CELEX: 31977D0498
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-20 00:00:00
Title: 77/498/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 July 1977 amending Decision 77/268/EEC on certain measures to prevent the spread of classical swine fever

11 . 8 . 77                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 205/ 25
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 20 July 1977
                amending Decision 77/268/EEC on certain measures to prevent the spread of
                                                         classical swine fever
                                                              (77/498/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
                                                                       Veterinary Committee,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to Council Directive 72/461 / EEC of 12
 December 1972 on health problems affecting intra­
 Community trade in fresh meat ('), as last amended by
 Council      Directive      77/ 98 / EEC    of    21  December                                    Article 1
  1976 (2), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
                                                                       Article 1 (2) of Decision 77/268/EEC is amended to
                                                                       read as follows :
 Whereas, as a result of the outbreak of classical swine
 fever in the Netherlands, the Commission , by Deci­
 sion 77/253/EEC of 22 March 1977 (3), adopted                              '2 (a) in the case of meat produced before 22
 measures requiring the Member States totally to                                     March 1977, the Netherlands may dispatch
 prohibit the introduction into their territory of pigs                              to other Member States only fresh meat of
 and fresh meat of pigs originating in that country ;                                pigs slaughtered before 1 March 1977 ;
                                                                               (b) in the case of meat produced after 22 March
                                                                                      1977, the Netherlands may send to the
 Whereas, by Decision 77/268 /EEC of 30 March
                                                                                     other Member States only fresh meat of pigs
 1977 (4), as last amended by Decision 77/358 /EEC of
                                                                                     admitted to intra-Community trade in appli­
 11 May 1977 (5), the Commission adopted measures                                    cation of the present Decision, as succes­
 providing for the progressive relaxation of this prohibi­                           sively amended by Decisions 77/293/ EEC
 tion ;
                                                                                     of 18 April 1977, 77/345/EEC of 3 May
                                                                                      1977 and 77/358 /EEC of 11 May 1977, that
 Whereas it is now necessary to settle the question of                               is to say, in particular, meat from pigs
 meat produced before 22 March 1977, which may not                                   slaughtered :
 be admitted to intra-Community trade as a result of
 the Decision taken by the Commission on that date ;                                 — after 30 March 1977 and originating in
                                                                                         regions of zone 1 of the Netherlands
                                                                                         that is to say in a zone other than zone
 Whereas, having regard to the studies made by the                                       2 or 3 ,
 Commission and to the evolution of the epidemic of                                  — after 3 May 1977 and originating in
 swine fever in the Netherlands, it is justified partially                               zone 2,
 to liberate such meat ;                                                             — after 10 May 1977 and originating in
                                                                                         zone 3 .'
 Whereas the obligation to include a special entry on
 the health certificate certifying that the meat complies
 with the relevant Community Decisions must be                                                     Article 2
 limited to a period determined having regard to the
 probable rate of disposal of existing stocks and to the               The     first    paragraph    of Article   2   of  Decision
 period within which it is desirable that the meat in                  77/ 268 / EEC is amended to read as follows :
 question be marketed ;
                                                                           ' Until 1 November 1977 the health certificate as
(')  OJ  No  L 302, 31 . 12 . 1972, p. 24 .                                required under the Council Directive of 26 June
(2 ) OJ  No  L 26, 31 . 1 . 1977, p. 81 .                                   1964 accompanying fresh pigmeat dispatched
(3 ) OJ  No  L 78 , 26 . 3 . 1977 , p . 22.
                                                                           from      the  Netherlands    in  accordance with   this
(«)  OJ  No  L 87, 5 . 4 . 1977, p . 34.
h) OJ No L 123, 17. 5. 1977, p. 28 .                                        Decision must contain the following entry :
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   "Meat complying with the Commission Decision            Done at Brussels, 20 July 1977.
   of 30 March 1977"'                                                              por      Commission
                     Article 3                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.                                       Vice-President