CELEX: 51979PC0691
Language: en
Date: 1979-12-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON HEALTH AND VETERINARY INSPECTION PROBLEMS UPON IMPORTATION OF BOVINE ANIMALS AND SWINE AND FRESH MEAT FROM NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES

10. 3. 80                           Official Journal of the European Communities                       No C 60/47
              Proposal for a Council Directive on health and veterinary inspection problems upon
               importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from non-member countries
                        (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 13 December 1979)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the choice of such countries and establish-
COMMUNITIES,                                                    ments must be based on criteria of a general nature
                                                                such as the state of health of the animals con-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-              cerned, the organization and powers of the veteri-
pean Economic Community, and in particular                      nary services and the health regulations in force;
Article 43 thereof,                                             whereas, furthermore, it should be laid down that
                                                                establishments must meet a certain number of spe-
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-
                                                                cial standards designed to guarantee that meat
sion,
                                                                originating there satisfies the health requirements
Having regard to the opinion of the European                    judged necessary by the Community;
Parliament,
                                                                Whereas, in addition, importation, either of ani-
Whereas, since its adoption, Council Directive                  mals or fresh meat, should not be authorized from
72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and                    countries infected with contagious animal diseases
veterinary inspection problems upon importation                 from which the Community is free or from coun-
of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from                 tries which have been free from such infection for
third countries ('), as last amended by Directive               too short a period and which consequently present
77/98/EEC ( 2 ), has undergone certain amend-                   a serious risk to Community herds; whereas these
ments; whereas it appears desirable therefore to                considerations are also valid for importation from
consolidate these amendments within a single text               non-member countries in which vaccination against
in order that they may be more readily accessible               such diseases is carried out;
and easier to apply in practice, particularly in
                                                                Whereas the general conditions applicable to
relations with non-member countries;
                                                                importation from all non-member countries must
Whereas, to the same end, this opportunity should               be supplemented by special conditions drawn up
be taken to correct certain terminological deficien-            on the basis of the health situation in each of
cies, especially as regards the correspondence bet-             them; whereas, owing to the technical nature and
ween the various language versions, which have led              the diversity of the criteria on which these special
to difficulties in the application of the provisions            conditions depend, there must be available for their
concerned;                                                      establishment a flexible and rapid Community
                                                                procedure wherein the Commission and the Mem-
Whereas the Community has laid down rules in                    ber States cooperate closely;
respect of health requirements for intra-Community
trade in bovine animals and swine and fresh meat;               Whereas the presentation of a standard form of
                                                                certificate upon importation of animals constitutes
Whereas it is necessary, in accordance with the                 an effective means of verifying that the Community
aforesaid rules, to establish Community rules in                rules are being applied; whereas such rules may
respect of the importation of such animals and                  include special provisions which may vary accord-
meat from non-member countries;                                 ing to the non-member country concerned; whereas
Whereas such rules necessitate the drawing up of a              this must be taken into account in establishing the
list, valid for the Community as a whole, of non-               standard forms of certificate;
member countries or parts thereof from which                    Whereas inspection carried out upon importation
animals and fresh meat may be imported, and                     must also cover the origin and state of health of
establishments from which fresh meat may be                     the animals;
imported;
                                                                Whereas the Member States must be allowed, on
(') OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.                           the arrival of animals in the territory of the Com-
(2) OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 81.                             munity and during transit to their place of destina-
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tion, to take all measures, including slaughter and           Member State, with the exception of meat cut up
disposal, required for the purpose of safeguarding            after importation in an approved cutting plant, be
public and animal health;                                     accompanied by a certificate officially stating that
                                                              the prescribed import requirements have been ful-
                                                              filled;
Whereas fresh must be required to come from
approved establishments, and the health and                   Whereas inspection, both of animals and of meat,
inspection requirements with which the meat must              is carried out in the general interest of the Commu-
comply, particularly during production, storage               nity; whereas it should therefore be stipulated that
and transportation, must be specified;                        the inspection be carried out in premises approved
                                                              in accordance with Community criteria and a
                                                              Community procedure;
Whereas the Member States should adopt a com-
                                                              Whereas every Member State must have the right
mon attitude as regards fresh meat the introduction
                                                              to place an immediate prohibition on imports from
of which into the Community is banned for health
                                                              a non-member country when such imports may be
reasons and, in particular, importation of meat               dangerous for public or animal health; whereas in
containing traces of substances which are harmful             such a case coordination of the attitudes of the
or likely to render consumption thereof dangerous             Member States with regard to this non-member
or injurious to human health should be prohibited;            country must be secured without delay, without
                                                              prejudice to possible amendments to the list of
                                                              countries and establishments authorized to export
Whereas the presentation of a public health certifi-
                                                              to the Community;
cate and an animal health certificate prepared by
an official veterinarian of the exporting third coun-         Whereas Community veterinary experts should be
try is the most appropriate method of guaranteeing            responsible for verifying that this Directive is com-
that a consignment of fresh meat is fit for import-           plied with, particularly in non-member countries;
ation;
                                                              Whereas, before the Community provisions so
                                                              drawn up can enter into force, the Community
Whereas fresh meat must, whatever the customs                 must prepare a number of acts necessary for their
procedure under which it is declared, undergo                 operation and the Member States must make sub-
health inspection upon reaching Community terri-              stantial changes to their laws; whereas the imple-
tory in order to prevent re-routing of meat unac-             mentation of these provisions should therefore be
                                                              carried out in stages.
companied by the prescribed certificates, exported
from non-member countries from which import-
ation is not authorized or which do not have a
correct public health certificate;
Whereas, in order to verify that the provisions of            HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
this Directive are complied with by the exporting
 non-member country and to prevent importation of
meat dangerous to human health, the Member
 States must submit every consignment of fresh                                      CHAPTER I
 meat upon importation to health and veterinary
 inspection, which must be carried out by an official
 veterinarian; whereas it must be laid down that, in                             General provisions
 order that such import inspection may be standar-
 dized, the rules for its application are to be
 adopted according to a procedure in which the
 Commission and the Member States cooperate                                           Article 1
 closely;
                                                               1. This Directive shall apply to imports from third
 Whereas each consignment of fresh meat admitted               countries of:
to a Member State following the import inspection             — domestic bovine animals and swine for breed-
 must, in the case of fresh meat re-routed to another              ing, production or slaughter,
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— fresh meat of domestic animals of the following                             6 4 / 4 3 3 / E E C of 26 June 1964 on health pro-
    species: bovine animals, swine, sheep and goats                           blems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh
    and domestic solipeds.                                                    meat ( 3 ), as last amended by Directive
                                                                              7 5 / 3 7 9 / E E C ( 4 ), applies;
2. This Directive shall not apply to:
                                                                      (d) 'importation' means the introduction into the
(a) animals intended exclusively for grazing or                               territory of the Community of animals or fresh
     draught purposes, on a temporary basis, in the                           meat from non-member countries;
     vicinity of the Community frontiers;
                                                                     (e)      'holding'       means an officially supervised agri-
(b) meat forming part of travellers' personal lug-                           cultural,       industrial or commercial undertaking
     gage and intended for their personal consump-                           situated        in the territory of a non-member
     tion, in so far as the amount or quantity                               country,        in which animals for breeding, pro-
     transported does not exceed one kilogram per                            duction         or slaughter are regularly kept or
     person and provided that the meat comes from                            bred;
     a non-member country or part thereof appear-
                                                                     (f)       animals for slaughter' means bovine animals
     ing on the list drawn u p in accordance with
                                                                             or swine intended to be taken directly to a
     Article 3 and from which importation is not
                                                                             slaughterhouse on arrival in the country of
     prohibited under Article 28;
                                                                             destination;                 »
(c) meat sent as small packages to private persons,
                                                                     (g)       animals for breeding or production' means
     provided that such meat is not imported by
                                                                             bovine animals and swine other than those
     way of trade, that the quantity does not exceed
                                                                             referred to in (f), including those intended for
     one kilogram and that the meat comes from a
                                                                             breeding, milk or meat production, or draught
     non-member country or part thereof appearing
                                                                             purposes;
     on the list drawn u p in accordance with Article
     3 and from which importation is not prohibited                  (h) 'officially tuberculosis-free bovine herd' means
     under Article 28;                                                       a bovine herd which satisfies the conditions
                                                                             laid down in Chapter I of Annex A;
(d) meat for consumption by the crew and passen-
     gers on means of transport operating interna-                   (i)       officially brucellosis-free bovine herd' means
    tionally. When such meat or kitchen waste is                             a bovine herd which satisfies the conditions
     unloaded, it must be destroyed. It is not how-                          laid down in Chapter II (A) (1) of Annex A;
    ever, necessary to destroy meat when it is                       (j)     'brucellosis-free bovine herd' means a bovine
    transferred, directly, or after being placed prov-                       herd which satisfies the conditions laid down
     isionally under customs supervision, from one                           in Chapter II (A) (2) of Annex A;
    means of transport to another.                                   (k) 'brucellosis-free swine' means swine which sat-
                                                                             isfy the conditions laid down in Chapter II (B)
                                                                             (1) of Annex A;
                                                                     (1)     'officially brucellosis-free swine herd' means a
                              Article 2                                      swine herd which satisfies the conditions laid
                                                                             down in Chapter II (B) (2) of Annex A;
                                                                     (m) 'epizootic-free area' means an area in which,
For the purposes of this Directive:                                          according to official findings, the animals have
(a)   'official veterinarian' means the veterinarian                         not suffered from any of the contagious dis-
      designated by the competent central authority                          eases on the list drawn up according to the
      of a Member State or an non-member coun-                               procedure laid down in Article 29, for a period
      try;                                                                   and within a radius to be defined in accor-
(b)    country of destination' means the Member                              dance with the same procedure;
      State to which animals or fresh meat are sent                  (n)      meat' means all parts of domestic animals of
      from a non-member country;                                             the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species
(c)    non-member country' means a country in                                and of domestic solipeds which are fit for
      which neither Council Directive 6 4 / 4 3 2 / E E C                    human consumption;
      of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems                      (o) 'fresh meat' means meat which has not under-
      affecting intra-Community trade in bovine ani-                         gone any preserving process; however, meat
      mals and swine ('), as last amended by Direc-                          submitted to cold treatment shall be consid-
      tive 7 9 / 1 1 1 / E E C ( 2 ), nor Council Directive                  ered to be fresh;
(») OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64.                               ( 3 ) OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64.
(2) OJ No L 29, 3. 2. 1979, p. 26.                                    (<) OJ No L 172, 3. 7. 1975, p. 17.
