Dangerous preparations: classification, packaging and labelling

At second reading under codecision procedure, the European Parliament adopted the report by Monica Stefania Baldi (UPE,IT) on common position 54/98/EC adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations. The report proposes three amendments to the common position: - requiring that the Commission be assisted by a committee of representatives of the Member States, chaired by a Commission representative; - exempting testing of algae, daphnia and fish if a test result is already available before the proposed directive enters into force; - amending labelling requirements for preparations containing a sensitising substance to state simply "may produce an allergic reaction" rather than limiting this warning to "persons already sensitised".