CELEX: 51984PC0530
Language: en
Date: 1984-10-01
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND ANIMAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE IMPORTATION OF MEAT PRODUCTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES

25.10.84                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No C 286/5
                                                                II
                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Directive on public health and animal health problems affecting
                                    the importation of meat products from third countries
                                                       COM(84) 530 final
                            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 10 October 1984)
                                                         (84/C 286/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas those conditions should be drawn up in the
COMMUNITIES,                                                        light of the animal health situation in third countries
                                                                    or parts thereof;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof,                                                 Whereas Council Directive 72/462/EEC (3), as last
                                                                    amended by Directive . . ., laid down the animal
                                                                    health conditions applicable to imports of fresh meat
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  from certain third countries or parts thereof; whereas
                                                                    those animal health criteria may be applied to imports
Having regard to the opinion of the European                        of meat products;
Parliament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                    Whereas Directive 72/462/EEC does not take into
Social Committee,                                                   consideration the animal health situation in certain
                                                                    third countries or parts thereof; whereas additional
                                                                    animal health conditions should therefore be laid
Whereas the Community has made arrangements
                                                                    down for imports of meat products from these third
concerning intra-Community trade in meat products
                                                                    countries or parts thereof in order to avoid the intro-
as regards health requirements by Council Directive
                                                                    duction of certain diseases into the Community;
77/99/EEC (x), as last amended by Directive . . .;
Whereas the Community has made arrangements                         Whereas the aim should be not to authorize imports
concerning intra-Community trade in meat products                   of meat products from countries in which there are
as regards animal health requirements by Council                    cases of contagious animal diseases from which the
Directive 80/215/EEC (2), as last amended by                        Community is free and which therefore present a
Directive . . .;                                                    danger to Community livestock or from countries
                                                                    which have been free from such diseases for too short
Whereas there is a need for Community arrangements                  a time;
applicable to imports of meat products from third
countries j                                                         Whereas there are meat treatments available,
                                                                    however, which can eliminate the danger of contami-
Whereas, pending the entry into force of Community                  nation and which thus offer the possibility of auth-
rules on imports of poultrymeat from third countries,               orizing imports of certain categories of meat products
poultrymeat products should be excluded from the                    from those third countries;
scope of this Directive;
                                                                    Whereas it should be laid down that fresh meat
Whereas in this connection the animal health
                                                                     intended for the manufacture of meat products must
conditions subject to which the Member States
                                                                    come from approved establishments; whereas such
authorize importation of meat products should be laid
                                                                     establishments must satisfy the conditions laid down
down;
                                                                     in Directive 72/462/EEC:
O OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 85.
(2) OJ N o L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 4.                                  (3) OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
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 Whereas it should be laid down that meat products              amendments       to   the     list of    countries    and
 must come from approved establishments, whereas                establishments     authorized     to   export    to    the
 those establishments must satisfy the conditions laid          Community, the attitude of the Member States to the
 down in Directive 77/99/EEC;                                   third country in question must be coordinated
                                                               without delay,
 Whereas the health standards to which meat products
 and meat intended for the preparation of meat
 products must conform should also be laid down;               HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
 Whereas, in order to check that the provisions of this                                CHAPTER I
 Directive are observed by the exporting third country,
 a system of inspection on the spot by Community                                    General provisions
veterinary experts should be established;
                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas the production of an animal health certi-
ficate and a public health certificate drawn up by an           1.    This Directive lays down the conditions as
official veterinarian in the exporting third country is        regards public health and animal health applicable to
the most appropriate means of ensuring that a                  the importation of meat products from third countries
consignment of meat products may be admitted for               with the exception of those applicable to the impor-
importation;                                                   tation of meat products which are prepared wholly or
                                                               partly from fresh poultrymeat or from meat products
                                                               containing poultrymeat.
