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COMMISSION OFTHE•EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)521 final .
Brussels /6August 1982
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
onthe list ofestablishments inthePeople 'sRepublic of
Bulgaria approved forthepurpose ofimporting fresh meat
into the Community
(submitted tothe Council bythe Commission )
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Inapplication oftheCouncil Directive of12December 1971 >"theCommission must
draw upalist ofestablishments (abattoirs ,cutting plants ,cold stores )approved
forexport totheCommunity offresh meat ofbovine animals ,swine ,sheep ,goats
and ofdomestic solipeds .
For thepurpose ofdrawing upthis list ,aCommunity mission visited Bulgaria
during themonth ofSeptember 1981 and ,onthebasis
ofinformation gathered on-the-spot, itisproposed todraw upglist ofestablish­
ments approved fortheCommunity asawhole (having regard totheanimal health
provisions adopted elsewhere ,theintra-Community provisions inforce forDenmark ,
Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom forNorthern Ireland aswell asprovisions concerning
fields notyetcovered byCommunity rules ).
Itconsists ofafirst list which must bevery soon supplemented following anew
inspection mission made attherequest pftheThird Country conaerned ,involving
establishments which this country regards asbeing able toconform with Community
provisions inashort time .
TheCommission submitted theattached draft Decision totheStanding Veterinary
Committee which was not 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 tocorameii.ce andcomplete in
duetime ,with theArgentinian authorities ,theinformation procedure which itis
normal tofollow before taking adecision concerning athird country .TheUnited
Kingdom abstained estimating that ,inthis field ,allapplication decisions ofthe
Directive 72/462/SSCwould prejudice thedecisions which theCouncil hasnotyet
taken onthemodifications which theCommission proposed tomake tothis same
Directive .Denmark andIreland also absta-ined .Theother delegations delivered
favourable opinions .
TheCommission hereby transmits theattached proposal totheCoij,ncil inapplication
oftheprocedure oftheStanding Veterinary Committee laid down inArticle 29of
Directive 72/4^2/esC.

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILDECISION
ontheListofestablishments inthePeople'sRepublicofBulgaria
approvedforthepurposesofimportingfreshmeatintotheCommunity
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective 72/462/EECof12December1972on
healthandveterinary inspection problemsuponimportation ofbovine
(1)animalsandswineandfreshmeatfromthirdcountries ,andinpar­
ticularArticles4(1)and1,8(1)(a)and(b)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission
Whereasestablishments inthirdcountriescannotbeauthorized toexport
freshmeattotheCommunityunlesstheysatisfythegeneralandspecial
conditions laiddowninDirective 72/462/EEC;
WhereasthePeople'sRepublicofBulgariahasforwarded,inaccordance
withArticle4(3)ofDirective 72/462/EEC,alistoftheestablishments
authorized toexporttotheCommunity;
WhereasCommunity on-the-spotvisitshaveshownthatthehygienestan­
dardsofsomeoftheseestablishments aresufficient andtheymaythere­
forebeenteredonafirstlist,drawnup'accordingtoArticle4(1)
ofthesaidDirective,ofestablishments fromwhichimportation offresh
meatmaybeauthorised;
Whereasthecaseoftheotherestablishments proposedbyBulgariamust
bereexamined onthebasisofadditional information regardingtheir
hygienestandards andtheirabilitytoadaptquicklytotheCommunity
rules;
Whereas,inthemeantimeandsoastoavoidanyabruptinterruption of
existingtradeflows,theseestablishments maybeauthorized temporarily
tocontinuetheirexportsoffreshmeattothoseMemberStatesprepared
toacceptthem;
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Whereasitwillthereforebenecessarytoreexamineand,ifnecessary,
amendthisDecisionintheLightofmeasurestakentothisendand
improvements made;
Whereasitshouldberecalledthatimportsoffreshmeatarealsosub­
jecttootherCommunityveterinaryrules,particularly asregards
healthprotectionrequirements,includingthespecialprovisionsfor
Denmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom;
Whereastheconditionsfortheimportation offreshmeatfromestablishments
'appearingonthelistannexedtothisDecisionremainsubjectto
provisionslaiddownelsewhereandtothegeneralprovisionsofthe
Treaty;whereasinparticular,theimportation fromthirdcountriesand
there-exportation tootherMemberStatesofcertaincategoriesofmeat,
suchascutsweighinglessthan3kg,ormeatcontainingresiduesof
certainsubstances whicharenotyetcoveredbyharmonized Community
rules,remainsubjecttothehealthlegislationoftheimportingMember
State;
Whereas,sincetheStandingVeterinaryCommitteehasnotgivenafavourableopinion,
theCommissionisunabletoadopttheprovisionsithadenvisagedonthis
matterundertheprocedureprovidedforinArticle29oftheDirectiverefei–
redtoabove,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article 1
1.Theestablishments inthePeople'sRepublicofBulgarialistedin
theAnnexareherebyapprovedforthepurposesofimportingfreshmeatintothe
CommunitypursuanttothesaidAnnex.
2.Importsfromthoseestablishments shallremainsubjecttothe
Communityveterinaryprovisionslaiddownelsewhere,andinpar­
ticularthoseconcerninghealthprotectionrequirements .
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Article2
1.MemberStatesshallprohibitimportsoffreshmeatcomingfrom
establishments otherthanthoselistedintheAnnex.

2.Thisprohibition,however,shallnotapplyuntil1April1983
toestablishments whicharenotlistedintheAnnexbutwhichhave
beenofficially approvedandproposedbytheBulgarianauthorities as
of1September1981,pursuanttoArticle4(3)ofDirective72/462/EEC
unlessadecisionistakentothecontrary,inaccordancewith
Article4(1)oftheabovementioned Directive,before1April1983.
TheCommissionshallforwardthelistoftheseestablishments to
theMemberStates.
Article3
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1October1982.
Article4
ThisDecisionshallbereviewedandifnecessaryamendedbefore
1March1983.
Article5
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.:
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil

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