CELEX: 51985PC0157
Language: en
Date: 1985-04-09
Title: AMENDMENT OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 81/602/EEC CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES HAVING A HORMONAL ACTION AND OF ANY SUBSTANCES HAVING A THYROSTATIC ACTION

27. 4. 85                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 106/7
                          ORIGINAL TEXT                                                   AMENDED TEXT
                                                    Paragraph 2 unchanged
                            Article 14                                                       Article 14
                                             Paragraphs 1 and 2 unchanged
                                                                     2a. All the notifications made to the Commission
                                                                     pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be published by the
                                                                     Member States and made available to any person who so
                                                                     requests.
                            Article 15                                                       Article 15
1.    Member States shall adopt and publish the laws,                 1.   Member States shall adopt and publish the laws,
regulations and administrative provisions necessary to               regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
comply with this Directive before 1 July 1985 and shall              comply with this Directive before 1 July 1985 and shall
forthwith inform the Commission thereof.                             forthwith inform the Commission thereof. These
                                                                     administrative provisions shall be published by the
                                                                     Member States and made available to any person who so
                                                                     requests.
                                                    Paragraph 2 unchanged
             Amendment of the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 81/602/EEC
             concerning the prohibition of certain substances having a hormonal action and of any substances
                                                   having a thyrostatic action (')
                                                        COM(85) 157 final
             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of
                                                 the EEC Treaty on 3 April 1985)
                                                          (85/C 106/07)
             On 12 June 1984 the Commission submitted the above proposal to the Council. For the reasons
             indicated in the explanatory note the following amendments are made to the initial proposal:
             The following Article 5a is added:
                                                             Article 5a
                    1.     The Member States shall ensure that meat derived from farm animals to which have
                 been administered substances having an oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action for
                 fattening purposes, is identified after slaughter and bears a clear indication of this treatment.
                 2.      Member States shall ensure that the indication referred to in paragraph 1 is
                 reproduced clearly at all stages of preparation of meat until sale to the final consumer.
                 3.      Member States shall ensure that a mention including the indication referred to in
                 paragraph 2 is included on:
                 — the sales document in the case of meat destined for the domestic market,
                 — the health certificate referred to by Directives 64/433/EEC and 77/99/EEC in the case
                       of intra-Community trade.
                 4.      In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16 measures may be adopted to
                 ensure the uniform application of this Article.'
             (') OJ No C 170, 29. 6. 1984, p. 4.