohibited for reasons concerning the quantities in which they are
put up , offers the following further advantages :
(a ) Local specialities , which there is no point in standardizing at
     Community level , do not need to be covered by the Directives it will
     be 1 up to the governments of the' Member States concerned to decide
     whether or not quantities other than those laid down by the Directive
     should be maintained for such products , having due regard to consumer
     protection and the economic and social difficulties which could arise
     from, constraints placed on the producer industries .
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     Transitional arrangements which can only "be discussed individual lyf must
    therefore be settled by national administrations or by bilateral agreements
    between governments . This is not a matter for applications for exemption
    to be discussed in Brussels ;
(b) A similar problem arises for products originating from non–member countries ,
    whose governments are obviously not obliged to comply with the Directive *
    It would be an irregular and pointlessly cumbersome procedure if, for each
    of the products imported into a Member State , an application for exemption
    had to be submitted to the Community# Each government must be capable
    of judging whether the desirability of the import is sufficient to justify
    the temporary or permanent admission of products not complying with the
    requirements of the Directive to its national market .
    The Direotive will therefore serve as a common denominator , but the Commission
    hopes that the producers' certainty of seeing the prescribed dimensions accepted
    throughout the Community will give then a direct incentive to adjust their
    production towards those values and that they will eventually predominate
    on the market .
    The Commission is aware of the advantages which should ensue for consumers
    from the adoption and implementation of this Directive : a clear distinction
    between the quantities marketed for any category of product should simplify
    comparisons between similar products ; furthermore the adoption of the
    same ranges in the various countries should favour competition between producers
    and increase the consumers' choice . Finally the economy of scale afforded by
    the size of the Community market should have a favourable effect on production
    costs and sales prices .
    However , this will obviously not solve all the problems . First of all there
    are many products which are not sold in prepackages ae defined in this
    proposal : they are sold either in bulk form, or individually and packed in
    the presence of the purchaser , or as "pre-weighed" products which are packed
    in the purchaser 's absence in quantities which do not correspond to ary
    pre-established categories , i«e , to ary definable range .
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 Secondly , there are the products listed in Annex II to this Directive ,
 i.e , tthose which (e.g. f canned foods ) are packaged in containers of
predetermined size ( often manufactured without any knowledge of the product
they will contain) and therefore do not correspond, when the container is
 correctly filled , to any value which may he expressed as a round figure .
The Commission therefore intends to improve essential consumer protection
"by proposing that the Council should adopt one or more directives on the
obligation to mark unit prices on such packages .       A draft proposal along
these lines for food products is currently "being studied by the competent
departments .    The advantages of the compulsory marking of unit prices will
be particularly evident when (by reason of the optional character of
the Directive on quantity ranges ) the Member States have allowed the
marketing of too many dimensions of prepackages containing the same product .
Since the principal purpose of this proposed directive is to protect the
end consumer , i.e. , the housewife , it did not seem necessary to include
products made , specifically for professional use . This would have involved
the inclusion of very large nominal quantities and highly specialized
preparations , which would have made the Directive point lessly oumbersome ,
complicated the discussions and eventually risked introducing further
confusion to the market by allowing the movement of prepackages which had
hitherto been used solely by specialists and were unknown to the general
consumer .
For similar reasons , the Directive does not , in principle , cover luxury
products which do not require a Community directive to circulate in the
Community .    Nor does it cover the various samples which are not paid for by
the end consumer but are distributed free-of-charge for advertising purposes .
The Commission 's objective when it began this work was to draw up a range
of standard values with which all products would have to comply in order
to enjoy free movement in the Community ,
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 Such a range $ which would have consisted solely of "round" figures "based on
 a decimal system , as in the case of sets of weights or coins and notes ,
 rapidly proved to "be unfeasible in the immediate future "because commercial
 practices are still far too remote from any such degree of perfection} this
 kind of system can only ce introduced in stages ~ a sudden change in
 commercial habits would have caused great confusion and no "benefit®
 The Directive contains three Annexes which correspond to three different
 categories of product .
 The first Annex concerns prepackaged products £°r which the packages are
manufactured according to the product they are to contain.     For these
products it is theoretically possible to preselect simple values for the
range to be admitted to the Community market , nonetheless , account had
to be taken of the present state of affairs when drawing up this proposal#
In fact a complete upheaval of the market would be extremely prejudicial
to the consumer : if all production techniques had to be modified , involving
the replacement of packaging and inspection equipment , the cost would be
such that the end result would in no way improve the situation.
