Directive 1999/72/EC of the European Parliament and OF THE Council of 29 July 1999 amending Directive 92/117/EEC of the Council 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: 1999-07-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: animal disease, animal product, food inspection, health control, veterinary legislation

L 210/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

10. 8. 1999

DIRECTIVE 1999/72/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 29 July 1999

amending Directive 92/117/EEC of the Council concerning measures for protection against speci-
fied zoonoses and specific zoonotic agents in animals and products of animal origin in order to
prevent outbreaks of food-borne infections and intoxications

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 152(4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (3),

Whereas:

the

in the light of the experience acquired and the im-
portance accorded to the prevention and control of
zoonoses it appears necessary to carry out a substantial
review of
of Council Directive
92/117/EEC of 17 December 1992 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 infec-
tions and intoxications (4);

provisions

for

such substantial review could consist of introducing new
provisions
the reporting system for zoonoses,
improved rules for the control and eradication of salmo-
nellosis in poultry flocks, and a system to control other
zoonoses than salmonellosis;

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 92/117/EEC is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 14(2), the words ‘31 December 1998’ shall be
replaced by ‘one year after the entry into force of the acts
pursuant to the proposals referred to in Article 15a(2)’.

2. Article 15a shall be amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph 1, second line, the date ‘1 November 1997’

shall be replaced by ‘31 March 2000’;

(b) in paragraph 2, at the end, the date ‘1 June 1998’ shall

be replaced by ‘31 December 2000’.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
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 measures, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such
reference on the occasion of their official publication. The
methods of making reference shall be laid down by Member
States.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
text of the main provisions of domestic law which 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 day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

the deadlines

pending this review it is appropriate to provide both for
a postponement of
to be
submitted by third countries and for a postponement of
the obligation on the Commission to submit to the
European Parliament and the Council proposals on new
provisions,

for plans

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1999.

For the European Parliament

For the Council

The President

N. FONTAINE

The President

S. HASSI

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(1) OJ C 63, 5.3.1999, p. 8.
(2) Opinion delivered on 28 April 1999 (OJ C 169, 16.6.1999).
(3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 13 April 1999 (OJ C 219,

30.7.1999), Decision of the Council of 19 July 1999.

(4) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 38. Directive as last amended by Directive

97/22/EC (OJ L 113, 30.4.1997, p. 9).