Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption
Date: 2002-12-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: animal product, consumer protection, food safety, health legislation, import, third country, veterinary inspection

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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2002/99/EC

of 16 December 2002

laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and intro-
duction of products of animal origin for human consumption

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

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

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (3),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

In the context of
the single market, specific animal
health rules have been laid down to govern intra-
Community trade in the production, processing, distri-
bution and introduction from third countries of products
of animal origin for human consumption included in
Annex I to the Treaty.

Those rules have allowed the removal of obstacles to
trade in the products concerned, thereby contributing to
the creation of the internal market whilst ensuring a
high level of animal health protection.

The aim of those rules is to prevent the introduction or
spread of animal diseases resulting from the placing on
the market of products of animal origin. They also
contain common provisions concerning in particular the
restrictions applicable to the placing on the market of
products coming from a holding or area infected by
epizootic diseases and the obligation to subject products
coming from restricted areas to treatment to destroy the
disease agent.

Those common provisions should be harmonised in
order
to remove possible inconsistencies introduced
when the specific animal health rules were adopted.
Such harmonisation will also ensure uniform implemen-
tation of animal health rules throughout the Community
and introduce greater transparency in the structure of
Community legislation.

Veterinary checks on products of animal origin intended
for trade must be carried out in accordance with Council
Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning
veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view
to the completion of the internal market (4). Directive

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

89/662/EEC contains safeguard measures that may be
implemented in the event of a serious hazard to animal
health.

Products imported from third countries must not present
an animal health hazard for Community livestock.

To that end, procedures should be introduced to prevent
the introduction of epizootic diseases. Such procedures
include a regular evaluation of the animal health situa-
tion in the third countries concerned.

Procedures must also be introduced for establishing
general or specific rules or criteria to be applied to
imports of products of animal origin.

Provisions concerning the importation of meat of
domestic ungulates and meat products prepared from or
with such meat are already contained in Council Direc-
tive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and
veterinary inspection problems upon importation of
bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third
countries (5).

The procedures applicable to the importation of meat
and meat products can be used as a model for the
importation of other products of animal origin.

Veterinary checks on products of animal origin imported
into the Community from third countries must be
carried out in accordance with Council Directive 97/78/
EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles
governing the organisation of veterinary checks on
products entering the Community from third coun-
tries (6); Directive 97/78/EC contains safeguard measures
that may be implemented in case of a serious hazard to
animal health.

(12) Account must be taken of the guidelines laid down by
the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) when
adopting rules for international trade.

(13)

Community audits and inspections must be organised in
order to ensure the uniform application of the animal
health provisions.

(1) OJ C 365 E, 19.12.2000.
(2) Opinion of the European Parliament delivered on 15 May 2002.
(3) Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee delivered on 28

March 2001.

(4) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13. Directive as last amended by Directive

92/118/EEC (OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49).

(14)

The products covered by this Directive are listed in
Annex I to the Treaty.

(5) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28. Directive as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 1452/2001 (OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11).

(6) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.

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(15)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Directive should be adopted in accordance with Council
Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down
the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers
conferred on the Commission (1),

CHAPTER I

ANIMAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO ALL
STAGES OF THE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND DISTRIBU-
TION OF PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Scope

This Directive lays down the general animal health rules
governing all stages of the production, processing and distribu-
tion within the Community and the introduction from third
countries of products of animal origin and products obtained
therefrom intended for human consumption.

These rules do not affect the provisions laid down in Directives
89/662/EEC and 97/78/EC and the Directives listed in Annex I.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions in Regulation
(EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles
and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food
Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of
food safety (2) and Directive 97/78/EC shall apply as necessary.
The following definitions shall also apply:

1.

2.

3.

4.

‘all stages of the production, processing and distribution’
means any stage from and including the primary production
of a food of animal origin, up to and including its storage,
transport, sale or supply to the final consumer;

‘introduction’ means the bringing of goods into one of the
territories listed in Annex I to Directive 97/78/EC for the
purpose of placing them under the customs procedures
referred to in Article 4(16)(a) to (f) of Council Regulation
(EC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the
Community Customs Code (3);

‘official veterinarian’ means a veterinarian qualified to act in
that capacity appointed by the competent authority;

‘products of animal origin’ means products obtained from
for human
animals and products obtained therefrom,
they are
including live
consumption,
prepared for such use.

animals where

(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(2) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 2700/2000 (OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17).

