CELEX: 51984PC0286
Language: en
Date: 1984-05-23
Title: AMENDMENT OF A PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 71/118/EEC ON HEALTH PROBLEMS AFFECTING TRADE IN FRESH POULTRYMEAT

No C 162/10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                22.6.84
                          Article 7                                Committee, they shall be communicated to the
                                                                   Council as soon as possible and at the latest within
 1.   A management committee (hereinafter called
                                                                  one month. In that event, the Commission shall defer
'the Committee') is hereby established, composed of
                                                                  application of the decisions it has adopted for not
representatives of the Member States and chaired by a
                                                                  more than two months from the date of such
representative of the Commission.
                                                                  communication. The Council, acting by a qualified
2.    Within the Committee, the votes of the Member               majority, may take a different decision within two
States shall be weighted in accordance with Article               months.
 148 (2) of the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote.
                                                                                           Article 9
                          Article 8                               Each of the Member States concerned shall, in
 1.   Where the procedure laid down in this Article is            agreement with the Commission, take the necessary
to be followed, the chairman shall refer the matter to            steps to ensure that suitable publicity is given to the
the Committee either on his own initiative or at the              assistance granted under this Regulation.
request of the representative of a Member State.
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2.    The representative of the Commission shall
submit drafts of decisions to be taken. The                       The Commission shall twice a year report to the
Committee shall deliver its opinion on the drafts                 Council and to the European Parliament on the
within a time limit which the chairman may fix                    application of this Regulation.
according to the urgency of the questions under
consideration. An opinion shall be adopted by a                                           Article 11
qualified majority in accordance with Article 148 (2)             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
of the Treaty.                                                    its publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                   Communities,
3.    The Commission shall adopt decisions which
shall apply immediately. However, if these decisions              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
are not in accordance with the opinion of the                     directly applicable in all Member States.
               Amendments to the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 71/118/EEC on
                                  health problems affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat (')
                                                     COM(84) 286 final
               {Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty
                                                      on 4 June 1984)
                                                       (84/C 162/05)
The proposal referred to above, which was submitted                       order the collection of a contribution towards
by the Commission to the Council on 19 March 1981,                        the cost of the said inspections and controls,
is hereby amended as follows:                                             fixed in accordance with the procedure laid
                                                                          down in paragraph 4 and payable upon the
Article 1 (2) is replaced by the following:                               slaughter of the animals specified in Article
                                                                          1 (1) or upon the importation of poultrymeat
    '2. The following Article is inserted:                                from non-member countries. This contribution
                                                                          to be borne by the person on whose account
         "Article 17                                                      the animal is slaughtered or the importation
                                                                          made.
        1.    The cost of the health inspections and
        controls provided for in this Directive shall be
                                                                          3.    The contribution shall replace all charges
        borne by the authorities of the Member States.
                                                                          payable in the Member States in connection
        2.     In order to participate in the financing of                with the health and control of fresh poultry-
        the inspections and controls referred to in                       meat, with the exception of the charges
        paragraph 1, Member States shall collect or                       provided for:
                                                                          — where slaughter or destruction is ordered
(') OJ No C 97, 29. 4. 1981, p. 12.                                           by the inspection department,
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        — in respect of the control of fresh poultry-                 majority on the level on the contribution
           meat intended for export to non-member                     referred to in paragraph 2 and on the detailed
           countries, which entails additional costs,                 rules for its application. The said level may be
                                                                      altered in accordance with the same procedure
        — where tests for residues are positive,                      in order to take account of changes in
                                                                      inspection costs.
        — where additional services are performed at                  5.    Member States shall ensure that adequate
           the request of the party concerned.                        health inspection and control measures are
                                                                      taken by allocating to that end resources at
        4.   The Council, acting on a proposal from                   least equivalent to the overall amount of the
        the Commission, shall decide by a qualified                   contribution." '