Marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (14th amend. Directive 76/769/EEC)

The Council agreed for the most part with the Commission's amended proposal. However, it introduced certain clarifications to the text of these amendments, concentrating more on the form than the substance: - the new recitals proposed by Parliament in its Amendments Nos 12 and 13 were brought together under a single recital; - in the left-hand column of point 31 of the annex, the expression "teratogenic substance" was replaced by "toxic for reproductive purposes" in order to respect the terminology introduced by Council Directive 93/32/EC; - the text proposed by Parliament concerning the labelling of CMT substances and preparations was replaced by the health warning S 53 which had the same meaning. Moreover, the Council made two amendments to the initial proposal: - a new recital stipulating that the Commission should give consideration in its proposals to the risks and advantages of the substances newly classified in Annex I to Directive 67/548/EEC as well as provisions on risk analyses; - a change to the date of application of the directive: the three-month period laid down in the proposal to allow for compliance with the directive was extended to six months. �