Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations’

COM(2012) 8 final — 2012/007 (COD)

2012/C 181/39

On 2 February 2012 the European Parliament and on 8 March 2012 the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under Article 114 and Article 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, on the

Proposal for Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations

COM(2012) 8 final — 2012/007 (COD).

Since the Committee endorses the contents of the proposal and has already set out its views on the subject in its earlier opinion CES 330/97, adopted on 20 March 1997 (1), it decided, at its 479th plenary session of 28 and 29 March 2012 (meeting of 28 March 2012), by 166 votes to 2 with 9 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the above-mentioned document.

(1)  ESC opinion on the Proposal for 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, OJ C 158/1997, page 76, 26 May 1997.