CELEX: 51984PC0337(01)
Language: en
Date: 1984-06-22
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 64/433/EEC ON HEALTH PROBLEMS AFFECTING INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN FRESH MEAT

No C 179/6                           Official Journal of the European Communities                  7.7.84
                                                             II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
           Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 64/433/EEC on health problems
                                     affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat
                                                    COM(84)      337final
                            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 26 June 1984)
                                                      (84/C 179/07)
           THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
           Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
           particular Article 43 thereof,
           Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
           Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
           Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,
           Whereas    Chapter IV (24) of Annex I to Council Directive 64/433/EEC ('), as last
           amended     by Directive 83/90/EEC (2), lays down that a medical certificate must be
           required   from any person working on fresh meat and that this certificate must be
           renewed   annually;
           Whereas current medical knowledge indicates that the compulsory annual medical certi-
           ficate should be replaced by arrangements offering the consumer better guarantees
           against the risk of contamination by certain diseases which may be transmitted from one
           human being to another via meat,
           HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
                                                         Article 1
           Chapter IV (24) of Annex I to Directive 64/433/EEC is hereby replaced by the text set
           out in the Annex hereto.
                                                         Article 2
           The Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative
           provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 January 1986. They
           shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
                                                         Article 3
           This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
           O OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64.
           O O J N o L 5 9 , 5. 3. 1983, p. 10.
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                                                          ANNEX
         '24. (a) A medical certificate must be required from any person working on or handling fresh meat.
                   It must attest that there is no impediment to such employment. It must be renewed each
                   time the official veterinarian so requests. It must be kept at the disposal of the latter. The
                   certificate shall be issued only after the fullest possible review of medical antecedents, a
                   medical examination and, if necessary, additional examinations, in particular laboratory
                   tests.
               (b) Staff who work on or handle fresh meat shall, for the duration of their employment, be
                   subject to the supervision of the health authorities responsible for monitoring and
                   combating contagious diseases. Where epidemiological or clinical reasons so require, the
                   health authorities shall ensure that any person who may transmit a contagious disease to
                   meat cannot work on or handle fresh meat.
               (c) Before commencing employment, persons engaged to work on or handle fresh meat must
                   give an undertaking that they will inform the health authorities immediately of any change
                   in their state of health which might indicate the presence of a contagious disease, and in
                   particular where gastro-intestinal or respiratory symptoms or signs arise and in the case of
                   skin infection.
                   The employer shall supply to the health authorities any information in his possession
                   concerning the health of his staff, particularly where the abovementioned symptoms or
                   signs are involved.
               (d) Any person who works on or handles fresh meat must receive appropriate training
                   designed to impart a sense of responsibility in the matter of food hygiene and to inculcate
                   the rules of personal hygiene.'
         Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems
                                            affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat
                                                     COM(84)      337final
                            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 26 June 1984)
                                                       (84/C 179/08)
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
         Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
         particular Article 43 thereof,
          Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
          Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
          Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,
         Whereas experience has shown the need to simplify the provisions of Chapter III (11) of
         Annex I to Council Directive 71/118/EEC ('), as last amended by Directive
          82/532/EEC (2);
          (') O J N o L 5 5 , 8. 3. 1971, p. 23.
          O OJNoL234, 9. 8. 1982, p. 12.