Whereas meat products should be subject, whatever
the customs procedure under which they are
declared, to a check on the accompanying documents             2.     This Directive shall not apply to imports of:
on arrival on Community territory in order to prevent
the forwarding of meat products which are not
accompanied by the requisite certificates, which come          (a) meat products forming part of travellers' personal
from a third country or part thereof from which                     luggage and intended for their personal
importation is not authorized or which are not                      consumption, in so far as the quantity transported
accompanied by the proper certificates;                             does not exceed 1 kilogram per person and
                                                                    provided that the meat products come from a
                                                                    third country from which importation is not
Whereas, to check that the provisions of this                       prohibited under Article 7;
Directive are observed by the exporting third country
and to prevent importation of dangerous meat                   (b) meat products sent as small packages to private
products. Member States should ensure that each                     persons, provided that such meat products are not
consignment of meat products undergoes a physical                   imported by way of trade, that the quantity does
inspection relating to both public health and animal                not exceed 1 kilogram and that the meat products
health aspects before being released for consumption                come from a third country from which impor-
on the territory of the Community; whereas                          tation is not prohibited under Article 7;
implementing rules to ensure that such import
inspections are carried out in a uniform way should
be adopted in accordance with a procedure involving            (c) meat products for consumption by the crew and
close cooperation between the Commission and the                    passengers carried on means of transport
Member States;                                                      operating internationally. Where meat products of
                                                                    this kind or kitchen waste arising therefrom are
                                                                    unloaded, they must be destroyed. It is not,
Whereas checks on meat products are carried out       in            however, necessary to destroy meat products
the general interest of the Community; whereas         it           when they are transferred, directly or after being
should therefore be laid down that they are to        be            placed provisionally under customs supervision,
undertaken at posts approved on the basis             of            from one means of transport to another.
Community criteria and in accordance with              a
Community procedure;
                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas each Member State must be free to halt
immediately imports from a third country where a               For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions
contagious animal disease breaks out or spreads               given in Article 2 of Directive 72/462/EEC and in
which is likely to endanger public or animal health;          Article 2 of Directive 77/99/EEC shall apply as
whereas in such cases, without prejudice to any                necessary.
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                           Article 3                                   and the animal health conditions laid         down
                                                                       pursuant to Article 16 of that Directive;
1.      In accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 19, one or more lists shall be drawn up of the
establishments authorized for the importation of meat             (b) originating in a Member State and satisfying the
products. The list or lists may be amended or                          requirements of Articles 3 and 4 of Directive
supplemented in accordance with the procedure laid                     72/461/EEC.
down in Article 18.
                                                                                           Article 5
2.      In deciding whether an establishment may
appear on one of the lists referred to in paragraph 1,
particular account shall be taken of:                             1.     By way of derogation from Article 4, Member
                                                                  States shall authorize the importation of meat
(a) the assurances which the third country can offer              products satisfying the requirements laid down in
     with regard to compliance with this Directive;               paragraph 2 and originating in parts of the territory
                                                                  of third countries referred to under Article 4 from
(b) compliance in each particular case with the                   which imports of fresh meat are not authorized under
      relevant provisions of this Directive and with              Directive 72/462/EEC.
     Annex A to Directive 77/99/EEC;
(c) the organization of the meat product inspection               2.     The meat products referred to in paragraph 1
      service or services of the third country or part of         must satisfy the following requirements.