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(p) 'carcase' means the whole body of a slaugh-              (b) the regularity and rapidity of the information
     tered animal after bleeding, evisceration, re-               supplied by the non-member country relating
     moval of the limbs at the carpus and tarsus,                 to the existence of contagious animal diseases
     removal of the head, tail and mammary gland                  in its territory, in particular those diseases men-
     and in addition, in the case of bovine animals,              tioned in Lists A and B of the International
     sheep, goats and solipeds, after skinning;                   Office of Epizootic Diseases;
(q) 'offal' means fresh meat other than that of the          (c) the regulations of the country on the preven-
     carcase as defined in (p), even if it remains                tion and control of animal diseases;
      naturally attached to the carcase;                     (d) the structure of the veterinary services in the
(r)   'viscera' means offal from the thoracic abdom-              country and their powers;
      inal and pelvic cavities, including the trachea        (e) the organization and implementation of mea-
      and oesophagus;                                             sures to prevent and control contagious animal
(s)   'means of transport' means those parts of                   diseases.
      motor vehicles, rail vehicles and aircraft set
      aside for loading, and the holds of ships or           3. The list referred to in paragraph 1 and all
      containers for land, sea or air transport;             amendments thereto shall be published in the Offi-
                                                             cial Journal of the European Communities.
(t)   'consignment' means a quantity of meat or a
      number of animals covered by the same certifi-
      cate;
(u) 'establishment' means an approved slaughter-                                       Article 4
      house, an approved cutting plant, or an
      approved cold store situated outside such              1. In accordance with the procedure laid down in
      approved slaughterhouses and plants, which             Article 29 one or more lists shall be drawn up of
      has been approved by the non-member coun-              establishments from which the Member States may
      try concerned and which appears on the lists           authorize importation of fresh meat. The list or
      drawn up in accordance with Article 4.                 lists may be amended or supplemented in accor-
                                                             dance with the procedure laid down in Article 30.
                                                             2. In deciding whether a slaughterhouse, a cutting
                        Article 3                            plant or a cold store situated outside a slaughter-
                                                             house or plant may appear on one of the lists
                                                             referred to in paragraph 1 particular account shall
 1. The Council, acting on a proposal from the               be taken of:
Commission, shall draw up a list of the non-mem-
ber countries or parts thereof from which the                (a) the guarantees which the non-member country
                                                                  can offer with regard to compliance with the
 Member States shall authorize importation of
                                                                  provisions of this Directive;
bovine animals, swine and fresh meat, or one or
more of those categories of animals and commodi-             (b) the non-member country's regulations with
ties, taking into account the health situation in                 regard to the administration to animals for
those countries or parts thereof. This list may be                slaughter of any substances which might affect
supplemented or amended according to the proce-                   the wholesomeness of the meat;
dure laid down in Article 30.                                (c) compliance in each particular case with the
                                                                  provisions of this Directive;
2. In deciding, both in the case of bovine animals           (d) the organization of the meat inspection services
 and swine and in the case of fresh meat, whether a               of the non-member country, the powers of
 non-member country or part thereof may appear                    these services and the supervision to which they
 on the list referred to in paragraph 1, particular                are subject.
 account shall be taken of :
(a) the state of health of the livestock, other              3. A slaughterhouse, a cutting plant or a cold store
     domestic animals and wildlife in the non-mem-            situated outside a slaughterhouse or cutting plant
     ber country, particular attention being paid to          may only appear on the list or lists provided for in
     exotic animal diseases, and of the health situa-         paragraph 1 if it is situated in one of the non-mem-
     tion of neighbouring areas of the country,               ber countries, or part thereof, referred to in Article
     which might endanger public and animal health            3 (1) and if it has, in addition, been officially
     in the Member States;                                    approved for exports to the Community by the
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  competent authorities of the non-member country.                                      Article 7
  Such approval shall be subject to compliance with
 the following requirements:                                    It may be decided, in accordance with the proce-
 (a) compliance with the provisions of Annex B;                dure set out in Article 29, that the provisions of
                                                                Article 6 (a) shall apply to a part only of the
 (b) constant supervision by an official veterinarian          territory of a non-member country.
      of the non-member country.
                                                                In accordance with the same procedure, by way of
 4. The list or lists referred to in paragraph 1 and           derogation from the provisions of Article 6 (b), the
 all amendments thereto shall be published in the              importation of animals referred to in this Directive
  Official Journal of the European Communities.                may, on certain conditions, be permitted from
                                                               non-member countries or parts thereof where vacci-
                                                               nations are carried out against one or more of the
                         Article 5                             diseases mentioned in the first indent of Article
                                                               6(a).
 Inspection shall be carried out on-the-spot by
 veterinary experts of the Member States and the
 Commission to verify whether the provisions of                                         Article 8
 this Directive, and in particular those of Articles 3
 (2) and 4 (2) and (3), are actually being applied.            1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 6
 The experts from the Member States shall be                   and 7, the Member States may authorize the impor-
 appointed by the Commission, acting on a propo-               tation from a non-member country of the animals
 sal from the Member States.                                   referred to in this Directive only if they comply
                                                               with the health conditions adopted in accordance
 These inspections shall be made on behalf of the              with the procedure laid down in Article 29 for
 Community, which shall bear the cost of any                   importation from that country, according to the
 expenditure incurred in this connection.                      species and destination of the animals.
The frequency of and the procedure for these                   2. It may be decided, in accordance with the
 inspections shall be determined according to the              procedure laid down in Article 29, to limit the
 procedure laid down in Article 29.                            authorizations to particular species, to animals for
                                                               slaughter, breeding or production, or to animals
                                                              intended for particular purposes, and to apply all
                                                               necessary health measures after importation. For
                       CHAPTER II
                                                              breeding and production animals the requirements
                                                              of this paragraph may vary from one Member
           Imports of bovine animals and swine                State to another in order to take account of the
                                                              special provisions which Member States enjoy in
                                                              the framework of intra-Community trade.
                         Article 6
                                                              3. It may be decided, in accordance with the
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3(1), the           procedure set out in Article 29, to waive the provi-
Member States shall only authorize the importation            sions of Section A of Chapter II of Annex A with
of the animals referred to in this Directive if they          regard to:
come from non-member countries:
                                                              — the acquisition by a herd free from brucellosis
(a) free from any disease to which the animals are                 of the designation 'officially free from brucello-
     susceptible:                                                  sis',
     — for 12 months, in respect of rinderpest,               — the introduction into herds officially free from
          exotic foot-and-mouth disease, contagious                brucellosis of the bovine animals from herds
          pleuro pneumonia, African swine fever and                free from brucellosis,
          contagious porcine paralysis (Teschen dis-
          ease),                                              — the suspension of the designation 'officially bru-
                                                                   cellosis-free herd' or brucellosis-free herd'.
     — for six months, in respect of blue tongue
          and contagious vesiculate stomatitis;
(b) in which vaccination has not been carried out                                      Article 9
     during the preceding 12 months against the
     diseases referred to under the first indent of           Where a Member State considers that the vaccines
     paragraph (a), to which these animals are sus-           used against foot-and-mouth disease in a non-
     ceptible.                                                member country against the A, O and C viruses
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have certain deficiencies, it shall prohibit the intro-                              Article 12
duction into its territory of bovine animals and
swine coming from the country concerned. It shall            1. The Member States shall ensure that bovine
inform the other Member States and the Commis-               animals and swine, on arrival in the territory of the
sion as soon as possible of its decision and shall           Community, undergo a health control (import con-
give grounds for this decision. The Standing Veteri-         trol) made by an official veterinarian.
nary Committee shall meet as soon as possible
after this notification. A decision shall be taken in        2. The Member States shall ensure that bovine
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article           animals and swine are prohibited from movement
30.                                                          within the Community if during the control pres-
                                                             cribed in paragraph 1 it is found that:
                                                             — animals do not come from the territory of a
                       Article 10                                non-member country, or part thereof, set out in
                                                                 the list established in accordance with
The Member States shall authorize the importation                Article 3 (1),
of bovine animals and swine if, before the day of
                                                             — the animals are infected with, or are suspected
loading for transportation to country of destina-                of being infected with or contaminated by, a
tion, these animals have remained in the territory               contagious disease,
or part of the territory of a non-member country
on the list established in accordance with                   — the conditions laid down in this Directive and
Article 3(1):                                                    the Annexes thereto have not been complied
                                                                 with by the exporting non-member country,
(a) for not less than six months in the case of
    animals for breeding or production;                      — the certificate accompanying the animals does
                                                                 not comply with the conditions set out in Arti-
(b) for not less than three months in the case of
                                                                 cle II.
    animals for slaughter.
This period shall date from birth in the case of             3. The Member State which carried out the control
animals which are less than six or three months old          mentioned in paragraph 1 shall take such measures
respectively.                                                as it considers to be necessary.
                                                             These measures may include:
                                                             (a) — the placing in quarantine of animals which
                       Article 11
                                                                      are suspected of being infected with or con-
                                                                      taminated by a contagious disease,
1. The Member States shall authorize the importa-
                                                                  — in the case referred to in the fourth indent
tion of bovine animals and swine only on produc-
                                                                      of paragraph 2, at the request of the con-
tion of a certificate drawn up by an official veteri-
narian of the exporting non-member country:                           signor, the consignee or their agent, keeping
                                                                      the animals under control pending clearance
(a) this certificate must be issued on the day of                     of the certificate;
    loading of the animals for consignment to the
    country of destination;                                  (b) the return of animals which cannot be admitted
                                                                  for movment in accordance with paragraph 2,
(b) it must be worded at least in one of the official             unless this is not possible on animal health
    languages of the country of destination and in                grounds.
    one the official languages of the Member State
    carrying out the import control provided for in               Where it is not possible to return the animals,
    Article 12;                                                   the competent authority shall order them to be
                                                                  slaughtered and shall designate the establish-
(c) its original must accompany the animals;                      ment to be used for this purpose;
(d) it must provide proof that the bovine animals
                                                             (c) slaughter and destruction of all animals of the
    and swine meet the conditions laid down in
                                                                  consignment in question if the abovementioned
    and in pursuance of this Directive with regard
                                                                  control shows evidence or suspicion of one of
    to imports from non-member countries;
                                                                  the epizootic diseases on the list established
(e) it must consist of a single sheet of paper;                   under the procedure laid down in Article 29.
(f) it must be made out in the name of a single
    consignee.                                               4. The certificate accompanying bovine animals
                                                             and swine on importation must, following the ani-
2. This certificate must comply with a specimen              mals health control (import control), include a
established in accordance with the procedure laid            statement clearly indicating whether the animals
down in Article 29.                                          have been admitted or refused entry.
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5. While the animals are taken across Community                                   CHAPTER III
territory en route to the country of destination, the
Member States may implement the measures
                                                                              Imports of fresh meat
referred to in the first indent of paragraph 3 (a)
and in paragraph 3 (c) if the animals are infected
with, or suspected of being infected with, or conta-
                                                                                    Article 14
mined by, a contagious disease.
