§ Mr. GillTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which other EU member states have implemented directive 92/117 for the harmonisation of rules governing the prevention of specified zoonoses diseases. [17182]
§ Mrs. BrowningArticle 8 of directive 92/117 requires member states to submit to the Commission details of the measures they are taking to implement the requirements688W of the directive. We believe nine member states have so far submitted plans, but only Denmark's plan has been accepted as being fully compatible with the objectives of the directive while the others, including the United Kingdom's, have been rejected.
The Commission's main objection to the United Kingdom's measures is our policy of offering alternatives to slaughter in respect of parent broiler breeder flocks found on investigation to be infected with salmonella enteritidis or salmonella typhimurium.