No C 55/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.3.87 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 80/215/EEC on animal health problems 
affecting intra-Community trade in meat products 
COM(87) 51 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 13 February 1987) 
(87/C 55/12) 
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 Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Article 4 (1) of Council Directive 80/215/ 
EEC ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
3768/85 (2), defines the types of treatment likely to 
destroy agents responsible for livestock diseases in meat 
products with a view to permitting intra-Community 
trade in such products under certain conditions; 
Whereas experience gained and advances in scientific 
knowledge and meat technology enable a new treatment 
providing the requisite guarantees to be used; 
Whereas the inclusion of this treatment amongst the 
others already prescribed should facilitate a higher 
degree of free movement in the Community which will 
increase the value of production while avoiding the risk 
of spreading disease, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: (ii) or under the following conditions: 
— the meat must be fully boned and the 
main lymphatic glands removed; 
— the piece of meat to be treated must 
not weigh more than 5 kg; 
— before heating, each piece of meat as 
referred to above must be enclosed in 
a hermetically sealed container; 
— the meat in its container must 
undergo heat treatment in strict 
conformity with the following 
conditions: 
— the products must be kept at a 
temperature of at least 60 °C for 
a minimum of four hours during 
which the temperature must reach 
at least 70 °C for a minimum of 
30 minutes, 
— the temperature of a represen­
tative number of samples of each 
batch of products must be 
monitored constantly using an 
automatic temperature recording 
instrument measuring the internal 
temperature of the product and of 
the heating equipment, 
Article 1 
Article 4 of Directive 80/215/EEC is hereby amended as 
follows: throughout treatment, measures 
must be taken to prevent any 
possible recontamination.' 
1. Paragraph 1 is amended as follows: 
(a) Point (a) is replaced by the following: 
'(a) heat treatment carried out: 
(i) either in a hermetically sealed container 
with an Fc value of 3,00 or more; (b) Point (b) (i) is replaced by the following: 
'(i) heat treatment of a type different from those 
referred to in (a) in which the internal 
temperature is raised to at least 70 °C\ 
(c) The following subparagraph is added: 
O OJNoL47, 21.2. 1980, p. 4. 
O OJNoL362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8. 'The products mentioned in this Article must be 
prepared under constant veterinary supervision 
and protected from any recontamination'. 
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2. Paragraph 2 (b) is replaced by the following: 
'(b) the health certificate specified in Annex A, 
Chapter VIII, to Directive 77/99/EEC contains, 
without prejudice to footnote (3) of that cer­
tificate, the following words under the heading 
"Nature of products": "Treated in accordance 
with Article 4 (1) (a) of Directive 80/215/EEC" 
or "Treated in accordance with Article 4 (1) (b) 
of Directive 80/215/EEC".' Article 2 
Member States shall bring into force, not later than 1 
July 1987, the laws, regulations and administrative 
provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They 
shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the extension of the period of validity of the 
Council Decision 85/214/EEC of 26 March 1985 and the Council Decision 86/23/EEC of 4 
February 1986 
COM(87) 59final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 18 February 1987) 
(87/C 55/13) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas, by its Decision 85/214/EEC of 26 March 
1985 O, the Council taking note of the Commission's 
report and of the proposal made pursuant to the 
Decision 82/607/EEC, has agreed that the Commission 
should be responsible for implementing the coordination 
measures necessary for the specification, implementation 
and use of CADDIA telematic facilities by the Member 
States and itself, in accordance with an agreed 
development programme; 
Whereas, by its Decision 86/23/EEC of 4 February 
1986 (2), the Council specified the arrangements for 
implementing the CD Project as an integral part of the 
CADDIA long-term development programme; Whereas, in the absence of an agreed development 
programme at the time of the above mentioned 
Decisions, the application of these Decisions was 
restricted to an initial period of two years expiring on 2 
April 1987; 
Whereas, the CADDIA Steering Committee instituted by 
the Decision 85/214/EEC, at its meeting of 18 February 
1986, agreed an initial development programme for the 
agricultural, customs and statistical sectors together with 
common actions in the field of II standards; 
Whereas, 1992 is the date scheduled for the completion 
of the internal market for which the CADDIA 
programme is an important element, the CADDIA 
Steering Committee has stated that the period of validity 
of the Decision 85/214/EEC and of the Decision 
86/23/EEC should now be extended until the end of 
1992, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Sole Article 
The initial period of application mentioned in Article 5 
of Council Decision 85/214/EEC and in Article 6 of 
Council Decision 86/23/EEC is hereby extended until 
the end of 1992. 
(') OJNoL96, 3.4. 1985, p. 35. 
O OJ No L 33, 8. 2. 1986, p. 28.