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F1 Inserted by Commission Decision of 11 July 2001 amending Decision 94/984/EC laying down animal health conditions and veterinary certificates for the importation of fresh poultrymeat from third countries and repealing Decisions 96/181/EC, 96/387/EC, 96/712/EC and 97/593/EC (notified under document number C(2001) 1841) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/598/EC).
[F2The health mark referred to in Article 1(2)] of Decision 94/984/EC must include:
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for meat wrapped in individual units or for small packages:
on the upper part, the ISO code reference of the country of origin,
in the centre, the veterinary approval number of the slaughterhouse or, where appropriate, the cutting premises or rewrapping centre,
the letters and figures mut be 0,2 centimetres high;
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.
The material used for marking must meet all hygiene requirements and the information shall appear on it in perfectly legible form.
The provisions of points 65, 67 and 68 of Chapter XII of Annex I to Directive 71/118/EEC apply mutatis mutandis for health marking procedures, as well as for the use of large packagings.]