CELEX: 51985PC0657
Language: en
Date: 1985-11-28
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL ON THE RATIONALISATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH CONDITIONS IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES IN BELGIUM

19.12.85                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No C 329/11
                         Article 5                                (a) The Commission shall adopt the provisions envisaged
                                                                       where they are in accordance with the opinion of the
1.    A Committee for the implementation of the project                Committee.
shall be established to assist the Commission in the
accomplishment of the tasks referred to in Article 1 (2).         (b) Where the provisions envisaged are not in
                                                                       accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if
                                                                       no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall
2.    The Committee shall consist of representatives of
                                                                       without delay propose to the Council the provisions
the Member States and shall be chaired by a rep-
                                                                       to be adopted. The Council shall act by a qualified
resentative of the Commission. The Committee shall
                                                                       majority.
adopt its own rules of procedure.
                                                                  (c) If within three months of the proposal being
3.    The representative of the Commission shall submit                submitted to it, the Council has not acted, the
to the Committee a draft of the provisions to be adopted.              proposed provisions shall be adopted by the
The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft                   Commission.
within a time limit set by the chairman having regard to
the urgency of the matter. Opinions shall be delivered by                                        Article 6
a qualified majority, the votes of the Member States
being weighted as provided in Article 148 (2) of the              This Decision is addressed to the Commission and the
Treaty. The Chairman shall not vote.                              Member States.
             Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the rationalization and improvement of health
                                         conditions in slaughterhouses in Belgium
                                                     COM(85) 657 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 3 December 1985)
                                                       (85/C 329/09)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas a contribution towards solving the sector's
                                                                  problem could be made by wider application of the
                                                                  measures referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             355/77 of 15 February 1977 on common measures to
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and             improve the conditions under which agricultural and
43 thereof,                                                       fishery products are processed and marketed ('), as last
                                                                  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1247/85 (2), with a
                                                                  view to accelerating the adaptation of Belgian slaugh-
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                terhouses, including any cutting plants attached to such
                                                                  slaughterhouses;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,
                                                                  Whereas such wider application is of special interest to
                                                                  the Community; whereas the measures relating thereto
Whereas there is an urgent need to accelerate the                 therefore constitute a common measure within the
modernization of slaughterhouses in certain regions of            meaning of Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
the Community and whereas, in particular, the structure           729/70 of 21 April 1970, on the financing of the
and hygiene of slaughterhouses in Belgium are out of              common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu-
date with the result that they no longer meet the                 lation (EEC) No 870/85 (4),
required economic and, more particularly, health
standards;
Whereas a special effort must be made to adapt and
rationalize this sector so that it may regain its                 (') O J N o L 5 1 , 23. 2. 1977, p. 1.
competitiveness; whereas, in the first instance, and              O   O J N o L 130, 16. 5. 1985, p. 1.
because of the particular situation in Belgium, this effort       O   OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.
must be concentrated in that Member State;                        (4) O J N o L 9 5 , 2. 4. 1985, p. 1.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                      2.    The estimated cost of the common measure to the
                                                                  Fund shall amount to 20 million ECU.
                         Article 1
                                                                  3.    Article 6 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall
A common measure within the meaning of Article 6 (1)
                                                                  apply to this Regulation.
of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 is hereby introduced to
accelerate, within the framework of the common
measure referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, the                                       Article 3
adaptation of Belgian slaughterhouses to Community
health standards and the rationalization of the sector.           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                         Article 2                                European Communities.
1.    The period for carrying out the common measure              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
shall be three years from 1 January 1987.                         directly applicable in all Member States.