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ARTICLE 11

Council Directive 79/112/EEC of 18 December 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs for sale to the ultimate consumer · European Union

1 . ( A ) WHEN THE FOODSTUFFS ARE PREPACKAGED , THE PARTICULARS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 3 AND ARTICLE 4 ( 2 ) SHALL APPEAR ON THE PREPACKAGING OR ON A LABEL ATTACHED THERETO . ( B ) NOTWITHSTANDING POINT ( A ) AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO COMMUNITY PROVISIONS ON NOMINAL AMOUNTS , MEMBER STATES MAY AUTHORIZE THAT ALL OR SOME OF THE PARTICULARS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 3 AND ARTICLE 4 ( 2 ) BE GIVEN ONLY ON THE RELEVANT TRADE DOCUMENTS WHEN THE FOODSTUFFS ARE PREPACKAGED AND MARKETED PRIOR TO THEIR SALE TO THE ULTIMATE CONSUMER . WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE NOTIFICATION PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 22 , MEMBER STATES SHALL INFORM THE COMMISSION AND THE OTHER MEMBER STATES OF ANY MEASURE TAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS POINT . THE COUNCIL , ACTING ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , SHALL LAY DOWN THE PROVISIONS TO APPLY SUBSEQUENTLY IN THIS CONNECTION NOT LATER THAN NINE YEARS AFTER NOTIFICATION OF THIS DIRECTIVE . 2 . THESE PARTICULARS SHALL BE EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND MARKED IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE IN SUCH A WAY AS TO BE EASILY VISIBLE , CLEARLY LEGIBLE AND INDELIBLE . THEY SHALL NOT IN ANY WAY BE HIDDEN , OBSCURED OR INTERRUPTED BY OTHER WRITTEN OR PICTORIAL MATTER . 3 . ( A ) THE PARTICULARS LISTED IN ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) , POINTS 1 , 3 AND 4 , SHALL APPEAR IN THE SAME FIELD OF VISION . THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE EXTENDED TO THE PARTICULARS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 4 ( 2 ) . ( B ) HOWEVER , FOR GLASS BOTTLES INTENDED FOR RE-USE , UPON WHICH ONE OF THE PARTICULARS LISTED IN POINT ( A ) IS INDELIBLY MARKED , THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOLLOWING NOTIFICATION OF THIS DIRECTIVE . 4 . MEMBER STATES MAY : ( A ) PERMIT THAT ONLY THE PARTICULARS LISTED IN ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) , POINTS 1 , 3 AND 4 , BE INDICATED ON PACKAGING OR CONTAINERS THE LARGEST SURFACE OF WHICH HAS AN AREA OF LESS THAN 10 CM2 , ( B ) REQUIRE THE INDICATION OF ONLY SOME OF THE PARTICULARS LISTED IN ARTICLE 3 IN RESPECT OF MILK OR MILK PRODUCTS IN BOTTLES INTENDED FOR RE-USE ; IN THIS CASE THEY MAY ALSO PROVIDE FOR DEROGATIONS FROM PARAGRAPH 3 ( A ) . WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE NOTIFICATION PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 22 , MEMBER STATES SHALL INFORM THE COMMISSION AND THE OTHER MEMBER STATES OF ANY MEASURE TAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH .

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.