No L 19/14 Official “Journal of the European Communities 24. 1. 90 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 19 December 1989 defining in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 88/379/EEC the categories of preparations the packaging of which must be fitted with child-resistant” fastenings and/or carry a tactile warning of danger (90/35/EEC) 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 Member States’ laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous prepa-- rations ('), as last amended by Directive 89/178/EEC (3, and in particular Article 6 (3)- thereof, Whereas, under Article 6 (2) of Directive 88/379/EEC, ’ containers containing certain categories of ~dangerous preparations offered orsold to the general public are to be fitted with child-resistant fastenings and/or carry a tactile warning of danger; whereas under Article 6 (3) the cate- gories of dangerous preparations the packaging of which have to be fitted with the abovementioned devices are defined by the procedure set out in Article 21 of Council Directive 67/548/EEC (®), as last amended by Directive 88/490/EEC (¥); - Whereas all forms of sufficiently child-resistant packages, especially those defined by international standards, can be considered ‘as packages fitted with child-resistant faste- nings ; Whereas the provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Adaptation to () OJ No L 187, 16. 7. 1988, p. 14. () O] No L 64, 8. 3. 1989, p. 18. () OJ No 196, 16. 8. 1967, p. 1. () OJ No L 259, 19. 9. 1988, p. 1. Technical Progress of the Directives on the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in Dangerous Substances and Preparations ; HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE : Article 1 Containers of whatever the capacity, containing prepara- tions offered or sold to the general public and labelled as very toxic, toxic or corrosive in accordance with Article 7 of Directive 88/379/EEC and under the conditions laid down in Article 3 thereof shall be fitted with child- - resistant fastenings and carry a tactile warning of danger. These fastenings and warnings must conform to the specifications in parts-A and B of Annex IX to Directive - 67/548/EEC. Article 2 Containers of whatever the capacity, containing prepara- tions offered of sold to the general public and labelled as harmful, extremely flammablé or highly flammable in accordance. with Article 7 and under the conditions laid down in Article 3 of Directive 88/379/EEC, shall -carry a tactile warning of danger. This warning must conform to the specifications in part B of Annex IX to Directive 67/548/EEC.