Article 3

General animal health requirements

1. Member States shall take measures to ensure that at all
stages of
the production, processing and distribution of
products of animal origin within the Community, food business
operators do not cause the spread of diseases transmissible to
animals, in accordance with the following provisions.

2.
Products of animal origin must be obtained from animals
which fulfil the animal health conditions laid down by the rele-
vant Community legislation.

3.

Products of animal origin shall be obtained from animals:

(a) which do not come from a holding, establishment, territory
or part of a territory subject to animal health restrictions
applicable to the animals and products concerned, under
the rules set out in Annex I;

(b) which, in the case of meat and meat products, were not
slaughtered in an establishment in which animals infected
or suspected of being infected with one of the diseases
covered by the rules referred to in (a), or carcasses or parts
thereof of such animals, were present during the slaugh-
tering or production process, unless such suspicion has
been ruled out;

(c) which,

in the case of aquaculture animals and products,

comply with Directive 91/67/EEC (4).

Article 4

Derogations

1.
Notwithstanding Article 3 and subject to compliance with
the disease control measures referred to in Annex I, Member
States may authorise the production, processing and distribu-
tion of products of animal origin which come from a territory
or part of a territory subject to animal health restrictions but
which do not come from a holding which is infected or
suspected of being infected, provided that:

(i) before being subjected to the treatment referred to below,
the products have been obtained, handled, transported and
stored separately, or at different
from products
fulfilling all the animal health conditions, and the condi-
tions for transport out of the territory subject to animal
health restrictions have been approved by the competent
authority;

times,

(4) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 1.

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(ii) the products which are to undergo treatment are clearly

Article 6

identified;

(iii) the products undergo treatment enabling the animal health

problem concerned to be eliminated, and

(iv) the treatment is applied at an establishment approved for
that purpose by the Member State in which the animal
health problem occurred.

The provisions of the first subparagraph shall be applied in
accordance with Annexes II and III(1) hereto, or with detailed
rules to be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred
to in Article 12(2).

2.
The production, processing and distribution of aquacul-
ture products not complying with the conditions laid down in
Article 3 shall be authorised, subject to the conditions laid
down in Directive 91/67/EEC and, where necessary, in accor-
dance with further conditions to be adopted in accordance with
the procedure referred to in Article 12(2).

3.
Furthermore, where the health situation so permits, dero-
gations from Article 3 may be granted in certain situations, in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2). In
such cases, particular account shall be taken of:

(a) the specific characteristics of the disease in the species

concerned, and

(b) any tests or measures to which the animals must be

subjected.

Where such derogations are granted, steps must be taken to
ensure that the degree of protection from animal disease will in
no way be impaired. Any measures needed to ensure the
protection of animal health in the Community shall therefore
be adopted in accordance with the same procedure.

Article 5

Veterinary certificates

1. Member States shall ensure that products of animal origin
intended for human consumption are subjected to veterinary
certification where:

— provisions adopted for animal health reasons under Article
9 of Directive 89/662/EEC require products of animal
origin from a Member State to be accompanied by a health
certificate, or

— a derogation has been granted under Article 4(3).

Official veterinary controls

Pending adoption of Regulations of the European Parlia-
1.
ment and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for
food of animal origin and rules for controls applicable to food-
stuffs and animal feed, Member States shall ensure that official
animal health controls are carried out by their competent
authorities to ensure compliance with this Directive, its imple-
menting rules and any safeguard measures relating to products
of animal origin adopted pursuant
to this Directive. As a
general rule,
inspections must be unannounced and checks
carried out in accordance with the provisions of Directive 89/
662/EEC.

2.
Pending adoption of Regulations of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for
food of animal origin and rules for controls applicable to food-
stuffs and animal feed, where infringements of animal health
rules are identified, Member States shall take the necessary
measures to remedy the situation in accordance with the provi-
sions of Directive 89/662/EEC.

including audits,

Experts from the Commission may carry out on-the-spot
3.
checks,
in cooperation with the competent
authorities of the Member States, insofar as is necessary for the
uniform application of this Directive. The Member States in
whose territory checks are made shall provide the experts with
all the assistance necessary for carrying out their duties. The
Commission shall inform the competent authority of the results
of the checks made.

