Veterinary checks in intra-Community trade

PURPOSE: to codify on Council Directive 89/662/EEC concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market.

PROPOSED ACT:  Council Directive.

CONTENT: the purpose of this proposal is to codify EU provisions on Council Directive 89/662/EEC concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market. In codifying legislative acts that have been amended frequently the EU is seeking to both simplify and clarify EU legislation.

The new Directive will supersede the various acts incorporated in it. It fully preserves the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together, with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.