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COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHE COUNCIL
ONTHE EXISTING SITUATION INRESPECT OFVETERINARY ,
ANIMAL SCIENCE AND ANIMAL PROTECTION MATTERS ...
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CofvmssicnCommunication totheCouncil -
ontheexistingsituationinrespectof
v«t«Mnary *enifflilscience«n«isrtimslprotection
■.' matters
I.TheCommunityVeterinary,AnimalScienceandAnimalProtection working
programme wasdrawnupin1968andrevisedin1974and1978.Twodele­
gationshaverecentlysubmitted memoranda onthesubjectandareview
ofprogressistotakeplaceshortlywithintheCouncil.
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TheCommission ,feelsthatthebasicprinciples setoutintheprogramme as
drawnuparestillvalid:veterinarylegislation hasanessentialpartto
playintheprotectionofhumanhealthanddefenceofconsumers;itmust
alsoprotectanimalhealth,whichisanecessaryconditionforprofitable
stockfarming;further,themeasurestakenmusthelpremoveobstaclesto
freecirculation ;finally,intheanimalprotectionfield,effortsmustbe
continuedtoavoidanyunnecessary suffering.
Iftheseobjectives aretobecompliedwithitwillbenecessary,apartfrom
themeasurestakeninrespectoftrade,tobringabouttheprogressive
establishment ofcommonstandardsofhygieneandcommonmeasuresagainst
animaldiseases;asthestateofhealthofanimalsimprovesintheCommunity
andreachesauniformlyhighlevel,freecirculation canimproveandthe"
outletsonnon-membercountries' marketscannotonlybemaintained^which
isnecessary,butcanbefurtheropeneduptotrade.Inthiscontext,itis
clearthatunjustified obstacleswillhavetobeeliminated,whetherthey
arebasedinnationallaworintheeffectofnon-membercountries'legis­
lation.
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II,Thesetofrulesadopteduptonowisnotcomplete,certainly,butvsdoes
alreauycoversoiieveryimportantsectors:measuresapplicableintrade
betweentheMemberStatesfortheprincipalproducts,withextensiontocover^
theinternalmarketasfaraspossiblejcommonarrangements for'importsfrcm
ndn–membercountries,whichisanessentialpartofanycoherentCommunity
Policy;progressivedevelopmentofharmonizedmeasurestocombetanimal
diseaseswithfinancialparticipation bytheCommunityinsomeparticularly ■
important cases. '

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TheworkcarriedoutsincetheCommission'slastmemorandum represents
definiteprogress,largelyasaresultofanincreaseinthenumbersof
Commissionstaff:theendoftheexceptionsinbrucellosis andtuber­
culosis;progresstowardstheendofexceptionsinrespectofswinefever
andtowardsincreasing Communityfinancialparticipation ;progressin
implementing thenon-membercountriesDirectives.
III.TheCommission'smajorpreoccupation atpresentistoensureuniform.
implementation oftheexistingtextsbymeansofactiononthefollowing
points:
1.Adoptionofimplementing measureswhichtheCommunityinstitutions
havestilltoadopt(forexemple,fortheDirective onthecommon
systemforimportsfromnon-member countries).
2.Actiontobringaboutmoreuniformimplementation bytheMemberStates:
thismay,insomecases,implydefiningcommonimplementing rules
(forexampleinrespectofmeat,particularly poultry-meat )thisshould
alsoleadtoextensionoftheprincipleofinspectionvisitsto
Communityslaughterhouses .Thiscouldleadtoasolutionofsome
problemscausedbyinadequate hygienestandards (salmonella).,This
should,finally,bringaboutharmonization inthemannerinwhichvete­
rinaryinspection arefinancedintheCommunity.
3.Revisionofexistingtextsinthelightofexperience :forexample,
theDirective ontradeinmeatand,atthesametime,theDirective
onimportsofmeatfromnon-member countries,withaviewtorelaxing
thestandards somewhat.
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4.Someadditionstobemadetoexistingtexts:
(a)incaseswheretheexistingtextsareprovinginadequatetodeal .
withcertainurgentproblems:theproblemoftheuseofoestrogen
productsandtheproblemofcheckingresiduesinmeathowhave
tobedealtwith;theprotectionofanimalsinintensiveunits
hasbeengivenpriority,
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Cb)incaseswheretherearesrillsignificantobstaclestotrade:
thisisparticularly trueforfootandmouthdisease,asthe
existingobstaclescanclearlyonlybeovercomeifacommon
campaignissetupwhichmightimplyCommunityfinancialpartici­
pation,asinrespectofswinefever.
TheCommissionwillcontinuetoimplementtheworkingprogrammedrawnupby
theCouncil,ontheselines.TheCommissionfeelsthatthiswillenablethe
progressive developmentofamorecoherentsetofveterinaryrules,thereby
indicatingrealEuropeanachievement intheimportantfieldsoftheprotection
ofhumanandanimalhealth.
Theabilitytocarryoutthisprogrammeislargelyafunctionofthepersonnel
employedonit.Theexistingnumbersareinadequate,and,inthisrespect,
theCommission wouldremindtheCouncilofitsmemorandumof6March1978.