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of12April1983
establishing exceptions from Council Directive 77/99/EEC for certain products which contain
otherfoodstuffsandonlyasmallpercentage ofmeatormeatproduct
(83/201/EEC)
(OJ L 112, 28.4.1983, p. 28)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Directive 83/577/EEC of 15 November 1983 L 334 21 29.11.1983
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COMMISSIONDIRECTIVE
of12April1983
establishing exceptions from Council Directive 77/99/EEC for
certain products which contain other foodstuffs and only a small
percentage ofmeatormeatproduct
(83/201/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/99/EEC of 21 December 1976
on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meatproducts(
1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas it may be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 18 of Directive 77/99/EEC that some provisions of that
Directive shall not apply to certain products which contain other food-stuffs and only a small percentage of meat or meat products;
Whereas the percentage of fresh meat or meat product in products
which contain other foodstuffs and only a small percentage of meat ormeat product must be determined as a ratio of ingoing freshmeat ormeat product to the final product; whereas, for certain products whichcontain other foodstuffs and only a small percentage of meat or meatproduct and which are dehydrated or concentrated at the production
stage and ready to eat meals, the final product for this calculation is
the product ready for use after preparation in accordance with themanufacturers instructions for use;
Whereas, after taking into account the nature and the composition of
the products, exceptions may be allowed for certain products;
Whereas these exceptions may only relate to the conditions for
approval of establishments as laid down in Chapter I of Annex A, the
inspection requirements described in Chapters IV and V of Annex A,
and the requirements for a health marking and health certificate aslaid down in points 9 and 10 of Article 3 (1) of Directive 77/99/EEC;whereas, notwithstanding the provisions of this Directive, MemberStates must ensure that products which contain other foodstuffs andonly a small percentage of meat or meat product intended for intra-
Community trade are wholesome products prepared from fresh meat
or meat products within the meaning of Directive 77/99/EEC;
Whereas products which contain other foodstuffs and only a small
percentage of meat or meat product are manufactured either in estab-
lishments producing this type of product exclusively or inestablishments producing, in addition to the abovementioned type ofproduct, also meat products and/or other foodstuffs which do notcontain meat or meat product; whereas these types of products can beprepared in separate parts of the same establishment;
Whereas establishments producing products which contain other food-
stuffs and only a small percentage of meat or meat product, which fullycomply withth e provisions of Directive 77/99/EEC, must be allowed to
avail themselves of the exceptions referred to in Article 8 (1) (c) of that
Directive;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,1983L0201 — EN — 15.11.1983 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 85.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
This Directive lays down which provisions of Directive 77/99/EEC
shall not apply, pursuant to Article 8 thereof, to certain products whichcontain other foodstuffs and only a small percentage of meat or meatproducts.
Article 2
Products which contain other foodstuffs and only a small percentage of
meat or meat products shall mean products with not more than 10 %(w/w) of ingoing meat or meat product in relation to the final productready for use after preparation in accordance withth e manufacturersinstructions for use.
Article 3
For approval of establishments manufacturing products which contain
other foodstuffs and only a small percentage of meat or meat product:
1. The conditions laid down in Annex A, Chapter I of Directive 77/99/
EEC shall only concern that part of the establishment where fresh
meat or meat product is received, stored, handled and incorporatedin the meat products and/or products which contain other foodstuffsand only a small percentage of meat or meat product, and wherethese products are processed and stored.
2. (a) In cases where the producer only uses products which have
undergone complete treatment for the preparation of productswhich contain other foodstuffs and only a small percentage of
meat or meat product, the competent authority may decide that
the refrigeration rooms referred to under Annex A, Chapter I,paragraph1 (a) (i) of Directive 77/99/EEC are not required.
(b) Provided that there is no deleterious effect on the fresh meat and
meat products, the same room may be used for the operations tobe carried out in separate rooms referred to in Annex A, ChapterI, paragraph2 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g) and (h ) of Directive 77/99/EEC.
The exceptions under (a) and (b) apply only to that part of the estab-
lishment producing products which contain other foodstuffs and onlya small percentage of meat or meat product.
3. If the establishment also manufactures other food products which do
not contain meat or meat product, the rooms referred to in Annex A,Chapter I, paragraph 1 (c), (e), (i), (1), (n) and (o) and installations
of (f), (g), (h) and (k) of Directive 77/99/EEC, which are required
for products mentioned in Article 1 of this Directive, may be incommon with the rooms and installations for the manufacture ofthe other food products which do not contain meat or meat product.However, the competent authority referred to under (6) in Article 3
(1) of Directive 77/99/EEC shall have access to these rooms and
installations.
4. Member States shall ensure that the veterinary approval number of
establishments or these parts of the establishments approved in
accordance with this Directive is preceded by the figure 8 followedby a hyphen (i.e. ‘8-’).
5. The veterinary approval number of establishments which fully
comply withth e provisions of Directive 77/99/EEC, may bepreceded by the figure 8 followed by a hyphen (i.e. ‘8-’) for thepurpose of intra-Community trade in the products covered by thisDirective.
Article 4
For products which contain other foodstuffs and only a small percen-
tage of meat or meat product, Annex A, Chapter IV of Directive 77/99/EEC shall apply; however, for the purposes of paragraph 22, thecompetent authority shall decide upon the periods during which super-1983L0201 — EN — 15.11.1983 — 001.001 — 3
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vision shall be carried out. For this purpose the competent authority
shall take into account the periods during which fresh meat or meatproducts and products which contain other foodstuffs and only a small
percentage of meat or meat product are introduced, stored, handled and
prepared in the establishments and the supervision shall only apply tothe part of the establishment approved in accordance with this Direc-tive.
The producer shall declare to the competent authority the periods
during which fresh meat or meat products and products which contain
other foodstuffs and only a small percentage of meat or meat product
are introduced, stored, handled and prepared in his establishment.
Article 5
1. For establishments producing products which contain other food-
stuffs and only a small percentage of meat or meat product, the healthcertificate provided for under (10) in Article 3 (1) of Directive 77/99/EEC shall not be required for these products if the health mark iscompleted by prefixing the number 8 followed by a hyphen (i.e. ‘8-’)
before the approval number of the establishment.
2. Member States shall inform the other Member States and the
Commission of establishments making use of the provisions of para-graph1.
Article 6
The Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply withth is Directive notlater than ►
M11 June 1984 ◄and shall forthwith inform the
Commission thereof.
Article 7
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.1983L0201 — EN — 15.11.1983 — 001.001 — 4