If a serious animal health risk is identified during a Commission
audit or inspection, the Member State concerned shall immedi-
ately take all measures necessary to safeguard animal health. If
such measures are not taken, or if they are considered to be
insufficient,
in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Article 12(2), take the measures neces-
sary to safeguard animal health and inform the Member States
thereof.

the Commission shall,

4.
The rules for the application of this Article, and in parti-
cular those governing the procedure for cooperation with the
national authorities, shall be adopted in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Article 12(2).

CHAPTER II

IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES

Article 7

General provisions

2.
Under the procedure referred to in Article 12(2), detailed
implementing rules, and in particular a model for such certifi-
cates, may be drawn up taking into account the general princi-
ples set out
in Annex IV. Certificates may include details
required in accordance with other Community public and
animal health legislation.

Member States shall take measures to ensure that products of
animal origin intended for human consumption are introduced
from third countries only if they comply with the requirements
of Chapter I applicable to all stages of the production, proces-
sing and distribution of such products in the Community or if
they offer equivalent animal health guarantees.

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Article 8

Compliance with Community rules

In order to ensure compliance with the general obligation laid
down in Article 7, the following shall be established in accor-
dance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2):

1. Lists of the third countries or regions of third countries
from which imports of specified products of animal origin
are permitted. A third country shall appear on such lists
only if a Community audit of that country has taken place
and demonstrates that the competent veterinary authority
provides appropriate guarantees as regards compliance with
Community legislation.

When drawing up or updating those lists, particular account
shall be taken of:

(a) the legislation of the third country;

(b) the organisation of the competent veterinary authority
and its inspection services in the third country,
the
powers of these services, the supervision to which they
are subject, and the means at their disposal, including
staff capacity, to apply their legislation effectively;

(c) the actual animal health requirements applying to the
production, manufacture, handling, storage and dispatch
of products of animal origin intended for the Commu-
nity;

(d) the assurances which the competent veterinary authority
of the third country can give regarding compliance or
equivalence with the relevant animal health conditions;

(e) any experience of marketing the product from the third
country and the results of any import controls carried
out;

(f) the results of Community inspections and/or audits
carried out in the third country, in particular the results
of the assessment of the competent authorities or, where
the Commission so requests, the report submitted by
the competent authorities of the third country on the
inspections which they have carried out;

(g) the health status of livestock, other domestic animals
and wildlife in the third country, with particular regard
to exotic animal diseases and any aspects of the general
health situation in the country which might pose a risk
to public or animal health in the Community;

(h) the regularity, speed and accuracy with which the third
country supplies information on the existence of infec-
tious or contagious animal diseases in its territory, parti-
cularly the notifiable diseases listed by the World Orga-
nisation for Animal Health (OIE) or,
in the case of
diseases of aquaculture animals, the notifiable diseases
listed in the Aquatic Animal Health Code of the OIE;

(i) the rules on the prevention and control of infectious or
contagious animal diseases in force in the third country
including rules on imports
and their implementation,
from other countries.

2. The Commission shall arrange for up-to-date versions of all
lists drawn up or updated in accordance with this Article to
be available to the public. Lists drawn up in accordance with
this Article may be combined with other lists drawn up for
animal and public health purposes and may also include
models of health certificates.

3. Rules of origin for products of animal origin and the
animals from which such products are obtained shall be
established in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 12(2).

4. Special import conditions for each third country or group
of third countries, having regard to the animal health situa-
tion of the third country or countries concerned shall be
established in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 12(2).

5. Where necessary:

— the detailed rules for the application of this Article,

— criteria for classifying third countries and regions thereof

with regard to animal diseases, and

— specific rules concerning types of introduction or parti-
cular products, such as the introduction of products by
travellers or the introduction of commercial samples,

may be established in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 12(2).

Article 9

Documents

1.
A veterinary certificate meeting the requirements set out
in Annex IV shall be presented with consignments of products
of animal origin upon their entry into the Community.

The veterinary certificate shall certify that the products

2.
satisfy:

(a) the requirements laid down for such products under this
Directive and under the Community legislation laying down
animal health requirements or provisions that are equiva-
lent to those requirements; and

(b) any special

import conditions established in accordance

with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2).

