82/737/EEC: Council Decision of 19 October 1982 amending the list of establishments in the Argentine Republic approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community
Official Journal L 311 , 08/11/1982 P. 0021 - 0024
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COUNCIL DECISION
OF 19 OCTOBER 1982
AMENDING THE LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC APPROVED FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPORTING FRESH MEAT INTO THE COMMUNITY
( 82/737/EEC )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,
HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 72/462/EEC OF 12 DECEMBER 1972 ON HEALTH AND VETERINARY INSPECTION PROBLEMS UPON IMPORTATION OF BOVINE ANIMALS AND SWINE AND FRESH MEAT FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 4 ( 1 ) AND 18 ( 1 ) ( A ) AND ( B ) THEREOF ,
WHEREAS A LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS IN ARGENTINA , APPROVED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE IMPORTATION OF FRESH BEEF , VEAL , SHEEPMEAT AND MEAT OF DOMESTIC SOLIPEDS INTO THE COMMUNITY , WAS DRAWN UP INITIALLY BY THE COMMISSION DECISION OF 25 NOVEMBER 1980 , AND WAS AMENDED AND PUBLISHED BY DECISION 81/91/EEC ( 2 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY DECISION 82/20/EEC ( 3 ) ;
WHEREAS AN ON-THE-SPOT INSPECTION MADE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 5 OF DIRECTIVE 72/462/EEC AND ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF COMMISSION DECISION 80/15/EEC OF 21 DECEMBER 1979 CONCERNING THE ON-THE-SPOT INSPECTIONS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN RESPECT OF THE IMPORTATION OF BOVINE ANIMALS , SWINE AND FRESH MEAT FROM NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES ( 4 ) , HAS REVEALED THAT THE LEVEL OF HYGIENE OF CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENTS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE SATISFACTORY ; WHEREAS THESE ESTABLISHMENTS MAY THEREFORE BE KEPT OR ENTERED ON THE ABOVEMENTIONED LIST ;
WHEREAS THE SAID INSPECTION HAS , MOREOVER , REVEALED IN OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS THAT IN SOME CASES INSUFFICIENT EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO IMPROVE HYGIENE STANDARDS IN CERTAIN RESPECTS , AND IN OTHER CASES THOSE STANDARDS HAVE FALLEN ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE CONDITION OF CERTAIN OF THESE PLANTS DOES NOT NECESSITATE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF COMMUNITY APPROVAL , BUT DOES IN ANY EVENT JUSTIFY LIMITING APPROVAL TO A CERTAIN PERIOD AT THE END OF WHICH THE SAID APPROVAL WILL AUTOMATICALLY EXPIRE UNLESS , MEANWHILE , THE NECESSARY MEASURES HAVE BEEN PUT INTO EFFECT AND VERIFIED BY A FURTHER ON-THE-SPOT INSPECTION , TO BE REQUESTED BY THE ARGENTINE AUTHORITIES IF THEY DEEM IT NECESSARY ;
WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO MODIFY THE LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS APPEARING IN THE ANNEX TO DECISION 81/91/EEC ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE STANDING VETERINARY COMMITTEE HAS NOT GIVEN ITS ASSENT , THE COMMISSION IS UNABLE TO ADOPT THE MEASURES IT HAD ENVISAGED ON THIS MATTER UNDER THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 30 OF DIRECTIVE 72/462/EEC ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
ARTICLE 1
THE ANNEX TO DECISION 81/91/EEC IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE ANNEX HERETO .
ARTICLE 2
THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .
DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 19 OCTOBER