Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Council Directive 89/437/EEC on hygiene and health problems affecting the production and the placing on the market of egg products
Date: 1991-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural production, egg product, food inspection, health legislation, marketing standard

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91)  384 f mal 

Brussels,  18 October  1991 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE 

amending Council  Directive 89/437/EEC on hygiene 

and health problems affecting the production and the 

placing on the markot of egg products 

(presented  by  the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Article  10 of Directive 89/437/EEC on hygiene and health problems  affecting 

the production and  the placing on the market of egg products1) provides for 

the Annex  to the Directive to be amended  by  the Council  acting by a qualified 

majority on a proposal  from  the Commission. 

The purpose of  this proposal  is to apply  that procedure  in order  to adapt 

certain provisions of  the Annex  to Directive 89/437/EEC  to scientific and 

technological  progress. The provisions  involved  relate  to testing for 

staphylococci  in egg products and  to the storage conditions  for egg  products 

with  low water  activity. 

The adoption of  this proposal  is intended  to achieve a more rational 

application of  the Directive. 

The proposal  has no financial  implications for  the Community budget. 

1) OJ No. L 212, 22.07.1989, p.87. 

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DRAFT PROPOSAL 

for a 

COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE 

amending Council  Directive 89/437/EEC on hygiene and health problems  affecting 

the production and the placing on the market of egg products 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard  to Council  Directive 89/437/EEC on hygiene and health  problems 

affecting  the production and the placing on  the market  of egg products1 \  as 
amended  by Directive 89/662/EEC2>, and  in particular  Article  10 thereof, 

Having regard  to the proposal  from  the Commission, 

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Whereas certain provisions of  the Annex  should be adapted  to scientific arwl 

technological  progress,  in accordance with Article  10 of Directive l$/43^/t£C, 

as regards testing  for staphylococci  in egg products and  the storage 

temperatures  for certain egg products, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE, 

Article 1 

The Annex  to Directive 89/437/EEC  is hereby  amended  as follows: 

1. The  third  indent  of point  1(b) of Chapter  VI  is replaced by th#-following: 

"- Staphylococcus aureus  : absence  in 1g of egg product". 

1) OJ No. L 212, 22.07.1989, p, 87. 
2) OJ No. L 395, 30.1.1989, p.13. 

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2.  The  fourth  indent  of  point  3 of  Chapter  IX  is  deleted 

Article  2 

Member  States  shall  bring  into  force  the  laws,  regulations  and  administrative 

provisions  necessary  to  comply  with  this  Directive  by  31  December  1991.  They 

shall  inform  the  Commission  thereof  forthwith. 

The  laws,  regulations  and  administrative  provisions  adopted  by  the  Member 

States  shall  contain  a  reference  to  this  Directive  or  shall  be  accompanied  by 

such  a  reference  at  the  time  of  their  official  publication.  The  nature  of  such 

reference  shall  be  determined  by  the  Member  States. 

Art icle  3 

This  Directive  is addressed  to  the  Member  States 

Done  at 

For  the  Counci 

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