CELEX: 51981PC0504(03)
Language: en
Date: 1981-09-15
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE CONCERNING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT HEALTH, SUPERVISION AND CONTROL TASKS FORESEEN BY DIRECTIVE 77/99/EEC ON HEALTH PROBLEMS AFFECTING INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN MEAT PRODUCTS

No C 262/4                         Official Journal of the European Communities                            14. 10.81
Whereas the qualification of persons susceptible of               personnel with the qualifications     indicated   in
being specially designated officials in other Member              Annex V.
 States may be determined later if necessary,
                                                                  The Council acting on a Proposal from the
                                                                  Commission shall, when necessary, modify or
HAS ADOPTED THE PRESENT DIRECTIVE:                                supplement the provisions of Annex V.'
                                                               2. The following text is inserted as Annex V:
                         Article 1                                Tor the United Kingdom
Directive 71/118/EEC is modified as follows:                      Diploma or certificate of registration in environ-
                                                                  mental health of the relevant professional bodies
 1. In Article 16 (a), subparagraph (b), the second               or other qualification in environmental health
    indent or part of the sentence is replaced by the             recognized by such bodies or their predecessors.'
    following text:
    'As regards the supervision of cutting premises and                               Article 2
    storage, the intervention of an official verteri-
    narian, as provided by this Directive, shall be
    obligatory from 15 August 1982.                            The Member States shall bring into force the laws,
                                                               regulations and administrative provisions required in
    However, for cutting and storage premises                  order to comply with this Directive on 1 /July 1982
    separated from abbatoirs, supervision of the               and shall immediately inform the Commission
    hygiene requirements of Annex I, Chapter III, may          thereof.
    be carried out by other officials of the competent
    authority, such officials must be designated by the
    competent central authority. The competent                                         Article 3
    central authority of Member States may only
    designate for this purpose appropriately trained           This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
                                                          II
              Proposal for a Council Directive concerning the qualifications of the personnel
              responsible for carrying out health inspection, supervision and control tasks foreseen by
              Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat
                                                       products.
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Having regard to the opinion of the European
COMMUNITIES,                                                  Parliament,
Having regard to the Treaty            establishing  the
European Economic Community,                                  Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
                                                              Social Committee,
Having regard to the Directive 77/99/EEC on health
problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat
                                                              Whereas Directive 77/99/EEC and in particular
products as last amended by Directive 80/214/EEC
                                                              Article 20 thereof requires the adoption of provisions
and in particular Article 20 thereof,
                                                              which determine who shall be empowered to carry
                                                              out the supervision and inspections provided for in
Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission,            paragraph 6 of Article 3(1) and of Articles 4 (3) and
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6 (2) and in Annex A, Chapters II, IV, V, VII and                   official designated by the competent central authority
VIII;                                                               of the Member State. The official designated shall be
                                                                    an appropriately trained officer who, for the
Whereas an official veterinarian designated by the                  supervision of hygiene, inspection and certification of
competent central authority possesses suitable                      meat products, shall be a veterinarian.
qualifications for carrying out all of these tasks;
                                                                    2.     However       supervision      of     the   hygiene
Whereas, however, in order to enable the most                       requirements of Annex I, Chapter II may be carried
efficient use of trained manpower, it should also be                out by other officials of the competent authority, such
possible for Member States to authorize other                       officials must be designated by the competent central
suitably qualified officials, who are charged at present            authority. The competent central authority of
with responsibility in their territory, to be responsible           Member States may only designate for this purpose
for supervision of the hygiene requirements of Annex                appropriately trained personnel with the qualifications
I, Chapter II of the Directive;                                     indicated in Annex V.
Whereas in the United Kingdom the qualification of                  3.    The Council acting on a proposal from the
the Environmental Health Officer is so recognized;                  Commission shall, when necessary, modify or
whereas the qualification of personnel in other                     supplement the provisions of the Annex.
Member States susceptible of being specially
designated officials may be determined later if
necessary,                                                                                    Article 2
                                                                    The Member States shall bring into force the laws,
HAS ADOPTED THE PRESENT DIRECTIVE:                                  regulations and administrative provisions required in
                                                                    order to comply with this Directive on 1 July 1982
                                                                    and shall immediately inform the Commission
                          Article 1                                 thereof.
 1.    Member States shall ensure that the supervision
and inspections required to be carried out by the                                             Article 3
competent authority to ensure compliance with the
requirements of this Directive are carried out by an                This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
                                                             ANNEX
                                                     For the United Kingdom
              Diploma or certificate of registration in environmental health of the relevant professional bodies or
              other qualification in environmental health recognized by such bodies or their predecessors.