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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)611final.
Brussels,8November1979
Proposalfora
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
prolonging,inrespectofswinefever,certainderogations granted
toDenmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Denmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomundertheActofAccession and
certainDirectives wereallowedderogations tomaintaintheirNational
provisionsforensuringprotection againstswinefever.
TheCommission hasmadeproposalstotheCouncilforharmonised Community
rulesforthecontrolofthisdisease,howeverthereisinsufficient time
remainingpriortotheexpiryofthesederogations foreithertheCouncil
toadopttheserulesorfortheMemberStatestoimplement them.Itwill
therefore'be necessarytoextendforafurtherperiodofoneyeartheabove
mentionedderogations .

ProposaI
fora
CouncilDirective
prolonging,inrespectofswinefever,certain
derogations grantedtoDenmark,'IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticles43and100thereof,,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
Whereas,underArticle 1ofCouncilDirective79/580/EEC(1),Denmark,Ireland
andtheUnitedKingdomwereauthorizedtoretainuntil31December1979their
nationalprovisionsforensuringprotection againstswinefeverr
I
WhereasCommunityrulesoffertheonlyfinalsolutiontotheproblemscausedby
thisdisease; » ■
Whereas,althoughthenecessaryproposalshavebeentransmitted bytheCommission
asufficientperiodshouldbeprovidedfortheiradoptionbytheCounciland
theirimplementation bytheMemberStatespriortotheexpiryoftheabove-
mentionedderogations ;
Whereas,therefore,thederogations grantedtoDenmark,Irelandandthe
UnitedKingdominrespectofswinefevershouldbeextendeduntil
31December1980;
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :"
(1)O.J.NoL158,26.6.1979,p.17

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Article 1
BywayofderogationfromDirective64/432/EEC,asLastamendedby
Directive79/580/EEC(2andfromDirective72/461/EECC3),asLastamended
(2)byDirective79/580/EEC,Denmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomare
authorisedtoretaintheirnationalrulesrelatingtoprotectionagainst
swinefeveruponintroductionintotheirterritoryofswineforbreeding,
storeandslaughterandtoimportsoffreshpigmeat,subjecttocompliance
withthegeneralprovisionsoftheTreaty.
Article2
ThisDirectiveshallapplyuntil31December1980.
Article3
MemberStatesshallbringintoforcethelaws,regulations andadministrative
provisionsnecessarytocomplywiththisDirectiveby31December1979atthe
latest.TheyshallforthwithinformtheCommissionthereof.
Article4
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates ,
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident
>O.J.No121,29.7.1964,p.1977/64
>O.J.NoL158,26.6.1979,p.17
>O.J.NoL302,31.12.1972,p.24