The second Annex concerns products which are prepackaged in packages
manufactured without regard to the metrological properties (volume ,
density ) of the products they are to contain: this is mainly true in
the case of canned foods or containers for powdered detergents for which
the international standards organizations (CEt!, ISO) have established
lists of standardized containers .  Basing itself essentially on the
results of this work , the Commission has proposed the free movement of
a limited number of these volumes .   An obvious corollary is that the
weight of the contents must necessarily be stated on the prepackage ,
because the size of the container does not provide sufficient information
for the consumer .  But by proposing that a limited number of sizes be
admitted for free movement , the Commission – which could not ignore the
decisions taken by organizations larger than the Community in this field -
is convinced that it' is simplifying an overloaded market .
Finally , the third Annex concerns products sold in aerosol dispensers .
On the Commission's proposal , the Council has already adopted a
Directive on the resistance of such products to pressure ,
^Directive 75/324/EEC of 20 May 1975 published in OJ Ho L I47 of 9 June 1975,
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Ijx .this Directive the rules have been made as comprehensive as possible
since not only is a range of volumes proposed for containers but , in order
to ensure perfect comparability between similar products and to avoid
inadequate filling which is difficult to detect , the volume of the active
principle which each size of container must contain is also specified in
a fairly clear table .
All the ranges included in this Directive have been discussed between the
Commission's departments , government experts and representatives of the
relevant industrial federations (more than a hundred) and consumer
associations .    Like any compromise , it does not fully meet the wishes
( in any case incompatible ) of all who took part in the discussions but
represents a realistic basis for the discussions which will take place
in the European Parliament , the Economic and Social Committee and the
Council , In the opinion of the Commission's competent departments ,
the main problems which arose , in connection with the various products ,
when the proposal was drafted were as follows :
(a) For dairy products , the opinions of the national federations diverged
      widely about the dimensions to be listed in the Directive , because
      national habits – and consequently the markets of the various Member
      States – are very different . The European Federations concerned
      therefore proposed , for each of the products , very long series of
      values , in contrast to the wishes of the government experts and
      consumer representatives . The Commission's departments experienced
      considerable difficulty in trying to make a reasonable choice . They
      had to take account of the fact , for instance , that tins for sweetened
      and unsweetened concentrated milk are identical whereas their densities
      are not so ; this led to the proposal of different values for the
      weights of these two products which could be admitted for free movement .
      They also had to settle cases such as that of yoghurt , which in some
      countries is marketed by weight and in others "by volume . The same
      is true for other products , such as spices .
(b) More generally , in the case of mariy food products , the incorporation
      of all the values used in the Community would have involved the inclusion
      of one range based on the value of 100 g (100, 200, 300 .....) and one
      range based on the value 125 ( 125 , 250, 5°0 • # ...)• In view of the
      wishes repeatedly expressed by consumers and government experts ,
      endeavours were made to eliminate one of these two ranges in the - light
      of the estimated volume of production (insofar as this was known) in the
      rcsDective Tn-vn s -p      ■*,.
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 ( c ) Of course , in cases where a Directive adopted by the Council already
        laid down ranges for certain products , these ranges have been referred
        to as a reminder and no new proposal has been made . The same is true in
        the case of Commission proposals on which discussions in the Council
        seem to be moving in the direction of an agreement .
 (d) There are also several fields in which the Commission has made no
        proposals even though the sectors in question are important : particular
        examples in this respect are cans for meat and fishery products# The
        reason for this is that the ISO ( international Standards Organization)
        is on the point of completing its standardizing work in these fields .
        It is obviously necessary to take this work into account at Community
       level , but since no final decision had yet been taken it was judged
       preferable not to delay the submission of this proposal and the
       possibility of agreement on a large number of sectors on account of a
       few for which there was not yet a sufficiently clear indication of the
       values to be selected ,
(e ) For the various sectors of the chemical industry , it will perhaps seem
       initially that a large number of values have been selected .    But industry
       has already made very substantial efforts to rationalize these sectors .