      that country, the powers of such service or
      services and the supervision to which it/they
      is/are subject.                                             (a) the meat product must have been produced
                                                                       wholly or partly either from fresh meat as
                                                                       referred to in Article 4 (2) or from fresh meat not
3.     An establishment may not appear on the list or
                                                                       in accordance with the requirements of Article
lists provided for in paragraph 1 unless it is situated in
                                                                       4 (2) originating in the processing third country
one of the third countries or parts thereof referred to
                                                                       and bearing the mark provided for in Annex C;
in Articles 4, 5 or 6 and has, in addition, been
officially approved by the competent authorities of
the third country for exporting to the Community.                 (b) to prevent any risk of transmission of contagious
Such approval shall be subject to observance of the                    diseases of animals, the meat product must have
following requirements:                                                undergone a heat treatment in a hermetically
                                                                       sealed container with an Fc value of 3,00 or
(a) compliance with the relevant provisions of Annex                   more. However, other treatments may be
     A to Directive 77/99/EEC;                                         accepted in accordance with the procedure of
                                                                       Article 19. For this purpose the animal health
(b) constant supervision by an official veterinarian of                situation in both the part of the territory of the
      the third country.                                               exporting third country and the different parts of
                                                                       the territory of the Community must be taken
4.      The list or lists referred to in paragraph 1 and               into account.
any amendments thereto shall be published in the
 Official Journal of the European Communities.
                                                                                           Article 6
                         CHAPTER II
                 Animal health conditions                         1.     By way of derogation from Article 4, Member
                                                                  States shall authorize the importation of meat
                           Article 4                              products satisfying the conditions laid down in
                                                                  paragraph 2 and originating in third countries from
 1.     Member States shall authorize the importation             which the importation of fresh meat is not authorized
of meat products satisfying the conditions laid down              under Directive 72/462/EEC.
in paragraph 2 and originating on the territory or
parts of the territory of third countries if imports of
fresh meat from those territories or parts of territories         2.     The meat products referred to in paragraph 1
 are permitted under Directive 72/462/EEC.                        must satisfy the conditions specified in Article
                                                                  5 (2) (a). Moreover, in order to prevent any risk of
2.      The meat products referred to in paragraph 1              transmission of contagious diseases of animals, the
must have been produced wholly or partly from fresh               meat product must have undergone a heat treatment
 meat:                                                            in a hermetically sealed container with an Fc value of
                                                                  3,00 or more. However, other treatments may be
 (a) satisfying the requirements of Directive 72/462/             accepted in accordance with the procedure of Article
      EEC, and in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof,           19. For this purpose the animal health situation in
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 both the exporting third country and the different                 (a) in an establishment appearing on one of the
 parts of the territory of the Community must be                         lists drawn up pursuant to Directive 72/462/
 taken into account.                                                     EEC, or
                         Article 7                                  (b) in an establishment appearing on one of the
                                                                         lists drawn up pursuant to Council Directive
 1.    Without prejudice to Articles 5 and 6, if a                       64/433/EEC (»), or
 contagious animal disease breaks out or spreads in a
third country for which a list of establishments has                (c) in an establishment situated in a third country
 been drawn up in accordance with Article 3 (1) and                      or a part of a third country defined in Articles
the disease can be carried by meat products and is                       5 and 6 and appearing on the list referred to in
likely to endanger public health or the health of the                   Article 10.
livestock in one of the Member States or if any other
reason connected with animal health justifies it, the           2. The fresh meat referred to in paragraph 1 must:
Member State concerned or, in accordance with the
                                                                    (a) have been obtained in accordance with the
procedure of Article 18, the Commission may prohibit
                                                                         relevant conditions laid down in Articles 17
the importation of those products coming directly or
                                                                         and 18 of Directive 72/462/EEC or Article 3
indirectly either from the third country as a whole or
                                                                         of Directive 64/433/EEC;
from part of its territory.
                                                                    (b) fulfil the relevant cinditions laid down in
2.     Measures taken by the Member States under                         Chapter III of Annex A to Directive 77/99/
paragraph 1 and the withdrawal of such measures                          EEC. The provisions relating to sealing
must be communicated immediately to the other                           referred to in Chapter XIV, point 68 of Annex
Member States and the Commission, together with                         I to Directive 64/433/EEC, remain applicable.
the reasons therefor.