                                                             1. Fresh meat must come from animals which have
6. Animals which have obtained an import author-             remained for at least three months before being
ization and whose destination is not the Member              slaughtered, or since birth if the animals in ques-
State which carried out the import control laid              tion are less than three months old, in the territory,
down in paragraph 1, must be taken to the country            or in part thereof, of a non-member country on the
                                                             list established in accordance with Article 3 (1).
of destination under customs control without being
unloaded.                                                    2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 (1),
                                                             the Member States may only authorize the importa-
                                                             tion of fresh meat from non-member countries;
7. Animals which have satisfied the import control
                                                             (a) which, for the past 12 months have been free
prescribed in paragraph 1 shall undergo any fur-
                                                                  from those of the following diseases to which
ther control necessary in the country of destination
                                                                  the animals from which the meat has come are
in order to verify whether the provisions of this                 susceptible: rinderpest, exotic foot-and-mouth
Directive, including the special conditions laid                  disease, African swine fever, contagious por-
down under the procedure provided for in Article                  cine paralysis (Teschen disease);
29 pursuant to Article 8, have been complied with.
                                                             (b) in which no vaccinations have been carried out
These inspections may be carried out either at the                for 12 months against the diseases mentioned
frontier, or at any other point designated by the                 under (a) to which the animals from which the
competent authority of the country of destination,                meat has come are susceptible.
or at both.
                                                                                    Article 15
8. The consignor, consignee or their agent shall be
liable for any expenditure incurred pursuant to this         It may be decided, under the procedure set out in
Article, including the slaughter or destruction of           Article 29, that the provisions of Article 14 (2) (a)
animals, without compensation from the State.                shall apply only to a part of the territory of a
                                                             non-member country.
                                                             In accordance with the same procedure and in
                                                             derogation from the provisions of Article 14 (2)
                                                             (b), imports of fresh meat may be permitted, sub-
                       Article 13                            ject to certain conditions, from a third country or
                                                             part of the territory of that third country where
                                                             vaccinations have been carried out against one or
                                                             several of the diseases referred to in Article
 Upon arrival in the country of destination, the
                                                              14 (2) (a).
 animals for slaughter shall be taken directly to a
 slaughterhouse and, in accordance with animal
 health requirements, be slaughtered not later than
                                                                                    Article 16
 three working days after their entry into that
 slaughterhouse.
                                                              Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 14
                                                              and 15, the Member States shall authorize the
 Without prejudice to any special conditions which            importation of fresh meat from a non-member
 may be set out in accordance with the procedure              country only if the meat complies with the animal
 laid down in Article 29, the competent authority of          health requirements, adopted in accordance with
 the country of destination may, on animal health             the procedure set out in Article 29, for imports of
 grounds, designate the slaughterhouse to which               fresh meat from that country according to the
 these animals must be taken.                                 species of animal concerned.
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                       Article 17                            These assistants must:
                                                             (a) be appointed .by the central competent author-
1. The Member States shall authorize imports of                  ity of the exporting country, in accordance with
fresh meat in the form of carcases, including half-              the provisions in force;
carcases in the case of swine, and halves or quar-           (b) have appropriate training;
ters in the case of bovine animals and solipeds,
only if it is possible to reconstruct the entire             (c) enjoy a status guaranteeing their impartiality
carcase of each animal.                                          towards those running the establishments;
                                                             (d) have no power of decision concerning the final
2. Such importation shall be subject to the follow-              result of the public health inspection.
ing conditions: fresh meat must:
(a) have been obtained in a slaughterhouse men-
    tioned on the list established in accordance                                     Article 18
    with Article 4(1);
(b) come from an animal which, in accordance                 1. In derogation from Article 17 (1), the Member
    with Chapter V of Annex B, has undergone an              States may permit imports of:
    ante-mortem health inspection carried out by
    an official veterinarian and been suitable for           (a) half-carcases, separated quarters or offals com-
    slaughter in accordance with the provisions of               plying with the conditions set out in Article 17
    this Directive, with a view to being exported to             (2) and (3) coming from slaughterhouses desig-
    the Community;                                               nated for this purpose in accordance with the
                                                                 procedure laid down in Article 29;
(c) have been treated in conditions of hygiene in
    accordance with Chapter VI of Annex B;                   (b) cuts smaller than quarters or boned meat from
                                                                 cutting plants inspected pursuant to Article 4
(d) has undergone a post-mortem inspection car-                  and approved for this purpose in accordance
    ried out under the responsibility and direct                 with the procedure set out in Article 29. Such
    control of an official veterinarian in accor-                meat shall, in addition to the conditions laid
    dance with Chapter VII of Annex B and has                    down in Article 17 (2) and (3), comply with the
    shown no change except for traumatic lesions                 following conditions:
    incurred shortly before slaughter, or localized
                                                                   (i) have been cut and obtained in compliance
    malformations or changes, provided that it is
                                                                       with the provisions of Chapter VIII of
    established, if necessary by appropriate labora-
                                                                       Annex B;
    tory tests, that these do not render the carcase
    and offal unfit for human consumption or                      (ii) have been controlled by an official veteri-
    dangerous to human health;                                         narian in accordance with the provisions
                                                                       of Chapter IX of Annex B;
(e) have a health mark in accordance with Chapter
    X of Annex B;                                                (iii) with regard to packing, comply with the
                                                                       provisions set out in Chapter XI of
(f) have been stored in establishments after post-                     Annex B;
    mortem inspection under satisfactory hygienic
                                                                 (iv) undergo all controls, carried out by Com-
    conditions and in accordance with Chapter XII
                                                                       munity veterinarians, required to ensure
    of Annex B;
                                                                       that the abovementioned provisions have
(g) have been transported to the country of desti-                     been complied with;
    nation in accordance with the conditions of
                                                                  (v) with regard to fresh meat of solipeds,
    Chapter XIII of Annex B under satisfactory
                                                                       undergo control by the country of destina-
    conditions of hygiene.
                                                                       tion with a view to the possible imposition
                                                                       of restrictions regarding its use.
3. Only methyl violet may be used for marking
fresh meat with ink.                                         2. In accordance with the procedure laid down in
Other types of colouring may be authorized in                Article 29 and in derogation from paragraph 32 of
accordance with the procedure laid down in                   Annex B, the meat may be cut while warm, in
Article 29.                                                  which case, the following minimum conditions
                                                             must be complied with:
4. When carrying out the post-mortem inspection              (a) fresh meat must be transported directly from
referred to in paragraph 2 (d), the official veteri-             the slaughter room to the cutting room. Both
narian may be helped by assistants placed under                  premises must be located in the same group of
his authority.                                                   buildings and sufficiently near to each other
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    that the meat to be cut may be transferred in                 or harmful to human health, in so far as such
    one operation from one room to the other by                   residues are in excess of the permitted level.
    means of an extension of the overhead hand-                    Permitted levels shall be fixed by the Council,
    ling network from the slaughter room. Cutting                 acting on a proposal from the Commission,
    must be carried out without delay;                             and may subsequently be amended in accor-
(b) as soon as the prescribed cutting and packaging               dance with the procedure laid down in
    are completed, the meat must be transported to                Article 29;
    the cooling room provided for in Chapter II (2)           (c) fresh meat treated with ionizing or ultra violet
    (a) of Annex B.                                               rays, and also fresh meat from animals to
                                                                  which have been administered tenderisers or
                                                                  other products likely to alter its organoleptic
                                                                  composition or nature;
                       Article 19
                                                              (d) fresh meat to which has been added substances
                                                                  other than those provided for in Article 17 (3)
Articles 17 and 18 shall not apply:                               for the purpose of health marking;
(a) to fresh meat imported by authorization of the            (e) fresh meat from animals which have been
    country of destination for uses other than                    found to have tuberculosis in any form
    human consumption;                                            whatsoever or which are considered as tubercu-
(b) to fresh meat intended for exhibition or special              lous as a result of a positive tuberculin reac-
    studies or for analyses, in so far as administra-             tion;
    tive control makes it possible to ensure that this        ( 0 fresh meat from animals which after slaughter
    meat is not used for human consumption and                    are found to have tuberculosis in any form
    when the exhibition finishes or when the                      whatsoever, or to have one or more live or
    special studies or analyses have been carried                 dead cysticerci, or in the case of swine, to have
    out this meat, with the exception of that used                trichinae;
    during the analysis, shall be withdrawn from              (g) fresh meat     from    animals  slaughtered    too
    Community territory or destroyed.                             young;
    In this case and in the case referred to in               (h) parts of the carcase or offal with traumatic
    paragraph (a), the country of destination shall               lesions incurred shortly before slaughter or
    ensure that the meat in question cannot be put                malformations or changes referred to in Article
    to any use other than that for which it was                    17 (2) (d);
    admitted into its territory;                              (i) blood;
(c) to fresh meat intended exclusively for the sup-           (j) fresh meat minced or treated in a similar fash-
    ply of international organizations, subject to                ion;
    approval under the procedure laid down in
                                                              (k) fragments of muscular or fatty and other tissues
    Article 29 and in so far as this meat comes
                                                                  resulting from the cutting and boning of the
    from a non-member country on the list esta-
                                                                  meat or adhering to the bone and fragments of
    blished in accordance with Article 3 (1) and                  muscular and other tissues of the head, except
    that the animal health requirements are com-                  the tongue.
    plied with. The Member States in the territory
    of which the international organizations in
    question are located shall ensure that this meat
                                                                                    Article 21
    is not placed in free circulation.
                                                              The method and procedures required for detecting
                                                              the presence of trichinae in fresh meat or swine
                       Article 20                             shall be laid down by the Council, acting on a
                                                              proposal from the Commission.
The Member States shall prohibit the importation
of:
                                                                                    Article 22
(a) fresh meat from boars or cryptorchid pigs;
(b) fresh meat containing residues of substances              1. Member States shall authorize fresh meat to be
    having oestrogenic or thyrostatic activity or of          imported only on presentation of an animal health
    antibiotics, antimony, arsenic, pesticides or             certificate and a public health certificate drawn up
    other substances which are harmful or likely to           by an official veterinarian of the exporting non-
    make the consumption of fresh meat dangerous              member country.
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These certificates must:                                                 non-member country towards which the meat is
(a) be drawn up at least in one of the official                          sent, after transit through Community territory,
     languages of the country of destination and in                      undertakes under no circumstances to reject or
     one of the Member State in which the import                         to send back to the latter the meat the importa-
     controls provided for in Articles 23 and 24 are                     tion or transit of which it has authorized;
     carried out;                                                   (b) such transport has been previously authorized
(b) accompany the fresh meat in the original;                            by the competent authorities of the Member
(c) consist of a single sheet of paper;                                  State in the territory of which the animal health
                                                                         control provided for in paragraph 1 is carried
(d) be made out for a single consignee.                                  out;
2. The animal health certificate must certify that                  (c) such transport is carried out, without the goods
the fresh meat complies with the animal health                           being unloaded on Community territory, under
requirements laid down in this Directive and with                        the control of the competent authorities in
those laid down pursuant to it with respect to the                       vehicles or containers sealed by the competent
import of fresh meat from non-member countries.                          authorities; the only handling authorized dur-
The certificate must correspond with a specimen                          ing this transport shall be that carried out
drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid                           respectively at the point of entry into Commu-
down in Article 29.                                                      nity territory or of exit from the latter for direct
                                                                         trans-shipment from a ship or aircraft to any
3. The public health certificate must correspond, in                     other means of transport or vice versa.
presentation and content, with the specimen given
in Annex C and be issued on the day on which the
                                                                    4. All expenditure incurred pursuant to this Article
fresh meat is loaded with a view to consignment to
                                                                    shall be chargeable to the consignor, the consignee
the country of destination.
                                                                    or their agent without repayment by the State.
                              Article 23
                                                                                             Article 24
 1. The Member States shall ensure that the fresh
meat is subjected, without delay, immediately upon
arrival in Community territory, to an animal health                  1. The Member States shall ensure that each con-
control carried out by the competent authority,                     signment of fresh meat is subjected to a public
whatever the customs procedure under which it was                   health control on importation and to an animal
declared.                                                           health inspection, carried out by an official veteri-
                                                                    narian.
2. Without prejudice to the provisions of para-
graph 3, the Member States shall ensure that                        The Member States shall ensure that importers are
i m p o r t a t i o n ^ prohibited when this control reveals        obliged to give notice at least two working days in
that:                                                               advance to the local service responsible for import
                                                                    control at the post where the fresh meat is to be
— the meat does not come from a territory, or                       submitted for control, specifying the quantity and
     part thereof, of a non-member country included
                                                                    nature of the meat and the time from which the
     on the list drawn up in accordance with Article
                                                                    control may be carried out.
     3(1),
— the meat comes from a territory, or part
                                                                    2. The public health control provided for in para-
     thereof, of a non-member country from which
                                                                    graph 1 shall be carried out on each carcase,
     imports are prohibited in accordance with Arti-
                                                                    half-carcase and quarter if importing takes place in
     cles 14 and 27,
                                                                    accordance with Article 17 (1) and by random
— the animal health certificate which accompanies                   sampling if other pieces are imported. The purpose
     the meat is not in conformity with the condi-                  of this control shall be in particular to check, in
     tions laid down pursuant to Article 22 (1)                     accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3:
     and (2).
                                                                    (a) the public health certificate, the compliance of
 3. The Member States shall authorize fresh meat                         the fresh meat with the stipulations on that
 from one non-member country to be transported to                         certificate, the health marking;
 another provided that:                                             (b) the state of preservation, the presence of dirt
 (a) the party concerned supplies proof that the first                    and pathogenic agents;
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 (c) the present of residues of substances referred to         State on the basis of the controls referred to in
      in Article 20;                                           Article 24 (1) must, when sent to the country of
 (d) whether slaughter and cutting have been carried           destination, be accompanied by a certificate corres-
      out in establishments approved for that pur-             ponding, in presentation and content, with the
      pose;                                                    specimen given in Annex D.
 (e) conditions of transport.
                                                               This certificate must:
 3. There shall be adopted, in accordance with the
                                                               (a) be drawn up by the competent official veteri-
 procedure laid down in Article 29, the implement-
                                                                   narian at the control post or at the place of
 ing rules necessary to ensure that the controls
                                                                   storage;
 referred to in paragraph 1 are carried out in a
 uniform way, particularly as regards the applica-             (b) be issued on the day of loading for consign-
 tion of the provisions of Article 20, and more                    ment of the fresh meat to the country of desti-
 particularly the methods of analysis, the frequency               nation;
 and the standards for sampling.                               (c) be drawn up at least in one of the official
                                                                   languages of the country of destination;
 4. The Member States shall prohibit the marketing
                                                               (d) accompany the consignment of fresh meat in
 of fresh meat where it has been ascertained at the
                                                                   the original.
 controls provided for in paragraph 1 that:
— the fresh meat is not suitable for human con-
     sumption,
                                                                                      Article 26
— the conditions laid down in this Directive and
     its Annexes are not fulfilled,
                                                               All expenditure incurred as a result of the applica-
— one of the certificates referred to in Article 22           tion of Articles 24 and 25, and in particular the
     which accompany each consignment does not                 cost of controlling the fresh meat, storage costs and
     comply with the conditions laid down in the              the cost of any destruction of meat shall be charge-
     said Article.                                             able to the consignor, the consignee or their agent,
                                                              without compensation by the State.
5. If the fresh meat cannot be imported it must be
returned, unless this is not possible on animal or
public health grounds.
 If it is impossible to return the meat, it must be
                                                                                   CHAPTER IV
destroyed in the territory of the Member State in
which the controls take place.
By way of derogation from this provision and at                                  Common provisions
the request of the importer or of his agent, the
Member State carrying out the animal health con-
trol and public health control may authorize its                                      Article 27
entry for use other than for human consumption,
provided that there is no danger for humans or for             1. The Member States shall drawn up and commu-
animals, that the meat is from a non-member                   nicate to the Commission lists of:
country included on the list drawn up in accor-
dance with the provisions of Article 3 ( 1 ) and that         (a) the frontier posts for the import control of
importation is not prohibited under Article 28. This               bovine animals and swine;
meat may not leave the territory of that Member               (b) the control posts for the importation of fresh
State, which must check its final destination.                     meat.
6. In all cases, after the controls referred to in            These frontier and control posts must be approved
paragraph 1, the certificates must be endorsed so as          in accordance with the procedure laid down in
to indicate clearly the use authorized for the meat.          Article 29.
                                                              2. In order for the frontier posts referred to in
                                                              paragraph 1 (a) to be approved, they must in
                       Article 25                             particular have available the facilities necessary for
                                                              the carrying out of controls referred to in Article
1. The fresh meat of each consignment authorized              12 (1), and for disinfection, disposal of waste food
for circulation in the Community by a Member                  and litter, dung, urine and all other refuse.
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3. In order for the control posts referred to in              with animal health justifies it, the Member State
paragraph 1 (b) to be approved, they must have                concerned shall prohibit the importation of that
available at least:                                           meat whether imported directly or indirectly
(a) inspection rooms large enough to enable con-              through another Member State, either from the
    trols to be carried out in the normal way;                whole of the non-member country or from part of
                                                              its territory.
(b) adequate cooling and freezing rooms;
(c) an adequate thawing room;                                 3. Measures taken by the Member States under
(d) a laboratory.                                             paragraphs 1 and 2, and notice of the withdrawal
                                                              of such measures, must be communicated immedi-
4. Responsibility for the controls shall be assumed           ately to the other Member States and the Commis-
by an official veterinarian. The latter may be                sion, together with the reasons therefor.
helped in carrying out purely material tasks by
assistants specially trained for the purpose.                 The Standing Veterinary Committee shall meet as
                                                              soon as possible after such communication and'
Detailed rules governing this assitance shall be              shall decide, in accordance with the procedure laid
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid                 down in Article 30, whether these measures should
down in Article 29.                                           be amended, in particular in order to coordinate
                                                              them with measures adopted by other Member
5. Veterinary experts shall check that the facilities         States, or withdrawn.
at the approved frontier and control posts comply
with the conditions of this Article and that controls         If the situation envisaged in paragraphs 1 and 2
are carried out in accordance with this Directive.            arises and if it appears necessary that other Mem-
                                                              ber States also apply the measures taken under
These experts must be nationals of a Member State
                                                              those paragraphs, amended where necessary in
other than the Member State in which the post to
                                                              accordance with the preceding subparagraph,
be checked is located.
                                                              appropriate measures shall be adopted under the
The conditions of application of this paragraph,              procedure laid down in Article 30.
and in particular the appointment of the veterinary
experts and the checking procedures shall be deter-           4. Resumption of importation from the non-mem-
mined in accordance with the procedure laid down              ber country concerned shall be authorized in accor-
in Article 29.                                                dance with the same procedure.
6. All the expenditure incurred in application of
the first subparagraph of paragraph 5 shall be
borne by the Community.                                                             Article 29
                                                               1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is
                        Article 28                            to be used, matters shall be referred by the chair-
                                                              man, either on his own initiative or at the request
 1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 6,         of a Member State, to the Standing Veterinary
if a contagious animal disease which might endan-             Committee (hereinafter referred to as 'the Commit-
ger the health of livestock of one of the Member              tee') set up by the Council Decision of 15 October
States breaks out or spreads in a non-member                   1968.
country or if any other reason connected with
animal health justifies it, the Member State con-             2. Within the Committee the votes of Member
cerned shall prohibit the importation of animals of           States shall be weighted as provided in Article 148
the species covered by this Directive, whether                (2) of the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote.
imported directly or indirectly through another
Member State, either from the whole of the non-               3. The representative of the Commission shall sub-
member country or from part of its territory.                 mit a draft of the measures to be adopted. The
                                                              Committee shall deliver its opinion on such mea-
2 Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 14,          sures within two days. Opinions shall be delivered
if in a non-member country included on the list               by a majority of 41 votes.
drawn up in accordance with Article 3 (1) a con-
tagious animal disease breaks out or spreads which            4. The Commission shall adopt the measures and
can be carried by fresh meat and endanger public              shall apply them immediately where they are in
health or the health of the livestock in one of the            accordance with the opinion of the Committee. If
 Member States or if any other reasons connected              they are not in accordance with the opinion of the
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Committee or if no opinion is delivered, the Com-           was first referred to the Committee, whether under
mission shall immediately submit to the Council             Article 29 (1) or 30 (1) or under any corresponding
the measures to be adopted.                                 rules.
The Council shall adopt the measures by a quali-
fied majority.
                                                                                        Article 32
If, within three months from the date on which the
proposal was submitted to it, the Council has not           1. The Member States shall bring into force the
adopted any measures, the Commission shall adopt            laws, regulations and administrative provisions
the proposed measures and apply them immedi-                necessary to comply with this Directive and its
ately, save where the Council has decided by a              Annexes:
simple majority against those measures.                     (a) not later than 1 October 1973 as regards the
                                                                provisions of Article 23 (1) and (3) (a), (b) and
                                                                (c);
                      Article 30
                                                            (b) not later than 1 January 1976 as regards all the
 1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is            other provisions, except those which make
to be used, matters shall without delay be referred             provisions for a Community procedure.
by the chairman, either on his own initiative or at         2. They shall comply with provisions involving a
the request of a Member State, to the Standing              Community procedure laid down by this Directive
Veterinary Committee (hereinafter referred to as            not later than 1 January 1977.
'the Committee') set up by the Council Decision of
                                                            However a minimum of two years must pass bet-
 15 October 1968.
                                                            ween the adoption of the measures adopted under
                                                            these provisions and the date mentioned above.
2. Within the Committee the votes of the Member
States shall be weighted as provided in Article 148         3. On the date laid down in paragraph 2,
(2) of the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote.             Articles 4 and 11 of the Council Directive of 26
                                                            June 1964 on animal health problems affecting
3. The representative of the Commission shall sub-          intra-Community trade in bovine animals and
mit a draft of the measures to be adopted. The              swine, and Article 9 of the Council Directive of
Committee shall deliver its opinion on such mea-            26 June 1964 on health problems affecting intra-
sures within two days. Opinions shall be delivered          Community trade in fresh meat, shall stand
                                                            repealed.
by a majority of 41 votes.
4. The Commission shall adopt the measures and
shall apply them immediately where they are in                                          Article 33
accordance with the opinion of the Committee.
                                                            When applying Articles 8 and 16, the conditions
Where they are not in accordance with the opinion
                                                            laid down in accordance with the procedure of
of the Committee or if no opinion is delivered, the
                                                            Article 29 for imports effected by certain Member
Commission shall immediately submit to the Coun-
                                                            States must be at least as strict as those which the
cil a proposal regarding the measures to be
                                                            same Member States apply in the framework of
adopted.                                                    intra-Community trade.
The Council shall adopt the measures by a quali-
fied majority.
If, within 15 days of the date on which the propo-                                      Article 34
sal was submitted to it, the Council has not                 1. Directive 7 2 / 4 6 2 / E E C is hereby repealed.
adopted any measures, the Commission shall adopt
the proposed measures and apply them immedi-                2. All references to the Directive repealed by
ately, save where the Council has decided by a              paragraph 1, and citations of all references to the
simple majority against those measures.                     Articles thereof, shall be regarded as relating to this
                                                             Directive or to its corresponding Articles.
                      Article 31
                                                                                        Article 35
The provisions of Articles 29 and 30 shall apply
for 102 months from the date on which a matter              This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
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                                                          ANNEX      A
                                                        CHAPTER I
                                          TUBERCULOSIS-FREE BOVINE HERD
          A bovine herd is considered to be officially tuberculosis-free if :
          (a) all the bovine animals are free from clinical signs of tuberculosis;
          (b) all the bovine animals over six weeks old have reacted negatively to at least two officially
              performed intradermal tuberculin tests, the first one six months after complete elimination
              of the infection, the second one six months later and the remainder at one-yearly intervals.
              Where, in a third country all of whose bovine herds are subject to official operations to
              combat tuberculosis, the percentage of bovine herds infected with tuberculosis is not more
              than 1 % during two successive supervisory periods separated by an interval of one year
              that interval may be increased to two years. If the percentage of infected bovine herds is
              not more than 0-2 % during two successive supervisory periods separated by an interval of
              two years, that interval may be increased to three years;
          (c) no bovine animal has been introduced without a certificate from an official veterinarian
              attesting that the animal comes from an officially tuberculosis-free bovine herd and, in the
              case of an animal over six weeks old, that it has reacted negatively to an officially
              performed intradermal tuberculin test.
               (i) Intradermal tuberculin testing shall not, however, be required in third countries in
                   which the percentage of holdings containing bovine animals infected with tuberculosis
                   is less than 0-2 % and where a certificate f r o m the official veterinarian indicates that the
                   animal :
                    1. is properly identified,
                   2. comes from an officially tuberculosis-free bovine herd within that third country,
                   3. has not during transportation come into contact with bovine animals which do not
                       come from officially tuberculosis-free bovine herds.
              (ii) The certificate provided for in (i) may not be required in a country where for not less
                   than four years :
                   — at least 99-80 % of the bovine herds have been officially recognized as being
                       tuberculosis-free, and where
                   — herds which are not officially tuberculosis-free have been under official supervision,
                       the transfer of bovine animals from those herds being prohibited except when they
                        are taken under official supervision for slaughter.
                                                        C H A P T E R II
           BRUCELLOSIS-FREE SWINE AND BRUCELLOSIS-FREE BOVINE AND SWINE HERDS
          A. Bovine herds
              1. A bovine herd is considered to be officially brucellosis-free if :
                  (a) it contains no bovine animals which have been vaccinated against brucellosis, save
                       females which have been vaccinated at least three years previously;
                  (b) all the bovine animals have been free from clinical signs of brucellosis for at least six
                       months;
                  (c) all the bovine animals over 12 months old :
                        (i) have shown a brucella titre lower than 30 international units of agglutination per
                            millilitre at two officially performed sero-agglutination tests at intervals of at
                            least three months and at most 12 months; the first sero-agglutination test may
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                      be replaced by three milk * ring-tests carried out at three-monthly intervals
                      provided, however, that the second sero-agglutination test is carried out not less
                      than six weeks after the third milk ring-test;
                 (ii) are checked annually to establish that brucellosis is not present by three milk
                      ring-tests carried out at intervals of at least three months and one sero-agglutina-
                      tion test carried out not less than six weeks after the second milk ring-test. If
                      milk ring-tests cannot be made, two sero-agglutination tests shall be carried out
                      each year at an interval of at least three months and not more than six months.
                      Where, in a third country all of whose bovine herds are subject to official
                      operations to combat brucellosis, the percentage of bovine herds infected is not
                      more than 1 %, it will be sufficient to carry out each year two milk ring-tests at
                      an interval of at least three months or, if they cannot be made, one sero-aggluti-
                      nation test;
             (d) no bovine animal has been introduced without a certificate from an official
                 veterinarian attesting that the animal comes from an officially brucellosis-free bovine
                 herd and, in the case of animals over 12 months old, that it has shown a brucella
                 titre of less than 30 international units of agglutination per millilitre at an officially
                 performed sero-agglutination test;
                  (i) sero-agglutination testing may not, however, be required in third countries where
                      the percentage of bovine herds infected with brucellosis has not exceeded 0-2 %
                      for at least two years and where a certificate from an official veterinarian
                      indicates that the animal :
                      1. is properly identified,
                      2. comes from an officially brucellosis-free bovine herd within that third coun-
                         try,
                      3. has not during transportation come into contact with bovine animals which
                         do not come from officially brucellosis-free herds;
                 (ii) the certificate provided for in (i) may not be required in a third country where
                      for not less than four years :
                      — at least 99-80 % of the bovine herds have been officially recognized as being
                         brucellosis-free, and where
                      — herds which are not officially brucellosis-free have been under official supervi-
                         sion, the transfer of bovine animals from those herds being prohibited except
                         when they are taken under official supervision for slaughter.
          2. A bovine herd is considered to be brucellosis-free if :
             (a) it contains no male bovine animals which have been vaccinated against brucellosis;
             (b) all or some of the female bovine animals have been vaccinated at not more than six
                 months old with live Buck 19 vaccine or other vaccines approved under the
                 procedure laid down in Article 29;
             (c) all the bovine animals satisfy the conditions laid down in 1 (b) and (c), it being
                 understood that the bovine animals which are under 30 months old may show a
                 brucella titre equal to or higher than 30 international units of agglutination per
                 millilitre but lower than 80 international units of agglutination per millilitre provided
                 they show by the complement fixation test,
                 — a titre lower than 30 EEC units, in the case of females vaccinated less than 12
                      months previously,
                 — a titre lower than 20 EEC units in all other cases;
             (d) no bovine animal has been introduced without a certificate from an official
                 veterinarian attesting either that the conditions laid down in 1 (d) apply to it or that
                 it comes from a bovine herd recognized as brucellosis-free and, in that case, if it is
                 over 12 months old, that it has shown in the 30 days before it was taken into the
                 herd a titre lower than 30 international units of agglutination per millilitre and a
                 negative complement fixation test. All these examinations must be officially per-
                 formed.
                 However, if the bovine animal concerned has been vaccinated and is under
                 30 months old, it may show a brucella titre equal to or higher than 30 international
                 units of agglutination per millilitre but less than 80 international units per millilitre,
                 provided it shows, by the complement fixation test:
                 — a titre lower than 30 EEC units, in the case of a female vaccinated less than 12
                      months previously,
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                    — a titre lower than 20 EEC units after the 12th month following vaccination.
          B. Swine and swine herds
             1. A swine is considered to be brucellosis-free if :
                (a) it shows no clinical signs of that disease;
                (b) weighing more than 25 kilograms, it shows at officially performed serological tests
                    simultaneously :
                     (i) a brucella titre lower than 30 international units of agglutination per millilitre at
                         sero-agglutination test,
                    (ii) a negative result when given a complement fixation test.
             2. A swine herd is considered to be brucellosis-free if :
                (a) all the swine have been free from clinical signs of the disease for at least one year;
                (b) bovine animals kept at the same time on the holding belong to an officially
                    brucellosis-free or brucellosis-free herd.
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                                                       ANNEX      B
                                                     CHAPTER I
                        CONDITIONS FOR THE APPROVAL OF SLAUGHTERHOUSES
          1. Slaughterhouses must have at least :
             (a) sufficiently large lairage or, climate permitting, waiting-pens for holding the animals;
                 these pens must at least be built on hard, impermeable ground and must be equipped
                 for disinfection, for watering and feeding the animals, and have a suitable drainage
                 system for draining liquids towards drains fitted with traps and gratings;
             (b) slaughter rooms large enough for the work to be carried out satisfactorily; if pigs and
                 other types of animals are to be slaughtered in the same slaughter room, a special place
                 for slaughtering pigs must be provided; however, such special places shall not be
                 compulsory if the slaughter of pigs and that of other animals take place at different
                 times, but in such cases scalding, depilation, scraping and singeing must be carried out
                 in special places which are clearly separated from the slaughter line either by an open
                 space of at least 5 m or by a partition of at least 3 m high;
             (c) a room for emptying and cleansing stomachs and intestines;
             (d) rooms for dressing guts and tripe if this operation is carried out in the slaughterhouse;
             (e) a separate room for the storage of fat and a separate room for the storage of hides,
                 horns, hooves and pigs' bristles in the event of these not being removed from the
                 slaughterhouse on the day of slaughter;
             (0  locked premises or, climate permitting, pens for the accommodation of sick or suspect
                 animals; locked premises reserved for the slaughter of such animals, the storage of
                 detained meat and the storage of condemned meat;
                 The rooms and pens reserved for the accommodation of sick or suspect animals,
                 together with those places reserved for the killing of these animals, are not compulsory
                 in those establishments where the rules of a non-member country forbid the killing of
                 these animals;
             (g) sufficiently large refrigerating rooms;
             (h) an adequately equipped lockable room for the exclusive use of the veterinary service; a
                 room suitably equipped for carrying out a trichinoscopic examination when such
                 examination is compulsory;
             (i) changing rooms, wash basins, showers and flush lavatories; the latter shall not open
                 directly on to the work rooms; the wash basins must have hot and cold running water,
                 materials for cleansing and disinfecting the hands and hand towels which can be used
                 only once; the wash basins must be near the lavatories;
             (j) facilities enabling the veterinary inspections provided for in this Directive to be carried
                 out efficiently at any time;
             (k) means of controlling access to and exit from the slaughterhouse;
             (1) an adequate separation between the contaminated and the clean parts of the building so
                 as to protect the latter from all pollution and especially from odours and dust;
             (m) in the rooms referred to in (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (i) :
                 — waterproof flooring which is easy to clean and disinfect, rot-proof and laid in such a
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                       way so as to facilitate draining of water; the channeling of the water towards drains
                       fitted with traps and gratings must take place under cover,
                   — smooth walls with light-coloured washable coating or paint up to a height of at least
                       3 m, or to ceiling height with rounded angles and corners;
              (n) adequate ventilation and steam extraction in rooms where work on meat is done;
              (o) in the same rooms, referred to in (n), adequate natural or artificial lighting which does
                   not distort colours;
              (p) an adequate supply, under pressure, of potable water only, however non-potable water
                   may be used in exceptional cases for steam production, provided that the pipes installed
                   for this purpose do not permit this water to be used for other purposes; in addition, the
                   use of non-potable water may be authorized in exceptional cases for cooling refrigera-
                   tion equipment. In such cases, non-potable water pipes must be clearly differentiated
                   from those carrying potable water and must not pass through rooms containing fresh
                   meat;
              (q) an adequate supply of hot potable water;
              (r) a waste water disposal system which meets hygiene requirements;
              (s) in the work rooms, adequate equipment for cleansing and disinfecting hands and tools;
                   such equipment must be as near as possible to the work stations; taps must not be
                   hand-operable; these facilities must have hot and cold running water, cleaning and
                   disinfecting products and hand towels which can be used only once; for cleaning
                   instruments the temperature of the water must not be less than 82 °C;
              (t)  equipment such that, after stunning, dressing can be carried out as far as possible on
                   the suspended animal; where flaying is carried out on metal cradles, these must be of
                   non-corrodable materials and high enough for the carcase not to touch the floor;
              (u) an overhead system of rails for the subsequent handling of the fresh meat;
              (v) suitable facilities and material for protection against pests such as insects, rodents, etc.;
              (w) instruments and working equipment in particular paunch tanks of non-corrodable
                   material and easy to cleanse and disinfect;
              (x) a place specially equipped for dung;
              (y) a place and adequate equipment for cleansing and disinfecting vehicles; these are not
                   compulsory if provisions exist requiring vehicles to be cleansed and disinfected by
                   public firms; if road vehicles are involved the firms must be situated near the
                   slaughterhouse.
                                                      CHAPTER II
                             CONDITIONS FOR THE APPROVAL OF CUTTING PLANTS
           2. Cutting plants must have at least :
               (a) a refrigerated room large enough for preservation of fresh meat;
               (b) a room for cutting and boning and for the packaging operations provided for in
                   paragraph 46;
               (c) a room for the packaging operations provided for in paragraph 45 and for meat
                   consignment;
               (d) an adequately equipped lockable room for the exclusive use of the veterinary service;
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          (e) a room suitably equipped for carrying out a trichinoscopic examination where such
              examination is carried out in the cutting plant;
          (f) changing rooms, wash basins, showers and flush lavatories; the latter shall not open
              directly on to the work rooms; the wash basins must have hot and cold running water,
              materials for cleaning and disinfecting the hand and hand towels which can be used
              only once; the wash basins must be near the lavatories;
          (g) special air and water-tight non-corrodable containers with lids and fasteners to prevent
              unauthorized persons from removing anything from them, for meat or meat waste
              derived from cutting and not intended for human consumption, or a lockable room for
              such meat and waste if they are in large enough quantities to necessitate this or if they
              are not removed or destroyed at the end of each working day;
          (h) in the rooms provided for under (a) and (b) :
              — waterproof flooring which is easy to clean and disinfect, rot-proof, and laid in such
                  a way as to facilitate the draining of water; the channeling of the water towards
                  drains fitted with traps and gratings must take place under cover,
              — smooth walls with light-coloured washable coating or paint up to a height of at least
                  2 m, with rounded angles and corners;
          (i) cooling equipment in the rooms provided for under (a) and (b) capable of keeping meat
              permanently at an internal temperature not exceeding + 7 °C;
          (j) a thermometer or recording telethermometer in the cutting room;
          (k) facilities enabling the inspection and veterinary control prescribed by this Directive to
              be carried out efficiently at any time;
          (1) adequate ventilation in rooms where work on meat is undertaken;
          (m) in rooms where work on meat is undertaken, natural or artificial lighting which does
              not distort colours;
          (n) an adequate supply, under pressure, of potable water only; however, non-potable water
              may be used in exceptional cases for steam production, provided that the pipes installed
              for this purpose do not allow this water to be used for other purposes; in addition,
              non-potable water may be used in exceptional cases for cooling refrigeration equip-
              ment. Non-potable water pipes must be clearly differentiated from those carrying
              potable water and must not pass through rooms containing fresh meat;
          (o) an adequate supply of hot potable water:
          (p) a waste water disposal system which meets hygiene requirements;
          (q) in rooms where work on meat is undertaken, adequate equipment for cleaning and
              disinfecting hands and tools, which must be as near as possible to the work stations.
              Taps must not be hand operable. These facilities must have hot and cold running water,
              cleaning and disinfecting products and hand towels which can be used only once. For
              cleaning instruments the water must have a temperature of not less than 82 °C;
          (r) equipment meeting hygiene requirements for handling fresh meat and storing meat
              containers in such a way that neither the meat nor the containers comes into direct
              contact with the ground;
          (s) suitable facilities and materials for protection against such pests as insects, rodents, etc.;
          (t) instruments and working equipment such as cutting tables, tables with detachable
              cutting surfaces, containers, conveyor belts and saws of non-corrodable material not
              liable to taint meat and easy to clean and disinfect. The use of wood is forbidden.
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                                                    CHAPTER III
          CONDITIONS FOR THE APPROVAL OF COLD STORES SITUATED OUTSIDE
                                 SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND CUTTING PLANTS
          3. Cold stores located outside the slaughterhouses and cutting plants must have at least :
             (a) sufficiently large refrigerated rooms, easy to clean and disinfect, in which fresh meat
                 can be stored so as to maintain the temperatures provided for in paragraph 48.
                 These rooms must in no way connect with rooms where foodstuffs other than fresh
                 meat are stored.
                 Cooling equipment installed in the ceiling must include a well-isolated drainage system
                 connected directly to waste water pipes.
                 Cooling equipment installed on the floor must be placed in troughs with an indepen-
                 dent waste disposal system or linked directly to the plant's own system.
             (b) special lockable rooms for the storage of detained or condemned fresh meat;
             (c) a sufficiently equipped lockable room for the exclusive use of the veterinary service;
             (d) a place and sufficient facilities for cleaning and disinfecting vehicles. This place and
                 these facilities are not required where provisions exist requiring vehicles to be cleaned
                 and disinfected at public centres; if road vehicles are involved the centres must be
                 situated near the the establishment;
             (e) in the rooms referred to under (a) and (b):
                 — waterproof flooring which is easy to cleanse and disinfect, rot-proof, laid in such a
                     way as to facilitate drainage of water; the channeling of the water towards drains
                     fitted with traps and gratings must take place under cover,
                 — smooth walls with light-coloured, washable coating or paint up to a height of at
                     least 3 m, or to ceiling height with rounded angles and corners,
                 — doors in durable material and, if of wood, with a covering on both sides, or painted.
                     The panels of these doors must be shock-resistant and so constructed as not to
                     convey any harmful substance to the meat; they must be completely free from
                     cracks,
                 — floors, walls, ceilings and pipes insulated with materials which are rot-proof,
                     waterproof and odourless;
             (f) the necessary equipment to obtain and maintain the temperatures laid down in
                 paragraph 48;
             (g) in the cooling rooms, non-corrodable fittings designed to avoid the fresh meat coming
                 into contact with the floor or the walls, when it is being transported or stored;
             (h) an adequate supply, under pressure, of potable water only; however, non-potable water
                 may be used in exceptional cases for steam production, provided that the pipes installed
                 for this purpose do not allow this water to be used for other purposes; in addition,
                 non-potable water may be used in exceptional cases for cooling refrigeration equip-
                 ment. Where this is the case, non-potable water pipes must be clearly distinguished
                 from potable water pipes and should not pass through rooms containing the fresh meat;
             (i) a waste-water disposal system which meets hygiene requirements;
             (j) suitable facilities and materials for protection against pests such as insects, rodents, etc.;
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            (k) adequate lighting, natural or artificial, which does not distort colours;
            (1)  adequate ventilation;
            (m) adequate equipment for cleaning and disinfecting hands and tools, which must be as
                 near as possible to the storage rooms; taps must not be hand operable; these facilities
                 must have hot and cold running water, cleaning and disinfecting products and hand
                 towels which can be used only once. For cleaning instruments the water must have a
                 temperature of not less than 82 °C;
            (n) changing rooms, wash basins, showers and flush lavatories; the wash basins must have
                 hot and cold running water, materials for cleaning and disinfecting the hands and hand
                 towels which can be used once only; the wash basins must be near the lavatories;
            (o) a thermometer or recording telethermometer in each storage room;
                                                  CHAPTER IV
                HYGIENE OF PERSONNEL, ROOMS, INSTALLATIONS AND EQUIPMENT
                                             IN ESTABLISHMENTS
          4. Absolute cleanliness shall be required of personnel, rooms, installations and equipment:
             (a) personnel must in particular wear clean working clothes and headgear with, where
                  necessary, a neck shield. Personnel engaged in slaughtering animals or working on or
                  handling fresh meat shall wash and disinfect their hands several times during the
                  working day and each time work is resumed. Persons who have been in contact with
                 sick animals or infected or contaminated meat must immediately afterwards carefully
                 wash their hands and arms with hot water and then disinfect them. Smoking shall be
                 forbidden in work rooms and store rooms;
             (b) no animal may enter the establishments except, in the case of slaughterhouses, animals
                 for slaughtering, and with reference to the precincts of these slaughterhouses, animals
                 necessary for their operation. Rodents, insects and other vermin must be systematically
                 destroyed;
             (c) equipment and instruments used for working on or storage of fresh meat shall be kept
                 clean and in a good state of repair. They shall be carefully cleansed and dinsinfected
                 several times during the working day, at the end of the day's work and before being
                 re-used when they have been contaminated, particularly by infectious matter.
