CELEX: 51979PC0383
Language: en
Date: 1979-07-13
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 72/461/EEC ON HEALTH PROBLEMS AFFECTING INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN FRESH MEAT (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                       COM ( 79 ) 383 final
                                       Brussels . 13th July 1979
                      PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
             AMENDING DIRECTIVE 72 / 461 / EEC ON HEALTH PROBLEMS
              AFFECTING INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE       IN FRESH MEAT
              ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
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COM ( 79 ) 383 final
 ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 Council Directive 72 / 461 / EEC of 12 December 1972 on health problems affecting
 intra-Community trade in fresh meat lays down the conditions which must be
satisfied by live animals before they are slaughtered for fresh meat for
 intra-Community trade .    The effect of these provisions , is to exclude from
intra-Community trade certain categories of meat which satisfy the health
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rules in respect of human consumption but which may transmit contagious animal
di seases .   .
The work done on harmonization , notably regarding trade in meat products ,
shows that certain treatments , particularly heat treatment , can destroy the
germs of contagious animal diseases and avoid any risk of those diseases
spreading .                                  ^        ■              !          .  ,
It is therefore possible to authorize the use , for the preparation of certain
products , of fresh meat which would, as fresh meat , be excluded from
intra-Community trade on animal health grounds .                       ' '
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The necessary amendments should therefore be made to the abovementioned
Directive by the creation of a special health mark to enable such meat to be
identified and its use monitored in the Member State in which it was obtained .
 ---pagebreak---                                COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                   amending Directive 72 / 461 / EEC on health problems
                   affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and
in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ,
                                             (1)
Whereas Council Directive 72 / 461 / EEC . ,
as last amended by Directive
              (2)
78 / 54 / EEC     , lays down the health requirements which must be fulfilled by
animals from which meat is obtained ;
Whereas although the meat obtained from animals not satisfying the health
conditions must be excluded from intra-Community trade in fresh meat because
of the risk of transmission of contagious animal diseases , it may be used for
other purposes when it has undergone treatment for the destruction of the germs
of those diseases ;
Whereas such meat should therefore be given a health mark indicating that it
is excluded from intra-Community trade as fresh meat and guaranteeing its
health qualities for other uses , for example for the preparation of certain
categories of meat products ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                    Article 1
Directive 72 / 461 / EEC is amended as follows :
C1 O.J. No L 302 , 31.12.1972, p. 24
(2 ) 0.J. No L 16, 20.1.1978, p. 22
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                              - 2 -
An Article 5a as follows is inserted :
                                     {
" With a view to its use for purposes other than mtra-Commumty trade in fresh
  meat , meat as referred to in Article 5(1 ) may , provided that it satisfies the
  conditions laid down in Directive 64 / 433 / EEC , be given the health mark defined
  in Annex I and may be kept and used in accordance with the said Directive , and
  in particular Chapter IX of Annex I.    Such meat must be obtained, handled, cut ,
  transported and stored separately or at different times from meat intended for
  intra-Community trade in fresh meat ."
The following Annex I is added :
                                                                        4· \
" Health mark for meat intended for uses other than intra-Community trade in
  fresh meat ;
  The health mark must be an oval stamp 6.5 cm long and 4.5 cm high ; the following
  information must appear on the mark in perfectly legible characters :
 r on the upper part , the name of the exporting country in capitals ;
  - in the centre, the veterinary approval number of the slaughterhouse;              ^
  - on the lower part , one of the following sets of initials : EEC, CEE, EWG, EEG_ or^
 - two perpendicular lines crossing the stamp diagonally , intersecting at the
    centre of the stamp in such a way that the information can be read .         •
 The letters must be 0.8 cm high and the figures 1 cm high .       .
  The stamp may also identify the veterinarian who inspected the meat ."
                            Article 2
The Member States shall bring into force the laws , regulations and administrative
provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 July 1980 .
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                          Article 3
This Directive is addressed to the Member States ,
Done at Brussels -                                 For the Council
                                                   The President
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