                                                                3. The meat products used for the production of
The Standing Veterinary Committee shall meet as                     other meat products must have been obtained in an
soon as possible after such communication and shall                 establishment appearing on the list referred to in
decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down                  Article 3, or in an establishment appearing on one
in Article 18, whether those measures should be                     of the lists referred to in Article 6 of Directive
amended, in particular in order to ensure their                     77/99/EEC.
coordination with measures adopted by the other
Member States, or withdrawn.
                                                                                         Article 9
If the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arises and if
it appears necessary that other Member States should            The importation of meat products coming from third
also apply the measures taken pursuant to that                  countries shall be subject to the following conditions:
paragraph, amended where necessary in accordance
with the second subparagraph, appropriate provisions              1. They must have been obtained                in an
shall be adopted under the procedure laid down in                    establishment appearing on the list drawn up
Article 18.                                                          pursuant to Article 3(1).
3.     Resumption of importation from the third                   2. Such establishments must comply with the
country concerned shall be authorized in accordance                  provisions of Chapter I of Annex A to Directive
with the same procedure.                                             77/99/EEC.
                                                                  3. They must have been processed in conditions of
                                                                     hygiene complying with Chapter II of Annex A to
                      CHAPTER III                                    Directive 77/99/EEC.
                 Public health conditions                         4. They must have undergone one of the treatments
                                                                     or a combination of the treatments provided for
                         Article 8                                   in Directive 77/99/EEC.
                                                                  5. They must have undergone inspection by an
Member States shall not authorize importation of                     official veterinarian in accordance with Chapter
meat products from third countries unless the                        IV of Annex A to Directive 77/99/EEC.
following conditions are fulfilled:
                                                                     In carrying out such inspection, the official
1. The fresh meat used for the production of meat                    veterinarian may be aided by assistants reporting
    products intended for export or for the meat                     to him. Such assistants must:
    products referred to in paragraph 3 and intended
    for the production of other meat products must
    have been obtained:                                         (') OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64.
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    (a) be appointed by the central competent                     (a) the assurances which the third country can
         authority of the exporting country in                          provide with regard to compliance with Directive
         accordance with the provisions in force;                       72/462/EEC;
                                                                  (b) the third country's regulations with regard to the
    (b) have received appropriate training;
                                                                        administration to animals for slaugher of any
                                                                        substance which might affect the wholesomeness
    (c) have a status          ensuring that they        are            of the meat;
         independent of       those in charge of         the
         establishments;                                          (c) compliance in each particular case with Directive
                                                                        72/462/EEC and with Annex I to Directive
    (d) have no power of decision concerning the                        64/433/EEC.
         final result of the inspection.
                                                                        However, derogations shall be permitted in
                                                                        accordance with the procedure laid down in
 6. They must satisfy the standards laid down in                       Article 19 from the second, third and fourth
    Chapter V of Annex A to Directive 77/99/EEC.                        indents of paragraph 13 (c) and from paragraphs
                                                                        24 and 41 (c) of the said Annex I where the third
 7. In the event of wrapping and packaging, they                        country concerned provides similar guarantees; in
    must have been wrapped and packaged in                              that case, health conditions no less strict than
    accordance with Chapter VI of Annex A to                            those imposed in that Annex shall be imposed on
    Directive 77/99/EEC.                                                a case-by-case basis in accordance with that
                                                                       procedure;
 8. They must bear a public health stamp to               be
    defined according to the procedure laid down          in      (d) the organization of the meat inspection service or
    Article 19; the other conditions relating             to            services of the third country or part thereof, the
    marking laid down in Chapter VII of Annex A           to           powers of such service or services and the
    Directive 77/99/EEC must be respected.                             supervision to which it/they is/are subject.
