2002/616/EC: Commission Decision of 22 July 2002 to authorise France to apply the requirements of Council Directive 64/433/EEC to certain slaughterhouses which handle not more than 2000 livestock units per year (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2745)
Date: 2002-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, derogation from EU law, health control, livestock unit, meat processing industry, slaughter of animals, supply, transport of animals, veterinary inspection

25.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 196/61

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 July 2002

to authorise France to apply the requirements of Council Directive 64/433/EEC to certain slaugh-
terhouses which handle not more than 2 000 livestock units per year

(notified under document number C(2002) 2745)

(Only the French text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/616/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June
1964 on health conditions for the production and marketing of
fresh meat (1), as last amended by Directive 95/23/EC (2) and in
particular Article 4(D) thereof,

Whereas:

Directive 64/433/EEC makes it possible for Member
States to request for authorisation to apply the require-
ments of Article 4(A) to certain slaughterhouses which
handle not more than 2 000 livestock units per year.

France has sent a request to be authorised to apply the
abovementioned Regulations to certain slaughterhouses.

These slaughterhouses are situated in regions such as
mountain areas
suffering from special geographical
constraints.

These regions are affected by supply difficulties because
there are no other establishments to slaughter animals in
order to supply the population of these remote geogra-
phical areas with meat.

Article 1

France is authorised to apply the requirements of Article 4(A)
of Directive 64/433/EEC to slaughterhouses listed in the Annex
to this Decision.

Article 2

This derogation is granted on the condition that:

— the establishments are situated in areas to which access is
difficult because transport infrastructure and links with the
rest of
the country are inadequate to ensure adequate
supplies or with particular geographical difficulties,

— the transport distance for slaughter animals of their region
to a slaughterhouse approved pursuant to Article 10 of
Directive 64/433/EEC is longer than the transport distance
to the establishments in the Annex and the transport takes
more than one hour under normal conditions,

— the animals slaughtered originate in the region where the

slaughterhouse is located,

— the throughput of the slaughterhouse is only raised to a
level which still guarantees production in compliance with
the hygiene rules and the maximum throughput does not
exceed 2 000 livestock units per year,

— at

least one official veterinarian is permanently present

during production hours.

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.

Article 3

Agricultural activities in these regions are based on
animal production and the distances for the transport of
the slaughter animals are too long.

Done at Brussels, 22 July 2002.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health,

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64.
(2) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 7.

L 196/62

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.7.2002

ANNEX

LIST OF SLAUGHTERHOUSES

Name of establishment

Place

Department

Abattoir Montagne Sud

Dommartin-Les-Remiremont

Vosges