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Brussels.5thApril1979
PROPOSALFORACOUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingDirective77/99/EEConhealthproblems
affootingintra-Community tradeinmeatproducts
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On21December1976theCounciladoptedtheDirective onhealthproblems
(1)affectingintra-Community tradeinmeatproducts whoseentryintoforce
wasfixedfor1July1979.
However/ithasbecomeclearthattheentryintoforceonthedatefixed
bythisDirectivewouldentailcertainrestrictions inthemovementof
someproducts/justification forwhichrestrictions hasinthemeantime
beenforwardedtotheCouncil.
Inordertoensuremaximumfluidityintrade/itappearsnecessaryto
reconsidercertainexistingprovisions andtomakeanyalterations to
themwhichmightappearnecessary.
Inordernottoprejudgethesesolutionsandpendingtheiremergence/itis
necessarytodeferbyoneyearthedateoftheentryintoforceoftheabove
Directive.Theattacheddraftwaspreparedforthispurpose.
NoL26/31.1.1977/p.85.

Proposalfora
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingDirective77/99/EEConhealthproblemsaffectingintra-Community
tradeinmeatproducts
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof,
havingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission, '
Having,regardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
Whereas,'whenCouncilDirective77/99/EECtakeseffectasplannedon'
1July,1979,thiswillnotcompletely achievethedesiredobjectiveof
harmonizedliberationofintra-Community tradebecauseofsubsequent
problemsofanimalhealth;,whereas,inorderto'achievethisobjective,
certainamendments shouldbemadetoexistingCommunityprovisions in
respectoffresh-meat,includingfresh-poultrymeat ,
Whereas,pendingthenecessaryactionandthe"adaptionoftheappropriate
decisions,theapplication oftheabovementioned Directiveshould'bepost­
poned, .
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
■Article 1
InthefirstparagraphofArticle22ofDirective 77/99/EEC,thedate;
"1July1979"isreplacedby"1July1930".
InthesecondparagraphofArticle22ofDirective 77/99/EEC,thewords
f»' • 'Ï'.'' •T"shall6eobligatoryonlyfrom15February1980"arereplacedbythe
following :"shallbeobligatory from1July1980".
1)0.J.NoL26of31.1.1977,p*85

Article2
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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