       At the present time , for instance , there are more than 120 dimensions
       for cosmetics between 50 g ( or ml ) and 200 g (or ml ) on the Community
       market .  The Commission proposal will therefore simplify this sector * -
       appreciably although not going as far as standardizing " single–portion
       packs" (quantities to be used up in one application) because the quantity
       which is used in such cases depends largely on the consumer ,
( f) For detergents , the Commission has referred to the Standard EN 23 cf the
       European Committee for Standardization (CM), which was adopted unanimously
       by the Member States in July 1974 *   This Standard is soon to be amended to
     , incorporate larger dimensions of prepackages .   The Commission has no
       objection to this amendment but did not want to adopt ary stance regarding
       the acceptance by the European Committee for Standardization ,
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 For preserves and seni–preserves of fruit and vegetables , the Commission
 has also based itself on the results of work undertaken at its request
by the European Committee for Standardization . These results will shortly
take shape as Standard EIT 7
The principle of reference to these CEN standards was disputed by several
government experts . But in line with a number of resolutions of the
Economic and Social Committee and the positions adopted by Member State
representatives in various international organizations ( especially GATT
and the UN Economic Commission for Europe ), the Commission's departments
have proposed the system of reference to standards whereever a European
Standard existed or was on the point of being adopted .
However, "the "C omission has notified the GEN Jot tho- main objections of the
government experts in the hope that the Committee will be able to amend the
 standards in question and bring them more in line- with the 'wishes of the
governments before the Council adopts this proposal#
For aerosols , the Commission has confined itself temporarily to proposing
dimensions for metal containers ; similar work is in hand on glass and
plastic containers .   In the next few months the Commission plans to
expand its proposal in this respect , but it preferred not to wait for total
agreement before submitting its first proposal which already improves the
market situation considerably : it allows Cnly a certain number of distinct
sizes which must be filled in the same way BC that consumers can easily
compare similar products# However , the Federation of European Aerosol
Associations has drawn the Commission 's attention to some problems
outstanding which , as the laws stand at present , are distorting competition
in this field ; for instance , certain Member States authorize the use of
isopropylic alcohol as a solvent whereas others stipulate the use of ethyl
alcohol . Taxes and excise duties on these two types of alcohol are very
different so that the Community firms are subject to different conditions .
The competent dppai-fcmpivts of the Coronri s si on should investigate this point#
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 These examples show the complexity of the harmonization which this
Commission proposal endeavours to achieve#    The opinions of the
European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee – which must
"be consulted "because implementation of this Directive will involve
amendments to legislative provisions in force in several Member States
will therefore he particularly valuable .
 ---pagebreak---                         PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
           on the approximation of the laws of the Member States
           relating to the ranges of nominal quantities permitted
           for certain prepackaged products
                  ( presented "by the Commission to the Council )
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES',
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 100 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ,
Having regard to Council Directive 76/211/EEC of 20 January 1976 on "the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making-up
lay weight or "by volume of certain prepackaged products* which specifies the
tolerable negative errors in the contents of such prepackages , together
with the markings and methods of control       to bo applied to such prepncknqos
 for there to circulate throughout the Community *
Whereas , however , the said Directive does not remove Ml the b?irri^rs to trade
in prepackaged products which result from differences in the laws on the
metrological properties of such products , and whereas , in particular , the
Member States have different provisions concerning the volume or weight
 of such products : whereas ^pueh provisions .must "therefore be approximated ;
^•OJ No L 46 , 21,2.1976 , p. 1 .
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Whereas , for a given product , the nunber of quantities which are so close to
each other that they risk confusing the consumer should be reduced ss far as
possible , in order to allow greater market transparency ;
Whereas these reductions should concern not only the containers of pro-
packaged goods but also products which are sold by weight or by volume ;
Whereas Article 16 of Council Directive 71 / 316/ EEC of 26 July 1971 on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions
                                                                     1)
for both measuring instruments and methods of metrolcgical control      , as
                                      2)
last amended by the Accession Treaty     , provides that harmonization of the
requirements for marketing certain products , in particular as regards the
prescription of certain prepacked quantities , may be covered by separate
directives ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
1 ) OJ No L 202 , 6.9.1971 , p. 1 .
2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27.3.1973 , p. 4 .
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                                  Article 1
This Directive shall apply to products put up in prepackages as defined
in Article 1 of      . Council Directive 76/ 2T1 / EEC , which nre listed in the
Annexes hereto ; it shall not apply to products intended solely for
professional use .
                                  Article 2
The products referred to in Article 1 shall be divided into three groups :
1.  Products sold "by weight or volume save for those products " -
    referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 and the liquieds referred
    to in •   • Council Directive 75 / 106 / EEC of 19 December 1974 on the
    approximntion of theliws of the Member States relating to the
    makinq-up by volume of certain prepackaqed liquieds ^.
    Annex I inys down for each of these products the
    range of nominal quantities of the contents of the prepackages .
