A4-0045/95

Proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 64/433/EEC on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat (COM(94)0315 - C4-0122/94 - 94/0176(CNS))

The proposal was approved with the following amendments:

(Amendment 1)

ARTICLE 1(4a) (new)

Article 4(A), footnote (a) (Directive 64/433/EEC)

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4a. Footnote (a) to Article 4(A) is replaced by the following:

'(a) Bovines and solipeds: 1.0 livestock unit,

Calves: 0.5 livestock units,

Pigs: 0.20 livestock units,

Sheep and goats: 0.10 livestock units,

Lambs, kids and piglets: 0.05 livestock units.'

(Amendment 2)

ARTICLE 1(7)

Article 4(A)(3) (Directive 64/433/EEC)

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7. Article 4(A)(3) is replaced by the following:

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7. The following paragraph is inserted after Article 4(A)(2):

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'3. Member States may grant derogations from the structural requirements provided for in Chapter I of Annex I for low-capacity cold stores in which only packaged meat and other foodstuffs are stored.'

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'2a. Member States may grant derogations from the structural requirements provided for in Chapter I of Annex I for low-capacity cold stores in which only packaged meat and other foodstuffs are stored.'

(Amendment 3)

ARTICLE 1(8)

Article 4(A)(4) (Directive 64/433/EEC)

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'4. Meat from establishments referred to in this Article that has been judged to comply with the hygiene and health inspection requirements laid down by this Directive must bear a health mark in accordance with Chapter XI of Annex I and be transported under satisfactory hygiene conditions in accordance with Chapter XV of Annex I.'

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'4. Meat from establishments referred to in this Article must:

(i) be kept for direct sale on the national market, fresh or processed, to retailers or to the consumer without pre- packaging or pre-wrapping,

(ii) be transported from the establishment to the consignee under hygienic conditions of transport.'

(Amendment 7)

ARTICLE 1(9a) (new)

Article 4(A)(6) (new) (Directive 64/433/EEC)

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9a. The following paragraph is added to Article 4(A):

'6. By derogation from Article 3(A) (a), Member States may be authorized by the Commission, on the basis of an appropriately substantiated application, to stamp meat from establishments referred to in Article 4 which are located near the frontier with another Member State as suitable for consumption, as referred to in Chapter XI of Annex I, and to permit such meat to be marketed in the area of the other Member State near the frontier. These establishments shall satisfy the conditions set out in Chapters I and II of Annex I.

The aforementioned conditions shall be laid down by the procedure defined in Article 16.'

(Amendment 4)

ARTICLE 1(11a) (new)

Article 4a (new) (Directive 64/433/EEC)

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11a. The following Article 4a is inserted after Article 4:

'Article 4a

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1. Member States shall review establishments to ensure that they have been approved or registered in accordance with Article 4 or Article 10 not later than 31 December 1995.

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2. Where a slaughterhouse does not comply with certain requirements laid down in Annex I under the terms of Article 2 of Directive 91/498/EEC and it can be proved that it has begun to adjust to the requirements laid down in Annex I, the appropriate authorities may permit the adjustments still required to be made by 31 December 1997 if the establishment is unable, for reasons beyond its control, to adhere to the time-limit set in paragraph 1.'

(Amendment 5)

ARTICLE 1(12a) (new)

Article 17 (Directive 64/433/EEC)

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12a. Article 17 is replaced by the following:

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'Article 17

Before 1 January 1997 the Commission shall submit to the Council and to the European Parliament a report on

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(i) the methods of inspection which ensure a level of animal health equivalent to those guaranteed by the ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections described in Chapters VI and VIII of Annex I, and

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(ii) the state of implementation of this Directive in the different Member States.'

(Amendment 6)

ARTICLE 1(13a) (new)

Annex II, Chapter I(1)(b) (Directive 64/433/EEC)

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13a. Annex II, Chapter I(1)(b), is replaced by the following:

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'(b) smooth, durable, impermeable walls, with a light-coloured, washable coating up to a height of at least two metres, and of at least three metres or up to the ceiling in slaughter rooms.'

Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 64/433/EEC on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat (COM(94)0315 - C4-0122/94 - 94/0176(CNS))

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(94)0315 - 94/0176(CNS) ((OJ C 224, 12.8.1994, p. 15.)),

- having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 43 of the EC Treaty (C4-0122/94),

- having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection and the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A4-0045/95),

1. Approves the Commission proposal subject to Parliament's amendments;

2. Calls on the Commission to amend its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC Treaty;

3. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

4. Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the Commission proposal;

5. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission.