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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PROPOSALFORACOUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)N°2967/76layingdown
commonstandardsforthewatercontentoffrozen
anddeepfrozenchickens,hensandcoks
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Brussels.29October1980
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EXP.lsAN AIORVMGMOR AWUM
Council Regulation (EEC)No1967 /76laying down common standards .for .the
water content offrozen anddeep-frozen chickens ,hens ,and cocks provides
that ,before 1November 1980 /theCouncil shall decide ,onaproposal from
theCommission ,whether toextend ortoabolish theexemption covering
transitional noo-appli cabi lity oftheRegulation topoultry treated with
polyphosphates .
The use ofpolyphosphates during preparation ofpoultry means that more
water isabsorbed and retained .For reasons ofconsumer protection and fai
competition itisnecessary tolimit water absorption totheminimum level
technically inavoidable ,also forpoultry treated with polyphosphates .
Since further study isrequired forthedefinition ofthemaximum water
content inthis poultry ,itisnot atpresent possible toput anendtoth
exemption . ■< ■
Itisproposed that thetransitional period during which poultry treated
with polyphosphates arestill notsubject toRegulation (EEC)No2967 /76
should beextended .

COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
*
amendingRegulation(EEC)Wo2967/76layingdowncommon
standardsfor"thewatercontentoffrozenanddeep-
frozenchickens,hensandcoks
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)2777/75of29October1975on
1)thecommonorganization ofthemarketinpoultrymeattasamendedby
Regulation(EEC)Fo369/76^\andinparticularArticle2(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereastheeffectofusing polyphosphates whenpreparingfrozen
anddeep-frozenchickens,hensandcocksistoincreasetheamountof
fwaterwhichthesaidpoultryabsorbsandretains;whereasthetransitional
periodd/oringwhichthesaidpoultryisstillnotsubjecttoRegulation
(EEC)$02967/76layingdowncommonstandardsforthewaterconteiitof
frozenanddeep-frozenchickens,hensandcocks^\aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)2632/^3^shouldbeextendedinordertomakeitpossible
todefinethemaxim-amwatercontentofthesaidpoultry,
HASADOPTEDTHISKMJUL&TIGK' s
(1)OJKoL282,"1.11.1975 »P»77
(2)OJHoL45,21-2*1976,p®3
(3)'OJSfoL339,8.12.1976,p*1
(4)OJïfo&270,15.10.1980,p„14

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Article 1
Inthesecond sub-paragrapli ofArticle 1(1 )ofRegulation (EEC)No2967 /76>
thedate "1November 1980 "shall bereplaced by"1April 1981 ".
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayofitspublication inthe
Official Journal ofthe European Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectLy applicable in
all Member States .
Done atBrussels . For the Council
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The President