                                                                  3.     An establishment may not appear on the list or
 9. They must be stored and transported to the
                                                                  lists provided for in paragraph 1 unless it is situated in
    Community under satisfactory conditions of
                                                                  one of the third countries or parts thereof referred to
    hygiene in accordance with Chapter IX of Annex
                                                                  in Articles 5 and 6 and has, in addition, been
    A to Directive 77/99/EEC and handled under
                                                                  officially approved for the delivery of fresh meat for
    satisfactory conditions of hygiene; in the case of
                                                                  the production of meat products by the competent
    meat products which have undergone incomplete
                                                                  authorities of the third country. Such approval shall
    processing, the producer must, for the purposes
                                                                  be subject to observance of the                 following
    of inspection, mark visibly and clearly on the
                                                                  requirements:
    packaging of the product the temperature at
    which the product must be transported and stored              (a) compliance with the relevant conditions of Annex
    and the period for which it can be stored in that                   I to Directive 64/433/EEC, without prejudice of
    condition.                                                         the conditions for marking provided for in Article
                                                                        5 (2) (a) of this Directive;
10. Meat products must not have been           subjected to
                                                                  (b) constant supervision by an official veterinarian of
    ionizing radiation, except where          justified for
                                                                        the third country.
    reasons of a medical nature and             where that
    operation is mentioned clearly on          the product        4.     The list or lists referred to in paragraph 1 and
    and on the public health certificate.                         any amendments thereto shall be published in the
                                                                   Official Journal of the European Communities.
                         Article 10
                                                                                          CHAPTER IV
1.    In accordance with the procedure laid down in                                Inspection and certification
Article 19, one or more lists shall be drawn up of the
establishments referred to in Article 8 (1) (c) from                                        Article 11
which third countries may obtain fresh meat for the
production of meat products. The list or lists may be              1.     Inspection shall be carried out on the spot by
amended or supplemented in accordance with the                    veterinary experts of the Member States and the
procedure laid down in Article 18.                                Commission to verify whether the provisions of this
                                                                  Directive are being applied in practice.
2.    In deciding whether a slaughterhouse, a cutting             2.      Should an inspection carried out pursuant to this
plant or a store situated outside a slaughterhouse or             Article bring to light serious deficiencies concerning
plant may appear on one of the lists referred to in               an authorized establishment, the Commission shall
paragraph 1, account shall be taken in particular of:             immediately inform the Member States thereof and
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forthwith adopt a decision provisionally suspending              Community, meat products are subjected without
the authorization. A final decision shall be taken               delay to a documentary inspection carried out by the
according to the procedure provided for in Article 18.           competent authority, whatever the procedure under
                                                                 which they were declared.
3.     The experts from the Member States responsible
for carrying out these inspections shall be appointed            2.     Without prejudice to paragraph 3, the Member
by the Commission acting on a proposal from the                  States shall ensure that importation is prohibited if
Member States. Inspections shall be made on behalf               this inspection reveals that:
of the Commission, which shall bear the cost of any
                                                                 (a) the meat products were not obtained in an
expenditure incurred in this connection.
                                                                      establishment appearing on the list provided for in
                                                                   ' Article 3 (1);
4.     The frequency of, and the procedure for,
inspections shall be determined in accordance with               (b) the fresh meat or meat products from which the
the procedure laid down in Article 19.                                meat products were manufactured in whole or in
                                                                      part were not obtained in an establishment
                                                                      referred to in Article 8;
                        Article 12
                                                                 (c) the meat products coming from a third country or
1.     Member States shall authorize importation of                   part thereof referred to in Articles 5 and 6 have
meat products only upon submission of an animal                       not undergone the processing provided for in
health certificate and a public health certificate drawn              those Articles;
up by an official veterinarian of the exporting third
country.                                                         (d) the certificates do not fulfil the conditions laid
                                                                      down in Article 12.