2.  Products sold "by weight or lay volume and put up in the standardized
    containers listed in Annex II
     The said Annex lays down for1 sucfi^ products the ranqes of fully-laden
    capacities for such containers .
3.  Products put up in aerosol form in the standardized containers listed
    in Annex III ,
     The said Anne * also lays down the nominal vrlume of the product
    corresponding to the capacity of each container.
    1 ) OJ No L 42 , 15.2.1975 , p. 1 .
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Prepackages shall in all cases indicate the nominal weight or volume of the
contents in accordance with Council Directive 76 / 211 / EEC .
In the cases referred to in Article 2 ( 2 ) and ( 3 ), the containers shall also
indicate , in such a way as to avoid any confusion with the previous indication
their nominal fully-laden capacity :
- either by referring to the corresponding CEN or ISO standard ,
- or by showing their capacity in centilitres without the symbol cl .
                                   Article 4
When prepackages are being made up their air spaces ahc.ll be reduced to the
minimum compatible with the nature, intended purpose , subsequent processing ,
manufacturing technique and method of use of the packaged products .
                                   Article 5
ff several prepackages are contained in a single sales pack ( multipack ), the
ranges of values listed in Annexes I , II or III shall apply only to the
individual prepackages .
The number and nominal quantities of the individual prepackages bhall be
stated on the outer wrap .
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                                      Article 6
 Member States may not refuse , prohibit or restrict the placing on the
market of prepackages which satisfy the requirements of this Directive and
its Annexes by reason of their nominal quantity in the case of prepackages
listed in Annex I , by reason of the nominal capacity of their containers in
the case of prepackages listed in Annex II , or by reason of either of these
two factors in the case of products listed in Annex III .
                                      Article 7
Before 1 January 1935 Member States may not refuse , prohibit or restrict the
placing on the market ef prepackages which satisfy the requirements of
Council Directive 76/ 211 / EEC , of which the nominal quantity or capacity of
the container has a value which is not shown in this Directive and which
the Member State concerned accepted at the date of its notification .
The above paragraph shall not apply to measures taken by the United Kingdom
and Ireland with a view to define ranges expressed in SI units .
                                     Article 8
Member States shall bring into force the measures needed in order to comply
with this Directive within 18 months of its notification and shall forth­
with inform the Commission thereof .
Once notification of this Directive has been made Member States shall also
ensure that the Commission is informed , in time for it to submit its
comments , of all draft laws , regulations and administrative provisions which
they intend to adopt in the field covered by this Directive .
                                     Article 9
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
 ---pagebreak---                      ANNEX       I
         RANGE OF NOMINAL QUANTITIES OF CONTENTS
                    OF PREFACKAGES
              : n :-               g)
Butter , margarine , animal and vegetable fats
125 - 250 - 500 - 1000 - 2000 - 5000 .
Fresh cheeses ( except " Petits suisses" ( soft cream cheeses ) and
                other cheeses put up in the same way)
62.5 - 125 - 250 - 500 - 1000 ~ 2000 - 5000.
"Petits suisses " and other cheeses put up m the same way
180 - 360.
Cooking salt
250 - 500 - 1000 - 2000 - 3000 - 4000 - 5000,             .  .
Sugar ( granulated , caster , lump )
see Directive *73/43T/EEC published in OJ No L 356 of       •.
27 December 1973 *
Cereal products
Cereal flours , groats and meal ( except baby food and cornflakes )
125 - 250 - 500 - 1000 - 2500 - 5000 - 10 000.
Macaroni , spaghetti and similar products
125 - 250 - 500 - 1000 - 2000 - 3000 - 4000 - 5000 - 7500 -
10 000 .
 ---pagebreak--- 1.5.3      Milled rice ana rice flakes
            250 - 500 - 750 - 1000 - 2500 .
1.5*4      Ready-to-serve cereal flakes ( Cornflakes )
           250 - 375 - 500 - 750 - 1000 - 1500 .
1,6        Edible starches , tapioca and sago
           100 - 200 - 250 - 300 - 400 - 500.
1.7        Dried vegetables and fruit
           125 - 250 - 500 - 750 - 1000 - 1500 - 2000 - 5000 - 7500
           10 000 .
1.8        Chocolate and cocoa
1.8.1    _ Chocolate ( slats and tars )
           see Directive 73/241/EEC published in OJ No L 228 of
           16.8.1973 and its amendments .
1.8.2      Cocoa powder
           see proposal for Counoil Directive (No
1.9        Jam , honey and pastes for spreading
1.9.1      Jam , marmelade , .jellies and chestnut paste
           125 - 250 - 500 - 750 - 1000 - 1500 - 2000 - 2500 - 5000
           7500 - 10 000.
