PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3955/87 ON THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT AT THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER-STATION
Date: 1989-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer protection, food contamination, import (EU), nuclear accident, radioactive pollution, third country

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM  (89)  577  final 

Brussels,  23  November  1989 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

amending  Regulation  (EEC) No 3955/07 on the conditions 

governing  imports of agricultural  products 

originating  in third  countries 

following  the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station 

(presented by the  Commission) 

JUSTIFICATION 

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The purpose of this proposal  is to extend  by two years the system for checking 

compliance with  the maximum permitted  levels of radioactivity  in agricultural 

products, fixed  by Regulation  (EEC) No 3955/87 following  the accident at the 

Chernobyl  nuclear power-station. 

This  is justified  by the fact that the reasons prevailing when this Regulation 

was adopted are still valid, and  radioactive contamination  in certain 

agricultural  products from some third  countries  still  in fact exceeds the 

maximum permitted  levels of radioactivity  laid down  in the above-mentioned 

Regulation. 

The group of experts  referred  to in Article 31 of the Euratom Treaty, who were 

consulted  on this matter at their meeting of 21 and  22 June  1989, agreed  that 

Regulation 3955/07 should  be extended. 

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on  the conditions  ^ u v w m i ng  imports  of agricultural  products  or.yinating  in 

thjrd  countries  following  the  accident  at the Chernobyl  nuclear  power-station. 

The Council of the European  Communities, 

Having  regard  to the Treaty  establishing  the European Economic  Community,  and in 
particular  Article  113 thereof, 
Having  regard  to the proposal  from the Commission, 

Whereas  Council  Regulation  (EEC) No 3955/87^  ' fixed  maximum  permitted 

levels of radioactivity  for agricultural  products originating  in third 

countries  And  intended  for human consumption  with which  imports  of the 

products  concerned  must  comply  and  in connection with which checks are carried 

out by  the Member  States; and whereas  this Regulation  shall only  apply  until 

22 December 1989; 

Whereas  the reasons  prevailing  when this Regulation was adopted  are still 

valid,  particularly  on account of the fact that radioactive  contamination  in 

certain agricultural  products  originating  in the third  countries worst 

affected  by  the accident  still exceeds  the maximum permitted  levels of 

radioactivity  laid down  in the above-mentioned  Regulation; 

Whereas  the Commission  consulted  the group of experts  nf*rr*d 

to in Article 

31 of the Euratom Treaty, who favoured  extending  the period  of validity  of 

this  Regulation; 

Whereas  it  is advisable  to extend  the Regulation  currently  in force for a 

period  of two years  in order  to avoid  trade disturbances  which might  still 

exist  in the absence  of common  provisions. 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 

Article 1 

Article 7 of Regulation  (EEC) No 3955/07 is amended as 

follows. 

"The Regulation  shall expire on 31 December  1991." 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 December 1989 

This Regulation  shall be binding  in its entirety  and directly  applicable in 

all Member States. 

Done at 

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