CELEX: 51986PC0576
Language: en
Date: 1986-11-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE LAYING DOWN THE HEALTH RULES FOR FRESH MEAT AND THE LEVEL OF THE FEES TO BE CHARGED IN RESPECT OF SUCH MEAT PURSUANT TO DIRECTIVE 85/73/EEC

No C 302/4                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 27. 11. 86
                                                                 II
                                                         (Preparatory Acts)
                                                   COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Directive laying down the health rules for fresh meat and the level of the
                          fees to be charged in respect of such meat pursuant to Directive 85/73/EEC
                                                        COM(86) 5 76 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 11 November 1986)
                                                          (86/C 302/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas, in view both of the extension of the inspection
                                                                     rules laid down in Directive 64/433/EEC to all animals
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                slaughtered for local consumption and of the subjection
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                     of this meat to the controls referred to in Council
                                                                     Directive 85/358/EEC of 16 July 1985 supplementing
thereof,
                                                                     Directive 81/602/EEC concerning the prohibition of
                                                                     certain substances having a hormonal action and of any
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   substances having a thyrostatic action (4) and to Council
                                                                     Directive        on the analysis of residues in fresh meat,
Having regard        to   the    opinion  of   the   European        it is adequate to lay down for meat intended for local
Parliament,                                                          consumption the same minimal level of fees laid down in
                                                                     Council Directive           on the amount of fees to be
                                                                     charged for health inspections and controls of fresh meat
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                     and poultrymeat pursuant to Directive 85/73/EEC;
Social Committee,
Whereas, Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June                     Whereas it is opportune at the same time to provide for
1964 on health problems affecting intra-Community                    the exceptions referred to in Article 2 (1) of Directive
trade in fresh meat ('), as last amended by Regulation               85/73/EEC; whereas those exceptions should be granted
(EEC) No 3768/85 (2), provides for health inspections                in connection with slaughtering for local market of
and controls in respect of fresh meat intended for intra-            domestic bovine animals (including buffalo), swine,
Community trade;                                                     sheep, goats and solipeds, to persons on whose behalf
                                                                     the slaughter is carried out and who bear directly all
Whereas it is appropriate to undertake the same                      costs of inspections and controls,
inspections in respect of fresh meat intended for trade on
the internal market of each Member State in order to
achieve free movement inside the Community as well as                HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
in order to avoid distortions of competition for products
subject to the common organization of the market whilst
assuring, at the same time, uniform conditions of health
protection to consumers;                                                                       Article 1
                                                                     For the purposes of this Directive the definitions given in
Whereas according to Article 2 (1) of Council Directive              Article 2 of Directive 64/433/EEC shall apply.
85/73/EEC of 29 January 1985 on the financing of
health inspections and controls of fresh meat and poul-
trymeat (3) the amount of the fees for fresh meat
                                                                                               Article 2
obtained in slaughterhouses not approved according to
Directive 64/433/EEC should be laid down in con-                     Member States shall ensure that all fresh meat produced
nection with the establishment of the inspection rules for           in their territory is inspected in accordance with
this kind of fresh meat;                                             Chapters V and VII of Annex I to Directive 64/433/
                                                                     EEC.
(*) OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64.
O OJNoL362, 31. 11. 1985, p. 8.
O O J N o L 3 2 , 5.2. 1985, p. 14.                                  (4) OJ No L 191, 23. 7. 1985, p. 46.
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Inspecialcases^ especially in respect of slaughteringby                                    ^.    member states making use of the exception
the farmer for his personalconsumption^ member states                                      provided for in paragraph t shall so inform the
may provide for exceptions to the first paragraph.                                         Commission and the other member states. At the
M^owever^ they shall ensure that the meat produced in                                      request of the Commissions they must show evidence
s u c h a w a y is not sold for public consumption.                                        that t h e p e r s o n o n w h o s e b e h a l f the slaughter is carried
                                                                                           out bears all the costs of inspections and controls.
T h e l e v e l o f the feeslaiddown in Article t of directive
. . . . s h a l l h e a p p l i c a h l e i n r e s p e c t of fresh meatproduced
and inspected in accordance with Articled.
                                                                                           member states shall bring into force the laws^ regu
                                                                                           lations and administrative provisions necessary to comply
                                                                                           with this POirective not later than ^t Mecember t ^ ^ .
t.         Por slaughterhouses not approved in accordance                                  They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
with directive D^tB^^BEEC^ member states are auth
orizednot to collect t h e f e e s r e f e r r e d t o i n Article 1 of
Mirective^B^BEEC^ if the person on whose behalf the
slaughter is carried out bears directly all costs of
inspections and controls.                                                                  This POi^ective is addressed to the member states.