in the centre, the veterinary approval number of the slaughterhouse or, where appropriate, the cutting premises or rewrapping centre,

(c) harvesting of head meat from bovine in cutting plants specifically authorised for this purpose in accordance with the following provisions:

in the centre, the veterinary approval number of the wild game processing house or, where appropriate, the cutting premises,

When the cutting premises use fresh meat other than poultrymeat, it must conform to the relevant Community standards.

The competent authority must satisfy itself that procedures used in the cutting plants ensure that the following lymph nodes have been removed:

'After one year of compliance with the criteria laid down in Annex Via in a particular cutting plant, the frequency of tests shall be reduced to once every six months.

Any fresh meat which is suspected of having been contaminated at the slaughterhouse, cutting plant or storage depot or in the course of transport must be excluded from trade;

bovine heads intended for transport to cutting plants specifically authorised for the harvesting of head meat, shall comply with the following provisions:

Meat which does not fulfil the conditions of Article 3 (1) B (b) may be placed in approved cutting rooms only on condition that it is stored there in special places;

Cold stores located outside a slaughterhouse or cutting premises shall, as regards the storage of fresh poultrymeat, remain under the supervision of an official veterinarian.

Addresse(es) and veterinary approval number(s) (2) of approval slaugherhouse(s):

When cutting plants use fresh meat other than poultrymeat, such meat must conform to the relevant standards of Directives 64/433/EEC(2), 91/495/EEC (3) and 92/45/EEC(4).

As regards the supervision of cutting premises and storage, the intervention of an official veterinarian, as provided for by this Directive, shall be obligatory only from a date to be determined by the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission.

cutting plants, high-risk processing plants or premises referred to in Articles 3 and 7 of Directive 90/667/EEC, under the supervision of a designated agent appointed by the competent authority.

hearts, livers and gizzards, shall be dispatched from an approved slaughterhouse, cutting premises or rewrapping centre to a meat and meat product establishment for treatment subject to the following conditions:

means internal and external body fat removed during the slaughter and cutting process, in particular fresh fat from the heart, caul and kidney of bovine animals, and fat from cutting rooms;

the harvesting of head meat from bovine heads in cutting plants specifically authorised for this purpose shall be in accordance with a control system, recognised by the competent authority, to ensure the prevention of possible contamination of head meat.

Member States may, before the end of the period referred to in Article 16 (b), grant to slaughterhouses or cutting premises in their territory which pursued this activity before 15 February 1975, and which expressly request it:

Member States shall forthwith forward to the Commission the list of slaughterhouses and cutting premises granted a derogation, together with any amendments to the regulations governing such slaughterhouses and cutting premises.

cutting plants, high-risk processing plants or premises referred to in Articles 3 and 7 of Directive 90/667/EEC(1), under the supervision of a designated agent appointed by the competent authority.

Whereas, as in the case of slaughterhouses, Member States should retain the power to approve cutting premises and to ensure compliance with the conditions on which such approval depends;

(4) The establishment put forward by Estonia meets all the requirements laid down in Directive 72/462/EEC in order to be designated as a slaughterhouse and approved cutting plant from which imports into the EU may be permitted in accordance with Article 18 of the Directive.

"discrete adipose tissue" means internal and external body fat removed during the slaughter and cutting process, in particular fresh fat from the heart, caul, kidneys and mesentery of bovine animals, and fat from cutting rooms;

Health certificate for the carcases of ducks and geese reared for the production of "foie gras", stunned, bled and plucked on the fattening farm and transported to a cutting plant which is equipped with a separate room for evisceration

Whereas establishments situated in wholesale markets to which Directives 64/433/EEC, 17/118/EEC and 77/99/EEC apply, have special technical characteristics; these establishments are using certain rooms in common, for example meat cutting rooms;

(6) As the condition of heads depends mainly on their careful handling and a safe sealing of the frontal shot hole and the foramen magnum, control systems must be in place in the slaughterhouses and in the specifically authorised cutting plants.

cuts smaller than quarters or boned meat from cutting plants inspected pursuant to Article 4 and approved for this purpose in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 29. Such meat, in addition to complying with the conditions laid down in Article 17 (2) and (3), shall comply with the following requirements:

for the carcases of poultry for delayed evisceration or for carcases of ducks and geese reared for the production of 'foie gras', stunned, bled and plucked on the fattening farm and transported to a cutting plant which is equipped with a separate room for evisceration

'In the case of ducks and geese reared for the production of "foie gras" and stunned, bled and plucked on the fattening farm, the certificate referred to in Annex Ilia must accompany the uneviscerated carcases on arrival at the cutting plant equipped with the separate room for evisceration.

whereas Council Directive No 71/118/EEC (3) of 15 February 1971 on health problems affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat, as last amended by Directive No 747 387/EEC (4), has not removed all these differences since it contains no provisions relating to cutting premises;

However, until 15 February 1980, authorization may be given, in exceptional cases, for pipes carrying non-drinking water to pass through rooms where meat is present in cutting premises in operation before 15 February 1975, provided that there are no taps or outlets on the sections of the pipes which pass through the said rooms;

Member States shall carry out frequent official inspections to verify the correct application of this part and shall ensure that measures are taken to avoid any contamination, particularly in slaughterhouses, cutting plants or other places where specified risk material is removed, such as butcher shops or establishments referred in point 5(c).

