Den 10. januar fremsendtes skrivelser med opfordring til, at de pågældende fire med lemsstaters regeringer (Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland, Irland, Italien og storhertugdømmet Luxembourg) fremsætter deres bemærkninger inden udløbet af en ny frist.
When, on 19 December 1977,' the Directive according to Denmark a new derogation from the Community system of allowances until 31 December 1982 had been adopted, the Commission had undertaken to draw up each year, starting in 1978, a report on changes in the prices of alcoholic drinks and tobacco products in Denmark and in the Federal Republic of Germany, on changes in fares for travellers in Denmark and on the fiscal policy of the Danish Government.