No L 90/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 4. 93 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93/8/EEC of 15 March 1993 amending Council Directive 82/711/EEC laying down the basic rules necessary for testing migration of constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs . THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, - Having regard to Council Directive 89/109/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (*), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas the Community measures envisaged by this Directive are not only necessary but also indispensable for the attainment of the objectives of the internal market ; whereas these objectives cannot be achieved by Member States individually, and whereas furthermore their attain- ment at Community level is already provided for by Directive 89/109/EEC; Whereas. Commission Directive  90/128/EEC  of 23 February 1990 relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs(?), as amended by Directive 92/39/EEC (*), provides the possibi- lity of carrying out the migration tests either on foodstuffs or on food simulants, whilst Council Directive 82/711/EEC (¥ requires the migration tests to be carried out only on food simulants unless the method of analysis which enables migration into foodstuffs to be established has been adopted officially ; whereas this discrepancy is capable of affecting the proper application of the Direc- tives and whereas it is therefore necessary to eliminate it ; () OJ No L 40, 11. 2. 1989, p. 38. () OJ No L 75, 21. 3. 1990, p. 19, rectified by OJ No L 349, 13. 12. 1990, p. 26. %) OJ No L 168, 23. 6. 1992, p. 21. () OJ No L 297, 23. 10. 1982, p. 26. Whereas the increasing use of microwave ovens makes it necessary to establish new specific test conditions ; Whereas it is necessary to remove the possibility given to the Member States' to adopt national rules for high- temperature testing in. order to eliminate the existing discrepancies ; ' Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE : Article 1 Directive 82/711/EEC is amended as follows : 1. Articles 2 and 3 are replaced by the following : Article 2 ' The overall and specific migration levels of consti- tuents of the materials and articles referred to in Article 1 into or onto foodstuffs or food simulants must not exceed the limits laid down in Commission Directive 90/128/EEC (") or in any other relevant specific directive. Article 3 1. Verification of compliance of migration into foodstuffs with the migration limits shall be carried out under the most extreme conditions of time and temperature foreseeable in actual use.