CELEX: 51987PC0051
Language: en
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

No C 55/10                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                      3.3.87
               Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 80/215/EEC on animal health problems
                                        affecting intra-Community trade in meat products
                                                         COM(87) 51 final
                                (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 13 February 1987)
                                                            (87/C 55/12)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                           (ii) or under the following conditions:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                   — the meat must be fully boned and the
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                                            main lymphatic glands removed;
thereof,
                                                                                        — the piece of meat to be treated must
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                          not weigh more than 5 kg;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
                                                                                        — before heating, each piece of meat as
liament,                                                                                    referred to above must be enclosed in
                                                                                           a hermetically sealed container;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,
                                                                                        — the meat in its container must
                                                                                           undergo heat treatment in strict
Whereas Article 4 (1) of Council Directive 80/215/                                         conformity      with   the    following
EEC ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                            conditions:
3768/85 (2), defines the types of treatment likely to
destroy agents responsible for livestock diseases in meat
products with a view to permitting intra-Community                                         — the products must be kept at a
trade in such products under certain conditions;                                                temperature of at least 60 °C for
                                                                                                a minimum of four hours during
                                                                                                which the temperature must reach
Whereas experience gained and advances in scientific                                            at least 70 °C for a minimum of
knowledge and meat technology enable a new treatment                                            30 minutes,
providing the requisite guarantees to be used;
                                                                                           — the temperature of a represen-
Whereas the inclusion of this treatment amongst the                                             tative number of samples of each
others already prescribed should facilitate a higher                                            batch of products must be
degree of free movement in the Community which will                                             monitored constantly using an
increase the value of production while avoiding the risk                                        automatic temperature recording
of spreading disease,                                                                           instrument measuring the internal
                                                                                                temperature of the product and of
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:                                                                     the heating equipment,
                           Article 1                                                            throughout treatment, measures
                                                                                                must be taken to prevent any
Article 4 of Directive 80/215/EEC is hereby amended as                                          possible recontamination.'
follows:
                                                                         (b) Point (b) (i) is replaced by the following:
 1. Paragraph 1 is amended as follows:
    (a) Point (a) 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 \
        '(a) heat treatment carried out:
              (i) either in a hermetically sealed container
                                                                         (c) The following subparagraph is added:
                  with an Fc value of 3,00 or more;
                                                                             'The products mentioned in this Article must be
O O J N o L 4 7 , 21.2. 1980, p. 4.                                          prepared under constant veterinary supervision
O OJNoL362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8.                                              and protected from any recontamination'.
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2. Paragraph 2 (b) is replaced by the following:                                                Article 2
     '(b) the health certificate specified in Annex A,               Member States shall bring into force, not later than 1
          Chapter VIII, to Directive 77/99/EEC contains,             July 1987, the laws, regulations and administrative
          without prejudice to footnote (3) of that cer-             provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They
          tificate, the following words under the heading            shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
          "Nature of products": "Treated in accordance
          with Article 4 (1) (a) of Directive 80/215/EEC"
                                                                                                Article 3
          or "Treated in accordance with Article 4 (1) (b)
          of Directive 80/215/EEC".'                                 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
                 Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the extension of the period of validity of the
                 Council Decision 85/214/EEC of 26 March 1985 and the Council Decision 86/23/EEC of 4
                                                          February 1986
                                                        COM(87)      59final
                                       (Submitted by the Commission on 18 February 1987)
                                                           (87/C 55/13)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas, in the absence of an agreed development
                                                                     programme at the time of the above mentioned
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Decisions, the application of these Decisions was
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235                    restricted to an initial period of two years expiring on 2
thereof,                                                             April 1987;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   Whereas, the CADDIA Steering Committee instituted by
                                                                     the Decision 85/214/EEC, at its meeting of 18 February
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                     1986, agreed an initial development programme for the
liament,                                                             agricultural, customs and statistical sectors together with
                                                                     common actions in the field of II standards;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                    Whereas, 1992 is the date scheduled for the completion
                                                                     of the internal market for which the CADDIA
Whereas, by its Decision 85/214/EEC of 26 March                      programme is an important element, the CADDIA
1985 O , the Council taking note of the Commission's                 Steering Committee has stated that the period of validity
report and of the proposal made pursuant to the                      of the Decision 85/214/EEC and of the Decision
Decision 82/607/EEC, has agreed that the Commission                  86/23/EEC should now be extended until the end of
should be responsible for implementing the coordination               1992,
measures necessary for the specification, implementation
and use of CADDIA telematic facilities by the Member                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
States and itself, in accordance with an agreed
development programme;                                                                         Sole Article
Whereas, by its Decision 86/23/EEC of 4 February                     The initial period of application mentioned in Article 5
 1986 (2), the Council specified the arrangements for                 of Council Decision 85/214/EEC and in Article 6 of
 implementing the CD Project as an integral part of the               Council Decision 86/23/EEC is hereby extended until
 CADDIA long-term development programme;                              the end of 1992.
 (') O J N o L 9 6 , 3.4. 1985, p. 35.
 O OJ No L 33, 8. 2. 1986, p. 28.