DIRECTIVE 2004/12/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 February 2004 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2), Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty, in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on 17 December 2003 (3), Whereas: (1) Pursuant to Directive 94/62/EC (4) the Council is required, no later than six months before the end of a five-year phase starting from the date by which that Directive should have been implemented in national law, to fix targets for the next five-year phase. (2) The definition of ‘packaging’ laid down in Directive 94/ 62/EC should be further clarified throug...