12. 12. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 311/5 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) concerning game meat and rabbit 
meat (') 
COM(90) 555 final 
(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 21 November 
1990) 
(90/C 311/08) 
The Commission presented the abovementioned proposal 
to the Council on 30 October 1989. As a result of the 
opinion given by the European Parliament during its 
part-session of 13 September 1990, the initial proposal is 
amended as follows: 
1. The second recital is replaced by the following: 
'Whereas, because of the particular conditions under 
which wild game is killed, rules concerning health 
control and inspection should be realistic and 
practical;' 
2. The sixth recital is replaced by the following: 
'Whereas Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 
December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases 
within the Community (2), as last amended by 
Directive 89/162/EEC (J), lays down the conditions 
for notification of animal diseases in the Community; 
whereas the appearance or presence of certain 
contagious animal diseases in the wildlife of one 
region of the Community may present a risk to the 
wildlife in other regions of the Community as well as 
to Community domestic livestock; whereas there is a 
need to collect information on the prevalence of 
contagious diseases in wildlife;' 
3. The following recital is added after the eighth recital: 
'Whereas, pending implementation of Community 
rules on imports of game meat and rabbit meat from 
third countries, Member States must apply to such 
imports conditions which are at least equivalent to the 
conditions laid down in this Regulation;' 
(') OJ No C 327, 30. 12. 1989, p. 40. 
(*) OJ No L 378, 31. 12. 1982, p. 58. 
(J) OJ No L 61, 4. 3. 1989, p. 48. 4. The eleventh indent of the first subparagraph of 
Article 2 is replaced by the following: 
'— "Hunting region": the region within which the 
wild game can move freely.' 
5. Article 7 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 7 
Game meat obtained from farmed feathered game 
must fulfil the conditions referred to in Article 3 of 
Directive 71/118/EEC as amended.' 
6. Article 17 (2) is replaced by the following: 
'2. In the cases referred to in paragraph 1, the meat 
must be indentified with a mark or tag allowing 
identification of the producer or, in the case of wild 
game, the hunting region.' 
7. Article 19 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 19 
The Annexes to this Regulation shall be amended by 
the Commission in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 21, particularly in order to bring 
it into line with technological progress, and to take 
account of other necessary derogations and disparities 
in regional conditions.' 
8. In Annex II, Chapter I, point 8 is replaced by the 
following: 
'8. Game carcases should be presented for inspection 
in a state fit for human consumption as soon as 
possible after killing.' 
9. In Annex II, Chapter II, point 14 (b) is replaced by 
the following: 
'(b) Those parts of game carcases which show 
localized lesions or contaminations or parasitic 
infestations which do not affect the health of the 
rest of the meat must be declared unfit for 
human consumption.'