These certificates must:
                                                                 3.     The Member States shall authorize meat
(a) be drawn up in the official language or languages            products from one third country to be transported to
    of the country of destination and in one of those            another provided that:
    of the Member State in which the import
     inspections provided for in Articles 13 and 14 are          (a) the person concerned supplies proof that the first
    carried out;                                                      third country towards which the meat products
                                                                      are being sent, after transit through Community
(b) accompany the meat products in the original;                      territory, undertakes under no circumstances to
                                                                      reject or to send back to the Community the meat
(c) consist of a single sheet of paper;                               products the importation or transit of which it has
                                                                      authorized;
(d) be made out for a single consignee.
                                                                 (b) such transport has been previously authorized by
2.     The animal health certificate must certify that                the competent authorities of the Member State in
the meat products comply with the animal health                       the territory of which the animal health
requirements laid down in this Directive and with                     inspection on import is carried out;
those laid down pursuant to it with respect to the               (c) such transport is carried out, without the goods
importation of meat products from the third country.                  being unloaded on Community territory, under
                                                                      the supervision of the competent authorities in
The animal health certificate must correspond to a
                                                                      vehicles or containers sealed by the competent
model established in accordance with the procedure
                                                                      authorities; the only handling authorized during
laid down in Article 19.
                                                                      this transport shall be that carried out respectively
                                                                      at the point of entry into or exit from Community
3.     The public health certificate must correspond in
                                                                      territory for direct transhipment from a ship or
presentation and content to the specimen given in
                                                                      aircraft to any other means of transport or vice
Annex A and be issued on the day on which the meat
                                                                      versa.
products are loaded with a view to consignment to
the country of destination.                                      4.     All expenditure incurred pursuant to this Article
                                                                 shall be chargeable to the consignor, the consignee or
4.     It may be decided, in accordance with the                 their representative without compensation by the
procedure laid down in Article 19, depending on the              State.
case, that the animal health certificate and public
health certificate shall consist of a single sheet.
                                                                                          Article 14
                         Article 13                               1.    The Member States shall ensure that each
                                                                 consignment of meat products undergoes a physical
 1.    The Member States shall ensure that, upon                 inspection relating to both public health and animal
arrival in the geographical territory of the                     health aspects before being released for consumption
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on the geographical territory of the Community. Such                                     Article 15
inspection shall be carried out by an official veteri-
narian.                                                          1.    In accordance with the procedure laid down in
                                                                 Article 19, the Commission shall lay down guidelines
The Member States shall ensure that importers are                concerning the approval of inspection posts for the
obliged to give at least two working days' notice to             importation of meat products.
the local service responsible for the import inspection
at the post where the meat products are to be                    2.    The Member States shall draw up and
submitted for inspection, specifying the quantity and            communicate to the Commission lists of the
nature of the meat products and the time from which              inspection posts complying with the guidelines
the inspection may be carried out.                               referred .to in paragraph 1. The inspection posts must
                                                                 be approved in accordance with the procedure laid
                                                                 down in Article 19.
2.     The inspections referred to in paragraph 1 shall
be carried out by random sampling.                               3.    Inspections shall be carried out under the
                                                                 supervision of the official department. Responsibility
3.     Definitions of the inspection referred to in              for inspection shall be assumed by an official veteri-
paragraph 1, the implementing rules necessary to                 narian. The official responsible may be aided in the
ensure that such inspections are carried out in a                execution of the purely practical work by assistants
uniform way and more particularly the methods of                 specially trained for this purpose.
analysis and sampling intervals and standards shall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down               The rules governing such assistance shall be drawn
in Article 19.                                                   up in accordance with the procedure laid down in
                                                                 Article 19.
4.     The Member States shall prohibit the release for          4.    Veterinary experts from the Member States and
consumption of meat products if the inspections                  the Commission shall verify that the facilities at the
provided for in paragraph 1 have shown that:                     approved inspection posts comply with the conditions
                                                                 of this Article and that inspections are carried out in
— the meat products are not suitable for human                   accordance with this Directive.
     consumption,
                                                                 These experts must be nationals of a Member State
— the conditions laid down in this Directive have                other than the Member State in which the post to be
     not been fulfilled.                                         checked is located.
