Division 21

United Kingdom

Council Directive 77/96/EEC of 21 December 1976 on the examination for trichinae (trichinella spiralis) upon importation from third countries of fresh meat derived from domestic swine ^f1.

Article 9 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 9
1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health set up by Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002^f2.
2.
Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC ^f3 shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
3.
The committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.’

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 67. Directive as last amended by Directive 94/59/EC (OJ L 315, 8.12.1994, p. 18).
f2: OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1.
f3: OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.