No L 259/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 10. 79 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 18 September 1979 amending for the sixth time Direetve 67/548/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (79/831/EEC) THE COUNCIL. OF THE EUROMEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof, Having regard *o the proposal from the Commission, Having rzgard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1), ' Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2), Whereas to protect man and the environment against potential risks which could arise from the placing on the market of new substances, it is necessary to lay down appropriate measures and in particular to reinforce the recommendations provided in Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (3), as last amended by Directive 75/409/EEC (%); Whereas it is necessary for these reasons to amend Directive 67/548/EEC which at the moment by an adequate classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances protects the population and principally the workers using them; Whereas in order to control the effects on man and the environment it is advisable that any new substance placed on the market be subjected to a prior study by the manufacturer or importer and a notification to the competent authorities conveying mandatorily certain information; whereas it is, moreover, important to follow closely the evolution and use of new substances placed on the market, and that in order to do this it is necessary to institute a system which allows all new substances to be listed; ) OJ No C 30, 7. 2. 1977, p. 35. ) O] No C 114, 11. 5. 1977, p. 20. 3) OJ No 196, 16. 8. 1967, p. 1. ) Whereas, moreover, it is necessary, if the Directive is to be properly applied, to draw up an inventory of substances on the Community market by 18 September 1981; Whereas it is necessary to provide for measures making it possible to introduce a procedure of notification to one Member State which is then valid for the Community; whereas, it is, moreover, necessary to provide that the measures relating to the classification and labelling of substances may be laid down at Community level; Whereas it is necessary to introduce measures for the packaging and provisional labelling of dangerous substances not yet appearing in Annex I to Directive 67/548/EEC; ' Whereas it is necessary to make the indication of safety advice obligatory; Whereas Article 2 of the abovementioned Directive classifies substances and preparations as toxic, harmful, corrosive or irritant by the use of general definitions; . whereas experience has shown that it is necessary to improve this classification; whereas in the absence, at the moment, of specifications necessary for allocation to these classes, it seems appropriate to provide precise criteria for classification; whereas in addition Article 3 of the Directive provides for an evaluation of danger for the environment and it is therefore necessary to enumerate certain characteristics and parameters of assessment, and to establish a phased study programme, - HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Articles 1 to 8 of Directive 67/548/EEC are hereby replaced by the following Articles: ' ‘Article 1 1. The purpose of this Directive is to approximate the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States on: "