CELEX: 51991PC0384
Language: en
Date: 1991-10-18
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Council Directive 89/437/EEC on hygiene and health problems affecting the production and the placing on the market of egg products

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          C0M(91) 384 f mal
                                          Brussels, 18 October 1991
                           Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
        amending Council Directive 89/437/EEC on hygiene
      and health problems affecting the production and the
              placing on the markot of egg products
                   (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 Article 10 of Directive 89/437/EEC on hygiene and health problems affecting
 the production and the placing on the market of egg products1) provides for
 the Annex to the Directive to be amended by the Council acting by a qualified
 majority on a proposal from the Commission.
 The purpose of this proposal is to apply that procedure in order to adapt
 certain provisions of the Annex to Directive 89/437/EEC to scientific and
 technological progress. The provisions involved relate to testing for
 staphylococci in egg products and to the storage conditions for egg products
with low water activity.
The adoption of this proposal is intended to achieve a more rational
application of the Directive.
The proposal has no financial implications for the Community budget.
1) OJ No. L 212, 22.07.1989, p.87.
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                                 DRAFT PROPOSAL
                                      for a
                               COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
amending Council Directive 89/437/EEC on hygiene and health problems affecting
the production and the placing on the market of egg products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/437/EEC on hygiene and health problems
affecting the production and the placing on the market of egg products1 \  as
                                2
amended by Directive 89/662/EEC >, and in particular Article 10 thereof,
                                                                    «
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas certain provisions of the Annex should be adapted to scientific arwl
technological progress, in accordance with Article 10 of Directive l$/43^/t£C,
as regards testing for staphylococci in egg products and the storage
temperatures for certain egg products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE,
                                    Article 1
The Annex to Directive 89/437/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. The third indent of point 1(b) of Chapter VI is replaced by th#-following:
   "- Staphylococcus aureus : absence in 1g of egg product".
1) OJ No. L 212, 22.07.1989, p, 87.
2) OJ No. L 395, 30.1.1989, p.13.
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 2. The fourth indent of point 3 of Chapter    IX is deleted
                                    Article 2
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative
provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 1991. They
shall  inform the Commission thereof forthwith.
The laws, regulations and administrative provisions adopted by the Member
States shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by
such a reference at the time of their official publication. The nature of such
reference shall be determined by the Member States.
                                    Art icle 3
This Directive is addressed to the Member States
Done at                                                      For the Counci
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