Official jou;x_jngl of the European ‘Communities ’ No L 251/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 25 April 1984 adapting to technical progress for the sixth time Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (84/449/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of danger- ous substances ('), as amended for the sixth time by Council Directive 79/831/EEC (2), and in particular Articles 19, 20 and 21 thereof, Whereas Article 3 (1) of Directive 79/831/EEC provides that the physico-chemical properties, toxicity and ecotoxicity of the substances and preparations shall be determined according to the methods specified in Annex'V; Whereas Article 19 of Directive 79/831/EEC of 18 September 1979 provides that Annex V comes under the procedure, involving the Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress; whereas due regard should be given, in particular, to any methods recognized and recommended by competent international OFganizations; Whereas the provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives on the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in Dangerous Substances and Preparations, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 The text of Annex V to Directive 67/548/EEC is hereby replaced by the text of the Annex to this Directive. Article 2 Member States shall adopt and publish before 1 July 1985 the measures needed to comply with this Directive and immediately inform the Commission thereof. They shall apply these measures by 1 July 1986 at the latest. Article 3 This Directive is adressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 April 1984. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission (1) O] No L 19, 16. 8. 1967, p. 1. (2) O] No L 259, 15. 10. 1979, p. 10.