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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Directive on public health and animal health problems affecting 
the importation of meat products from third countries 
COM(84) 530 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 10 October 1984) 
(84/C 286/04) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the Community has made arrangements 
concerning intra-Community trade in meat products 
as regards health requirements by Council Directive 
77/99/EEC (x), as last amended by Directive .. .; 
Whereas the Community has made arrangements 
concerning intra-Community trade in meat products 
as regards animal health requirements by Council 
Directive 80/215/EEC (2), as last amended by 
Directive . . .; 
Whereas there is a need for Community arrangements 
applicable to imports of meat products from third 
countries j 
Whereas, pending the entry into force of Community 
rules on imports of poultrymeat from third countries, 
poultrymeat products should be excluded from the 
scope of this Directive; 
Whereas in this connection the animal health 
conditions subject to which the Member States 
authorize importation of meat products should be laid 
down; Whereas those conditions should be drawn up in the 
light of the animal health situation in third countries 
or parts thereof; 
Whereas Council Directive 72/462/EEC (3), as last 
amended by Directive . . ., laid down the animal 
health conditions applicable to imports of fresh meat 
from certain third countries or parts thereof; whereas 
those animal health criteria may be applied to imports 
of meat products; 
Whereas Directive 72/462/EEC does not take into 
consideration the animal health situation in certain 
third countries or parts thereof; whereas additional 
animal health conditions should therefore be laid 
down for imports of meat products from these third 
countries or parts thereof in order to avoid the intro­
duction of certain diseases into the Community; 
Whereas the aim should be not to authorize imports 
of meat products from countries in which there are 
cases of contagious animal diseases from which the 
Community is free and which therefore present a 
danger to Community livestock or from countries 
which have been free from such diseases for too short 
a time; 
Whereas there are meat treatments available, 
however, which can eliminate the danger of contami­
nation and which thus offer the possibility of auth­
orizing imports of certain categories of meat products 
from those third countries; 
Whereas it should be laid down that fresh meat 
intended for the manufacture of meat products must 
come from approved establishments; whereas such 
establishments must satisfy the conditions laid down 
in Directive 72/462/EEC: 
O OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 85. 
(2) OJ No L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 4. (3) OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28. 
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Whereas it should be laid down that meat products 
must come from approved establishments, whereas 
those establishments must satisfy the conditions laid 
down in Directive 77/99/EEC; 
Whereas the health standards to which meat products 
and meat intended for the preparation of meat 
products must conform should also be laid down; 
Whereas, in order to check that the provisions of this 
Directive are observed by the exporting third country, 
a system of inspection on the spot by Community 
veterinary experts should be established; 
Whereas the production of an animal health certi­
ficate and a public health certificate drawn up by an 
official veterinarian in the exporting third country is 
the most appropriate means of ensuring that a 
consignment of meat products may be admitted for 
importation; 
Whereas meat products should be subject, whatever 
the customs procedure under which they are 
declared, to a check on the accompanying documents 
on arrival on Community territory in order to prevent 
the forwarding of meat products which are not 
accompanied by the requisite certificates, which come 
from a third country or part thereof from which 
importation is not authorized or which are not 
accompanied by the proper certificates; 
Whereas, to check that the provisions of this 
Directive are observed by the exporting third country 
and to prevent importation of dangerous meat 
products. Member States should ensure that each 
consignment of meat products undergoes a physical 
inspection relating to both public health and animal 
health aspects before being released for consumption 
on the territory of the Community; whereas 
implementing rules to ensure that such import 
inspections are carried out in a uniform way should 
be adopted in accordance with a procedure involving 
close cooperation between the Commission and the 
Member States; 
Whereas checks on meat products are carried out in 
the general interest of the Community; whereas it 
should therefore be laid down that they are to be 
undertaken at posts approved on the basis of 
Community criteria and in accordance with a 
Community procedure; 
Whereas each Member State must be free to halt 
immediately imports from a third country where a 
contagious animal disease breaks out or spreads 
which is likely to endanger public or animal health; 
whereas in such cases, without prejudice to any amendments to the list of countries and 
establishments authorized to export to the 
Community, the attitude of the Member States to the 
third country in question must be coordinated 
without delay, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
CHAPTER I 
General provisions 
Article 1 
1. This Directive lays down the conditions as 
regards public health and animal health applicable to 
the importation of meat products from third countries 
with the exception of those applicable to the impor­
tation of meat products which are prepared wholly or 
partly from fresh poultrymeat or from meat products 
containing poultrymeat. 
