CELEX: 51988PC0535
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-06
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 80/215/EEC ON ANIMAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AFFECTING INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN MEAT PRODUCTS

22. 10. 88                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No C 273/9
                                                Proposal for a Council Directive
              amending Directive 80/215/EEC on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in
                                                         meat products
                                                      COM(88) 535 final
                                     (Submitted by the Commission on 11 October 1988)
                                                         (88/C 273/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas the inclusion of this treatment amongst the
                                                                  others already prescribed should facilitate a better degree
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             of free circulation in the Community which will increase
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                  the value of production while avoiding the risk of
thereof,                                                          spreading disease;
                                                                  Whereas scientific opinion has been expressed which
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                indicates that the weight limit of five kilograms hitherto
                                                                  applied to such meat products may safely be raised to
Having regard      to   the   opinion   of   the   European       eight kilograms provided all other existing safeguards are
Parliament,                                                       maintained and applied;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECIWE:
Social Committee,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Article 4 (1) of Council Directive 80/215/ECC
                                                                  Article 4 (1) (a) (ii) second indent of Directive
O , as last amended by Directive 87/491/EEC (2),
                                                                  80/215/EEC is hereby replaced by the following:
defines the types of treatment likely to destroy the causal
agents of livestock diseases in meat products with a view             'the piece of meat to be treated must not weigh more
to permitting intra-Community trade in such products                  than eight kilograms,'
under certain conditions;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas experience gained and advances in scientific              Member States shall bring into force, not later than 1
knowledge and meat technology enable a new treatment              December 1988, the laws, regulations and administrative
providing the requisite guarantees to be used;                    provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They
                                                                  shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
                                                                                            Article 3
(') OJ No L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 279, 2. 10. 1987, p. 27.                              This Directive is addressed to the Member States.