FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ORIGIN , THE COMMISSION WAS NOT ABLE TO ADOPT THE PROVISIONS WHICH IT HAD ENVISAGED IN THIS CONNECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 14 ( 3 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) N 802/68 ; WHEREAS , IN PURSUANCE OF THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH 3 ( B ) AND ( C ) OF THAT ARTICLE , THE COMMISSION SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL A PROPOSAL RELATING TO THE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN AND WHEREAS , BY THE END OF A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS SINCE THE MATTER WAS PLACED BEFORE THE COUNCIL , THE LATTER HAS NOT ACTED ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
THE SLAUGHTER OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS FALLING WITHIN HEADINGS N S 01.01 AND 01.04 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF SHALL CONFER ON THE EDIBLE MEAT AND OFFALS , FRESH , CHILLED OR FROZEN , WHICH ARE THUS OBTAINED , THE ORIGIN OF THE COUNTRY OR OF THE COMMUNITY , ACCORDING AS THE SLAUGHTER TOOK PLACE THERE , ONLY IF THE ANIMALS IN QUESTION HAVE BEEN FATTENED IN THAT COUNTRY OR IN THE COMMUNITY DURING A PERIOD OF AT LEAST THREE MONTHS IN THE CASE OF HORSES , ASSES , MULES AND CATTLE AND OF AT LEAST TWO MONTHS IN THE CASE OF SWINE , GOATS AND SHEEP .
ARTICLE 2
IF THE SLAUGHTER DOES NOT SATISFY THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 1 OF THE REGULATION , THE MEAT AND OFFALS REFERRED TO IN THAT ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THE ANIMALS FROM WHICH THEY WERE OBTAINED WERE FATTENED OR REARED FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD .
ARTICLE 3
THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JUNE 1971 .
THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .
DONE AT BRUSSELS , 10 MAY 1971 .
FOR THE COMMISSION
THE PRESIDENT
FRANCO M . MALFATTI