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I
COMMISSION OFTHE'EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)522 final.
Brussels,6August1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
onthelisteofestablishments intheRepublicofFinland
approvedforthepurposeofimportingfreshmeatintothe
Community
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0MC82)522final.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Inapplication oftheCouncil Directive of12December 1972 ,theCommission must
draw upalist ofestablishments (abattoirs ,cutting plants ,cold stores )approved
forexport totheCommunity offresh meat ofbovine animals ,swine ,sheep ,goats
andofdomestic solipeds .For thepurpose ofdrawing upthis list ,aCommunity
mission visited Finland during themonths ofSeptember 1981andJune 1982 and ,on
thebasis ofinformation gathered on-the-spot, itisproposed todraw upalist
ofestablishments approved fortheCommunity asawhole .
Itconsists ofafirst list which must beveiy soon supplemented following anew
inspection mission made attherequest oftheThird Country concerned ,involving
establishments which this country regards asbeing-able toconform with Community
provisions inashort time .
.
TheCommission submitted theattached draft Decision totheStanding Veterinary
Committee which wasnot inaposition todeliver afavourable opinion .TheFederal
Republic ofGermany voted against because itestimated ,inview oftheresults of
thelast inspection carried outinArgentina during themonth ofMarch 1982 ,that
priority must begiven tothedecision concerning this country ;itiscorrect that
adraft ofthis type hasalready been drawn upbut ,because ofrecent events ,the
services oftheCommission have notbeen inaposition tocommence andcomplete in
duetime ,with theArgentinian authorities ,theinformation procedure which itis
normal tofollow before taking adecision concerning athird country .TheUnited
Kingdom abstained estimating thatj inthis field ,allapplication decisions ofthe
Directive 72/462/EECwould prejudice thedecisions which theCouncil hasnotyet
taken onthemodifications which theCommission proposed tomake tothis same
Directive .Ireland also abstained .Theother delegations delivered favourable
opinions .
TheCommission hereby transmits theattached proposal totheCouncil inapplication
oftheprocedure oftheStanding Veterinary Committee laid down inArticle 29of
Directive 72/462/EEC.

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILDECISION
ontheListofestablishments intheRepublicofFinlandapproved
forthepurposesofimportingfreshmeatintotheCommunity
THECOUNCIL .OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective 72/462/EECof12December1972onhealth
andveterinary inspection problemsuponimportation ofbovineanimalsand
(1)swineandfreshmeatfromthirdcountries ,andinparticularArticles
4(1)and18(1)(a)and(b)thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereasestablishments inthirdcountriescannotbeauthorised toexport
freshmeattotheCommunityunlesstheysatisfythegeneralandspecial
conditions laiddowninDirective 72/462/EEC;
WhereasFinlandhasforwarded,inaccordance withArticle4(3)ofDirective
72/462/EEC,alistoftheestablishments authorised toexporttothe
Community;
-WhereasCommunity on-the-spotvisitshaveshownthatthehygienestandards
ofmanyoftheseestablishments aresufficient andtheymaytherefore be
enteredonafirstlist,drawnupaccordingtoArticle4(1)ofthesaid
Directive,ofestablishments fromwhichimportation offreshmeatmaybe
authorised;
Whereasthecaseoftheotherestablishments proposedbyFinlandhastobe
reexamined onthebasisofadditional information regardingtheirhygiene
standards andtheirabilitytoadaptquicklytotheCommunityrules;
(1)Ne,L302,31.12.1972,p.28.

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Whereas ,inthemeantime and soastoavoid any abrupt -interruption of
existing trade flows ,these establishments may beauthorized temporarily to
continue their exports offresh meat tothose Member States prepared to
accept them ;
Whereas itwill therefore benecessary toreexamine and,ifnecessary ,
amend this Decision inthe light ofmeasures taken tothis endand improve­
ments made ;
Whereas itshould berecalled that imports offresh meat are also subject
toother Community veterinary rules ,. particularly asregards health
protection requirements ,including thespecial provisions forDenmark ,
Ireland and theUnited Kingdom ;
Whereas theconditions for the importation offresh meat from establishments
appearing onthelist annexed tothis Decision remain subject to
provisions laid down elsewhere and tothegeneral provisions ofthe Treaty ;
whereas inparticular ,theimportation from third countries and the re-
exportation toother Member States ofcertain categories ofmeat ,such as
cuts weighing less than 3kg,ormeat containing residues ofcertain
substances which arenotyet covered byharmonised Community rules ,remain
subject tothehealth legislation oftheimporting Member State ;
Whereas ,since theStanding Veterinary Committee hasnotgiven afavourable opinion ,
theCommission isunable toadopt theprivisions ithadenvisaged onthis
matter under theprocedure provided for inArticle 29ofthe Directive
referred toabove ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 1
1.Theestablishments inFinland listed intheAnnex arehereby approved fortheimporting
purposes of / *fresh meat into theCommunity pursuant tothesaid
Annex . -
2.Imports from those establishments shall remain subject totheCommunity
veterinary provisions laid down elsewhere ,and .inparticular chose
concerning health protection requirements .

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Article 2
1.MemberStatesshallprohibitimportsoffreshmeatcomingfromestabl
meritsotherthanthoselistedintheAnnex.
2„Thisprohibition ,however,shallnotapplyuntil1April1983to
establishments whicharenotlistedintheAnnexbutwhichhavebeen
officially approvedandproposedbytheFinnishauthorities asof
10June1982pursuanttoArticle4(3)ofDirective 72/462/EEC,unless
adecisionistakentothecontrary,inaccordance withArticle4(1)
oftheabovementioned Directive,before1April1983.
TheCommission shallforwardthelistoftheseestablishments tothe
I
Article3
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1October 1982.
Article4
ThisDecisionshallbereviewedandifnecessary amendedbefore1March
1983.
Article5
ThisDecisionisaddressed totheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, >•offreshmeatcomingfromestablis
Annex.
TheCommission
Member .States.
FortheCouncil

FINLANDANNEX
LIST OPESTABLISHMENTS
I.BOVINE MEAT
A.Slaughterhouses and cutting premises
Establishment No Address
17 Forssan Teurastamo Qy Forssan
B.Slaughterhouses
7 Lahden Kaupungin Teurastamo Lahti
II.PIGMEAT
A.Slaughterhouses and cutting premises
22 Itikka
17 Porssan Teurastamo QyNurmo
Porssan
B.SIaught erhouse s
7
73Lahden Kaupungin Teurastamo Lahti
Pouttu Qy Kannus
92
91III .COLD STORES
Pakastamo Oy
Pakastamo OyKolohonka
Pitajanmaki