Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorized to import certain products af animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs
Date: 1996-10-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, fishery product, health control, mollusc, third country

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  28.10.1996 
COM(96) 529  final 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

amending  Council  Decision 95/408/EC  of 22 June  1995  on the conditions  for drawing up, 

for an interim period, provisional  lists of third country  establishments  from which Member 

States are authorized to import certain products  of animal origin, fishery  products  or live 

bivalve  molluscs 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Imports  into the Community  of animal  products  and products  of animal  origin  are subject  to 
Community  rules  requiring  the establishment  of lists of approved  establishments  from which 
imports  of  certain  products  are  authorized.  Community  inspection  visits  are  provided  for  to 
verify that the guarantees  offered by the third countries comply with Community rules. Pending 
those inspections  and in order to avoid any disruption to traditional trade patterns, the Council 
adopted  Decision  95/408/EC  authorizing  the  Commission  to  apply  a  simplified  system  for 
approving  establishments  in third  countries  for which  the  competent  authorities  have  given 
guarantees  of compliance with Community rules on the protection of public and animal health. 
The provisional  lists of approved establishments  will be valid until the definitive lists are drawn 
up  after  on-site  verification  by  Community  inspectors.  Decision  95/408/EC  is  only  valid 
until 31  December  1996  unless the Council decides  to extend  its validity  on a proposal  from 
the Commission. For several reasons connected with the organization  of inspection visits and 
the  new  procedural  constraints  arising  from  the  Marrakesh  Agreements,  the  interim  period 
during which the simplified  approval  system is to apply  should  be extended.  The purpose  of 
this proposal  is to extend  the validity  of  Decision 95/408/EC  until 31 December  1998. 

«2. 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

of 

amending  Council  Decision  95/408/EC  of 22  June  1995  on the  conditions  for drawing  up, 

for an  interim  period,  provisional  lists of third  country  establishments  from which  Member 

States  are  authorized  to  import  certain  products  of animal  origin,  fishery  products  or live 

bivalve  molluscs 

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having  regard to Council  Decision  95/408/EC  of 22  June  1995  on the conditions  for drawing 

up,  for an  interim  period,  provisional  lists of third country  establishments  from which  Member 

States  are  authorized  to  import  certain  products  of  animal  origin,  fishery  products  or  live 

bivalve  molluscs(1),  and  in particular  Article  9  thereof, 

Having  regard  to the  proposal  from the  Commission, 

Whereas  the  interim  period  opened  by  Decision  95/408/EC  ends  on  31  December  1996; 

whereas,  for administrative  reasons, the drawing up of the lists of third country  establishments 

from which Member  States  are  authorized  to import  certain  products  in accordance  with the 

Directives  on  health  rules  applicable  to those  products  has  been  delayed; 

Whereas,  in order  to  prevent  any  disruptions  in traditional  trade  patterns,  the  interim  period 

during  which  a  simplified  system  may  be  applied  for  the  approval  of  third  country 

establishments  exporting  certain  products  of  animal  origin,  fishery  products  or  live  bivalve 

molluscs  should  be extended, 

HAS ADOPTED  THIS  DECISION: 

(1) OJ  No  L 243,  11.10.1995,  p.  17. 

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Article 1 

In Article 9 of Council Decision 95/408/EC, the date of 31 December  1996 is hereby replaced 

by 31 December  1998. 

Article 2 

This Decision is addressed  to the Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

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