2. This Directive shall not apply to imports of: 
(a) meat products forming part of travellers' personal 
luggage and intended for their personal 
consumption, in so far as the quantity transported 
does not exceed 1 kilogram per person and 
provided that the meat products come from a 
third country from which importation is not 
prohibited under Article 7; 
(b) meat products sent as small packages to private 
persons, provided that such meat products are not 
imported by way of trade, that the quantity does 
not exceed 1 kilogram and that the meat products 
come from a third country from which impor­
tation is not prohibited under Article 7; 
(c) meat products for consumption by the crew and 
passengers carried on means of transport 
operating internationally. Where meat products of 
this kind or kitchen waste arising therefrom are 
unloaded, they must be destroyed. It is not, 
however, necessary to destroy meat products 
when they are transferred, directly or after being 
placed provisionally under customs supervision, 
from one means of transport to another. 
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions 
given in Article 2 of Directive 72/462/EEC and in 
Article 2 of Directive 77/99/EEC shall apply as 
necessary. 
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Article 3 
1. In accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 19, one or more lists shall be drawn up of the 
establishments authorized for the importation of meat 
products. The list or lists may be amended or 
supplemented in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 18. 
2. In deciding whether an establishment may 
appear on one of the lists referred to in paragraph 1, 
particular account shall be taken of: 
(a) the assurances which the third country can offer 
with regard to compliance with this Directive; 
(b) compliance in each particular case with the 
relevant provisions of this Directive and with 
Annex A to Directive 77/99/EEC; 
(c) the organization of the meat product inspection 
service or services of the third country or part of 
that country, the powers of such service or 
services and the supervision to which it/they 
is/are subject. 
3. An establishment may not appear on the list or 
lists provided for in paragraph 1 unless it is situated in 
one of the third countries or parts thereof referred to 
in Articles 4, 5 or 6 and has, in addition, been 
officially approved by the competent authorities of 
the third country for exporting to the Community. 
Such approval shall be subject to observance of the 
following requirements: 
(a) compliance with the relevant provisions of Annex 
A to Directive 77/99/EEC; 
(b) constant supervision by an official veterinarian of 
the third country. 
4. The list or lists referred to in paragraph 1 and 
any amendments thereto shall be published in the 
Official Journal of the European Communities. 
CHAPTER II 
Animal health conditions 
Article 4 
1. Member States shall authorize the importation 
of meat products satisfying the conditions laid down 
in paragraph 2 and originating on the territory or 
parts of the territory of third countries if imports of 
fresh meat from those territories or parts of territories 
are permitted under Directive 72/462/EEC. 
2. The meat products referred to in paragraph 1 
must have been produced wholly or partly from fresh 
meat: 
(a) satisfying the requirements of Directive 72/462/ 
EEC, and in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof, and the animal health conditions laid down 
pursuant to Article 16 of that Directive; 
(b) originating in a Member State and satisfying the 
requirements of Articles 3 and 4 of Directive 
72/461/EEC. 
Article 5 
1. By way of derogation from Article 4, Member 
States shall authorize the importation of meat 
products satisfying the requirements laid down in 
paragraph 2 and originating in parts of the territory 
of third countries referred to under Article 4 from 
which imports of fresh meat are not authorized under 
Directive 72/462/EEC. 
2. The meat products referred to in paragraph 1 
must satisfy the following requirements. 
(a) the meat product must have been produced 
wholly or partly either from fresh meat as 
referred to in Article 4 (2) or from fresh meat not 
in accordance with the requirements of Article 
4 (2) originating in the processing third country 
and bearing the mark provided for in Annex C; 
(b) to prevent any risk of transmission of contagious 
diseases of animals, the meat product must have 
undergone a heat treatment in a hermetically 
sealed container with an Fc value of 3,00 or 
more. However, other treatments may be 
accepted in accordance with the procedure of 
Article 19. For this purpose the animal health 
situation in both the part of the territory of the 
exporting third country and the different parts of 
the territory of the Community must be taken 
into account. 
