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Council Directive 2006/107/EC

of 20 November 2006

adapting Directive 89/108/EEC relating to quick-frozen foodstuffs for human consumption and Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania(1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 56 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 56 of the Act of Accession, where acts of the institutions remain valid beyond 1 January 2007, and require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its Annexes, the necessary acts are to be adopted by the Council, unless the Commission adopted the original act.

(2) The Final Act of the Conference which drew up the Treaty of Accession indicated that the High Contracting Parties had reached political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions required by reason of accession and invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union.

(3) Council Directive 89/108/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to quick-frozen foodstuffs for human consumption(2) and Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs(3) should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directives 89/108/EEC and 2000/13/EC shall be amended as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by the date of accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.

2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2006

For the Council

The President

J. Korkeaoja

ANNEXFREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS

FOODSTUFFS

1.31989 L 0108: Council Directive 89/108/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to quick-frozen foodstuffs for human consumption (OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 34) as amended by:

The following is added to Article 8(1)(a):

‘— in Bulgarian

:

бързо замразена,

— in Romanian

:

congelare rapidă.’

2.32000 L 0013: Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (OJ L 109, 6.5.2000, p. 29), as amended by:

(a)

In Article 5(3), the list starting with ‘in Spanish’ and ending with ‘joniserande strålning’ is replaced by the following list:

‘—in Bulgarian:

“облъчено” or “обработено с йонизиращо лъчение”,

—in Spanish:

“irradiado” or “tratado con radiación ionizante”,

—in Czech:

“ozářeno” or “ošetřeno ionizujícím zářením”,

—in Danish:

“bestrålet/…” or “strålekonserveret” or “behandlet med ioniserende stråling” or “konserveret med ioniserende stråling”,

—in German:

“bestrahlt” or “mit ionisierenden Strahlen behandelt”,

—in Estonian:

“kiiritatud” or “töödeldud ioniseeriva kiirgusega”,

—in Greek:

“επεξεργασμένο με ιονίζουσα ακτινοβολία” or“ακτινοβολημένο”,

—in English:

“irradiated” or “treated with ionising radiation”,

—in French:

“traité par rayonnements ionisants” or “traité par ionisation”,

—in Italian:

“irradiato” or “trattato con radiazioni ionizzanti”;

—in Latvian:

“apstarots” or “apstrādāts ar jonizējošo starojumu”,

—in Lithuanian:

“apšvitinta” or “apdorota jonizuojančiąja spinduliuote”,

—in Hungarian:

“sugárkezelt” vagy “ionizáló energiával kezelt”,

—in Maltese:

“ittrattat bir-radjazzjoni” or “ittrattat b'radjazzjoni jonizzanti”,

—in Dutch:

“doorstraald” or “door bestraling behandeld” or “met ioniserende stralen behandeld”,

—in Polish:

“napromieniony” or “poddany działaniu promieniowania jonizującego”,

—in Portuguese:

“irradiado” or “tratado por irradiação” or “tratado por radiação ionizante”,

—in Romanian:

“iradiate” or “tratate cu radiaţii ionizate”,

—in Slovak:

“ošetrené ionizujúcim žiarením”,

—in Slovenian:

“obsevano” or “obdelano z ionizirajočim sevanjem”,

—in Finnish:

“säteilytetty” or “käsitelty ionisoivalla säteilyllä”,

—in Swedish:

“bestrålad” or “behandlad med joniserande strålning”’;

(b)

in Article 10(2), the list starting with ‘in Spanish’ and ending with ‘sista förbrukningsdag’ is replaced by the following list:

‘—in Bulgarian: “използвай преди”,
—in Spanish: “fecha de caducidad”,
—in Czech: “spotřebujte do”,
—in Danish: “sidste anvendelsesdato”,
—in German: “verbrauchen bis”,
—in Estonian: “kõlblik kuni”,
—in Greek: “ανάλωση μέχρι”,
—in English: “use by”,
—in French: “à consommer jusqu'au”,
—in Italian: “da consumare entro”,
—in Latvian: “izlietot līdz”,
—in Lithuanian: “tinka vartoti iki”,
—in Hungarian: “fogyasztható”,
—in Maltese: “uża sa”,
—in Dutch: “te gebruiken tot”,
—in Polish: “należy spożyć do”,
—in Portuguese: “a consumir até”,
—in Romanian: “expiră la data de”,
—in Slovak: “spotrebujte do”,
—in Slovenian: “porabiti do”,
—in Finnish: “viimeinen käyttöajankohta”,
—in Swedish: “sista förbrukningsdag”.’.