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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)346final.
Brussels.14July1978
Proposalfora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )•
amendingRegulation (EEC)NO2967/76layingdowncommonstandards
forthewatercontentoffrozenanddeep-frozen chickens,
hensandcocks
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(78)346final.

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Explanatory ilcmorandum
InthecourseofexaminingadraftCouncilregulationamendingRegulation (EEC)
2967/76,thespecialCommitteeforAgriculture agreedthattheCouncilwould
review,onaproposition fromtheCommission ,theconditionsofapplyingthe
analyticalmethodprovidedforinAnnexIVofthisRegulation .
ThisproposalbytheCommission ,preparedinthelightofdataandofcomplementary
scientificwork,inadditiontothatrequestedbytheCouncil,isthesubjectof
theattacheddraftregulation .
Itaupearsthatthedetermination ofresultsusingthemethodprovidedforinAnnex
IVcanleadtodifferences ofinterpretation whichshouldbeavoided.
Consequently ,theCommissionproposesthatAnnexIVofRegulation (EEC)No.2967/76
iswithdrawn .
Thisproposition couldbeamalgamated withthosealreadybeforetheCouncilconcerning
thewatercontentoffrozenfowl,(r/1737/771(AGRI475-rev.l)anddoc.5/241/78-
(CSA41))•

Proposalfor
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)NO2967/76laying
downcommonstandardsforthewatercontent
offrozenanddeep-frozen chickens,hens
andcocks
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2977/7529October1975°n
thecommonorganizationofthemarketinpoultrymeat (1),asamended "by
Regulation(EEC)No369/76(2),andinparticulartoArticle2(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2967/76of23November1976layingdown
commonstandardsforthewatercontentoffrozenanddeep-frozen chickens,
hensandcocks(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)NO361/78(4),provides
thattwochemicalmethodsofcontrolofwatercontentintheseproductsmay
beused,thechoicebeingmadebytheMemberStates;
WhereasthesetwomethodsweredescribedinAnnexesIIIandIVtoRegulation
(EEC)No2967/76;
Whereasanevaluationofthefirstresultsobtainedfromapplyingthesemethods
ledtofurtherresearchinspecializedlaboratories ;
Whereasthisresearchhasshownthatthematterinwhichthemethoddescribed
inAnnexIVisappliedleadstoconsiderable differences intheresults
established ;
Whereasthesituationmustbeavoidedwherethesedifferences castdoubtonthe
efficiencyofthemethodandleadtolitigationbytheindustryorbyconsumers
282, (1)OJNoL282,1.11.1975,P
(2)OJNoL45,21.2.1976,p.
(3)OJNoL339,8.12.1976,p
(4)OJNoL52,23.2.1978.p.OJNoL2S2,1.11.1975,P.77.
OJNoL45,21.2.1976,p.3.
OJNoL339,8.12.1976,p.1.
OJNoL52,23.2.1978,p.1. •••/•

Whereas Annex IVofRegulation .(EEC) 2967/76should "be .repealed andthe
appropriate amendments should bemade totheReguxationj
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Regulation (EEC)Ho2967/76ishereby amended asfollows ?
1.InArticle 1(l),inthefirst subparagraph ,thewords "themethods of
analysis described inAnnexes IIIandI?"shall read "themethod of
analysis described inAnnex III";
inthethird subparagraph ,,thewords "thetest methods setoutin
Annexes IIIandIV"shall read "themethod ofanalysis described in
Annex III". ■
2.Inthesecond subparagraph ofArticle 4(0thewords "oneofthemethods
ofanalysis described inAnnexes IIIandIV,thechoice "being made "bythe
Member State "shall read "themethod ofanalysis described inAnnex III".
3.Inthefirst subparagraph ofArticle 4(2)thewords "oneofthemethods
described inAnnexes IIIandIV,thechoice being made bytheMember
State "shall read "themethod ofanalysis described inAnnex III".
4.Inthesecond subparagraph ofArticle 4(2)thewords "oneofthemethods
ofanalysis described inAnnexes III andIV"shall read "themethod of
analysis described inAnnex III".
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5.Thefirst andsecond subparagraphs ofArticle 8aredeleted .
6.Annex IVisrepealed .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayfollowing itspublication in
theOfficial Journal' oftheEuropean Communities *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States .
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil For the Council
ThePresident