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Directive 2007/45/EC Of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Directive 2007/45/EC Of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 laying down rules on nominal quantities for prepacked products, repealing Council Directives 75/106/EEC and 80/232/EEC, and amending Council Directive 76/211/EEC
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CHAPTER IIU.K.SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
Article 3U.K.Placing on the market and free movement of certain products
Member States shall ensure that the products listed in section 2 of the Annex and put up in prepackages in the intervals listed in section 1 of the Annex are placed on the market only if they are prepacked in the nominal quantities listed in section 1 of the Annex.
Article 4U.K.Aerosol dispensers
1.Aerosol dispensers shall indicate the nominal total capacity of the container. The indication shall be such as not to create confusion with the nominal volume of the contents.
2.By way of derogation from Article 8(1)(e) of Council Directive 75/324/EEC of 20 May 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers(1), products which are sold in aerosol dispensers need not be marked with the nominal weight of their contents.
Article 5U.K.Multipacks and prepackages made up of individual packages which are not intended to be sold individually
1.For the purposes of Article 3, where two or more individual prepackages make up a multipack, the nominal quantities listed in section 1 of the Annex shall apply to each individual prepackage.
2.Where a prepackage is made up of two or more individual packages which are not intended to be sold individually, the nominal quantities listed in section 1 of the Annex shall apply to the prepackage.
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OJ L 147, 9.6.1975, p. 40. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36).
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