Article 6 
1. By way of derogation from Article 4, Member 
States shall authorize the importation of meat 
products satisfying the conditions laid down in 
paragraph 2 and originating in third countries from 
which the importation of fresh meat is not authorized 
under Directive 72/462/EEC. 
2. The meat products referred to in paragraph 1 
must satisfy the conditions specified in Article 
5 (2) (a). Moreover, in order to prevent any risk of 
transmission of contagious diseases of animals, the 
meat product must have undergone a heat treatment 
in a hermetically sealed container with an Fc value of 
3,00 or more. However, other treatments may be 
accepted in accordance with the procedure of Article 
19. For this purpose the animal health situation in 
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both the exporting third country and the different 
parts of the territory of the Community must be 
taken into account. 
Article 7 
1. Without prejudice to Articles 5 and 6, if a 
contagious animal disease breaks out or spreads in a 
third country for which a list of establishments has 
been drawn up in accordance with Article 3 (1) and 
the disease can be carried by meat products and is 
likely to endanger public health or the health of the 
livestock in one of the Member States or if any other 
reason connected with animal health justifies it, the 
Member State concerned or, in accordance with the 
procedure of Article 18, the Commission may prohibit 
the importation of those products coming directly or 
indirectly either from the third country as a whole or 
from part of its territory. 
2. Measures taken by the Member States under 
paragraph 1 and the withdrawal of such measures 
must be communicated immediately to the other 
Member States and the Commission, together with 
the reasons therefor. 
The Standing Veterinary Committee shall meet as 
soon as possible after such communication and shall 
decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down 
in Article 18, whether those measures should be 
amended, in particular in order to ensure their 
coordination with measures adopted by the other 
Member States, or withdrawn. 
If the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arises and if 
it appears necessary that other Member States should 
also apply the measures taken pursuant to that 
paragraph, amended where necessary in accordance 
with the second subparagraph, appropriate provisions 
shall be adopted under the procedure laid down in 
Article 18. 
3. Resumption of importation from the third 
country concerned shall be authorized in accordance 
with the same procedure. 
CHAPTER III 
Public health conditions 
Article 8 
Member States shall not authorize importation of 
meat products from third countries unless the 
following conditions are fulfilled: 
1. The fresh meat used for the production of meat 
products intended for export or for the meat 
products referred to in paragraph 3 and intended 
for the production of other meat products must 
have been obtained: (a) in an establishment appearing on one of the 
lists drawn up pursuant to Directive 72/462/ 
EEC, or 
(b) in an establishment appearing on one of the 
lists drawn up pursuant to Council Directive 
64/433/EEC (»), or 
(c) in an establishment situated in a third country 
or a part of a third country defined in Articles 
5 and 6 and appearing on the list referred to in 
Article 10. 
2. The fresh meat referred to in paragraph 1 must: 
(a) have been obtained in accordance with the 
relevant conditions laid down in Articles 17 
and 18 of Directive 72/462/EEC or Article 3 
of Directive 64/433/EEC; 
(b) fulfil the relevant cinditions laid down in 
Chapter III of Annex A to Directive 77/99/ 
EEC. The provisions relating to sealing 
referred to in Chapter XIV, point 68 of Annex 
I to Directive 64/433/EEC, remain applicable. 
3. The meat products used for the production of 
other meat products must have been obtained in an 
establishment appearing on the list referred to in 
Article 3, or in an establishment appearing on one 
of the lists referred to in Article 6 of Directive 
77/99/EEC. 
Article 9 
The importation of meat products coming from third 
countries shall be subject to the following conditions: 
1. They must have been obtained in an 
establishment appearing on the list drawn up 
pursuant to Article 3(1). 
2. Such establishments must comply with the 
provisions of Chapter I of Annex A to Directive 
77/99/EEC. 
3. They must have been processed in conditions of 
hygiene complying with Chapter II of Annex A to 
Directive 77/99/EEC. 
