CELEX: 51981PC0504(02)
Language: en
Date: 1981-09-15
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 71/118/EEC ON HEALTH PROBLEMS AFFECTING TRADE IN FRESH POULTRYMEAT IN RESPECT OF PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT HEALTH INSPECTIONS, SUPERVISION AND CONTROL TASKS

4. 10.81                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 262/3
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                                                   (Preparatory Acts)
                                            COMMISSION
             Proposal for a Council Directive
              I. amending Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems affecting trade in fresh
                 poultrymeat in respect of personnel responsible for carrying out health inspections,
                 supervision and control tasks
             II. 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
                         (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 29 September 1981)
                                                            I
             Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems
             affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat in respect of personnel responsible for carrying out
                                   health inspections, supervision and control tasks.
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     the Directive; Whereas Article 16 (a) thereof provides
COMMUNITIES,                                                    that for fresh poultrymeat obtained and marketed in
                                                                the territory of the Member States for the supervision
                                                                of cutting premises and storage, the intervention of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    an official veterinarian as provided for in the
European Economic Community and in particular                   Directive shall be obligatory only from a date to be
Article 43 thereof,                                             determined by the Council, acting unanimously on a
                                                                Proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                Whereas, however, in order to enable the most
                                                                efficient use of trained manpower it should also be
Having regard to the opinion of the European
                                                                possible for Member States to authorize other
Parliament,
                                                                suitably qualified officials who are charged at present
                                                                with the responsibility for supervision and inspection
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                in their territory to be responsible for supervision of
Social Committee,                                               the hygiene requirements of Annex I, Chapter III of
                                                                the Directive for fresh poultrymeat obtained and
                                                                marketed in their territory in cutting and storage
Whereas Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems                 premises separated from abbatoirs;
affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat, as last amended
by Directive 80/216/EEC, requires the competent
central authority of Member States to designate                 Whereas in the United Kingdom the Environmental
official veterinarians responsible for carrying out             Health Officer is recognized as having a qualification
inspection, supervision and control tasks laid down in           suitable to carry out these particular tasks;
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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