1.9*2      Honey
           125 - 250 - 500 - 750 - 1000 - 1500 - 2000 - 2500 - 5000
           10 000 .
^Excluding dehydrated vegetables and potatoes .
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1»9.3  Cocoa , chocolate and dried fruit pastes for spreading
       200 - 400 - 500 - 750.
1.10   Ground or unground roasted coffee , chicorv and coffee substitutes
       125 - 250 - 500 - 1000 - 2000 - 3000 - 4000 - 5000 - 10 000.
1.11   Tea and plant infusions sold in packets or tins
       125 - 250 - 500 - 1000 - 2000 - 2500 - 5000 - 7500 - 10 000.
1.12   Peep-frozen products
1.12.1 Chilled or frozen fruit , vegetables and potatoes
       150 - 300 - 450 - 600 - 750 - 1000 - 1500 - 2000 - 2500.
1.12.2 Fish fillets or portions , "breaded or not
       200 - 300 - 400 - 500 - 600 - 800 - 1000 - 1500 - 2000.
1.12.3 Pish fingers
       150 - 300 - 450 - 600.
1.13   Milk products
1.13.1 Unsweetened condensed miik
       80 - 170 - 250 - 340 - 410.
1.13.2 Sweetened condensed milk
       78 - 150 - 4C0.
1.13.3 Powdered milk ( except instant powdered milk)
       225 - 450 - 900 .
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 1.13.4       Instant milk powder
              200 - 400 - 800.
 1.13»5   - Sterilized cream
              114 - 165 - 330 - 395 .
1.14          Potatoes for consumption t derived products : processed products
              ( crisps, snacks | sticks •••)
              75 - loo - 125 - 150 - 175 - 200 - 250 - 300 - 400 - 500.
 2,           Foodstuffs sold "by volume (ml )
 2.1          Ice cream put up in family-size packages ( excluding specialities )*
              300 - 500 - 750 - 1000 - 1500 - 2000 - 2500 - 3000.
 2.2          Solid yoghourt (plain , flavoured , with added fruit ), curdled
              milk ( dick milck )
              125 - 250 - 500 - 750 - 1000.
 2.3          Koffee melk and similar products
              250 - 500 - 1000,
3.            Dry foods for dogs and cats      ( in g)
              100 - 200 - 300 - 400 - 500 - 1000 - 2000 - 3000 - 4000 - 5000 -
              7500 - 10 000.
4. .          Ready–to–use paints and varnishes ( with or without added solvents )
              ( in ml )
              125 - 250 - 375 - 500 - 750 - 1000 - 2500 - 5000 - 10 000.
  Any ice cream whose volume is not determined "by the shape of the
  container .
^Products with a moisture content lower than 14$*
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Writing inks ( except Indian ink , ink for ink pads and
colouring ink ) ( in ml )
15 - 30 - 60 - 125 - 250 - 500 - 1000.
Solid or powdered glues and adhesives ( in gr
25 - 50 - 125 - 200 - 500 - 1000 - 5000 - 8000 - 10 000.
Cleaning products ( liquids and pastes in ml , solids in g)
for leather , footwear , wood , floor coverings , metal , ovens ,
cars , windows , mirrors ;   stain-removers , starches and dyes
for household use ;   household insecticides ; descalers ;
hypochlorites and other non-pharmaceutical disinfectants :
50 - 75 - 100 - 150 - 200 - 250 - 300 - 400 - 500 - 750 -
1000 - 1500 - 2000 - 2500 - 5000 - 7500 - 10 000*
Cosmetics :   beauty and toilet preparations
Skin-care products :
shaving creams , creams for general care of skin and hands ,
sun creams and lotions ( in ml )
15 - 30 - 40 - 50 - 75 - 100 - 125 - 150 - 200 - 250 - 300
500 - 1000 .
Toothpaste ( in ml )
25 - 50 - 75 - 100 - 125 - 150 - 200 - 250.
Hair-care products ( except dyes ), namely :
laquer , shampoos , rinsing products , strengtheners ,
brilliantines , hair cream (in ml )
25 - 50 ~ 75 - 100 - 125 - 200 - 250 - 375 - 500 - 750 -
1000 - 2000 .
 ---pagebreak--- Bath products
"Bubble "baths" and other foaming products for bath and shower
( in ml )
25 - 50 T 100 - 150 - 200 - 250 - 375 - 500 - 750 - 1000 .
