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Date: 1979-07-13
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                               Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
             amending Directive 77/ 99 / EEC on health problems
             affecting intra-Community trade in meat products
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
   C0MC79 ) 380 final
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 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Council Directive 77 / 99 / EEC of 21 December 1976 on health problems affecting
intra-Community trade in meat products requires that meat products be
prepared from meat which satisfies the conditions laid down in respect of trade
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in fresh meat .
Although these provisions are pertinent as regards animal health guarantees
for the majority of traded products , it would seem that they could also be
extended to products which have , during their preparation , undergone a
treatment , particularly a heat treatment , which destroys the germs of
contagious diseases specific to the animals and prevents the spread of
those diseases .
The necessary amendments should therefore be made to the abovement ioned
Directive , providing for the possibility of using , in the Member State in
which it is obtained and for the preparation of certain categories of meat
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products intended for intra-Community trade , meat which complies with the
rules of hygiene in respect of consumption but is excluded from trade in
fresh meat as such for reasons of animal health .
 ---pagebreak---                                           COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                   amending Directive 77 / 99 / EEC * on health problems
                   affecting intra-Community trade in meat products
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    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
    and in particular Article              43 , thereof
    Having regard- to the proposal from the Commission ,
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     Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
                                                    (1 )
    Whereas Council Directive 77 / 99 / EEC
    lays down that only fresh
    meat suitable for . intra-Community trade may be used for the preparation of
    meat products ;
    Whereas the application of certain treatments , notably heat treatment which
    destroys the germs of animal diseases , :.to certain categories of meat which
    otherwise comply with the rules of hygiene for human consumption , permits
 s that meat , although excluded from intra-Community. trade in fresh meat for
     reasons of animal health , to be used for the preparation of meat products ;               „
     whereas Directive 77/ 99/ EEC should therefore be amended accordingly /
    HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE             :                                                  '
                                               Article 1
     Directive 77 / 99 / EEC is hereby amended as follows : „                ■
1 . In Article 2(1)(b ) the following indent is adder):
         Article 1 of Directive 72 / 461 / EEC ".                                    .
2 . Article 2(1 ) C c > is amended to read as. follows :                               v
     " - ( c ) fresh meat : fresh meat as defined in Article 1 of Directives
       64 / 433 / EEC , 71 / 118 / EEC and 72 / 461 / EEC and in Article 2 of Directive 72 / 462 / EEC ".
   - C1K0.J-. No -L 26 , 31.1.1977 , p. 85
 ---pagebreak--- The following point(i)a is inserted in Article 3C3)(a );
" -( i)a in accordance with Article 5a   of Directive 72 / 461 / EEC in the Member
  State in which the preparation is carried out ".
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                               Article 2
The Member States shall bring into force the laws , regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 July 1980 .
                               Article 3
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels .                                    For the Council
                                                      The President