CELEX: 51974PC1123
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Date: 1974-07-16
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending for the first time the Council Directive of 24 July 1973 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(74)1123 final
                                            Brussels , 16 July 1974
                               Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
           amending for the first time the Council Directive of
           24 July 1973 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(74 ) 1123 final
 ---pagebreak---                            EKPLA1IATI0N MEFDRAI1DUII
 The first sentence of the first paragraph of Article 15 of the Council
Directive ( l ) of 24 July 1973 on the approximation of the laws of the
 Member States relating to cocoa and chocolate products intended for human
 consumption provides that Member States 0hall , if necessary , within a period
 of one year following notification , amend their laws in accordance with the
provisions of that Directive#
When the laws and regulations discharging this obligation were being drawn up
in the Member States it emerged that certain rules and definitions proposed
in the Directive might give rise to conflicting interpretation# For example ,
the French and Ehglish versions of Article 6 ( l ) are unclear. The definition
of milk chocolate , milk chocolate with high milk content and milk chocolate
vermicelli or flakes ( items 1*21 , 1»22 and 1.23 in the Annex) no longer
correspond to the intentions of the delegations when the Directive was
adopted.
The Commission intends therefore to submit as soon as possible a proposal for
a Directive defining the text where required more accurately .
Until such time as the Council adopts the proposal the period laid down in
Article 15 should be extended to enable Member States to take account of these
adjustments when national measures are adopted .
The object of this proposal is , therefore , to extend the period until
31 December 1974 •
OJ No L. 228 , 16 August 1973 , P. 23
 ---pagebreak---                       PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
           amending for the first time the Council Directive of
           24 July 1973 on the approximation of the laws of the
           Member States relating to cocoa and chocolate products
           intended for human consumption
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 ;
Whereas the first sentence of the first paragraph of Article 15 of the Council
Directive ( l) of 24 July 1973 on the approximation of the laws of the Member
States relating to cocoa and chooolate products intended for human consumption
provides that Member States shall , if necessary , within a period of one year
following notification amend their laws in accordance with the provisions of
that Directive ;
Whereas it appears , that the present wording of certain provisions of the
Directive concerned may give rise to conflicting interpretation and that they
should therefore be defined more accurate ;
Whereas the Commission has stated that it is about to submit a proposal amending
the wording of the Directive but that it will not be possible to make such
amendment before the expiry of the abovementioned period ;
Whereas Member States should therefore be enabled , by the extension of that
period , to take account of the adjustments made when giving effect to the
Directive in their national laws ;
Whereas , however , there is no need to alter -the period of two years laid down
in the second sentence of the first paragraph of Article 15 of the Council
Directive of 23 July 1973 ,
OJ No . L 228 , 16 August 1973 , p. 23
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE j
                                  Article 1
The first paragraph of Article 15 of the Council Directive of 24 July 1973
is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Member States shall , if necessary , "before 1 January 1975 » amend their laws
in accordance with the provisions of this Directive and shall forthwith inform
the Commission thereof . The laws thus amended shall apply to products offered
for sale in the Member States two years after the notification of this
Directive " •
                                  Article 2
This Directive is addressed to the Member States#
Done at Brussels .                  ■                          For the Council
                                                               The President