Alcohol-based products
containing less than 3$ by volume of natural or synthetio
perfume oil and less than IQffo by volume of ethyl alcohol for :
"Eau de Cologne", Lavender water , Toilet water , hair lotion ,
pre-shave and after-shave lotions ( in ml )
15 - 25 - 30 - 40 - 50 - 75 - 100 - 125 - 150 - 175 - 200 -
250 - 300 - 400 - 500 - 750 - 1000.
Déodorants and Personal hygiene products
( liquid products in ml , solid products in g)
20 - 25 - 30 - 40 - 50 - 60 - 75 - 100 - 150 - 200.
Washing products
Solid toilet and household soaps ( g)
50 - 100 - 150 - 200 - 250 - 300 - 400 - 500 - 1000 .
Soft soaps ( g)
100 - 250 - 500 - 1000 - 5000 - 10 000.
Soap in flakes , chips , etc. ( g)
250 - 500 - 750 - 1000 - 3000 - 5000 - 10 000.
Liquid products ( softeners , washing-up liquids , liquid
floor-cleaning products ) (ml )
100 - 250 - 500 - 750 - 1000 - 1250 - 1500 - 2000 - 3000 -
4000 - 5000 - 6000 - 7000 - 10 000.
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10.  Solvents (ml )
     125 - 250 - 500 - 1000 - 1500 - 2500 - 5000 - 10 000 .
11 • Engine lubricating oils (ml )
     125 - 250 - 500 - 1000 - 2000 - 3000 - 5000.
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                        ANNEX        r..I
            RANGE OF PERMISSIBLE CONTAINER CAPACITIES
1.    Preserves and semi~preserves in tins and glass containers :
      Vegetable products ( fruit , vegetables , tomatoes , potatoes )
      for human consumption
1.1   Tina ( ®l )
l.l.l Round tins
      - General list :
        106 - 156 - 212 - 236 - 314 - 403 - 425 - 58O - 850 - 1700
        2650 - 3100 - 4250.
      - Additional list for certain special products :
        26 - 53 - 71                           ( truffles )
        71 - 142                               ( tornato concentrates )
        340                                    ( artichokes )
        305 - 720 - 875 ••••••••••••••...•     (whole asparagus )
        1062 ■•••••••••••••••••••«...»••••     ( peeled tomatoes )
        125                                    (mushrooms )
        492                                    ( soups )
1.1*2 Rectangular tins
      - List for certain spécial products
        525 – 920                              (whole asparagus )
1*2   Glass containers (ml )
      - General list :
        106 - 156 - 212 - 314 - 370 - 425 - 580 - 720 - 850 - 1062
        1700 - 2550 - 2650 - 3100 - 4250.
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   - Additional list for certain special products :
     47 0 • • * •                           (whole asparagus )
     50 - 285                               ( fruit and vegetables
                                           ' ill vinegar )
   – Additional list for  "beaker containers :
     50 - 125 - 250 .
2. Spices – pepper - herbs (ml )
   25 - 50 - 75 - 100 - 175 - 200 - 250 - 500 .
3. Washing and cleaning products in the form of powder in
   standardized prepackages
   The capacities of the prepackages must conform with those
   laid down in Standard EN 23 . adopted in July 1974 ( see "below ):
               Box No                Total volume in ml
                  E 1                           750
                  E 2                         1 500
                  E 3                         2 250
                  E 5                         3 750
                  E 10                        7 700
                  E 15                      11 450
               Barrel No
                  E 10                        7 700
                  E 15                      11 450
 ---pagebreak--- Glues and adhesives ( except products listed in Annex i )
Glues for household use , in tubos f "bottles , tins and other
small containers
53 - 71 - 106 - 156 - 212 - 314 - 425 .
Glues for professional use , in cans , nars pots or drums
580 - 850 - 1062 - 2055 - 3100 - 4250 - 4880 - 5650 - 6200
7500 - 11 000,
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                           ANNEX        III
                  AEROSOLS SOLD IN METAL CONTAINERS
The volume of a product sold in an aerosol must be equal to one of the
volumes listed in the first column of the table "below.   Depending on the
nature of the propellant , the volume of the container must be equal to
the volume listed in the 2nd or 3rd column .
In derogation from Article 8(l)(e ) of the Council Directive of 20 May 1975
on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to
aerosol dispensers (75/324/EEC ) t products sold in aerosols complying with
the requirements of this Directive need not be marked with the nominal
weight of their contents#