Documents may include details required under other

3.
provisions of Community public and animal health legislation.

In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article

4.
12(2):

(a) provision may be made for the use of electronic docu-

ments,

(b) model documents may be drawn up,

(c) rules and certification for transit may be established.

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Article 10

Community inspections and audits

1.
Community inspections and/or audits at all stages covered
by this Directive may be carried out in third countries by
experts from the Commission in order to verify conformity
with or equivalence to Community animal health rules. The
experts from the Commission may be accompanied by experts
from the Member States authorised by the Commission to carry
out these inspections and/or audits.

2.
The inspections and/or audits in third countries referred
to in paragraph 1 shall be carried out on behalf of the Commu-
nity, and the Commission shall meet the costs incurred.

The procedure for carrying out the inspections and/or
3.
audits in third countries referred to in paragraph 1 may be
established or modified in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 12(2).

If a serious animal health risk is identified during a
4.
Community inspection or audit, the Commission shall immedi-
ately take the measures necessary to safeguard animal health, in
accordance with Article 22 of Directive 97/78/EC, and inform
the Member States thereof.

CHAPTER III

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 11

Update of technical annexes

The annexes hereto may be amended in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Article 12(2) in order to take account
in particular of:

(i) scientific opinions and scientific knowledge, particularly

concerning new risk assessments;

(ii) technical developments; and

(iii) the setting of safety targets for animal health.

Article 12

Committee procedure

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health set up by
Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and
7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be set at three months.

3.

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 13

Transitional provisions

1.
As from the date referred to in Article 14(1), the animal
health rules laid down by the Directives listed in Annex V shall
no longer apply.

2.
Implementing rules adopted on the basis of such provi-
sions shall remain in force until they are replaced by rules
having the same effect adopted on the basis of this Directive.

Transitional measures may be laid down in accordance

3.
with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2).

Article 14

1. Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regula-
tions and administrative provisions necessary to comply with
this Directive before 1 January 2005. They shall
forthwith
inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such
reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure
for making such reference shall be adopted by the Member
States.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in
the field governed by this Directive.

Article 15

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 16

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2002.

For the Council

The President

M. FISCHER BOEL

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Diseases of relevance to trade in products of animal origin and for which control measures have been intro-
duced under Community legislation

ANNEX I

DISEASE

DIRECTIVE

Classical swine fever

African swine fever

Foot-and-mouth disease

Avian influenza

Newcastle disease

Rinderpest
Sheep and goat plague
Swine vesicular disease

Aquaculture diseases

Council Directive 2001/89/EC on Community measures
for the control of classical swine fever

Council Directive 2002/60/EC laying down specific provi-
sions for the control of African swine fever

Council Directive 85/511/EEC introducing Community
measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease

Council Directive 92/40/EEC introducing Community
measures for the control of avian influenza

Council Directive 92/66/EEC introducing Community
measures for the control of Newcastle disease

general
92/119/EEC
Council Directive
Community measures for the control of certain animal
diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesicular
disease

introducing

Council Directive 91/67/EEC concerning the animal health
conditions governing the placing on the market of aqua-
culture animals and products
Council Directive
Community measures
diseases
95/70/EC introducing minimum
Council Directive
Community measures for the control of certain diseases
affecting bivalve molluscs

93/53/EEC introducing minimum
the control of certain fish

for

ANNEX II

Special identification mark for meat from a territory or a part of a territory

1. The health mark for fresh meat must bear a diagonal cross consisting of two straight lines intersecting at the centre

of the stamp and enabling the information thereon to remain legible.

2. The mark mentioned in paragraph 1 may also be applied using a single oval stamp, 6,5 cm wide by 4,5 cm high;

the following information must appear on the mark in perfectly legible characters:

— on the upper part, the name or ISO code of the Member State in capitals: AT, BE, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GR, IE, IT,

LU, NL, PT, SE and UK,

— in the centre, the veterinary approval number of the slaughterhouse,

— on the lower part, one of the following sets of initials CE, EC, EF, EG, EK or EY,

— two straight lines crossing at the centre of the stamp in such a way that the information is not obscured.

The letters must be at least 0,8 cm high and the figures at least 1 cm high.

