COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  of 22 April
1991 

amending Directive 89/396/EEC

on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs

(91/238/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
it is necessary to take account of the fact that the immediate consumption on
purchase of certain foodstuffs such as ice cream in individual portions means
that indicating the lot directly on the individual packaging would serve no
useful  purpose; whereas Directive
89/396/EEC (4) should therefore be amended;

 

Whereas,
however, it must be compulsory in the case of these products to indicate the
lot on the combined package,

 

HAS
ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 

Article
1

 

The
following is hereby added to Article 2 (2) of Directive 89/396/EEC:

 

'(d) to
individual portions of ice cream. The indication enabling the lot to be
identified must appear on the combined package.'

 

Article
2 

This
Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 22 April 1991.


 

For the Council

The President

R. STEICHEN

 

 

(1) OJ
No C 267, 23. 10. 1990, p. 15. (2) OJ No C 324,

   24. 12. 1990, p. 246 and OJ No C 72, 18. 3.
1991. (3) OJ No C 60, 8.

   3. 1991, p. 4. (4) OJ No L 186, 30. 6.
1989, p. 21.