28. 11. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 342/7 COMMISSION COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 5 October 1981 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 77/728/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of paints, varnishes, printing inks, adhesives and similar products (81/916/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- pean Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 77/728/EEC of 7 November 1977 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packag- ing and labeiling of paints, varnishes, printing inks, adhesives and similar products ('), and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas Annex I to Directive 77/728/EEC contains a list of dangerous substances giving for each of these substances concentration limits which govern the classification of the preparations concerned: Whereas examination of the list of dangerous sub- stances has shown that this list needs to be adapted in the light of the latest scientific and technical knowledge or, more precisely, that it is necessary to change the concentration limits for some substances and to include other substances on the list; Whereas Annex 11 to Directive 77/728/EEC con- tains special provisions concerning the labelling of certain preparations; whereas some risks have now been more precisely specified; whereas some of the safety advice phrases should be more clearly expressed; whereas, in the circumstances, Annex I1 should be amended: (1) OJ No L303,28.11. 1977, p. 23. Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Com- mittee 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 Annexes I and Il to Directive 77/728/EEC are hereby replaced by the Annexes to this Directive. Article 2 The Member States shall adopt and publish before 1 July 1983 the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive and shall forthwith inform the Com- mission thereof. They shall apply such provisions with effect from 1 July 1983 at the latest. Article 3 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 5 October 1981. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission