CELEX: 51979PC0299
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Date: 1979-06-28
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
        amending Directive 71 / 118 / EEC on health problems affecting
                          trade in fresh poultrymeat
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0NK79 ) 299 final
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Council Directive 71 / 118 / EEC of 15 February 1971 on health prlblems affecting
trade in fresh poultrymeat laid down the slaughtering and inspection
requirements for such meat intended for intra-Community trade and trade within
Member States .  It has become apparent that the application of certain aspects
of the Directive would cause difficulties for a large number of small-scale
producers .
In order to permit the continuation of this production which , in the regions
where it is made , contributes appreciably to farmers' incomes , while at the
same time maintaining the hygiene and health inspection standards established
by Community rules , it appears essential to make'the relevant technical
amendments to the Directive .
The proposed amendments include the removal of the time limits in the
derogations for small-scale producers , particularly at local markets , and the
authorisation f8rS inspection to take place separately from the place of
slaughter in the case of birds reared for the production of " foie gras ".     In
the latter case , slaughter should be permitted on the farm in order to prevent
unnecessary suffering resulting from the transport of the fattened birds to a
separate place .
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                            COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
           amending Directive 71 / 118 / EEC on health problems
           affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ,
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Whereas Council Directive 71 / 118 / EEC of 15 February 1971 on health problems
affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat ^, as last amended by Directive 77/ 27/ EEC ^,
lays down the slaughtering and inspection requirements for poultrymeat intended
for intra-Community trade and trade within Member States ;
Whereas the poultry rearing and the marketing of the meat is carried on to a
large extent by small-scale producers who sell their produce at local markets
and constitute an important agricultural activity in certain Community regions ;
whereas such activities should be allowed to continue under certain conditions ;
Whereas the method of production of " foie gras " makes evisceration of the
recently slaughtered bird impossible without ' seriously damaging the liver ;
     O.J. No L 55 , 8.3.1971 , p. 23 .
(2 ) 0.J. No L 6, 8.1.1977, p. 19 .
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     Whereas , while ensuring that the hygiene and inspection requirements established
     thereby are strictly maintained , the necessary specific amendments should be
     made to Community rules ,
     HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                         Article 1
      Directive 71 / 118 / EEC is hereby amended as follows :
1 . The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 3(1A)(a );
     " However , carcases and offal of ducks and geese reared and slaughtered for the
     production of " foie gras " may have been obtained after bleeding and plucking on
     the farm in a separate room meeting the requirements set out in Chapter 1(1 ) ( r ) of
     Annex I and having a supply of potable running water , and evisceration in a cutting
     plant approved . and inspected in accordance with Article 5(1 ) and containing
     the special room provided for in Chapter II ( 2)(b)a of Annex I ".
 2 . In the second subparagraph of Article 3(5 ), the words
     " and until 15 August 1981 " shall be deleted .
 3 . In Chapter 11(2 ) of Annex I,
     - the following point (b)a shall be added :
        " Where necessary, a room for the evisceration of ducks and geese reared for the
          production of " foi gras " and bled and plucked on the farm ";
     - the words "and under ( b)a" shall be added to the first line of point ( h ).
 4 . In Chapter III(3)(c ) of Annex I, "( b)a " shall be inserted after
     the words " and to ( 2)(b )".
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5 . The following second subparagraph shall be added to Cr.aoter IV(13 ) of Annex I :
    " However , in the case of ducks and geese reared for the production of " foie gras "
    and bled and plucked on the farm , the ante mortem inspection may be carried out
    in the last week of fattening ".
6 . The following third subparagraph shall be added to Chapter IV(K ) of Annex I :
    " In the case of ducks and geese reared for the production of " foie gras " and bled
    and plucked on the farm , the certificate referred to in the second subparagraph
    must accompany the non-eviscerated carcases on arrival at the cutting plant
    containing the special room for evisceration ".
7 . The following subparagraph . shall be added to Chapter V ( 23 ) of Annex I :
    " However , ducks and geese reared and slaughtered for the production of " foie gras "
    may be eviscerated within 24 hours, provided that carcases which are not eviscerated
    are kept at the temperature . laid down   ' in Chapter XII and transported in
    accordance with the rules of hygiene ".
8 . The model health certificate in Annex III shall be replaced by the following model :
    " Health certificate for poultry transported from the holding to the s laughterhouse
    or for the carcases of    ducks and geese reared for the production of " foie gras ",
    bled and plucked on the farm and transported to the cutting plant containing a
     special room for evisceration .
                                                                        (1 )
     Competent service                                           Number
     I. Identification of birds ^^ of non-eviscerated carcases ^^ :
        Bird species
         Number of birds ^ - of non-eviscerated carcases ^^ •
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II .     Origin of birds ^ - of non-eviscerated carcases ^ :
         Address of holding of origin :
III . Destination of birds ^ - non-eviscerated carcases ^
         The birds will be transported to the following slaughterhouse ^ :
         The non-eviscerated carcases will be transported to the following cutting
         plant      :
         by the following means of transport :
IV .     Attestation
          I , the undersigned , official veterinarian , certify that :
                                        (2 )
         - the birds described above         ,
         - the non-eviscerated carcases described above are from birds       which
             were examined ante mortem on the abovement ioned holding at
             on                 and found to be healthy .
                                    Done at                 on
                                        Signature of official veterinarian
(1 )
      Opt lonal .
 (2 )
      Delete as appropriate .
                                     Arti ele 2
Member States shall bring into force the laws , regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive on
1 July 1980 .
                                     Article 3
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                           For the Council
                                                             The President