Council Directive 89/679/EEC of 21 December 1989 amending for the fifth time Directive 76/768/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to cosmetic products

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 21 December 1989
amending for the fifth time Directive 76/768/EEC on  the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic  products
(89/679/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  100a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Directive 76/768/EEC (4), as last amended by Directive 88/667/EEC (5), establishes, for the  purposes of adapting technical requirements laid down by the Directive to technical progress, a  procedure for close cooperation between Member States and the Commission within a committee on the  adaptation to technical progress of the directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in  the cosmetics products sector;
Whereas, in the case of Annexes III to VII, the procedure involving that committee applies until 31  December 1988; whereas the period during which the procedure applies should be extended  indefinitely,