CELEX: 51992PC0460
Language: en
Date: 1992-11-16
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter or killing

12 . 12 . 92                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No C 328 / 5
                                                                     II
                                                            (Preparatory Acts)
                                                      COMMISSION
                  Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the protection of animals at the time of
                                                         slaughter or killing (')
                                                             (92 / C 328 / 07)
                                                           COM(92) 460 final
                  (submitted by the Commission on 17 November 1992, pursuant to Article 149(3) of the EEC
                                                                   Treaty)
On 25 November 1991 the Commission presented the                               '6 . Sick, injured or unweaned animals, and females
above proposal to the Council. Following the opinion of                              in full lactation, shall be slaughtered immediately
the European Parliament delivered at its sitting of 8 July                           upon arrival at the slaughterhouse . If this is not
1992 , the original proposal is amended as follows :                                 possible, they shall be separated and shall be
                                                                                     slaughtered within two hours. Animals which are
  1 . In Article 1 , a new paragraph 3 is inserted :                                 unable to walk shall not be dragged to the place
                                                                                     of slaughter, but shall be killed where they lie .'
      ' 3 . Member States may maintain or apply within
      their territories stricter provisions than those laid
      down in this Regulation .'                                           7 . In Annex A (II), paragraph 1 is replaced by the
                                                                               following :
 2 . In Article 2 , paragraph 4 is replaced by the
      following :                                                              ' 1 . Equipment for unloading animals shall have
      ' 4 . restraint : the application to an animal of any                          flooring which will permit a proper foothold and,
            procedure designed to restrict its movements in                          if necessary, shall be provided with lateral
            order to facilitate effective stunning or killing.'                      protection. Bridges , ramps and gangways shall be
                                                                                     fitted with sides , railings or some other means of
 3 . The following Article is inserted :                                             protection to prevent animals from falling off
                                                                                     them . Exit ramps shall not exceed a slope of 20
       Article 3a                                                                    degrees and shall be fitted with foot battens of an
                                                                                     appropriate design and spacing. A sufficient
      No person shall be paid for stunning, slaughtering or                          covering of straw, litter or other suitable material
      killing animals on a piece-work basis or by any                                shall be used .'
      system where the amount of pay received depends
      wholly or in part on the number of animals being
      stunned, slaughtered or killed .'                                    8 . In Annex A (II), paragraph 2 is replaced by the
                                                                               following :
 4 . In Article 5 , paragraph 1 , point c is replaced by the
      following :                                                              '2 . During unloading care shall be taken not to
                                                                                     frighten, excite or maltreat the animals, and to
      '(c) stunned before slaughter or killed instanta­                              ensure that they are not overturned on, and
             neously, such stunning or killing to be in                              cannot fall from, bridges , ramps or gangways .
             accordance with the provisions of Annex C ;'                            Animals shall not be lifted or dragged by the
                                                                                     head, horns, ears , feet, tail or fleece . Where
 5 . The following Article is inserted :                                             necessary they shall be led individually.'
       Article 8a
      Rules for the application of Article 8 may be                        9 . In Annex A (II), paragraph 3 is replaced by the
      adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down                       following :
      in Article 17 .'
                                                                               ' 3 . Animals shall be moved with care . Passageways
 6. In Annex A (I), paragraph 6 is replaced by the                                   shall be so constructed as to minimize the risk of
      following :                                                                    injury to animals , and so arranged as to exploit
                                                                                     their gregarious tendencies . Instruments shall be
                                                                                     used solely for guidance, and only for short
0) OJ No C 314 , 5 . 12 . 1991 , p. 14 .                                             periods . Instruments which administer electric
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          shocks may be used only for adult bovine animals                               not be placed in a head restrainer until the
          and pigs which refuse to move , provided that the                              slaughterman is ready to carry out the
          shocks last no more than two seconds, are                                      stunning.'
          adequately spaced out and that the animals have
          room ahead of them in which to move ; such                      13 . In Annex C (II) (3), paragraph F a new paragraph is
                                                                                 inserted :
          shocks may be applied only to the muscles of the
          hindquarters .'                                                        '3 (Fa). Manual back-up shall be provided where
                                                                                             poultry are stunned electrically in a
                                                                                             waterbath .'
 10 . In Annex A (II), paragraph 7, a new fourth indent is
      inserted :                                                          14 . In Annex D, paragraph 1 , a new paragraph is
                                                                                 inserted :
      '— adequate supplies of a suitable bedding material                       ' la. After stunning no dressing procedure of any
           to be provided for all animals which are kept in                             sort shall be performed before bleeding has been
           the lairage overnight.'                                                      started .'
                                                                         15 . In Annex D, paragraph 3 is replaced by the
 11 . In Annex C (II) ( 1 ), paragraph A is replaced by the                     following :
      following :
                                                                                ' 3 . After incision of the blood vessels , no further
                                                                                       dressing procedures or any electrical stimulation
      'A. Instruments shall be positioned so as to ensure                              shall be performed on the animals for at least 30
           that the projectile enters the cerebral cortex. In                          seconds, and in any case until all brain-stem
           particular, it shall be prohibited to shoot cattle in                      reflexes have ceased .'
           the poll position . Sheep and goats may only be
           shot in the poll position if the presence of horns            16 . In Annex D, paragraph 3 , three new paragraphs are
           prevents use of the crown position . In such case                    inserted :
          the shot shall be placed immediately behind the                       ' 3a . Where one person is responsible for the
          base of the horns and aimed towards the mouth,                                stunning, shackling, hoisting and bleeding of
          and bleeding shall commence within 15 seconds                                 animals, or any of those operations , that person
          of shooting.'                                                                 must carry out those operations consecutively in
                                                                                        respect of one animal before carrying them out
12 . In Annex C (II) ( 1 ), paragraph B a new paragraph is                              in respect of another animal .'
      inserted :                                                                  '3b. No animal shall be stunned unless it is possible
                                                                                        for it to be bled afterwards without delay.'
      'Ba. Cattle shall not be placed in a stunning pen                           ' 3c. Manual back-up shall be provided where
            unless the person who is to carry out the                                   poultry are bled by automatic neck-cutters so
            stunning is ready to do so immediately the                                  that where they fail, birds may be slaughtered
            animal is placed in the pen ; an animal should                              immediately.'
                 Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the introduction of a limit to the granting of
                                              production aid for processed tomato products
                                                             (92 / C 328 / 08 )
                                                           COM(92) 474 final
                                          (submitted by the Commission on 20 November 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    Having regard to the opinion of the European
Economic Community,                                                      Parliament,
                                                                         Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/ 86                     Social Committee,
of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the
market in products processed from fruit and                              Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 989 / 84 (3) of 31
vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   March 1984 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1569 /92 (2), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,                   1755 /92 (4), introduces , as from the 1985 / 86 marketing
( 1) OJ No L 49, 27 . 2 . 1986, p. 1 .                                   C) OJ No L 103 , 16 . 4 . 1984 , p . 19 .
(2) OJ No L 166 , 20 . 6 . 1992 , p . 5 .                                O OJ No L 180 , 1 . 7 . 1992 , p . 25 .