                                                                 Detailed rules for the application of the first and
 5.    If the meat products cannot be imported they              second subparagraphs          and in particular the
must be returned, unless this is contrary to animal or           appointment of experts and the verification pro-
public health considerations.                                    cedures, shall be determined in accordance with the
                                                                 procedure laid down in Article 19.
 If it is impossible to return the meat products, they
 must be destroyed in the territory of the Member                All expenditure incurred in application of the first
 State in which the inspections have taken place.                subparagraph shall be borne by the Community.
 By way of derogation from the first and second                                          Article 16
 subparagraphs, and if the importer or his re-
 presentative so requests, the Member State carrying             The meat products of each consignement authorized
 out the animal health and public health inspections              for circulation in the Community by a Member State
 may authorize the entry of the meat products for uses            on the basis of the inspections referred to in Articles
 other than human consumption provided that there is              13 and 14 must, before being forwarded to the
                                                                  country of destination, be covered by a certificate
 no danger for humans or for animals and that the
                                                                  corresponding, in presentation and content, to the
 products come from a third country from which
                                                                  specimen given in Annex B.
 importation is not prohibited under Article 7. These
 meat products may not leave the territory of that
 Member State, which must verify the final destination            This certificate must:
 of the meat products.
                                                                  (a) be drawn up by the official veterinarian at the
                                                                      inspection post or at the place of storage;
 6.     In all cases, after the inspections referred to in
 paragraph 1, the certificates must be endorsed so as             (b) be issued on the day of loading for consignment
 to indicate clearly the use authorized for the meat                  of the meat products to the country of
 products.                                                            destination;
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(c) be drawn up in the language(s) of the country of           proposed measures and implement them immediately,
    destination;                                               save where the Council has decided against these
                                                               measures by a simple majority.
(d) accompany the consignment of meat products, in
    the original.
                                                                                      Article 19
                       Article 17                              1.    Where the procedure laid down in this Article is
                                                               to be followed, the chairman shall without delay refer
All expenditure incurred as a result of the application
                                                               the matter, either on his own initiative or at the
of Articles 13 and 14, and in particular the cost of
                                                               request of a Member State, to the Committee.
inspection of the meat products, storage costs and
any costs of destroying the meat products shall be             2.    Within the Committee, the votes of Member
chargeable to the consignor, the consignee or their            States shall be weighted as provided for in Article 148
representative without compensation by the State.              of the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote.
                      CHAPTER V                                3.    The Commission representative shall submit a
                    Final provisions                           draft of the measures to be adopted. The Committee
                                                               shall deliver its opinion on such measures within a
                       Article 18                              period to be determined by the chairman in keeping
                                                               with the urgency of the question submitted for exami-
1.    Where the procedure laid down in this Article is         nation. Opinions shall be delivered by a majority of
to be used, the matter shall without delay be referred         45 votes.
by the chairman, either on his initiative or at the
request of a Member State, to the Standing                     4.    The Commission shall adopt the measures and
Veterinary Committee hereinafter referred to as 'the           shall apply them immediately where they are in
Committee', set up by the Council Decision of 15               accordance with the opinion of the Committee.
October 1968.                                                  Where they are not in accordance with the opinion of
                                                               the Committee or if no opinion is delivered, the
2.    Within the Committee, the votes of Member                Commission shall without delay propose to the
States shall be weighted as provided in Article 148 of         Council the measures to be adopted. The Council
the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote.                       shall adopt the measures by a qualified majority.
3.    The representative of the Commission shall               If, within three months from the date on which the
submit a draft of the measures to be adopted. The              proposal was submitted to it, the Council has not
Committee shall deliver its opinion on such measures           adopted any measures, the Commission shall adopt
within two days. Opinions shall be delivered by a              the proposed measures and apply them immediately,
majority of 45 votes.                                          save where the Council has decided against these
                                                               measures by a simple majority.
