Specialist Press Release (EP/SP03/2006) - January 30th, 2006

SUMMARY

MEPs are to vote this week on a European Commission proposal regulating pre-packaged goods.

The European Parliament's Internal Market Committee has amended the proposal so that it specifically allows for Imperial Units to be used in selling milk where this is the national practice. This means your daily 'pinta' will be safe.

Nor is there any threat to pre-packaged sliced bread which is excluded from the directive.

The Committee text is going for adoption by the full Parliament this week.

Note for editors:

The full European Parliament sits this week in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday.

The vote on the Pre-Packaged Goods Directive (first reading) will take place on Thursday 2 February

• Link to the report adopted in the Internal Market Committee, where amendments 17-19 concern milk
  http://www.europarl.europa.eu/omk/sipade3?PROG=REPORT&SORT_ORDER=D&REF_A=A6-2005-0412&L=EN

CONTACT

Simon Duffin, Press Officer, European Parliament UK Office, tel. 020 7227 4300, simon.duffin@europarl.europa.eu