- the heads which have not been properly sealed in accordance with the second indent, where the eyes are damaged or lost immediately prior to or after slaughter or which were otherwise damaged in a way which might result in contamination of the head meat with central nervous tissue shall be excluded from transport to the specifically authorised cutting plants,

Raw materials listed in the first six indents of paragraph 1 shall come from slaughterhouses, cutting plants, meat processing establishments, wild game processing plants, bone degreasing plants, tanneries, collection centres, retail shops, or premises adjacent to sales points where the cutting and the storage of meat and poultrymeat is performed for the sole purpose of supplying the final consumer directly.

for large packagings, an oval mark at least 6,5 cm wide by 4,5 cm high, containing the name of the country, its ISO code and the veterinary approval number of the slaughterhouse or, where appropriate, the cutting premises or rewrapping-centre; the letters must be at least 0,8 cm high and the figures at least 1 cm high; the health mark may, in addition, include an indication enabling identification of the veterinarian who carried out the health inspection of the meat.

'Notwithstanding the requirements of the first subparagraph, birds intended for the production of 'foie gras' may be stunned, bled and plucked on the fattening farm, provided that these operations are carried out in a separate room which complies with the requirements of Annex I, Chapter I, C, and that, in accordance with Annex I, Chapter XIV, the unconeviscerated carcases are transported immediately to an approved cutting plant which is equipped with a special room as defined in Annex I, Chapter II, (2) (b) a, where the carcases must be eviscerated within 24 hours.

Member States shall carry out frequent official inspections to verify the correct application of this Section and shall ensure that measures are taken to avoid any contamination, particularly in slaughterhouses, cutting plants, animal waste processing plants, high-risk processing plants or premises approved by the Member States in accordance with Article 7 of Directive 90/667/EEC, points of sale to the consumer, landfill sites and other facilities for storage or incineration.

Member States shall carry out frequent official inspections to verify the correct application of this Annex and shall ensure that measures are taken to avoid any contamination, particularly in slaughterhouses, cutting plants, animal waste processing plants, high-risk processing plants or premises approved by the Member States in accordance with Article 7 of Directive 90/667/EEC, points of sale to the consumer, landfill sites and other facilities for storage or incineration.

Member States are to carry out frequent official inspections to verify the correct application of this Annex and ensure that measures are taken to avoid contamination, particularly in slaughterhouses, cutting plants, animal waste processing plants, high risk processing plants or premises authorised by the Member States in accordance with Article 7 of Directive 90/667/EEC, points of sale to the consumer, landfill sites and other facilities for storage or incineration.

Notwithstanding Article 8, first subparagraph, in the case of meat from farmed game birds obtained and put on the market in their territory, Member States may, with due regard for the general provisions of the Treaty, grant those slaughterhouses or cutting premises situated in their territory which were engaged in that activity prior to the date of notification of this Directive and which expressly so request, a derogation from the slaughter and evisceration provisions laid down in Chapter V of Annex I to Directive 71 /118 / EEC in the case of the production of partially eviscerated or non-eviscerated farmed game birds.

a cutting room;

"establishment" means a slaughterhouse or cutting premises approved in accordance with Article 5."

Cutting premises CS:

In Article 4 (4) there shall be inserted after the word "slaughterhouse" the words "or cutting plant".

" ESTABLISHMENT " MEANS AN APPROVED SLAUGHTERHOUSE , AN APPROVED CUTTING PLANT OR AN APPROVED STORE;

'establishment' means an approved slaughterhouse, an approved cutting plant, an approved cold store or a unit grouping together several such establishments;

HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS FOR CUTTING PREMISES

the approval number of the cutting hall which performed the cutting operation on the carcass or group of carcases and the Member State or third country in which the hall is established.

IN DECIDING WHETHER A SLAUGHTERHOUSE , A CUTTING PLANT OR A STORE SITUATED OUTSIDE A SLAUGHTERHOUSE OR PLANT MAY APPEAR ON ONE OF THE LISTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 , PARTICULAR ACCOUNT SHALL BE TAKEN OF :

THE MEAT HAS BEEN CUT IN AN APPROVED CUTTING PLANT (4);