No C 179/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 7.7.84 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 64/433/EEC on health problems 
affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat 
COM(84) 337final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 26 June 1984) 
(84/C 179/07) 
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, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, 
Whereas Chapter IV (24) of Annex I to Council Directive 64/433/EEC ('), as last 
amended by Directive 83/90/EEC (2), lays down that a medical certificate must be 
required from any person working on fresh meat and that this certificate must be 
renewed annually; 
Whereas current medical knowledge indicates that the compulsory annual medical certi­
ficate should be replaced by arrangements offering the consumer better guarantees 
against the risk of contamination by certain diseases which may be transmitted from one 
human being to another via meat, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Chapter IV (24) of Annex I to Directive 64/433/EEC is hereby replaced by the text set 
out in the Annex hereto. 
Article 2 
The Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative 
provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 January 1986. They 
shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
O OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64. 
O OJNoL59, 5. 3. 1983, p. 10. 
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'24. (a) A medical certificate must be required from any person working on or handling fresh meat. 
It must attest that there is no impediment to such employment. It must be renewed each 
time the official veterinarian so requests. It must be kept at the disposal of the latter. The 
certificate shall be issued only after the fullest possible review of medical antecedents, a 
medical examination and, if necessary, additional examinations, in particular laboratory 
tests. 
(b) Staff who work on or handle fresh meat shall, for the duration of their employment, be 
subject to the supervision of the health authorities responsible for monitoring and 
combating contagious diseases. Where epidemiological or clinical reasons so require, the 
health authorities shall ensure that any person who may transmit a contagious disease to 
meat cannot work on or handle fresh meat. 
(c) Before commencing employment, persons engaged to work on or handle fresh meat must 
give an undertaking that they will inform the health authorities immediately of any change 
in their state of health which might indicate the presence of a contagious disease, and in 
particular where gastro-intestinal or respiratory symptoms or signs arise and in the case of 
skin infection. 
The employer shall supply to the health authorities any information in his possession 
concerning the health of his staff, particularly where the abovementioned symptoms or 
signs are involved. 
(d) Any person who works on or handles fresh meat must receive appropriate training 
designed to impart a sense of responsibility in the matter of food hygiene and to inculcate 
the rules of personal hygiene.' 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems 
affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat 
COM(84) 337final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 26 June 1984) 
(84/C 179/08) 
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, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, 
Whereas experience has shown the need to simplify the provisions of Chapter III (11) of 
Annex I to Council Directive 71/118/EEC ('), as last amended by Directive 
82/532/EEC (2); 
(') OJNoL55, 8. 3. 1971, p. 23. 
O OJNoL234, 9. 8. 1982, p. 12.