Document ID: 31994D0383

COMMISSION DECISION of 3 June 1994 on the criteria to be applied to establishments manufacturing meat products without having an industrial structure or an industrial production capacity (Text with EEA relevance) (94/383/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/99/EEC of 21 December 1976 on health problems affecting the production and marketing of meat products and certain other products of animal origin (1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular
Article 9
(5) thereof,
Whereas it is necessary to lay down criteria for the classification of establishments in order to ensure a uniform implementation of Directive 77/99/EEC;
Whereas Member States have communicated to the Commission the criteria which they have adopted to assess whether an establishment or a category of establishments has no industrial structure or production capacity;
Whereas the derogations referred to in Article 9 (1) and (2) of Directive 77/99/EEC concern only the structure of the estabishments and not the hygienic requirements laid down in the said Directive;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. For the purpose of granting the derogations referred to in Article 9 (1) and (2) of Directive 77/99/EEC, Member States shall fix a maximum production limit for each establishment.
When fixing that limit, they shall take particular account of the following parameters: the establishment's structure and layout, the flow of the products, and the storage capacity for raw materials and end products.
2. The granting of the derogations referred to in paragraph 1 is subject to observance by each establishment of the production limit laid down in pursuance of paragraph 1.
3. In no case shall the production limit laid down in paragraph 1 exceed a quantity of 7,5 tonnes of finished product per week, or one tonne per week in the case of foie gras production.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 June 1994.

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