4. They must have undergone one of the treatments 
or a combination of the treatments provided for 
in Directive 77/99/EEC. 
5. They must have undergone inspection by an 
official veterinarian in accordance with Chapter 
IV of Annex A to Directive 77/99/EEC. 
In carrying out such inspection, the official 
veterinarian may be aided by assistants reporting 
to him. Such assistants must: 
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(a) be appointed by the central competent 
authority of the exporting country in 
accordance with the provisions in force; 
(b) have received appropriate training; 
(c) have a status ensuring that they are 
independent of those in charge of the 
establishments; 
(d) have no power of decision concerning the 
final result of the inspection. 
6. They must satisfy the standards laid down in 
Chapter V of Annex A to Directive 77/99/EEC. 
7. In the event of wrapping and packaging, they 
must have been wrapped and packaged in 
accordance with Chapter VI of Annex A to 
Directive 77/99/EEC. 
8. They must bear a public health stamp to be 
defined according to the procedure laid down in 
Article 19; the other conditions relating to 
marking laid down in Chapter VII of Annex A to 
Directive 77/99/EEC must be respected. 
9. They must be stored and transported to the 
Community under satisfactory conditions of 
hygiene in accordance with Chapter IX of Annex 
A to Directive 77/99/EEC and handled under 
satisfactory conditions of hygiene; in the case of 
meat products which have undergone incomplete 
processing, the producer must, for the purposes 
of inspection, mark visibly and clearly on the 
packaging of the product the temperature at 
which the product must be transported and stored 
and the period for which it can be stored in that 
condition. 
10. Meat products must not have been subjected to 
ionizing radiation, except where justified for 
reasons of a medical nature and where that 
operation is mentioned clearly on the product 
and on the public health certificate. 
Article 10 
1. In accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 19, one or more lists shall be drawn up of the 
establishments referred to in Article 8 (1) (c) from 
which third countries may obtain fresh meat for the 
production of meat products. The list or lists may be 
amended or supplemented in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 18. 
2. In deciding whether a slaughterhouse, a cutting 
plant or a store situated outside a slaughterhouse or 
plant may appear on one of the lists referred to in 
paragraph 1, account shall be taken in particular of: (a) the assurances which the third country can 
provide with regard to compliance with Directive 
72/462/EEC; 
(b) the third country's regulations with regard to the 
administration to animals for slaugher of any 
substance which might affect the wholesomeness 
of the meat; 
(c) compliance in each particular case with Directive 
72/462/EEC and with Annex I to Directive 
64/433/EEC. 
However, derogations shall be permitted in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 19 from the second, third and fourth 
indents of paragraph 13 (c) and from paragraphs 
24 and 41 (c) of the said Annex I where the third 
country concerned provides similar guarantees; in 
that case, health conditions no less strict than 
those imposed in that Annex shall be imposed on 
a case-by-case basis in accordance with that 
procedure; 
(d) the organization of the meat inspection service or 
services of the third country or part thereof, the 
powers of such service or services and the 
supervision to which it/they is/are subject. 
3. An establishment may not appear on the list or 
lists provided for in paragraph 1 unless it is situated in 
one of the third countries or parts thereof referred to 
in Articles 5 and 6 and has, in addition, been 
officially approved for the delivery of fresh meat for 
the production of meat products by the competent 
authorities of the third country. Such approval shall 
be subject to observance of the following 
requirements: 
(a) compliance with the relevant conditions of Annex 
I to Directive 64/433/EEC, without prejudice of 
the conditions for marking provided for in Article 
5 (2) (a) of this Directive; 
(b) constant supervision by an official veterinarian of 
the third country. 
4. The list or lists referred to in paragraph 1 and 
any amendments thereto shall be published in the 
Official Journal of the European Communities. 
CHAPTER IV 
Inspection and certification 
Article 11 
1. Inspection shall be carried out on the spot by 
veterinary experts of the Member States and the 
Commission to verify whether the provisions of this 
Directive are being applied in practice. 
2. Should an inspection carried out pursuant to this 
Article bring to light serious deficiencies concerning 
an authorized establishment, the Commission shall 
immediately inform the Member States thereof and 
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forthwith adopt a decision provisionally suspending 
the authorization. A final decision shall be taken 
according to the procedure provided for in Article 18. 
