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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
     We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting part of this
Registration Statement on Form S-4 of U.S. Can Corporation of our report dated
March 1, 1996 relating to the financial statements of the Aerosols Divestiture
Package, which appears in such Prospectus. We also consent to the reference to
us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.
 
   
Paris, January 23, 1997
    
 
Befec-Price Waterhouse
 
        /s/ JEAN-PIERRE CAROFF
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          Jean-Pierre Caroff