98/673/EC: Commission Decision of 12 November 1998 amending Decisions 94/755/EC, 95/100/EC and 97/31/EC on Community financial assistance to improve the system of veterinary checks at the external Community borders in Austria, Finland and Sweden respectively (notified under document number C(1998) 3344) (Only the German, Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)
Date: 1998-11-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, EU financing, Finland, Sweden, customs inspection, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 November 1998

amending Decisions 94/755/EC, 95/100/EC and 97/31/EC on Community finan-
cial assistance to improve the system of veterinary checks at the external
Community borders in Austria, Finland and Sweden respectively

(notified under document number C(1998) 3344)

(Only the German, Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)

(98/673/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26
June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last
amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular
Article 38 thereof,

Whereas by Decisions 97/31/EC (3), 94/755/EC (4) and 95/
100/EC (5) the Commission laid down the Community
financial contribution to programmes
submitted by
Sweden, Austria and Finland respectively to improve the
system of veterinary checks at certain frontier inspection
posts in those countries and on the external borders of
the Community;

Whereas the Swedish, Austrian and Finnish authorities
have requested an extension of the deadlines for comple-
tion of
in the
their programmes because of delays
construction and renovation of
infrastructure and the
further work required at some frontier posts; whereas the
above Decisions should therefore be amended to extend
the deadlines allowed for completion of the programmes
submitted by Sweden, Austria and Finland;

Whereas account should be taken of the amendments
made to their programmes by the competent authorities

(1) OJ L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 168, 2. 7. 1994, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 12, 15. 1. 1997, p. 40.
(4) OJ L 302, 25. 11. 1994, p. 38.
(5) OJ L 76, 5. 4. 1995, p. 19.

in Austria, Finland and Sweden in the light of experience
gained since accession;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 94/755/EC is amended as follows:

1. in Article 1 the words ‘three years from 1 January
1995' are replaced by ‘four years from 1 January 1995';

2. in the second indent of Article 2(2),

the date ‘31
December 1997' is replaced by ‘31 December 1998';

3. in Chapter I of the Annex, the last indent and the
references to the Albern frontier post are deleted.

Article 2

Decision 95/100/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The programme set out
in the Annex is hereby
approved for the period from 1 January 1995 to 1 July
1998.';

2. in the second indent of Article 2(2),

the date ‘31

December 1996' is replaced by ‘1 July 1998';

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3. in the last indent of Chapter I of the Annex, the words
‘Tohmaj(cid:132)rvi, Uusi-V(cid:132)rtsil(cid:132)' are replaced by ‘Ivalo'.

2. in the second indent of Article 3(2), the date ‘1 June

1998' is replaced by ‘1 September 1998'.

Article 3

Decision 97/31/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Sweden,
the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Finland.

Done at Brussels, 12 November 1998.

The programme to improve the system of veterinary
checks at external borders, presented by Sweden, is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January 1997 to
31 May 1998.';

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission