COUNCIL� DIRECTIVE 87/354/EEC

 

of 25
June 1987

 

amending
certain directives on the approximation of the laws of the

Member
States relating to industrial products with respect to the

distinctive
numbers and letters indicating the Member States

 

 

THE
COUNCIL OF 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 (1),

 

Having
regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

 

Having
regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee

(3),

 

Whereas
the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal adopted, for

certain
directives concerning the approximation of the laws of the

Member
States relating to industrial products, the distinctive

letters'GR'
for the Hellenic Republic;

 

Whereas,
in order to maintain the link with the designation for

Greece
in its national language, the distinctive letters'EL' should be

assigned
to that Member State; whereas the directives concerned must

therefore
be amended accordingly,

 

HAS
ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

 

����������������������������� Article 1

 

The
directives listed in the Annex are hereby amended in accordance

with the
provisions set out therein.

 

����������������������������� Article 2

 

1.
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and

�� administrative provisions necessary to
comply with this Directive by

�� 31 December 1987. They shall forthwith
inform the Commission thereof.

 

2.
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of

�� the provisions of national law which they
adopt in the field governed

�� by this Directive.

 

����������������������������� Article 3

 

This
Directive is addressed to the Member States.

 

Done at
Luxembourg, 25 June 1987.

 

For the
Council

 

The
President

 

H. DE
CROO

 

(1) OJ
No C 317, 10. 12. 1986, p. 5.

 

(2)
Opinion delivered on 19 June 1987 (not yet published in the

��� Official Journal).

 

(3) OJ
No C 150, 9. 6. 1987, p. 4.

 

������������������������������� ANNEX

 

The
following Directives are amended as set out below:

 

1.
Council Directive 70/157/EEC of 6 February 1970 (OJ No L 42, 23.

�� 2. 1970, p. 16), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No L

�� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 211):

 

In Annex
II, in the footnote relating to point 3.1.3,'GR = Greece'

is
replaced by'EL = Greece'.

 

In Annex
IV, in the footnote concerning the distinctive letter(s) of

the
country granting type approval,'GR = Greece' is replaced by'EL =

Greece'.

 

2.
Council Directive 70/388/EEC of 27 July 1970 (OJ No L 176, 10. 8.

�� 1970, p. 12), as last amended by the 1985
Act of Accession (OJ No L

�� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 212):

 

In point
1.4.1 of Annex I, in the text in brackets,'GR for Greece'

is
replaced by'EL for Greece'.

 

3.
Council Directive 71/127/EEC of 1 March 1971 (OJ No L 68, 22. 3.

�� 1971, p. 1), as last amended by the 1985
Act of Accession (OJ No L

�� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 212):

 

In point
2.6.2.1 of Annex I, in the text in brackets,'GR for Greece'

is
replaced by'EL for Greece'.

 

4.
Council Directive 71/316/EEC of 26 July 1971 (OJ No L 202, 6. 9.

�� 1971, p. 1), as last amended by the 1985
Act of Accession (OJ No L

�� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 212):

 

In the
first indent of point 3.1 of Annex I and the first indent of

point
3.1.1.1 (a) of Annex II, in the text in brackets,'GR for Greece'

is
replaced by'EL for Greece'.

 

5.
Council Directive 74/483/EEC of 17 September 1974 (OJ No L 266,

�� 2. 10. 1974, p. 4), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ

�� No L 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 212):

 

In Annex
I, in the footnote relating to point 3.2.2.2,'GR = Greece'

is
replaced by'EL = Greece'.

 

6.
Council Directive 76/114/EEC of 18 December 1975 (OJ No L 24, 30.

�� 1. 1976, p. 31), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No L

�� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 213):

 

In point
2.1.2 of the Annex, in the text in brackets,'GR for Greece'

is
replaced by'EL for Greece'.

 

7. In
the following Directives, at the places mentioned,'GR for

�� Greece' is replaced by'EL for Greece':

 

(a)
Council Directive 76/757/EEC of 27 July 1976 (OJ No L 262, 27.

��� 9. 1976, p. 32), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No L

��� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 213):

 

������������������������ Annex III point 4.2;

 

(b)
Council Directive 76/758/EEC of 27 July 1976 (OJ No L 262, 27.

��� 9. 1976, p. 54), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No L

��� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 213):

 

������� �����������������Annex III point 4.2;

 

(c)
Council Directive 76/759/EEC of 27 July 1976 (OJ No L 262, 27.

��� 9. 1976, p. 71), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No L

��� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 213):

 

������������������������ Annex III point 4.2;

 

(d)
Council Directive 76/760/EEC of 27 July 1976 (OJ No L 262, 27.

��� 9. 1976, p. 85), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No L

��� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 213):

 

������������������������� Annex I point 4.2;

 

(e)
Council Directive 76/761/EEC of 27 July 1976 (OJ No L 262, 27.

��� 9. 1976, p. 96), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No L

��� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 213):

 

������������������������ Annex VI point 4.2;

 

(f)
Council Directive 76/762/EEC of 27 July 1976 (OJ No L 262, 27.

��� 9. 1976, p. 122), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No

��� L 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 213):

 

�Annex II point 4.2. 8. Council Directive
76/767/EEC of 27 July 1976

(OJ No L
262, 27. 9. 1976, p. 153), as last amended by the 1985 Act of

Accession
(OJ No L 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 213):

 

In the
first indent of point 3.1 of Annex I and in the first indent

of point
3.1.1.1.1 of Annex II, in the text in brackets,'GR for

Greece'
is replaced by'EL for Greece'.

 

9. In
the following Directives'GR for Greece' is replaced by'EL for

�� Greece' as indicated below:

 

(a)
Council Directive 77/536/EEC of 28 June 1977 (OJ No L 220, 29.

��� 8. 1977, p. 1), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No L

��� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 213):

 

����������������������������� Annex VI;

 

(b)
Council Directive 77/538/EEC of 28 June 1977 (OJ No L 220, 29.

��� 8. 1977, p. 60), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No L

��� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 213):

 

������������������������ Annex II point 4.2.;

 

(c)
Council Directive 77/539/EEC of 28 June 1977 (OJ No L 220, 29.

��� 8. 1977, p. 72), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No L

��� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 213):

 

������������������������ Annex II point 4.2;

 

(d)
Council Directive 77/540/EEC of 28 June 1977 (OJ No L 220, 29.

��� 8. 1977, p. 83), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No L

��� 302, 15. 11. 1983, p. 214):

 

������������������������ Annex IV point 4.2;

 

(e)
Council Directive 77/541/EEC of 28 June 1977 (OJ No L 220, 29.

��� 8. 1977, p. 95), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No L

��� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 214):

 

����������������������� Annex III point 1.1.1;

 

(f)
Council Directive 78/764/EEC of 25 July 1978 (OJ No L 225, 18.

��� 9. 1978, p. 1), as last amended by the
1985 Act of Accession (OJ No L

��� 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 214):

 

���������������������� Annex II point 3.5.2.1;

 

(g)
Council Directive 78/932/EEC of 16 October 1978 (OJ No L 325,

��� 20. 11. 1978, p. 1), as last amended by
the 1985 Act of Accession (OJ

��� No L 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 214):

 

����������������������� Annex VI point 1.1.1;

 

(h)
Council Directive 79/622/EEC