CELEX: 51987PC0051
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Date: 1987-02-12
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 80/215/EEC on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                    COM(87 ) 51 final
                                                    Brussels , 12 February 1987
                                   Proposai for a
                                 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
     amending Directive 80 / 215 / EEC on animal health problems affecting
                      intra-Community trade in meat products
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0MC87 ) 51 final
 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 4(1 ) of Directive 80 / 215 / EEC on animal health problems affecting
intra-Community trade in meat products defines the forms of treatment likely
to destroy germs of livestock diseases with a view to authorizing the free
marketing of such products .
The form of treatment favoured in this case is heat treatment in a hermetical­
ly sealed container . Progress in meat technology and scientific knowledge
allows heat treatment to be applied more discriminatingly in order to preserve
certain organoleptic characteristics of the meat while maintaining the same
health guarantees .
The Scientific Veterinary Committee has delivered a favourable opinion regard­
ing the use of the new treatment for preparing pigmeat products in Member
States infected by African swine fever . This new technology will enable in
particular Spanish and Portuguese production to be marketed to some extent .
The attached proposal for a Directive amending Directive 80 / 215 / EEC has been
drafted with this in mind .
 ---pagebreak---                                     Proposai for a
                                 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
      amending Directive 80 / 215 / EEC on animal health problems affecting
                      intra-Community trade in meat products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 ,
                                                          1
Whereas Article 4(1 ) of Council Directive 80 / 215 / EEC , as last amended by Regulation
                    2
( EEC ) No 3768 / 85 , defines the types of treatment likely to destroy agents
responsible for livestock diseases in meat products with a view to permitting intra-
Comnunity trade in such products under certain conditions ;
Whereas experience gained and advances in scientific knowledge and meat technology
enable a new treatment providing the requisite guarantees to be used ;
Whereas the inclusion of this treatment amongst the others already prescribed should
facilitate a higher degree of free movement in the Community which will increase
the value of production while avoiding the risk of spreading disease ,
1 0J No L 47 , 21.02.1980, p . 4 .
20J No L 362, 31.12.1985 , p . 8 .
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                          Article 1
Article 4 of Directive 80 / 215 / EEC is hereby amended as follows :
1 . Paragraph 1 is amended as follows :
    a . Point ( a ) is replaced by the following :
   "( a ) heat treatment carried out :
           (i)   either in a hermetically sealed container with an Fc value of 3.00
                 or more ;
          ( ii ) or under the following conditions :
                 - the meat must be fully boned and the main lymphatic glands
                   removed ;
                 - the piece of meat to be treated must not weigh more than 5 kg ;
                 - before heating , each piece of meat as referred to above must be
                   enclosed in a hermetically sealed container ;
                 - the meat in its container must undergo heat treatment in strict
                   conformity with the following conditions :
                   . the products must be kept at a temperature of at least 60°C
                     for a minimum of four hours during which the temperature must
                     reach at least 70°C for a minimum of 30 minutes ,
                   . the temperature of a representative number of samples of each
                     batch of products mu^t be monitored constantly using an auto­
                     matic temperature recording instrument measuring the internal
                     temperature of the product and of the heating equipment ,
                   . throughout treatment , measures must be taken to prevent any
                     possible recontamination ."
    b . Point ( b)(i ) is replaced by the following :
    "( i ) heat treatment of a type different from those referred to in ( a ) in
            which the internal temperature is raised to at least 70°C".
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    c.  The following subparagraph is added :
        "The products mentioned in this Article must be prepared under constant
         veterinary supervision and protected from any recontamination ".
2 . Paragraph 2(b ) is replaced by the following :
        "( b ) the health certificate specified in Annex A , Chapter VIII , tp Direc­
               tive 77 / 99 / EEC contains , without prejudice to footnote ( 3 ) of that
               certificate , the following words under the heading "Nature of pro­
               ducts " :
               "Treated in accordance with Article 4(1 ) ( a ) of Directive 80 / 215 / EEC " or
               " Treated in accordance with Article 4(1 ) ( b ) of Directive 80 / 215 / EEC ".
                                                Article 2
    Member States shall bring into force , not later than 1 July 1987 , the laws ,
    regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Direc­
    tive .    They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof .
                                                Article 3
    This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
    Done at Brussels ,                                       For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                                           - 6 -                          ANNEXE II
Fiche d' impact de certains actes législatifs sur les PME et l' emploi
   1 .      OBLIGATIONS ADMINISTRATIVES DECOULANT DE L' APPLICATION DE LA
            LEGISLATION POUR LES ENTREPRISES
                                             NEANT
   2.    AVANTAGES POUR L' ENTREPRISE
         ~ flilklk                 NEANT
         - LESQUELLES
   3.    INCONVENIENTS POUR L' ENTREPRISE
         ( coût supplémentaire )
         - miin                    NEANT
         - CONSEQUENCES
   4.    EFFETS SUR L' EMPLOI            NEANT
   5.    Y A - T - IL EU CONCERTATION PREALABLE AVEC LES PARTENAIRES
         SOCIAUX ?
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         - AVIS DES PARTENAIRES SOCIAUX
   6.    Y A - T - IL UNE APPROCHE ALTERNATIVE MOINS C ONTR AI GN ANTE ?
                                     NON