31.12. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 340/15 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/118/EC of 22 December 1993 amending Directive 85/73/EEC on the financing of health inspections and controls of fresh meat -and poultrymeat THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas animal products are included in the list of products contained in Annex II to the Treaty; whereas the marketing of those products constitutes a significant source of income for a large part of the agricultural population; Whereas Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (*), laid down in particular the requirements for veterinary checks to be carried out in the Member State of dispatch for a large number of animal products; Whereas Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (°) laid down in particular the requirements for checks to be carried out on animal products from third countries; Whereas Directive 85/73/EEC (¢) laid down harmonized rules on the financing of health inspections and controls in relation to fresh meat of certain animal species; whereas that Directive lays down in particular that a fee is to be collected for inspections and controls; Whereas Directive 85/73/EEC should be amended to take account of the new provisions concerning controls; 1 (1) O] No C 325, 14. 12. 1991, p. 21. (2) OJ No C 94, 13. 4. 1992, p. 326. (3) OJ No C 106, 27. 4. 1992, p. 17. () OJ No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 13. Directive last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (O] No L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49). () O] No L 373, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1. Directive last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (O] No L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49). (¢) O] No L 32, 5. 2. 1985, p. 14. Directive amended by Directive 88/409/EEC (O] No L 194, 22. 7. 1988, p. 28). Whereas the principles laid down by Directive 85/73/EEC, and in particular the principle of charging fees, should be extended; whereas such an extension is justified by the concern to ensure that the control arrangements operate effectively and distortions of competition are avoided; ' Whereas the necessary rules should now be laid down to ensure the financing of the checks on meat covered by Directives 64/433/EEC ("), 71/118/EEC (}) and 72/462/EEC (°); Whereas for the other products of animal origin detailed rules will be established at a later date taking account of the specific nature of the products to be checked, the nature of the checks to be made and the advisability, . having regard to the rules of competition, of setting a Community fee; Whereas the Community provisions on the matter must be presented homogeneously, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 85/73/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. The title shall be replaced by the following: ‘Council Directive 85/73/EEC on the financing of veterinary inspections and controls of animal products covered by Annex A to Directive 89/662/EEC and by Directive 90/675/EEC’. 2. Article 1 shall read as follows: ‘Article 1 1. The Member States shall ensure — the collection of a Community fee for the costs occasioned by health inspections and controls on the meat referred to in Directives 64/433/EEC, 72/462/EEC and 71/118/EEC, including the * expenses entailed by the checks referred to in Directive 86/469/EEC, as well as those resulting from monitoring the rules laid down in Directive 93/118/EC (*), 7) O] No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64. 5 OJ No L 55, 8. 3. 1971, p. 23. %) OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.