THE RIGHT OF MEMBER STATES UNDER ARTICLE 36 OF THE TREATY TO CONTINUE TO APPLY PROHIBITIONS OR RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS , EXPORTS OR GOODS IN TRANSIT JUSTIFIED ON GROUNDS OF THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND LIFE OF HUMANS AND ANIMALS NEVERTHELESS DOES NOT EXEMPT THEM FROM THE OBLIGATION TO APPROXIMATE THE PROVISIONS ON WHICH THOSE PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ARE BASED , IN SO FAR AS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE PROVISIONS HINDER THE IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ' .
ARTICLE 36 IS NOT DESIGNED TO RESERVE CERTAIN MATTERS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF MEMBER STATES BUT PERMITS NATIONAL LAWS TO DEROGATE FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF THE FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH SUCH DEROGATION IS AND CONTINUES TO BE JUSTIFIED FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES REFERRED TO IN THAT ARTICLE .
15 ACCORDING TO THE SECOND AND THIRD RECITALS OF EACH OF THE DIRECTIVES OF 26 JUNE 1964 THEIR AIM IS TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE REGULATIONS ON THE ORGANIZATIONS OF THE MARKETS IN BEEF AND VEAL AND PIGMEAT BY SUBSTITUTING ' FOR THE NUMEROUS TRADITIONAL MEANS OF PROTECTION AT THE FRONTIER A SINGLE SYSTEM DESIGNED IN PARTICULAR TO FACILITATE INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE ' . ACCORDING TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH RECITALS THIS OBJECTIVE CAN ONLY BE ATTAINED BY ELIMINATING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NATIONAL LAWS BY ' APPROXIMATING THE ANIMAL HEALTH PROVISIONS OF MEMBER STATES ' .
16 AS FAR AS LIVE ANIMALS ARE CONCERNED THIS APPROXIMATION CONSISTS MAINLY IN IMPOSING UPON EXPORTING MEMBER STATES THE OBLIGATION TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN VETERINARY AND PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES INTENDED , INTER ALIA , TO GUARANTEE THAT THE EXPORTED ANIMALS ARE NOT A SOURCE OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASE . SO FAR AS FRESH MEAT IS CONCERNED THE APPROXIMATION CONSISTS OF ENFORCING FULFILMENT OF UNIFORM PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITIONS FOR TREATING MEAT IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND CUTTING PLANTS AND FOR STORAGE AND TRANSPORT .
WITH A VIEW TO PROVIDING THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES OF DESTINATION WITH A GUARANTEE THAT THE LIVESTOCK OR IMPORTED MEAT SATISFY THE PRESCRIBED VETERINARY AND PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENTS THE DIRECTIVES LAY DOWN THAT THE IMPORTED GOODS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A HEALTH CERTIFICATE CERTIFYING THAT THE RULES RELATING TO VETERINARY AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH AND THE INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT .
17 HOWEVER ARTICLE 6 OF DIRECTIVE NO 64/432 ( ANIMALS ) ALLOWS THE COUNTRY OF DESTINATION TO PROHIBIT THE INTRODUCTION OF BOVINE ANIMALS INTO ITS TERRITORY IF AN EXAMINATION MADE AT THE FRONTIER POST BY AN OFFICIAL VETERINARIAN REVEALS THAT THE ANIMALS ARE AFFECTED BY , OR SUSPECTED OF BEING AFFECTED BY , OR OF BEING CONTAMINATED BY A COMPULSORILY NOTIFIABLE DISEASE OR THAT THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 3 AND 4 HAVE NOT BEEN OBSERVED . SIMILARLY QUARANTINE MEASURES MAY BE TAKEN WITH REGARD TO ANIMALS SUSPECTED OF BEING AFFECTED OR CONTAMINATED BY SUCH DISEASE . FURTHERMORE THE SAME PROVISION WITH A VIEW TO FACILITATING THESE INSPECTIONS PERMITS EACH MEMBER STATE TO DESIGNATE THE FRONTIER POSTS TO BE USED