          5. Rooms, tools and working equipment must not be used for purposes other than working
             on fresh meat. Tools for cutting fresh meat must be used solely for this purpose.
          6. Fresh meat and meat containers shall not come into direct contact with the ground.
          7. The use of detergents and disinfectants and pest-control activities must not affect the
             wholesomeness of the fresh meat.
          8. Potable water must be used for all purposes; however, non-potable water may be used in
             exceptional cases for steam production provided that the pipes installed for this purpose
             preclude the use of this water for other purposes. In addition, non-potable water may be
             used in exceptional cases for cooling refrigeration equipment. Non potable water pipes
             must be clearly distinguished from pipes used for potable water and must not pass through
             work rooms or rooms used for storing fresh meat.
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           9. The spreading of sawdust or any other similar substance on the floor of the working and
              storage rooms for fresh meat shall be prohibited.
          10. Cutting shall be carried out in such a way as to avoid any contamination of fresh meat.
              Splinters of bone and clots of blood shall be removed. Fresh meat obtained from cutting
              and not intended for human consumption shall as it is cut be collected in the containers
              referred to in paragraph 2 (g).
          11. During the slaughtering, cutting, working and other handling processes of the fresh meat,
              persons likely to contaminate the meat shall be denied access, in particular persons:
              (a) suffering from or suspected of suffering from typhoid fever, paratyphoid A and B,
                  infectious enteritis, (salmonellosis), dysentry, infectious hepatitis, scarlet fever or
                  carriers of agents of these diseases;
              (b) suffering from or suspected of suffering from contagious tuberculosis;
              (c) suffering from or suspected of suffering from a contagious skin disease;
              (d) exercising at the same time an activity which might cause microbes to be transmitted to
                  fresh meat;
              (e) wearing a bandage on the hands, except for a waterproof dressing protecting a
                  non-purulent wound.
          12. A medical certificate shall be required from any person working on fresh meat. It shall
              attest that there is no impediment to such employment; it shall be renewed annually and
              each time the official veterinarian so requests; it shall be kept at the disposal of the latter.
                                                     CHAPTER V
                                     ANTE-MORTEM HEALTH INSPECTION
          13. Animals must undergo ante-mortem inspection on the day of their arrival at the slaughter-
              house. The inspection must be repeated immediately before slaughter if the animal has
              been in the lairage for more than 24 hours.
          14. The official veterinarian must make the ante-mortem inspection in accordance with
              professional rules and under suitable lighting.
          15. The inspection must determine:
              (a) whether the animals are suffering from a disease which can be transmitted to humans
                  and animals or whether they show symptoms or are in a general condition such as to
                  indicate that the disease may occur;
              (b) whether they show symptoms of a disease or a disorder of their general condition;
              (c) whether they are tired or agitated.
          16. Animals may not be slaughtered for importation into the Community of fresh meat :
              (a) which show any of the conditions listed in paragraph 15 (a) and (b);
              (b) which have not been rested for an adequate period of time which, for tired or agitated
                  animals, must not be less than 24 hours;
              (c) in which any form of tuberculosis has been found or which are considered as
                  tuberculous as a result of a positive tuberculin reaction.
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                                                    CHAPTER VI
                                     SLAUGHTER AND CUTTING HYGIENE
          17. Slaughter animals brought into slaughter rooms must be slaughtered immediately.
          18. Bleeding must be complete; blood intended for human consumption must be collected in
              absolutely clean containers. It must not be stirred by hand but only with instruments which
              meet hygiene requirements.
          19. Immediate and complete skinning shall be compulsory, except for pigs. When not skinned,
              pigs shall have their bristles removed immediately.
          20. Evisceration must be carried out without delay and completed not later than half an hour
              after bleeding; the lungs, heart, liver, spleen and mediastinum may either be detached or
              left attached to the carcase by their natural connections. If detached, they must be
              numbered or identified in some way to enable them to be recognized as belonging to a
              given carcase; this shall also apply to the head, tongue, digestive tract and any other part
              of the animal required for inspection. The abovementioned parts must remain near the
              carcase until the inspection is complete. For all species the kidneys must remain attached to
              the carcase by their natural connections but be removed from their fatty covering.
          21. Cleansing of meat by wiping with a cloth, or inflation are prohibited. However, inflation
              of an organ may be authorized when this is required by a religious rite, provided that the
              organ is not exported to the Community.
          22. Carcases of solipeds, pigs more than four weeks old an bovine animals more than three
              months old must be submitted for inspection split lengthwise into half-carcases down the
              spinal column. In the case of pigs and solipeds, the head shall also be split lengthwise. If
              the inspection so necessitates the official veterinarian may require any carcase to be split
              lengthwise.
          23. Cutting up the carcase or removal or treatment of any part of the slaughtered animals
              before the inspection has been completed is prohibited.
          24. Detained or condemned meat, stomachs, intestines, hides, skins, horns, hooves and pig
              bristles must be removed as soon as possible to special rooms.
                                                   CHAPTER VII
                                     POST-MORTEM HEALTH INSPECTION
          25. All parts of the animal, including blood, must be inspected immediately after slaughter.
          26. The post-mortem inspection must include:
              (a) visual inspection of the slaughtered animal;
              (b) palpation of certain organs, in particular the lungs, liver, spleen, uterus, udder and
                  tongue;
              (c) incisions of organs and of lymph nodes.
              If during the visual inspection or palpation of certain organs it is shown that the animal
              has lesions likely to cause contamination of the carcases, equipment, personnel or work
              premises, these organs must not be incised in the slaughter rooms;
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              (d) investigation of anomalies in consistency, colour, smell and, where appropriate, taste;
              (e) where necessary, laboratory tests involving in particular research on the substances
                  listed in Article 20 (b), (c) and (d).
          27. The official veterinarian must examine, in particular:
              (a) the colour of the blood, its coagulation properties and the possible presence of foreign
                    bodies therein;
              (b) the head, throat, retro pharyngeal, submaxillary and parotid lymph nodes (Lnn.
                    retropharyngiales, mandibulares and parotidei) and the tonsils, the tongue having been
                    freed to permit a detailed inspection of the mouth and the fauces. The tonsils must be
                    removed after inspection;
              (c)   the lungs, trachea, oesophagus, bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes (Lnn. bifur-
                    cationes, eparteriales and mediastinales), the trachea and the main branches of the
                    bronchi having been opened lengthwise and the lungs having been incised in their
                    posterior third, perpendicular to their main axes;
              (d) the pericardium and the heart, the latter being incised lengthwise so as to open the
                   ventricles and to cut through the interventricular septum;
              (e)  the diaphragm;
              (0    the liver, gall-bladder and bile ducts and the hepatic and pancreatic lymph nodes
                    (Lnn. portales);
              (g) the gastro-intestinal tract, the mesentery, the gastric and mesenteric lymph nodes (Lnn.
                    gastrici mesenterici, craniales and caudales);
              (h) the spleen;
              (i)   the kidneys and their lymph nodes (Lnn. renales) and the bladder;
              (j)   the pleura and peritoneum;
              (k) the genital organs; in cows, the uterus shall be opened by lengthwise incision;
              (1)  the udder and its lymph nodes (Lnn. supramammarii); in cows, the udder shall be
                   opened by a long, deep incision as far as the lactiferous sinuses;
              (m) the umbilical regions and joints of young animals; in case of doubt, the umbilical
                    region must be incised and the joints opened.
              The lymph nodes referred to above must be systematically freed and sliced as thinly as
              possible along their main axes.
              In case of doubt the following lymph nodes must also be incised in the same way;
              superficial cervical, prescapular (Lnn. cervales superficiales), axillaries (Lnn. axillares proprii
              et primae costae), substernal (Lnn. sternales craniales). deep cervical (Lnn. cervicales
              profundi), costocervical (Lnn. costocervicales), popliteal (Lnn. poplitei), precural (Lnn.
              subiliaci), ischiatic (Lnn. ischiatici), iliac and sublumbar (Lnn. iliaci et lumbales).
              In sheep and goats, the opening of the heart and incision of the lymph nodes of the head
              need only be carried out in case of doubt.
          28. In addition, the official veterinarian must sytematically carry out;
              A. An investigation for cysticercosis:
                  (a) in bovine animals over six weeks old, of:
                       — the tongue, of which the musculature must be incised lengthwise on the lower
                           surface, without damaging the organ excessively,
                       — the oesophagus, which must be freed from the trachea,
                       — the heart, which, in addition to the incision provided for in paragraph 27 (d),
                           must be split from two opposite points from the auricles to the apex,
                       — the external and internal messeters, which shall be incised along two planes
                           parallel to the mandible from its lower edge to its upper muscular insertion,
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                       — the diaphragm, the muscular part of which must be freed from the serous part,
                       — the muscular surfaces of the carcase which are directly visible;
                  (b) in swine, of the directly visible muscular surfaces, in particular of the thigh muscles,
                       the abdominal wall, the psoas muscles freed from fatty tissue, the pillars of the
                       diaphragm, the intercostal muscles, the heart, tongue and larynx.
              B. An investigation for distomatosis in bovine animals, sheep and goats by means of
                  incisions on the gastric surface of the liver including the bile ducts and by means of a
                  deep incision at the base of the Spiegel lobe.
              C. An investigation for glanders in solipeds by means of careful examination of mucous
                  membranes of the trachea, larynx, nasal cavities, sinuses and their ramifications, after
                  splitting the head in the median plan and excision of the nasal septum.
                                                    CHAPTER VIII
                        REQUIREMENTS FOR FRESH MEAT INTENDED FOR CUTTING
          29. Cutting into pieces smaller than half-carcases and quarters or boning shall only be allowed
              in cutting plants.
          30. The manager of the plant or his agent shall facilitate operations for controlling the plant,
              in particular any handling which is considered necessary, and shall place the necessary
              facilities at the disposal of the control service; in particular, he must be able on request to
              make known to the official veterinarian responsible for control the origin of fresh meat
              brought into the cutting plant.
          31. Fresh meat which does not fulfil the conditions of this Directive may be placed in
              approved cutting plants only on condition that it is stored there in special places; it must
              be cut up in other places or at other times than fresh meat which fulfils those conditions.
              The official veterinarian must at all times have free access to cold stores and all work
              rooms in order to ensure strict observance of the abovementioned provisions.
          32. Fresh meat intended for cutting must as soon as it is brought into the cutting plant, until
              used, be placed in the room provided for in paragraph 2 (a); it must be permanently
              ensured that this room maintains for carcases and cuts thereof an internal temperature of
              not more than + 7 °C.
          33. Fresh meat must be brought into the rooms referred to in paragraph 2 (b) progressively as
              required. As soon as the prescribed cutting and packaging are completed, the meat must be
              transported to the cooling room provided for in paragraph 2 (a).