3. The experts from the Member States responsible 
for carrying out these inspections shall be appointed 
by the Commission acting on a proposal from the 
Member States. Inspections shall be made on behalf 
of the Commission, which shall bear the cost of any 
expenditure incurred in this connection. 
4. The frequency of, and the procedure for, 
inspections shall be determined in accordance with 
the procedure laid down in Article 19. 
Article 12 
1. Member States shall authorize importation of 
meat products only upon submission of an animal 
health certificate and a public health certificate drawn 
up by an official veterinarian of the exporting third 
country. 
These certificates must: 
(a) be drawn up in the official language or languages 
of the country of destination and in one of those 
of the Member State in which the import 
inspections provided for in Articles 13 and 14 are 
carried out; 
(b) accompany the meat products in the original; 
(c) consist of a single sheet of paper; 
(d) be made out for a single consignee. 
2. The animal health certificate must certify that 
the meat products comply with the animal health 
requirements laid down in this Directive and with 
those laid down pursuant to it with respect to the 
importation of meat products from the third country. 
The animal health certificate must correspond to a 
model established in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 19. 
3. The public health certificate must correspond in 
presentation and content to the specimen given in 
Annex A and be issued on the day on which the meat 
products are loaded with a view to consignment to 
the country of destination. 
4. It may be decided, in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 19, depending on the 
case, that the animal health certificate and public 
health certificate shall consist of a single sheet. 
Article 13 
1. The Member States shall ensure that, upon 
arrival in the geographical territory of the Community, meat products are subjected without 
delay to a documentary inspection carried out by the 
competent authority, whatever the procedure under 
which they were declared. 
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, the Member 
States shall ensure that importation is prohibited if 
this inspection reveals that: 
(a) the meat products were not obtained in an 
establishment appearing on the list provided for in 
' Article 3 (1); 
(b) the fresh meat or meat products from which the 
meat products were manufactured in whole or in 
part were not obtained in an establishment 
referred to in Article 8; 
(c) the meat products coming from a third country or 
part thereof referred to in Articles 5 and 6 have 
not undergone the processing provided for in 
those Articles; 
(d) the certificates do not fulfil the conditions laid 
down in Article 12. 
3. The Member States shall authorize meat 
products from one third country to be transported to 
another provided that: 
(a) the person concerned supplies proof that the first 
third country towards which the meat products 
are being sent, after transit through Community 
territory, undertakes under no circumstances to 
reject or to send back to the Community the meat 
products the importation or transit of which it has 
authorized; 
(b) such transport has been previously authorized by 
the competent authorities of the Member State in 
the territory of which the animal health 
inspection on import is carried out; 
(c) such transport is carried out, without the goods 
being unloaded on Community territory, under 
the supervision of the competent authorities in 
vehicles or containers sealed by the competent 
authorities; the only handling authorized during 
this transport shall be that carried out respectively 
at the point of entry into or exit from Community 
territory for direct transhipment from a ship or 
aircraft to any other means of transport or vice 
versa. 
4. All expenditure incurred pursuant to this Article 
shall be chargeable to the consignor, the consignee or 
their representative without compensation by the 
State. 
Article 14 
1. The Member States shall ensure that each 
consignment of meat products undergoes a physical 
inspection relating to both public health and animal 
health aspects before being released for consumption 
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on the geographical territory of the Community. Such 
inspection shall be carried out by an official veteri­
narian. 
The Member States shall ensure that importers are 
obliged to give at least two working days' notice to 
the local service responsible for the import inspection 
at the post where the meat products are to be 
submitted for inspection, specifying the quantity and 
nature of the meat products and the time from which 
the inspection may be carried out. 
2. The inspections referred to in paragraph 1 shall 
be carried out by random sampling. 
3. Definitions of the inspection referred to in 
paragraph 1, the implementing rules necessary to 
ensure that such inspections are carried out in a 
uniform way and more particularly the methods of 
analysis and sampling intervals and standards shall be 
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down 
in Article 19. 
