NoL373/56 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.85
COMMISSION DECISION
of13December1985
onthelistofestablishments inSpainapprovedforthepurposeofimportingfreshmeatintothe
Community
(85/606/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective72/462/EECof12
December1972onhealthandveterinaryinspection
problemsuponimportationofbovineanimalsandswineand
freshmeatfromthirdcountries(x),aslastamendedby
Directive83/91/EEC(2),andinparticularArticles4(1)and
18(1)thereof,
Whereasestablishments in•thirdcountriescannotbe
authorizedtoexportfreshmeattotheCommunityunless
theysatisfythegeneralandspecialconditionslaiddownin
Directive72/462/EEC;Whereasitshouldberecalledthatimportsoffreshmeatare
alsosubjecttootherCommunityveterinarylegislation,
particularly asregardsanimalhealthprotection
requirements ;
Whereasimportoffreshmeatfromtheestablishment
appearingintheAnnexremainssubjecttoprovisionslaid
downelsewhereandtothegeneralprovisionsoftheTreaty;
whereasinparticular,importfromthirdcountriesand
re-exporttootherMemberStatesofcertaincategoriesof
meat,suchasmeatcontainingresiduesofcertainsubstances
whicharenotyetcoveredbyharmonizedCommunityrules,
remainsubjecttothehealthlegislationoftheimporting
MemberState,whilerespectingthegeneralprovisionsofthe
Treaty;
WhereastheprovisionsofDirective72/462/EECapplyto
importsoffreshmeatfromSpainuntiltheentryintoforceof
theTreatyofAccessionofSpainandPortugal;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecisionarein
accordancewiththeopinionoftheStandingVeterinary
Committee,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
1.Theestablishment inSpainappearingintheAnnexis
herebyapprovedfortheimportoffreshmeatintothe
CommunitypursuanttothesaidAnnex.
2.Importsfromtheestablishment referredtoin
paragraph 1shallremainsubjecttotheCommunity
veterinaryprovisionslaiddownelsewhere,and,inparticular
thoseconcerninganimalhealthprotectionrequirements .Whereasonthebasisofafirstinspectionnoestablishments
werejudgedsatisfactoryandwhereasCommissionDecision
84/327/EEC(3)prohibitedMemberStates,ona
Communitybasis,fromimportingfreshmeatfrom
establishments inSpain,whilestillallowingthoseMember
Stateswhosenationallegislationsopermittedthepossibility
ofnotabruptlyinterruptingexistingtradeflowswiththe
establishments proposedbytheSpanishauthorities,fora
periodofsevenmonths;
WhereasafurtherinspectioncarriedoutpursuanttoArticle
5ofDirective72/462/EECandArticle3(1)ofCommission
Decision83/196/EECof8April1983concerningthe
on-the-spotinspectionstobecarriedoutinrespectofthe
importationofbovineanimalsandswineandfreshmeat
fromnon-membercountries(4)hasshownthatthestandard
ofhygieneinoneestablishmenthasbeenraisedandcanthus
beregardedassatisfactory ;
Whereasthisestablishment caninthesecircumstances be
includedinalistofestablishments authorizedtoexporttothe
Community ;
Whereas,therefore,Decision84/327/EECmustbe
repealed;Article2
MemberStatesshallprohibitimportsoffreshmeatcoming
fromestablishments otherthanthatappearinginthe
Annex.
(*)OJNoL302,31.12.1972,p.28.
(2)OJNoL59,5.3.1983,p.34.
(3)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.80.
(4)OJNoL108,26.4.1983,p.18.Article3
Decision84/327/EECisherebyrepealed.

31.12.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL373/57
DoneatBrussels,13December1985. Article4
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntil28February1986.
Article5
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
LISTOFESTABLISHMENTS
No Establishment Address
SHEEPMEAT ANDGOATMEAT
Slaughterhouse
MF10.709/SSErnestoMonteroAlonso Irun,Guipuzcoa