          34. During cutting the temperature of the room must not exceed + 10 °C.                        I
          35. During cutting, boning and packaging as referred to in paragraphs 45 and 46, the fresh
              meat must be kept at an internal temperature of not more than + 7 ° C . At the time of
              cutting, the pH of the meat must not exceed 61: this examination must be made in the
              longissimus dorsi muscle at the 13th rib.
          36. Cleansing of fresh meat by wiping with a cloth or inflation are prohibited. However,
              inflation of an organ may be authorized when this is required by a religious rite provided
              that the inflated organ is not exported to the Community.
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                                                     CHAPTER IX
                                    HEALTH CONTROL OF FRESH CUT MEAT
          37. Cutting plants shall be controlled by an official veterinarian. The latter must be notified in
              good time before the cutting of fresh meat intended for importation into the Community.
          38. Control by the official veterinarian shall include at least the following tasks:
              — control of the entry register for fresh meat and the exit register for cut fresh meat,
              — health inspection of fresh meat held in the cutting plant and intended for importation
                  into the Community,
              — health inspection of fresh meat intended for importation into the Community, prior to
                  cutting and when it leaves the cutting plant,
              — the preparation and issue of the documents provided for in paragraph 44 and Article 22
                  which establish that there has been control of the cut fresh meat,
              — control of the cleanliness of the rooms, installations, equipment and instruments
                  provided for in Chapter IV, and of hygiene of personnel,
              — all sampling necessary for laboratory tests to detect, for example, the presence of
                  harmful germs, additives or other unauthorized chemical substances. The results of such
                  tests shall be recorded in a register,
              — any other control which the veterinarian considers necessary or useful for ensuring
                  observance of Community provisions in this field.
                                                      CHAPTER X
                                                  HEALTH MARKING
          39. Health marking must be carried out under the responsibility of the official veterinarian.
              For this purpose, he shall keep and maintain:
              (a) the instruments intended for fresh meat health marking, which he may hand over to the
                   assistant staff only at the time of marking and for the length of time required for this
                   purpose;
              (b) the labels mentioned in paragraph 44 when these have already been marked with the
                   stamp provided for in this Chapter. These labels shall be given to the assistant staff at
                   the time when they must be affixed and in the required number.
          40. The health mark must be an oval mark 6 5 cm wide by 4 5 cm high. The following
              information must appear on the mark in perfectly legible characters:
              — on the upper part, the name of the exporting non-member country in capitals or, if
                   appropriate, the set of initials approved for that country under the International
                   Convention on motor vehicle registration,
              — in the centre, the veterinary approval number of the slaughterhouse.
              The letters must be 0-8 cm high and the figures 1 cm high.
              ^The mark may include an indication of the official veterinarian who carried out the health
              inspection of the fresh meat.
          41. Carcases shall be marked in ink or hot-branded with a stamp which complies with the
              requirements of paragraph 40:
              — those weighing more than 60 kg must bear the mark of the stamp on each half-carcase,
                   in the following places at least: external surface of the thigh, loins, back, breast,
                   shoulder and pleura,
              — other carcases must be stamped in at least four places, on the shoulders and on the
                   external surfaces of the thighs.
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          42. Livers must be hot-branded with a stamp which complies with the requirements of
               paragraph 40.
               Heads, tongues, hearts and lungs must be marked with ink or hot-branded with a stamp
               which complies with the requirements of paragraph 40.
               However, in the case of bovines under three months and pigs, sheep and goats, stamping
               of tongues and hearts shall not be compulsory.
          43. Cuts, other than fat, subcutaneous fat, tails, ears and feet, obtained in the cutting plants
               from properly marked carcases must, where they do not bear a mark, be marked in ink or
               hot-branded with a stamp which complies with the requirements of paragraph 40, but
               include the veterinary approval number of the cutting plant in place of that of the
               slaughterhouse.
               Cuts of solid outer fat and belly from which the rind is removed may be grouped into lots
               containing up to five cuts; each lot and each piece, if this is separate, must be sealed under
              official control and be provided with a label which meets the requirements of
               paragraph 44.
               Marking may also be effected by means of an oval marked seal. This marked seal to be
              fixed on each cut must not be reusable, must be made of strong materials and must meet
              all hygiene requirements. The following must appear on the marked seal in perfectly legible
              characters:
              — on the upper part, the initials of the exporting non-member country as approved under
                   the International Convention on motor vehicle registration,
              — in the centre, the veterinary approval number of the cutting plant.
               Letters and figures must be 0 2 cm in height.
              The marked seal may also include an indication of the official veterinarian who carried out
              the health inspection of the fresh meat.
          44. Packaging must have a clearly visible label on which there is a clearly legible mark
              reproducing one of the marks provided for in paragraphs 40 and 43. This label must be
              affixed in such a way that it is torn when the package is opened. The label shall also show
              a serial number.
                                                    CHAPTER XI
                                        PACKAGING OF FRESH CUT MEAT
          45. (a) Packagings (for example packing cases, paper-board boxes) shall fulfil all rules of
                   hygiene, in particular:
                   — they must not alter the organoleptic characteristics of fresh meat,
                   — they must not be capable of transmitting substances harmful to human health to
                       fresh meat,
                   — they must be sufficiently solid to ensure effective protection of fresh meat during
                       transportation and handling.
              (b) Packagings may not be re-used for fresh meat unless they are made of non-corrodable
                   materials which are easy to clean and have been cleaned and disinfected.
          46. Where necessary, when fresh cut meat or offal is wrapped in packaging, for example sheet
              plastic, which comes into direct contact with it, this operation must be carried out
              immediately after cutting and in accordance with hygiene requirements.
              With the exception of cuts of solid outer pig fat and belly, fresh cut meat must in all cases
              be provided with a protective packaging unless it is transported hanging up.
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             Such packagings must be transparent and colourless, and must also fulfil the conditions of
             paragraph 45 (a); they may not be used a second time for wrapping fresh meat.
         47. The packagings referred to in paragraphs 45 and 46 may contain only fresh cut meat
             belonging to the same animal species.
                                                  CHAPTER XII
                                                     STORAGE
         48. Fresh meat intended for importation into the Community must be cooled immediately after
             the post-mortem inspection and kept permanently at an internal temperature of not more
             than 4-7 °C for carcases and cuts and + 3 °C for offal.
                                                  CHAPTER XIII
                                                   TRANSPORT
         49. Fresh meat must be transported by means of transport so designed and equipped that the
             temperatures specified in paragraph 48 and the identity of the meat are maintained
             throughout the transportation.
         50. Means of transport for transporting such meat must meet the following requirements:
             (a) their inside surfaces or any other part which may come into contact with fresh meat
                 must be of non-corrodable material which cannot affect the organoleptic characteristics
                 of fresh meat or render it harmful to human health; these surfaces must be smooth and
                 easy to cleanse and disinfect;
             (b) they must be provided with efficient devices for protecting fresh meat against insects
                 and dust and be watertight to prevent drainage of liquids;
             (c) for transporting carcases, half-carcases or quarters and unpackaged cut fresh meat, they
                 must be equipped with non-corrodable fittings for hanging fresh meat, fixed at such a
                 height that the meat cannot touch the floor; this provision shall not apply to frozen
                 meat in hygienic packing.
         51. Means of transport intended for transporting fresh meat may in no case be used for
             transporting live animals or any product likely to affect or contaminate fresh meat.
         52. No other product may be transported at the same time as fresh meat in the same vehicle or
             container. In addition, stomachs may not be transported therein unless scalded; and heads
             and feet unless they are skinned or scalded and depilated.
         53. Fresh meat may not be transported in a vehicle or container that is unclean or has not
             been disinfected.
         54. Carcases, half-carcases and quarters, excluding frozen meat packed in accordance with
             hygiene requirements, must always be hung up for transportation. Other cuts and offal
             must be hung or placed on supports if not packed or contained in non-corrodible
             containers. Such supports, packagings or containers must meet hygiene requirements and
             those of this Directive. The viscera must always be transported in strong waterproof and
             greaseproof packaging. The containers and supports may only be re used after cleansing
             and disinfection.
         55. The official veterinarian must ensure before consignment that means of transport and
             loading conditions meet the hygiene requirements of this Chapter.
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                                                                       ANNEXC
                                                                     SPECIMEN
                                                       PUBLIC HEALTH CERTIFICATE
            for fresh meat (') intended for consignment to
                                                                                             (Name of EEC Member State)
                                                                                                                No                     (2)
            Exporting country
            Ministry
            Department
            Ref                                                                           (optional)
               I. Identification of meat
                    Meat of
                                                                        (Animal species)
                    Nature of pieces
                    Nature of packaging
                    Number of pieces or packages
                    Net weight
               II. Origin of meat
                    Address(es) and veterinary approval number(s) of the approved slaughterhouse(s)
                    Address(es) and veterinary approved number(s) of the approved cutting plant(s)_
           III. Destination of meat
                   The meat will be sent from:
                                                                       (Place of loading)
                   to
                                                               (Country and place of destination)
                   by the following means of transport ( 3 )
                    Name and address of consignor
                    Name and address of consignee
           IV. Health attestation
                    I, the undersigned, official veterinarian, certify that:
                   (a) — the meat described above ( 4 ),
                        — the label affixed to the packages of meat described above ( 4 ),
          (') Fresh meat: in accordance with the Directive on health problems and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of
                 bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from non-member countries, all parts fit for human consumption from domestic
                 bovine animals, swine, sheep and goats and solipeds which have not undergone any preserving process; however, cold
                 treated meat shalt be considered as fresh meat.
          ( 2 ) Optional.
          ( 3 ) For railway wagons or goods vehicles the registration number should be given, for aircraft the flight number and for ships
                the name.
          ( 4 ) Delete as appropriate.
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                    bear(s) a mark to the effect that the meat comes wholly from animals slaughtered in
                    slaughterhouses approved for exporting to the country of destination;
               (b) it has been passed as fit for human consumption following a veterinary inspection
                    carried out in accordance with the provisions laid down by the country of destination;
               (c) it has been cut in an approved cutting plan (');
               (d) it has/has not been subject to an examination                for detecting the presence of
                   trichinae (');
               (e) the means of transport and the loading conditions of meat of this consignment meet the
                    hygiene requirements laid down in respect of export to the country of destination.
                                                    Done at                           , on
                                                                  (Signature of the official veterinarian)
           (') Delete as appropriate.
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                                                         ANNEXD
                                            IMPORT CONTROL CERTIFICATE
                                     for fresh meat imported from non-member countries
          Member State in which the import control was carried out:
          Control post:
          Type of meat:
          Packaging:
          Number of carcases:
          Number of half-carcases:
          Number of quarters or packages:
          Net weight:
          Non-member country of origin:               -
          I, the undersigned, official veterinarian, certify that the meat described in the present certificate
          was controlled at the time of consignment forward.
                                                                                  Official veterinarian
                    (Place and date)