The stamp must also carry information whereby the veterinarian who inspected the meat can be identified.

The mark must be applied under the direct supervision of the official veterinarian controlling the implementation of
the animal health requirements.

ANNEX III

1. Treatments to eliminate certain animal health risks linked to meat and milk

.

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MEAT
Treatment (*)

(a) Heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container with an F0

value of 3,00 or more (**)

(b) Heat treatment at a minimum temperature of 70 °C, which

must be reached throughout the meat

(c) Heat treatment at a minimum temperature of 80 °C, which

must be reached throughout the meat

(d) Heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container to at least
60 °C for a minimum of 4 hours, during which time the core
temperature must be at least 70 °C for 30 minutes

(e) Natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine
months for boneless meat, resulting in the following charac-
teristics: Aw value of not more than 0,93 or a pH value of
not more than 6,0

(f) Same treatment as in (e) above although meat may contain

bone (*)

(g) Salami: treatment in accordance with criteria to be defined by
the Article 12(2) procedure following an opinion by the rele-
vant Scientific Committee

(h) Hams and loins: treatment involving natural fermentation and
maturation during at least 190 days for hams and 140 days
for loins

(i) Heat treatment ensuring a core temperature of at least 65 °C
is reached for the time necessary to achieve a pasteurisation
value (pv) equal to or more than 40

Foot-and-mouth
disease

Classical swine
fever

Swine vesicular
disease

African swine
fever

Rinderpest

Newcastle
disease

Avian influenza

Sheep and goat
plague

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African swine
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Rinderpest

Newcastle
disease

Avian influenza

Sheep and goat
plague

Disease

MILK and milk products (including cream) for human consump-
tion

(a) Ultra-high temperature (UHT)

(UHT = minimum treatment at 132 °C for at least 1 second)

(b)

If the milk has a pH of less than 7,0, simple high temperature
- short-time pasteurisation (HTST)

(c)

If the milk has a pH of 7,0 or more, double HTST

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Effectiveness recognised.
Effectiveness not recognised.

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0:
(*) All the necessary measures must be taken to avoid cross contamination.
(**) F0 is the calculated killing effect on bacterial spores. An F0 value of 3,00 means that the coldest point in the product has been heated sufficiently to achieve the same killing effect as 121 °C (250 °F) in three minutes with instanteneous

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ANNEX IV

General principles of certification

1. The representative of the competent authority of dispatch issuing a certificate to accompany a consignment of
products of animal origin must sign the certificate and ensure that it bears an official stamp. This requirement applies
to each sheet of the certificate if it consists of more than one.

2. Certificates must be drawn up in the official language or languages of the Member State of destination and those of
the Member State in which the border inspection takes place, or be accompanied by a certified translation into that
language or those languages. However, a Member State may consent to the use of an official Community language
other than its own.

3. The original version of the certificate must accompany consignments on entry into the Community.

4. Certificates must consist of:

(a) a single sheet of paper; or

(b) two or more pages that are part of a single and indivisible sheet of paper; or

(c) a sequence of pages numbered so as to indicate that it is a particular page in a finite sequence (for example, ‘page

2 of 4 pages’).

5. Certificates must bear a unique identifying number. Where the certificate consists of a sequence of pages, each page

must indicate this number.

6. The certificate must be issued before the consignment to which it relates leaves the control of the competent

authority of the country of dispatch.

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ANNEX V

1. Council Directive 72/461/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh

meat (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.

2. Council Directive 80/215/EEC of 22 January 1980 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in

meat products (2), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.

3. Council Directive 91/494/EEC of 26 June 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and

imports from third countries of fresh poultrymeat (3), as last amended by Directive 93/121/EC.

4. Council Directive 91/495/EEC of 27 November 1990 concerning public health and animal health problems affecting
the production and placing on the market of rabbit meat and farmed game meat (4), as last amended by the Act of
Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.

5. Council Directive 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992 on public health and animal health problems relating to the killing of

wild game and the placing on the market of wild-game meat (5), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC.

6. Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the

market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products (6).

7. Council Directive 94/65/EC of 14 December 1994 laying down the requirements for the production and placing on

the market of minced meat and meat preparations (7).

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 47, 21.2.1980, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 35.
(4) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 41.
(5) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 35.
(6) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 368, 31.12.1994, p. 10.