CELEX: 51984PC0291
Language: en
Date: 1984-05-23
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE FINANCING OF HEALTH INSPECTIONS AND CONTROLS OF FRESH MEAT

No C 168/4                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               28.6.84
                                                 COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Directive on the financing of health inspections and controls of
                                                          fresh meat
                                                      COM(84) 291 final
                                (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 4 June 1984)
                                                        (84/C 168/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas responsibility for the inspections and
COMMUNITIES,                                                       controls lies with the public authorities; whereas,
                                                                   however, it should be laid down that the person on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       whose account the animal is slaughtered should be
European Economic Community, and in particular                     charged a contribution towards the cost of these
Article 43 thereof,                                                inspections and controls; whereas the said contri-
                                                                   bution must replace all charges made in the Member
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 States except those arising in certain special circum-
                                                                   stances;
Having regard to the opinion of the                European
Parliament,
                                                                   Whereas Directive 64/433/EEC relates only to fresh
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                   meat likely to be involved in intra-Community trade;
Social Committee,                                                  whereas, however, the authorities of the Member
                                                                   States have introduced national controls for fresh
                                                                   meat intended solely for the national market;
Whereas in order to make the health safeguards
offered to the consumer uniform, Council Directive
64/433/EEC (»), as last amended by Directive 83/90/                Whereas the same principles must be applied to the
EEC (2), provided for the implementation of health                 financing of these national controls; whereas,
inspections and controls in respect of fresh meat                  however, the contribution charged should not exceed
likely to be involved in intra-Community trade;                    the actual cost of the relevant inspections and
                                                                   controls;
Whereas, in order to safeguard human and animal
health in the Community, Council Directive 72/462/
EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 83/91/EEC (4),               Whereas, in the case of meat imported from non-
provides for health controls to be carried out by the              member countries, the principle of charging a contri-
competent authorities of the Member States upon                    bution towards the cost of inspections and controls
importation of fresh meat and for inspections to be                must also be laid down; whereas the size of the
carried out by veterinary experts of the Member                    contribution charged must be equal to the costs of
States and the Commission in the exporting non-                    inspections referred to in Article 5 (4), Article 23 (4)
member countries;                                                  and Article 26 of Directive 72/462/EEC,
Whereas the inspections and controls provided for in
Directive 64/433/EEC are at present financed in                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
different ways in the individual Member States;
whereas these differences are liable to affect the
conditions of competition between lines of production                                     Article 1
which are for the most part covered by common
organizations of the markets;                                      For the purpose of participating in the financing of
                                                                   health inspections and controls of fresh meat of
Whereas, in order to remedy this situation,                        domestic bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats and
harmonized rules on the financing of the said                      solipeds, Member States shall collect or order the
inspections and controls should be laid down;                      collection of a contribution fixed in accordance with
                                                                   the principles and procedure laid down in Article 3
                                                                   and payable upon the slaughter of those animals on
(') OJ No  121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64.                           their territory and upon importation of such meat
O   OJ No  L 59, 5. 3. 1983, p. 10.                                from non-member countries. This contribution shall
O   OJ No  L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.                             be borne by the person on whose account the animal
(4) OJ No  L 59, 5. 3. 1983, p. 34.                                is slaughtered or the meat is imported.
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                         Article 2                             2.    As regards the contribution payable in respect of
                                                               meat referred to in Article 1 but not eligible for intra-
The contribution shall replace all charges payable in          Community trade, Member States are hereby auth-
the Member States in connection with health                    orized to alter its level in order to take account of the
inspection and control of the fresh meat referred to in        actual cost of the inspections and controls carried out.
Article 1, with the exception of the charges provided
for:                                                           3.    The contribution payable on meat imported
                                                               from non-member countries shall be equal on a
— where slaughter or destruction is ordered by the
                                                               standard basis to the costs referred to in Article 5 (4),
     inspection departments, and in particular the
                                                               Article 23 (4) and Article 26 of Directive 72/462/
     charges referred to in Article 26 of Directive
                                                               EEC.
     72/462/EEC,
— in respect of inspection of fresh meat intended for                                    Article 4
     export to non-member countries, which entails
                                                               Member States shall ensure that adequate health
     additional costs,
                                                               inspection and control measures are taken by
— where tests for residues are positive,                       allocating to that end resources at least equivalent to
                                                               the overall amount of the contributions.
— where additional services are performed at the
     request of the party concerned,                                                     Article 5
— in Article 26 of Directive 72/462/EEC in the case            Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu-
     of storage of meat.                                       lations and administrative provisions necessary to
                                                               comply with this Directive not later than 1 January
                         Article 3                             1986. They shall forthwith inform the Commission
                                                               thereof.
1.     The Council, acting on a proposal from the
Commission, shall decide by a qualified majority on                                      Article 6
the level of the contribution and on detailed rules for
its application.                                               This Directive is addressed to the Member States.