# EUR-Lex - 12003TN10/05/B - EN

Important legal notice

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# 12003TN10/05/B

**Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - Annex X: List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Hungary - 5. Agriculture - B. Veterinary legislation **

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Official Journal L 236 , 23/09/2003 P. 0851 - 0851 *

B. VETERINARY LEGISLATION

1. 31964 L 0433: Council Directive 64/433/EEC on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat (OJ P 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012, and later amended and consolidated in OJ L 268, 29.6.1991, p. 71), as last amended by:

- 31995 L 0023: Council Directive 95/23/EC of 22.6.1995 (OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 7).

(a) The structural requirements laid down in Annex I to Directive 64/433/EEC shall not apply to establishments in Hungary listed in Appendix A to this Annex until 31 December 2006, subject to the conditions laid down below.

(b) As long as the establishments referred to in paragraph (a) above benefit from the provisions of that paragraph, products originating from those establishments shall only be placed on the domestic market or used for further processing in the same establishment, irrespective of the date of marketing. These products must bear a special health mark.

The previous subparagraph also applies to all products originating from integrated meat establishments where a part of the establishment is subject to the provisions of paragraph (a).

(c) Hungary shall ensure gradual compliance with the structural requirements referred to in paragraph (a) in accordance with the deadlines for correcting existing shortcomings set out in Appendix A to this Annex. Hungary shall ensure that only those establishments which fully comply with these requirements by 31 December 2006 may continue to operate. Hungary shall submit annual reports to the Commission on progress made in each of the establishments listed in Appendix A to this Annex, including a list of the establishments which have corrected existing shortcomings during the year in question.

(d) The Commission may update Appendix A to this Annex referred to in paragraph (a) before accession and until 31 December 2006, and in this context may add to a limited extent or delete individual establishments, in the light of progress made in the correction of existing shortcomings and the outcome of the monitoring process.

Detailed implementing rules to ensure the smooth operation of the above transitional regime shall be adopted in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 64/433/EEC.

2. 31999 L 0074: Council Directive 1999/74/EC of 19 July 1999 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens ( OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 53).

Until 31 December 2009, establishments in Hungary listed in Appendix B to this Annex may maintain in service cages not meeting the minimum requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(4) and 5(1)(5) of Directive 1999/74/EC, provided that they were brought into service no later than 1 July 1999 and provided that they are at least 36 cm high over at least 65 % of the cage area and not less than 33 cm high at any point.

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