18.7.86 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 180/5 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Directive on the amount of the fees to be charged for health inspections 
and controls of fresh meat and poultrymeat pursuant to Directive 85/73/EEC 
COM(86) 363 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 24 June 1986) 
(86/C 180/05) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Directive 85/73/EEC of 
29 January 1985 on the financing of health inspections 
and controls of fresh meat and poultrymeat ('), and in 
particular Article 2(1) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas, in order to lay down harmonized rules for the 
financing of health inspections and controls, a minimum 
amount should be set at Community level for the fee to 
be collected to cover the costs of health inspections and 
controls; 
Whereas, however, without prejudice to the second 
indent of Article 1 (1) or the second subparagraph of 
Article 2 (1) of Directive 85/73/EEC, a minimum 
amount should initially be set only for the fee to be 
collected in respect of meat from the animals mentioned 
in Article 1 (2) of the abovementioned Directive and 
slaughtered on Community territory, the provisions of 
Articles 23 and 26 of Council Directive 72/462/EEC (2) 
as last amended by 000/000, whereby the costs are 
chargeable to the parties concerned, remaining applicable 
in the case of imports from third countries; 
Whereas Article 12 of Council Directive 85/358/EEC of 
16 July 1985 supplementing Directive 81/602/EEC 
concerning the prohibition of certain substances having a 
hormonal action and of any substances having a 
thyrostatic action (3) requires expenses entailed by the 
controls referred to in that Directive are to be included 
in the fees laid down; 
(') OJ No L 32, 5. 2. 1985, p. 14. 
O OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28. 
(») OJ No L 191, 23. 7. 1985, p. 46. Whereas the fee should also include the costs incurred in 
the implementation of Council Directive 000/000 
concerning the detection of residues in animals and fresh 
meat; 
Whereas, in view of the special situation of Spain and 
Portugal, the fee to be collected by these Member States 
should be progressively aligned on the Community fee; 
Whereas, to ensure that the system functions properly, 
the fee should be charged entirely to the person on 
whose behalf the animals are slaughtered and the rate 
should be fixed for converting into national currency the 
amount of the fee expressed in ECU, provision being 
made for the review of that amount if necessary, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
1. The level of the fee provided for in the first indent 
of Article 1 (1) of Directive 85/73/EEC shall be: 
— 10 ECU per tonne of bovine meat, 
— 9,5 ECU per tonne of pigmeat, 
—; 26 ECU per tonne of sheepmeat or goatmeat, 
— 17 ECU per tonne of meat of domestic solipeds, 
— 14,5 ECU per tonne of poultrymeat (category I — 
1 200 carcasses per hour), 
— 26 ECU per tonne of poultrymeat (category II — 
600 carcasses per hour), 
— 7,6 ECU per tonne of poultrymeat (category III — 
600 carcasses per hour — 5 kg or over). 
2. In the case of Spain and Portugal the level of the 
fee shall be one fifth of that specified in paragraph 1. 
Each year and by an equal amount, Spain and Portugal 
shall increase the level of the fee so that it reaches the 
amount specified in paragraph 1 within four years. 
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Article 2 
The fee provided for in the first indent of Article 1 (1) 
of Directive 85/73/EEC shall be collected at the 
slaughterhouse and shall be payable by the person on 
whose behalf the slaughter is carried out. 
Article 3 
The rate for conversion into national currency of the 
amounts in ECU specified in this Directive shall be that 
published annually on the first working day of the month 
of September in the C Series of the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
Article 4 
Before 1 January 1990 the Commission shall review the 
amounts specified in Article 1 and shall present to the 
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, 
Whereas, under Article 1 (1) of Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 2262/84 ('),. as amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 3788/85 (2), each Member State producing 
more than a minimal quantity of olive oil is to set up an 
agency for the purpose of carrying out certain inspection 
work and other duties in connection with the olive oil 
production aid scheme; 
Whereas, under Article 1 (5) of the same Regulation, 
over a period of three years from 1 November 1984 in 
the case of Italy and Greece and from 1 March 1986 to 
31 October 1987 in the case of Spain and Portugal, 
certain percentages of the agency's actual expenditure 
0) OJ No L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 11. 
O OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1985, p. 1. Council a report accompanied if necessary by appro­
priate proposals for the adjustments of the amount to 
take account in particular of the experience gained and 
of the changes in the cost of health inspections and 
controls in the Community. 
Article 5 
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu­
lations and administrative provisions necessary to comply 
with the provisions of this Directive not later than 
31 December 1986 and shall forthwith inform the 
Commission thereof. However, Greece shall comply with 
it not later than 1 January 1988. 
Article 6 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
are to be chargeable to the general budget of 
the European Communities up to certain maximum 
amounts; 
Whereas, for different reasons communicated by Italy 
and Greece it was not possible for the agencies in these 
Member States to perform the inspection work and the 
other duties attributed to them in 1984/85; whereas 
1985/86 is the marketing year during which the agencies 
will actually start to function; whereas no payments 
arising from the application of these functions have been 
made in 1984/85 with the exception of a few expenses 
incurred relating to the initial setting up of the agencies; 
whereas, accordingly, the period over which the actual 
expenditure of the agencies shall be chargeable to the 
general budget of the European Communities must be 
extended by one more year; whereas the total amounts 
referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 1 (5) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 must remain the same; 
Whereas the period referred to in the second subpara­
graph of Article 1 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 
must be extended in the case of Spain and Portugal to 
31 October 1988; whereas provision should be made for 
a financial contribution from the Community over this 
period, Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 laying down 
special measures in respect of olive oil 
COM(86) 357final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 4 July 1986) 
(86/C 180/06)