No L 104/46 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 4. 93 (Acts whose publication is not obligatbry) COMMISSION COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93/18/EEC of 5 April 1993 adapting for the third time to technical progress Council Directive 88/379/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations , THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 88/379/EEC of 7 June 1988 on the approximation of the laws, regula- tions and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations ('), and in particular Article 15 thereof, Whereas Council Directive 92/32/EEC (%) amending Directive 67/548/EEC (°) for the seventh time, replaces the definition ‘teratogenic’ by ‘toxic for reproduction’ and introduces this modification into Directive 88/379/EEC; Whereas Annex VI to Directive 67/548/EEC, as last amended by Commission Directive 92/37/EEC(¥), provides for new criteria and new R type phrases for the category of danger ‘toxic for reproduction’, as well as new criteria for the use of certain R phrases concerning the nature of particular risks attributed to dangerous substances and preparations and in particular phrases R 33 and R 64; Whereas the provisions set out in Annex I to Directive 88/379/EEC, as amended by Directive 90/492/EEC (*), should therefore be revised and supplemented ; Whereas Annex Il to Directive 88/379/EEC contains special labelling provisions applicable to certain prepara- () OJ No L 187, 16. 7. 1988, p. 14. () OJ No L 154, 5. 6. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 196, 16. 8. 1967, p. 1. () OJ No L 154, S. 6. 1992, p. 30. () OJ No L-275, 5. 10. 1990, p. 35. tions ; whereas these special labelling provisions apply without distinction to all preparations under consideration whether or not considered dangerous within the meaning of the Directive; . Whereas it is' necessary to make special provisions in addition to those relating to labelling in the case of prepa- rations which although they contain at least one substance which is dangerous are not necessarily dange- rous within the meaning of Directive 88/379/EEC; Whereas the special provisions applicable to certain preparations set out in Annex II to Directive 88/379/EEC as amended by Directive 89/178/EEC (%) should therefore be revised and supplemented ; Whereas the amendments to Annex II result in its restructuring featuring in particular a new presentation by chapter in order to maintain the clarity required in all legislation ; Whereas Article 8a of the Treaty established an area without internal barriers in which the free circulation of goods, of persons, of services and capital is assured; Whereas, according to the scope and effects of the proposed action, the Community measures envisaged by this regulation are not only necessary but also indispen- dable for the attainment of the stated objectives and that these objectives cannot be achieved by Member States individually, and that furthermore their attainment at Community level is already provided for by Directive 88/379/EEC; () OJ No L 64, 8. 3. 1989, p. 18.