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Commission Decision of 6 November 2006 repealing certain implementing acts concerning food hygiene and health conditions for the production and placing on the market of certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption (notified under document number C(2006) 5175) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/765/EC)

EU Decision 2006/765 · Adopted 6 November 2006 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Decision

of 6 November 2006

repealing certain implementing acts concerning food hygiene and health conditions for the production and placing on the market of certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption

(notified under document number C(2006) 5175)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/765/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal originf1, and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumptionf2, and in particular Article 16 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The animal and public health rules governing the production and placing on the market of products of animal origin are laid down in Regulations (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffsf3, (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004.

(2)

Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilf4 repealed certain directives concerning food hygiene and health conditions for the production and placing on the market of certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption and specified that the implementing measures adopted on the basis of these texts would remain in force pending their replacement. For reasons of legal certainty it is necessary formally to repeal the implementing measures, which have been replaced by the following acts:

  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffsf5,

  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 of 5 December 2005 laying down implementing measures for certain products under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and for the organisation of official controls under Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, derogating from Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) 854/2004f6,

  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005 of 5 December 2005 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meatf7.

(3)

The abovementioned Regulations have applied since 11 January 2006.

(4)

Council Decision 94/371/EC of 20 June 1994 laying down specific public health conditions for the putting on the market of certain types of eggsf8 was adopted by the Council following the unfavourable opinion of the veterinary committee. The Commission, however, retains its implementing powers.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55; corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 (OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 83).

f2

OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206; corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 83. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005.

f3

OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1; corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 3.

f4

OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33; corrected by OJ L 195, 2.6.2004, p. 12.

f5

OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 1.

f6

OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 27.

f7

OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 60.

f8

OJ L 168, 2.7.1994, p. 34.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature

1

The following directives and decisions are repealed with effect from 11 January 2006:

  1. 1..

    Commission Directive 83/201/EEC of 12 April 1983 establishing exceptions from Council Directive 77/99/EEC for certain products which contain other foodstuffs and only a small percentage of meat or meat productf1.

  2. 2..

    Commission Decision 84/371/EEC of 3 July 1984 establishing the characteristics of the special mark for fresh meat referred to in Article 5(a) of Directive 64/433/EECf2.

  3. 3..

    Commission Decision 87/260/EEC of 28 April 1987 granting a derogation to the Netherlands and fixing the equivalent health conditions to be respected in relation to cutting of fresh meatf3.

  4. 4..

    Commission Decision 87/266/EEC of 8 May 1987 recognizing that the staff medical check-up scheme submitted by the Netherlands offers equivalent guaranteesf4.

  5. 5..

    Commission Decision 87/562/EEC of 24 November 1987 granting derogation to the Federal Republic of Germany and fixing the equivalent health conditions to be respected in relation to cutting of fresh meatf5.

  6. 6..

    Commission Decision 88/235/EEC of 7 March 1988 granting derogation to Denmark and fixing the equivalent health conditions to be respected in relation to cutting of fresh meatf6.

  7. 7..

    Commission Decision 88/363/EEC of 13 June 1988 granting derogation to the United Kingdom and fixing the equivalent health conditions to be respected in relation to cutting of fresh meatf7.

  8. 8..

    Commission Decision 90/30/EEC of 10 January 1990 granting derogation to Spain and fixing the equivalent health conditions to be respected in relation to cutting of fresh meatf8.

  9. 9..

    Commission Decision 90/31/EEC of 10 January 1990 granting derogation to France and fixing the equivalent health conditions to be respected to cutting of fresh meatf9.

  10. 10..

    Commission Decision 90/469/EEC of 5 September 1990 granting derogation to Italy and fixing the equivalent health conditions to be respected in relation to cutting of fresh meatf10.

  11. 11..

    Commission Decision 90/514/EEC of 25 September 1990 recognizing that the staff medical check-up scheme submitted by Denmark offers equivalent guaranteesf11.

  12. 12..

    Commission Decision 92/92/EEC of 9 January 1992 laying down the requirements relating to equipment and structure of dispatch and purification centres for live bivalve molluscs, for which derogations may be grantedf12.

  13. 13..

    Commission Decision 93/140/EEC of 19 January 1993 laying down the detailed rules relating to the visual inspection for the purpose of detecting parasites in fishery productsf13.

  14. 14..

    Commission Decision 94/14/EC of 21 December 1993 setting up the list of establishments in the Community for which are granted temporary and limited derogation from specific Community health rules on the production and marketing of fresh meatf14.

  15. 15..

    Commission Decision 94/92/EC of 17 February 1994 concerning the financial aid from the Community for the operations of the Community Reference Laboratory for marine biotoxins (Laboratorio del Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Vigo, Spain)f15.

  16. 16..

    Commission Decision 94/356/EC of 20 May 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 91/493/EEC, as regards own health checks on fishery productsf16.

  17. 17..

    Council Decision 94/371/EC of 20 June 1994 laying down specific public health conditions for the putting on the market of certain types of eggsf17.

  18. 18..

    Commission Decision 94/383/EC of 3 June 1994 on the criteria to be applied to establishments manufacturing meat products without having an industrial structure or an industrial production capacityf18.

  19. 19..

    Commission Decision 94/837/EC of 16 December 1994 laying down special conditions for the approval of the re-wrapping centres referred to in Council Directive 77/99/EEC and rules for the marketing of the products therefromf19.

  20. 20..

    Commission Decision 95/149/EC of 8 March 1995 fixing the total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N) limit values for certain categories of fishery products and specifying the analysis methods to be usedf20.

  21. 21..

    Commission Decision 95/165/EC of 4 May 1995 establishing uniform criteria for the grant of derogations to certain establishments manufacturing milk-based productsf21.

  22. 22..

    Commission Decision 96/536/EC of 29 July 1996 establishing the list of milk-based products in respect of which Member States are authorised to grant individual or general derogations pursuant to Article 8(2) of Directive 92/46/EEC and the nature of the derogations applicable to the manufacture of such productsf22.

  23. 23..

    Commission Decision 96/658/EC of 13 November 1996 laying down the special conditions for the approval of establishments situated in wholesale marketsf23.

  24. 24..

    Commission Decision 98/470/EC of 9 July 1998 implementing Council Directive 89/662/EEC as regards information on veterinary checksf24.

  25. 25..

    Commission Decision 2001/471/EC of 8 June 2001 laying down rules for the regular checks on the general hygiene carried out by the operators in establishments according to Directive 64/433/EEC on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat and Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems affecting the production and placing on the market of fresh poultry meatf25.

  26. 26..

    Commission Decision 2002/225/EC of 15 March 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Directive 91/492/EEC as regards the maximum levels and the methods of analysis of certain marine biotoxins in bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropodsf26.

  27. 27..

    Commission Decision 2002/477/EC of 20 June 2002 laying down public health requirements for fresh meat and fresh poultrymeat imported from third countries, and amending Decision 94/984/ECf27.

  28. 28..

    Commission Decision 2003/380/EC of 22 May 2003 granting to Sweden a derogation from Council Directive 64/433/EEC and fixing the equivalent health conditions to be respected in relation to cutting of fresh meatf28.

  29. 29..

    Commission Decision 2003/774/EC of 30 October 2003 approving certain treatments to inhibit the development of pathogenic micro-organisms in bivalve molluscs and marine gastropodsf29.

2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Signature

Done at Brussels, 6 November 2006.

For the Commission

Markos Kyprianou

Member of the Commission