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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)613final.
Brussels.18November1977
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDIRECTIVE
extendingthederogations grantedinrespectofclassical
swinefevertoDenmark.IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(77)613final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Becauseoftheirspecificrequirements andtheeffectofexistingCommunity
legislation,Denmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomwereauthorizedto
retainfor9specificperiodtheirnationalrulesrelatingtoprotecting
againstclassicalswinefever.Thatperiodwastohavebeenforstudyingand
preparingCommunityrulesfortheipurposeofensuringmaximumfluidityinint
Communitytradewhilstprotectingthehealthstandardsalreadyattained.-•*
Thereprovedtobemoretechnicaldifficulties thananticipated andanew
factoremergedwhen,uponadoptionofaDirectiveinDecember1976,the
Councilrequestedthe'Commissiontosubmitproposalsonmeasuresforthe
eradication ofswinefeverintheCommunity.Theseproposalsarenowbeing
preparedandtheircontentswillinfluencethewaysinwhichtradewillbe
affectedbyanyguaranteesrequiredasregardsswinefever.Workonthese
mattersw-UIhavetobeconductedsimultaneously .
Itisthereforeproposedthatthedeadlineof31December1977,thedateon
whichthederogations grantedtathethreeMemberStatesconcernedwill
ceasstoapply,beextendedbyc>ntyear.

Porposaltopa
CouncilDirectiveof
»• . .Yvïextendingthederogationgrantedinrespectofclassical
,V;I'swinefevertoDenmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom ?
j l ■ ""■/Çtl»r'♦:
i.s■
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN.COMMUNITIES,•■4.
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,grrf1n
*• *particularArticles43and100thereof,
Havingregardtothe'proposal fromtheCommission .
1"1...
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament, i...
•«
HavingregardtotheOpinion^oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
t
VhereasDenmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdombenefitfromderogationsauthorizing
. •
themtoretainuntil31December1977theirnationalrulesonprotectionagainst
swinefever,onIntroductionintotheirterritoryofsvrfneforbreeding,store
f*v-!.1'*
andslaughteroroffreshpigmeat;whereasthesederogations arecontainedin;■:
MlArticle,104<1)oftheActofAccession andArticle13ofCouncilDireotive
72/461/EECof12December1972onhealthproblemsaffectingintra-Community trade
infreshmeatKd},aslastamendedbyCouncilDirective77/98/EEC .'V&tj
Whereastheperiodwithinwhichthetechnicalciiff1cultiesweretobesolvedand
CommunitystandardslaiddownasregardsswinefeverhaveprovedtobetootfHert;
vhereasthesolutionstobeadoptedarotosomeextentlinkedtothe:swinefever
eradication measuresonwhichtheCouncilhasrequestedthe-Commissi® *!.t«<Bub«1t
•. ... ... ,•proposals;whereassuchproposalshavenotyetbeensubmitted;•
. ****'.,t
Whereasitisthereforenecessarytoextendbyone-yearthederogationsgranted
tothethreeMemberStatesconcerned, ' .!
« . 1•
.HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :' *
»'.t!
(1)0JNoL73,27.2.1972,p.14
(2)0JNoL302,31.12.1972,p.24
(3)OJkNoL26,31.1.1977,p.£1

Article 1
Untit31December1978,Denmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomarehereby
ruthorizedtoretain,onintroduction intotheirterritoryofswinefor
"breeding.,storeandslaughtertheirnationalrulesrelatingtoprotection
UK
againstswinefever,whilecomplyingwiththegeneralprovisionsofthe
EECTreaty. * .
Article2
InArticle13ofDireotive72/461/EECthedate"31December1977"ishereby
replacedfry"31December1978".
; * •t
Article3
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates,
Done3tBrussels,
fortheCouncil
ThePresident
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