COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/11/EEC  of 3
March 1992

amending Directive 89/396/EEC

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

 

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 insurmountable technical problems which
made it impossible to implement Directive 89/396/EEC (4), as amended by
Directive 91/238/EEC (5), by 20 June 1991; whereas it is therefore necessary to
postpone the implementation date,

 

HAS
ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

 

                              Article 1

 

The
second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 7 of Directive 89/396/EEC is
hereby replaced by the following:

 

'-
prohibit trade in products not complying with this Directive with effect from 1
July 1992. However, trade in products placed on the market or labelled before
that date and not conforming with this Directive may continue until stocks run
out.'

 

                              Article 2

 

This
Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 3 March 1992.

 

 

For the Council

The President

Arlindo MARQUES CUNHA

 

(1) OJ
No C 219, 22. 8. 1991, p. 11. (2) OJ No C 305, 25. 11. 1991,

    p. 54 and Decision of 12 February 1992
(not yet published in the

    Official Journal). (3) OJ No C 40, 17. 2.
1992, p. 12. (4) OJ No L

    186, 30. 6. 1989, p. 21. (5) OJ No L
107,  27. 4. 1991, p. 50.