Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 64/432/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine
Date: 1998-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cattle, database, intra-EU trade, labelling, swine

2.4.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  100/23

Proposal  for  a  European  Parliament  and  Council  Directive  amending  Directive  64/432/EEC  on
health  problems  affecting  intra(cid:220)Community  trade  in  bovine  animals  and  swine

(98/C  100/10)

(Text  with  EEA  relevance)

COM(98)  81  final  -  98/0052(COD)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  18  February  1998)

THE  EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT  AND  THE  COUNCIL
OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

the  internal  market,  Article  100a  of  the  Treaty  should  be
taken  as  the  legal  basis,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community,  and  in  particular  Article  100a  thereof,

HAVE  ADOPTED  THIS  DIRECTIVE:

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having  regard  to  the  opinion  of  the  Economic  and
Social  Committee,

Acting  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in
Article  189b  of  the  Treaty,

Whereas  both  Directive  64/432/EEC  on  health  problems
affecting  intra(cid:220)Community  trade  in  bovine  animals  and
swine,  as  amended  and  updated  by  Council  Directive
97/12/EC  of  17  March  1997(cid:216)(˛),  and  Council  Regulation
(EC)  No  820/97  of  21  April  1997  establishing  a  system
for  the  identification  and  registration  of  bovine  animals
and  regarding  the  labelling  of  beef  and  beef  products(cid:216)(ˇ)
refer  to  the  creation  of  computer  databases,  inter  alia  for
bovine  animals,  to  store  information  on  animals  and  their
movements;

the  operation  of 

Whereas 
the  different  national
databases  and  the  exchange  of  information  between  them
must  be  ensured;  whereas  the  possibility  of  adopting,
where  necessary,  appropriate  rules  of  application  should
therefore  be  provided  for;

Whereas,  since  the  creation  of  a  more  efficient  system
for  the  identification  of  bovine  animals  has  implications
for  the  protection  of  public  health  and  the  functioning  of

Article  1

The  following  is  hereby  added  to  Article  14(3)(C)  of
Directive  64/432/EEC:

"4.

In  order  to  ensure  the  operation  of  the  different
national  computer  databases  and 
the  exchange
between  them  of  information  on  animals  and  their
movements,  appropriate  rules  of  application  shall  be
adopted  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down
in  Article  17’.

Article  2

1.(cid:218)(cid:217)Member  States  shall  adopt  the  laws,  regulations  or
administrative  provisions  required  for  compliance  with
this  Directive  by  1  January  1999.  They  shall  immediately
inform  the  Commission  thereof.

the  Member  State  shall
The  measures  adopted  by 
contain  a  reference  to  this  Directive  or  shall  be  accom(cid:220)
panied  by  such  reference  at  the  time  of  their  publication.
The  procedure  for  making  such  reference  shall  be
adopted  by  the  Member  States.

2.(cid:218)(cid:217)Member  States  shall  forward  to  the  Commission
the  text  of  the  main  provisions  of  national  law  which
they  adopt  in  the  field  governed  by  this  Directive.

Article  3

This  Directive  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  of  its
the  European
the  Official  Journal  of 
publication 
Communities.

in 

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  109,  25.4.1997,  p.  1.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  L  117,  7.5.1997,  p.  1.

Article  4

This  Directive  is  addressed  to  the  Member  States.