CELEX: 51996PC0170(02)
Language: en
Date: 1996-05-20
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directives 71/118/EEC, 72/462/EEC, 85/73/EEC, 91/67/EEC, 91/492/EEC, 91/493/EEC, 92/45/EEC and 92/118/EEC as regards the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries

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51996PC0170(02)

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directives 71/118/EEC, 72/462/EEC, 85/73/EEC, 91/67/EEC, 91/492/EEC, 91/493/EEC, 92/45/EEC and 92/118/EEC as regards the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries  /* COM/96/0170 FINAL - CNS 96/0110 */  

Official Journal C 245 , 23/08/1996 P. 0024

Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directives  71/118/EEC, 72/462/EEC, 85/73/EEC, 91/67/EEC, 91/492/EEC, 91/493/EEC, 92/45/EEC and 92/118/EEC as  regards the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third  countries(96/C  245/06)COM(96) 170 final - 96/0110(CNS)(Submitted by the Commission on 21  May 1996)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43  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, Whereas for the sake of clarity and rationality, Council Directive 90/675/EEC  (1), which laid down  the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community  from third countries, was repealed and replaced by Directive 96/.  .  ./EC; Whereas the replacement of Directive 90/675/EEC by Directive 96/.  .  ./EC has consequences for the  existing texts of the following Council Directives: - Directive 71/118/EEC of 15 February 1971 on health problems affecting the production and placing  on the market of fresh poultrymeat  (2), - Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon  importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third  countries  (3), - Directive 85/73/EEC of 29 January 1985 on the financing of health inspections and controls of  fresh meat and poultrymeat  (4), - Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the  placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products  (5), - Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the  placing on the market of live bivale molluscs  (6), - Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the  placing on the market of fishery products  (7), - Directive 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992 on public health and animal health problems relating to the  killing of wild game and the placing on the market of wild-game meat  (8), - Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements  governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements  laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A  (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as  regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC  (9); Whereas for that reason, those Directives should be brought into line with the text of Directive  96/.  .  ./EC, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 1.  Directive 71/118/EEC is amended as follows: (a) in Article 14  (B)  (2)  (a), the second sentence is deleted; (b) in Article 17, the second subparagraph is deleted. 2.  Directive 72/462/EEC is amended as follows: (a) in Article 31a, 'Article 17 of Directive 90/675/EEC` is replaced by 'Article 17 of Directive  96/.  .  ./EC`; (b) Article 31 is deleted. 3.  Directive 85/73/EEC is amended as follows: in Article 3  (1), 'Article 20 of Directive 90/675/EEC` is replaced by 'Article 22 of Directive  96/.  .  ./EC`. 4.  Directive 91/67/EEC is amended as follows: (a) Article 23 is replaced by the following: 'Article 23The principles and rules laid down in Directives 91/496/EEC and 96/.  .  ./EC shall  apply, with particular reference to the organization of and follow-up to the checks to be carried  out by the Member States and the safeguard measures to be implemented.`; (b) Article 24 is deleted. 5.  Directive 91/492/EEC is amended as follows: the second subparagraph of Article 10 is deleted. 6.  Directive 91/493/EEC is amended as follows: (a) in the second subparagraph of Article 10, 'Article 18  (3) of Directive 90/675/EEC` is replaced  by 'Article 18  (2) of Directive 96/.  .  ./EC`; (b) Article 12  (2) is deleted. 7.  Directive 92/45/EEC is amended as follows: (a) Article 17  (2) is deleted; (b) Article 19 second subparagraph is deleted. 8.  Directive 92/118/EEC is amended as follows: (a) in the second subparagraph of Article 12  (1), 'Article 8  (2) of Directive 90/675/EEC` is  replaced by 'Article 4  (4) of Directive 96/.  .  ./EC`; (b) Article 12  (2) is deleted. Article 2 1.  Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative  provisions necessary to comply with the provisions of this Directive before 1 January 1997; they  shall forthwith notify the Commission thereof. The shall apply those provisions as from 1 January 1997. When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or  shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for  such reference shall be adopted by Member States. 2.  Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national  law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive. Article 3 This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the  Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 4 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. (1) OJ No L 373, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive  95/52/EC (OJ No L 265, 8. 11. 1995, p. 16).  (2) OJ No L 55, 8. 3. 1971, p. 23. Directive as last amended by Directive 94/65/EC (OJ No L 368,  31. 12. 1994, p. 10).  (3) OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28. Directive as last amended by Act of Accession of Austria,  Finland and Sweden.  (4) OJ No L 32, 5. 2. 1985, p. 14. Directive as last amended by Directive 96/17/EC (OJ No L 78, 28.  3. 1996, p. 30).  (5) OJ No L 46, 19. 2. 1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 95/22/EC (OJ No L 243,  11. 10. 1995, p. 1).  (6) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 1. Directive as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria,  Finland and Sweden.  (7) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15. Directive as amended by Directive 95/71/EC (OJ No L 332, 30.  12. 1995, p. 40).  (8) OJ No L 268, 14. 9. 1992, p. 35. Directive as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria,  Finland and Sweden.  (9) OJ No L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 96/103/EC (OJ  No L 24, 31. 1. 1996, p. 28).