14.9. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 268/35 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992 on public health and animal health problems relating to the killing of wild game and the placing on the market of wild-game meat THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the FEuropean Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas game meat is included in the list of products in Annex II to the Treaty; whereas the placing on the market of wild game meat constitutes an additional source of income for part of the farming population; Whereas, in order to ensure the rational development of this sector and to improve productivity, rules concerning public health and animal health problems affecting the production and placing on the market of wild game meat must be laid down at Community level; Whereas disparities as regards animal health and public health conditions in the Member States should be eliminated in order to encourage intra-Community trade in such meat, with a view to the completion of the internal market; Whereas diseases communicable to domestic animals and humans may be spread by such meat; whereas it is necessary to lay down rules enabling these risks to be controlled; Whereas it is necessary to lay down the hygiene conditions in which wild game meat must be obtained, processed and inspected, in order to prevent food-borne infections or food poisoning; Whereas it is necessary to stipulate the hygiene rules to be complied with by wild game processing houses for the purposes of approval for trade; Whereas, in respect of the organization of, and the follow-up to, the checks to be carried out by the Member State of destination and the safeguard measures to be implemented, reference should be made to general rules laid down in (1) OJ No C 327, 30. 12. 1989, p. 40, and O] No C 311, 12. 12. 1990, p. 5. (2) OJ No C 260, 15. 10. 1990, p. 154. (*) O] No C 124, 21. 5. 1990, p. 7. 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 (*); Whereas wild game and wild-game meat imported from third countries should be subject to the minimum requirements laid down by this Directive for trade between Member States, and compliance therewith should be monitored in accordance with the principles and rules set out in Directive 90/675/EEC (5); Whereas it is appropriate to permit derogations for small quantities of wild game meat; Whereas it is appropriate to grant temporary derogations to allow wild game processing houses to comply with the new requirements; Whereas the Commission should be charged with adopting measures to implement this Directive; whereas, to thatend, a procedure should be set up establishing close and effective cooperation between the Commission and the Member States within the Standing Veterinary Committee; Whereas the deadline for transposition into national law, set at 1 January 1994 in Article 23, should not affect the abolition of veterinary checks at frontiers on 1 January 1993, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: CHAPTER I General provisions Article 1 1.  This Directive lays down public health and animal health rules applicable to the killing of wild game and to the preparation and placing on the market of wild game meat. (*) OJ No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 13. Last amended by Directive 91/496/EEC (O] No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 56). (%) 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 (O No L 373, 31. 12. 1990, p.1). Amended by Directive 91/496/EEC (O] No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 56).