Proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Directive 92/117/EEC concerning measures for protection against specified zoonoses and specific zoonotic agents in animals and products of animal origin in order to prevent outbreaks of food-borne infections and intoxications
Date: 1999-02-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, food inspection, health legislation, research body, veterinary legislation

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(Preparatory  Acts)

COMMISSION

Proposal  for  a  European  Parliament  and  Council  Directive  amending  Directive  92/117/EEC
concerning  measures  for  protection  against  specified  zoonoses  and  specific  zoonotic  agents  in
animals  and  products  of  animal  origin  in  order  to  prevent  outbreaks  of  food(cid:220)borne  infections
and  intoxications

(1999/C  63/06)

(Text  with  EEA  relevance)

COM(1999)  4  final  -  1999/0003(COD)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  3  February  1999)

THE  EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT  AND  THE  COUNCIL
OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

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

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

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

Whereas  a  substantial  review  requires  consultation  of
and  consideration  by  all  the  parties  concerned,  and  in
particular 
farming
industry  and  the  scientific  world;

the  consumer  organisations, 

the 

Whereas,  pending  this  substantial  review  of  Directive
92/117/EEC,  it  is  appropriate  to  provide  for  a  post(cid:220)
ponement  of  the  deadlines  for  plans  to  be  submitted  by
third  countries  and  for  the  requirement  to  submit  to  the
European  Parliament  and  the  Council  proposals  on  new
provisions;

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

Whereas 
this  Directive  aims  directly  public  health:
whereas  it  is  therefore  appropriate  to  retain  Article  100a
as  the  legal  basis,

Whereas  in  the  light  of  the  experience  acquired  and  the
importance  accorded  to  the  prevention  and  control  of
zoonoses  it  is  necessary  to  carry  out  a  substantial  review
of  the  provisions  of  Council  Directive  92/117/EEC  of
17  December  1992  concerning  measures 
the
specific
protection  against 
zoonotic  agents  in  animals  and  products  of  animal  origin
in  order  to  prevent  outbreaks  of  food(cid:220)borne  infections
and 
last  amended  by  Directive
97/22/EC(cid:216)(ˇ);

specified  zoonoses  and 

intoxications(cid:216)(˛),  as 

for 

Whereas  such  substantial  review  consists  of  introducing
new  provisions  for  the  reporting  system  for  zoonoses,
improved  rules 
the  control  and  eradication  of
salmonellosis  in  poultry  flocks,  and  a  system  to  control
other  zoonoses  than  salmonellosis  and 
in  particular
campylobacter  and  cytotoxic  strains  of  E.  coli;

for 

HAVE  ADOPTED  THIS  DIRECTIVE:

Article  1

Directive  92/117/EEC  is  amended  as  follows:

1.(cid:217)In  Article  14(2),  "31  December  1998’  is  replaced  by
into  force  of  the  acts
"one  year  after  the  entry 
pursuant  to  the  proposals  referred  to  in  paragraph  2
of  Article  15a.’.

2.(cid:217)In  Article  15a,

(a)(cid:217)In  paragraph  1,  "1  November  1997’  is  replaced  by

"31  March  2000’;

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  62,  15.3.1993,  p.  38.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  L  113,  30.4.1997,  p.  9.

(b) In  paragraph  2,  "1  June  1998’  is  replaced  by  "31

December  2000’.

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Article  2

Member  States  shall  bring  into  force  the  laws,  regu(cid:220)
lations  and  administrative  provisions  necessary  to  comply
with  this  Directive  not  later  than  31  May  2001.  They
shall  forthwith  inform  the  Commission  thereof.

When  Member  States  adopt  these  provisions,  they  shall
contain  a  reference  to  this  Directive  or  shall  be  accom(cid:220)
panied  by  such  reference  at  the  time  of  their  official
publication.  The  procedure  for  such  reference  shall  be
adopted  by  Member  States.

Member  States  shall  communicate  to  the  Commission
the  provisions  of  national  law  they  adopt  in  the  field
governed  by  this  Directive.  The  Commission  shall  inform
the  other  Member  States  thereof.

Article  3

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

Article  4

This  Directive  is  addressed  to  the  Member  States.