4. The Member States shall prohibit the release for 
consumption of meat products if the inspections 
provided for in paragraph 1 have shown that: 
— the meat products are not suitable for human 
consumption, 
— the conditions laid down in this Directive have 
not been fulfilled. 
5. If the meat products cannot be imported they 
must be returned, unless this is contrary to animal or 
public health considerations. 
If it is impossible to return the meat products, they 
must be destroyed in the territory of the Member 
State in which the inspections have taken place. 
By way of derogation from the first and second 
subparagraphs, and if the importer or his re­
presentative so requests, the Member State carrying 
out the animal health and public health inspections 
may authorize the entry of the meat products for uses 
other than human consumption provided that there is 
no danger for humans or for animals and that the 
products come from a third country from which 
importation is not prohibited under Article 7. These 
meat products may not leave the territory of that 
Member State, which must verify the final destination 
of the meat products. 
6. In all cases, after the inspections referred to in 
paragraph 1, the certificates must be endorsed so as 
to indicate clearly the use authorized for the meat 
products. Article 15 
1. In accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 19, the Commission shall lay down guidelines 
concerning the approval of inspection posts for the 
importation of meat products. 
2. The Member States shall draw up and 
communicate to the Commission lists of the 
inspection posts complying with the guidelines 
referred .to in paragraph 1. The inspection posts must 
be approved in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 19. 
3. Inspections shall be carried out under the 
supervision of the official department. Responsibility 
for inspection shall be assumed by an official veteri­
narian. The official responsible may be aided in the 
execution of the purely practical work by assistants 
specially trained for this purpose. 
The rules governing such assistance shall be drawn 
up in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 19. 
4. Veterinary experts from the Member States and 
the Commission shall verify that the facilities at the 
approved inspection posts comply with the conditions 
of this Article and that inspections are carried out in 
accordance with this Directive. 
These experts must be nationals of a Member State 
other than the Member State in which the post to be 
checked is located. 
Detailed rules for the application of the first and 
second subparagraphs and in particular the 
appointment of experts and the verification pro­
cedures, shall be determined in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 19. 
All expenditure incurred in application of the first 
subparagraph shall be borne by the Community. 
Article 16 
The meat products of each consignement authorized 
for circulation in the Community by a Member State 
on the basis of the inspections referred to in Articles 
13 and 14 must, before being forwarded to the 
country of destination, be covered by a certificate 
corresponding, in presentation and content, to the 
specimen given in Annex B. 
This certificate must: 
(a) be drawn up by the official veterinarian at the 
inspection post or at the place of storage; 
(b) be issued on the day of loading for consignment 
of the meat products to the country of 
destination; 
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(c) be drawn up in the language(s) of the country of 
destination; 
(d) accompany the consignment of meat products, in 
the original. 
Article 17 
All expenditure incurred as a result of the application 
of Articles 13 and 14, and in particular the cost of 
inspection of the meat products, storage costs and 
any costs of destroying the meat products shall be 
chargeable to the consignor, the consignee or their 
representative without compensation by the State. 
CHAPTER V 
Final provisions 
Article 18 
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is 
to be used, the matter shall without delay be referred 
by the chairman, either on his initiative or at the 
request of a Member State, to the Standing 
Veterinary Committee hereinafter referred to as 'the 
Committee', set up by the Council Decision of 15 
October 1968. 
2. Within the Committee, the votes of Member 
States shall be weighted as provided in Article 148 of 
the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote. 
3. The representative of the Commission shall 
submit a draft of the measures to be adopted. The 
Committee shall deliver its opinion on such measures 
within two days. Opinions shall be delivered by a 
majority of 45 votes. 
4. The Commission shall adopt the measures and 
apply them immediately where they are in accordance 
with the opinion of the Committee. Where they are 
not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee 
or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall 
without delay propose to the Council the measures to 
be adopted. The Council shall adopt the measures by 
a qualified majority. 
If within 15 working days from the date on which a 
matter was referred to it, the Council has not adopted 
any measures, the Commission shall adopt the proposed measures and implement them immediately, 
save where the Council has decided against these 
measures by a simple majority. 
