4. 10.81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 262/3 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Directive 
I. amending Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems affecting trade in fresh 
poultrymeat in respect of personnel responsible for carrying out health inspections, 
supervision and control tasks 
II. concerning the qualifications of the personnel responsible for carrying out health 
inspection, supervision and control tasks foreseen by Directive 77/99/EEC on health 
problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 29 September 1981) 
I 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems 
affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat in respect of personnel responsible for carrying out 
health inspections, supervision and control tasks. 
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 Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems 
affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat, as last amended 
by Directive 80/216/EEC, requires the competent 
central authority of Member States to designate 
official veterinarians responsible for carrying out 
inspection, supervision and control tasks laid down in the Directive; Whereas Article 16 (a) thereof provides 
that for fresh poultrymeat obtained and marketed in 
the territory of the Member States for the supervision 
of cutting premises and storage, the intervention of 
an official veterinarian as provided for in the 
Directive shall be obligatory only from a date to be 
determined by the Council, acting unanimously on a 
Proposal from the Commission; 
Whereas, however, in order to enable the most 
efficient use of trained manpower it should also be 
possible for Member States to authorize other 
suitably qualified officials who are charged at present 
with the responsibility for supervision and inspection 
in their territory to be responsible for supervision of 
the hygiene requirements of Annex I, Chapter III of 
the Directive for fresh poultrymeat obtained and 
marketed in their territory in cutting and storage 
premises separated from abbatoirs; 
Whereas in the United Kingdom the Environmental 
Health Officer is recognized as having a qualification 
suitable to carry out these particular tasks; 
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Whereas the qualification of persons susceptible of 
being specially designated officials in other Member 
States may be determined later if necessary, 
HAS ADOPTED THE PRESENT DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Directive 71/118/EEC is modified as follows: 
1. In Article 16 (a), subparagraph (b), the second 
indent or part of the sentence is replaced by the 
following text: 
'As regards the supervision of cutting premises and 
storage, the intervention of an official verteri-
narian, as provided by this Directive, shall be 
obligatory from 15 August 1982. 
However, for cutting and storage premises 
separated from abbatoirs, supervision of the 
hygiene requirements of Annex I, Chapter III, may 
be carried out by other officials of the competent 
authority, such officials must be designated by the 
competent central authority. The competent 
central authority of Member States may only 
designate for this purpose appropriately trained 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, 
Having regard to the Directive 77/99/EEC on health 
problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat 
products as last amended by Directive 80/214/EEC 
and in particular Article 20 thereof, 
Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission, personnel with the qualifications indicated in 
Annex V. 
The Council acting on a Proposal from the 
Commission shall, when necessary, modify or 
supplement the provisions of Annex V.' 
2. The following text is inserted as Annex V: 
Tor the United Kingdom 
Diploma or certificate of registration in environ­
mental health of the relevant professional bodies 
or other qualification in environmental health 
recognized by such bodies or their predecessors.' 
Article 2 
The Member States shall bring into force the laws, 
regulations and administrative provisions required in 
order to comply with this Directive on 1 /July 1982 
and shall immediately inform the Commission 
thereof. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Directive 77/99/EEC and in particular 
Article 20 thereof requires the adoption of provisions 
which determine who shall be empowered to carry 
out the supervision and inspections provided for in 
paragraph 6 of Article 3(1) and of Articles 4 (3) and II 
Proposal for a Council Directive concerning the qualifications of the personnel 
responsible for carrying out health inspection, supervision and control tasks foreseen by 
Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat 
products.