No L 183/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 14.7.75 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 24 June 1975 amending for the fifth time Directive No 67/548/EEC concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (75/409/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1); Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2); Whereas it is necessary to amend Council Directive No 67/548/EEC (8) of 27 June 1967 concerning the - approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances, as last amended by Directive No 73/146/EEC (4); whereas some of the provisions on the labelling and packaging of dangerous substances should be clarified and amplified; whereas these provisions should in any case be harmonized with those of Council Directive No 73/173/EEC (°) of 4 June 1973 concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (solvents); Whereas the dimensions of the label should be established in proportion to the capacity of the package; Whereas it is also necessary to adopt rules defining the relationship between markings for transport and markings for marketing and handling, in order to avoid double marking with different symbols; ) O] No C 2, 9. 1. 1974, p. 59. 2) OJ No C 109, 19. 9. 1974, p. 19. 3) O] No 196, 16. 8. 1967, p. 1. % O] No L 167, 25. 6. 1973, p. 1. 5) O] No L 189, 11. 7. 1973, p. 7. Whereas dangerous substances, although complying with the requirements of Directive No 67/548/EEC, could prove a hazard to health or safety; whereas provision should therefore be made for a procedure to offset this hazard; : Whereas it is necessary to make certain amendments to the wording of the German, English and Italian versions of the Directive, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive No 67/548/EEC shall be amended in accordance with the following Articles. Article 2 1. Article 6 (2), first clause, shall be replaced by the following text: ‘Every package must clearly and indelibly show the following:’ 2. The following sentence shall be added to Article 6 (2) (d): ‘For packages of harmful, irritant, highly flammable, flammable and oxidizing substances, indication need not be given of special risks where the package contains no more than 125 ml.’ Article 3 Article 7 shall be replaced by the following text: ‘1. Where the particulars laid down by Article 6 appear on a label, that label must be placed on one or more surfaces of the package so that it