Article 19 
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is 
to be followed, the chairman shall without delay refer 
the matter, either on his own initiative or at the 
request of a Member State, to the Committee. 
2. Within the Committee, the votes of Member 
States shall be weighted as provided for in Article 148 
of the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote. 
3. The Commission representative shall submit a 
draft of the measures to be adopted. The Committee 
shall deliver its opinion on such measures within a 
period to be determined by the chairman in keeping 
with the urgency of the question submitted for exami­
nation. Opinions shall be delivered by a majority of 
45 votes. 
4. The Commission shall adopt the measures and 
shall apply them immediately where they are in 
accordance with the opinion of the Committee. 
Where they are not in accordance with the opinion of 
the Committee or if no opinion is delivered, the 
Commission shall without delay propose to the 
Council the measures to be adopted. The Council 
shall adopt the measures by a qualified majority. 
If, within three months from the date on which the 
proposal was submitted to it, the Council has not 
adopted any measures, the Commission shall adopt 
the proposed measures and apply them immediately, 
save where the Council has decided against these 
measures by a simple majority. 
Article 20 
The Member States shall bring into force the laws, 
regulations and administrative provisions necessary to 
comply with this Directive by 1 January 1986 at the 
latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission 
thereof. 
Article 21 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
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ANNEX A 
SPECIMEN PUBLIC HEALTH CERTIFICATE FOR MEAT PRODUCTS (') 
intended for 
(name of EEC Member State) 
No O 
Exporting country 
Ministry 
Department 
Ref-O : 
I. Identification of meat products 
Meat products manufactured with meat from 
(animal species) 
Nature of meat products (J) 
Nature of packaging 
Number of individual items or packages 
Storage and transport temperature (4) 
Storage life (4) 
Net weight 
II. Origin of meat products 
Address(es) and veterinary approval number(s) of the approved establishment(s) from which the 
meat or the meat products used for the production of meat products have been obtained 
Address(es) and 
Address(es) and veterinary 
veterinary approval number(s) of the approved 
approval number(s) of the approved processing 
store(s) .... establishment(s) 
III. Destination of meat products 
The meat products will be sent from: 
(place of loading) 
to: 
(country and place of destination) 
by the following means of transport (5) 
Name and address of consignor: 
Name and address of consignee: 
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IV. Health attestation 
I, the undesigned, certify that: 
(a) the meat products described above have been manufactured from fresh meat or meat pro­
ducts under conditions that comply with the standards laid down in Directive ; 
(b) the said meat products, their wrappings or packaging, bear a mark proving that they have 
all come from approved establishments; 
(c) the transport vehicles and equipment and the loading conditions of this consignment 
comply with the hygiene requirements laid down in Directive ; 
(d) the meat products have been/have not been (6) examined for trichinae or have been manu­
factured from meat which has been treated by freezing as provided for in Article 3 of 
Directive 77/96/EEC. 
Done at , on 
(place) (date) 
(Signature) 
Stamp 
Name in capital letters 
(') Under Article 2 of Directive 77/99/EEC. 
(2) Optional. 
(3) Possible indication of ionizing radiation for medical reasons. 
(4) Where an indication is given in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 9 of Directive 
(5) Indicate the registration number (railway, wagons and trucks), the flight number (aircraft) or the name (ship). 
(') Delete as appropriate. 
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ANNEX B 
SPECIMEN 
IMPORT INSPECTION CERTIFICATE 
for meat products imported from third countries 
Member State in which the import inspection was carried out: 
Inspection post: 
Nature of meat products: 
Nature of packaging: 
Number of individual items: 
Transport and storage temperature: 
Storage life: 
Net weight: 
Third country of origin: 
I, the undersigned, certify that the meat products described in the present certificate were inspected, 
following the conditions laid down in Directive , at the time of forwarding. 
(Signature) 
(Place and date) (Name in capital letters) 
ANNEX C 
SPECIAL MARK FOR MEAT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 5 (2) (a) 
The special mark for meat referred to under Article 5 (2) (a) must be as follows: 
— a mark, the form and the content of which has to be decided in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 19, 
— two straight lines crossing the stamp diagonally intersecting at right angles at the centre of the 
stamp in such a way that the information is not obscured.