Production and marketing of products of animal origin

OBJECTIVE: to grant temporary and limited derogations from specific Community health rules on the production and marketing of certain products of animal origin. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Directive 92/120/EEC on the conditions for granting temporary and limited derogations from specific Community health rules on the production and marketing of certain products of animal origin. CONTENT: - Member States may, until 31 December 1995, authorise establishments manufacturing products of animal origin to derogate from some of the requirements laid down in Directive 77/99/EEC; - derogations may be granted only to establishments which have submitted an application for a derogation to the competent national authority; - Member States must notify the Commission of the establishments which comply with the requirements of Directive 77/99/EEC; - the minimum output for slaughterhouses benefiting from the derogation are extended to 20 livestock units per week and 1 000 livestock units per year respectively until 31 December 1994. DEADLINE FOR TRANSPOSITION INTO NATIONAL LEGISLATION: 01/01/1993. �