Commission Regulation (EC) No 445/2004 of 10 March 2004 amending Annex I to Council Directive 92/118/EEC as regards animal casings, lard and rendered fats and rabbit meat and farmed game meat (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, health certificate, health control, veterinary legislation

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Official Journal of the European Union

11.3.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 445/2004

of 10 March 2004

amending Annex I to Council Directive 92/118/EEC as regards animal casings, lard and rendered
fats and rabbit meat and farmed game meat

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17
December 1992 laying down animal health and public health
requirements governing trade in and imports into the Com-
munity of products not subject to the said requirements laid
down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to
Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive
90/425/EEC (1), as last amended by Commission Decision
2003/42/EC (2), and in particular the second paragraph of
Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Directive 92/118/EEC sets out Community
rules
concerning animal and public health requirements
governing trade in and importation into the Community
of products of animal origin.

Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying
down health rules concerning animal by-products not
intended for human consumption (3), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 808/2003 (4), sets out
Community rules on animal products not intended for
human consumption.

Directive 2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 21 October 2002 amending Council
Directives 90/425/EEC and 92/118/EC as regards health
for animal by-products (5),
requirements
significantly
amended Directive 92/118/EEC, in particular in order to
reduce its scope so that it only covered animal products
intended for human consumption and pathogens.

(1) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 13, 18.1.2003, p. 24.
(3) OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14.

(4)

(5)

(6)

In the interests of clarity of Community legislation, it is
appropriate to further clarify the scope of Directive 92/
118/EEC.

Directive 92/118/EEC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendments to Directive 92/118/EEC

The title of Chapter 2 of Annex I to Directive 92/118/

1.
EEC is replaced by the following:

‘Animal casings intended for human consumption’.

The title of Chapter 9 of Annex I to Directive 92/118/

2.
EEC is replaced by the following:

‘Lard and rendered fats intended for human consumption’.

The title of Chapter 11 of Annex I to Directive 92/118/

3.
EEC is replaced by the following:

‘Rabbit meat and farmed game meat intended for human
consumption’.

Article 2

Entry into force and applicability

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

It shall apply from 1 May 2004.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 March 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission