No L 59/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.3.83 - COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 7 February 1983 amending D|rect|ve 64/433/EEC on health problems affecting mtra -Community trade in fresh meat \ ! | ~ (83/90/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, \ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- pean Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof, 7 Having regard to the proposal from the Commis- sion (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Par- liament (2), \ Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas, so long as intra-Community trade is hin- dered by differences between the health require- ments of Member States concerning meat, the har- monious functioning of the common market and in particular of the relevant common organization of markets will not have the desired effect; Whereas, to eliminate such differences, the health provisions of the Member States must be approxi- mated; Whereas Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting intra-Commu- nity trade in fresh meat (%), as last amended by Directive 81/476/EEC (%), established the basis for this approximation; whereas in the meantime it has been subject to numerous modifications and further adaptations are necessary to take account of new developments; whereas it should therefore be amended accordingly; Whereas the object of this approximation must be in particular to standardize health requirements for meat in slaughterhouses and cutting plants and during storage and transportation; whereas the com- () OJ No C255,7.10. 1981, p. 2. (®» OJNoC267,11.10. 1982, p. 51. (®» OJ No C64,15.3.1982, p. 26. () OJ No 121,29.7.1964, p. 2012/64. (°) OJ No L 186,8.7.1981, p. 20. petent authorities of the Member States should be responsible for approving for intra-Community trade slaughterhouses, cutting plants and cold stores which meet the health requirements laid down by this Directive and for ensuring that the condmons for such approval are observed; Whereas Community control measures should also be introduced to ensure that the standards laid down in this Directive are uniformly applied in all the Member States; whereas the procedure for carry- ing out such controls should be determined in accordance with a Community procedure within the framework of the Standing Veterinary Committee set up by Decision 68/361/EEC (¢); Whereas provision should be made for using mechanically recovered meat for preparing meat ~ products intended for intra-Community trade; Whereas the principle should be adopted under which sampling inspections for the presence of resi- dues of substances likely to affect adversely the wholesomeness of fresh meat; Whereas countries of destination should be enabled to carry out non-discriminatory checks and inspec- tions, subject to compliance with the general provi- sions of the Treaty, as to whether consignments are complying with the requirements of this Directive; Whereas at the same time certain terminological shortcomings in the text, in particular as regards the correspondence between the various language ver- sions, should be corrected, since they might create difficulties in the application of the provisions con- cerned, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 64/433/EEC is hereby amended as fol- lows: (®) OJ No L 255, 18. 10. 1968, p. 23.