4.    The Commission shall adopt the measures and
apply them immediately where they are in accordance                                   Article 20
with the opinion of the Committee. Where they are
not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee            The Member States shall bring into force the laws,
or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall            regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
without delay propose to the Council the measures to           comply with this Directive by 1 January 1986 at the
be adopted. The Council shall adopt the measures by            latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission
a qualified majority.                                          thereof.
If within 15 working days from the date on which a                                    Article 21
matter was referred to it, the Council has not adopted
any measures, the Commission shall adopt the                   This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
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                                                              ANNEX      A
                      SPECIMEN PUBLIC H E A L T H CERTIFICATE FOR MEAT P R O D U C T S (')
           intended for
                                                    (name of EEC Member State)
                                                                                       No                            O
           Exporting country
           Ministry
           Department
           Ref-O                                                                     :
              I. Identification of meat products
                 Meat products manufactured with meat from
                                                                                             (animal species)
                                            J
                 Nature of meat products ( )
                 Nature of packaging
                 Number of individual items or packages
                 Storage and transport temperature (4)
                 Storage life (4)
                 Net weight
             II. Origin of meat products
                 Address(es) and veterinary approval number(s) of the approved establishment(s) from which the
                 meat or the meat products used for the production of meat products have been obtained
                 Address(es) and veterinary approval number(s) of the approved processing establishment(s)
                 Address(es) and veterinary approval number(s) of the approved store(s) ....
            III. Destination of meat products
                 The meat products will be sent from:
                                                                                         (place of loading)
                                                       to:
                                                                                  (country and place of destination)
                                                            5
                 by the following means of transport ( )
                  Name and address of consignor:
                  Name and address of consignee:
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           IV. Health attestation
                I, the undesigned, certify that:
                (a) the meat products described above have been manufactured from fresh meat or meat pro-
                     ducts under conditions that comply with the standards laid down in Directive                     ;
                (b) the said meat products, their wrappings or packaging, bear a mark proving that they have
                     all come from approved establishments;
                (c) the transport vehicles and equipment and the loading conditions of this consignment
                     comply with the hygiene requirements laid down in Directive                   ;
                (d) the meat products have been/have not been (6) examined for trichinae or have been manu-
                     factured from meat which has been treated by freezing as provided for in Article 3 of
                     Directive 77/96/EEC.
                                             Done at                                     , on
                                                                     (place)                                  (date)
                                                                                                (Signature)
                                  Stamp
                                                                                            Name in capital letters
           (') Under Article 2 of Directive 77/99/EEC.
           (2) Optional.
           (3) Possible indication of ionizing radiation for medical reasons.
           (4) Where an indication is given in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 9 of Directive
           (5) Indicate the registration number (railway, wagons and trucks), the flight number (aircraft) or the name (ship).
           (') Delete as appropriate.
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                                                               ANNEX      B
                                                              SPECIMEN
                                            I M P O R T INSPECTION CERTIFICATE
                                         for meat products imported from third countries
           Member State in which the import inspection was carried out:
           Inspection post:
           Nature of meat products:
           Nature of packaging:
           Number of individual items:
           Transport and storage temperature:
           Storage life:
           Net weight:
           Third country of origin:
           I, the undersigned, certify that the meat products described in the present certificate were inspected,
           following the conditions laid down in Directive                     , at the time of forwarding.
                                                                                                       (Signature)
                           (Place and date)                                                   (Name in capital letters)
                                                               ANNEX       C
                         SPECIAL MARK FOR MEAT REFERRED T O IN ARTICLE 5 (2) (a)
           The special mark for meat referred to under Article 5 (2) (a) must be as follows:
           — a mark, the form and the content of which has to be decided in accordance with the procedure
                laid down in Article 19,
           — two straight lines crossing the stamp diagonally intersecting at right angles at the centre of the
                stamp in such a way that the information is not obscured.