CELEX: 51982PC0514
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Date: 1982-08-06
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the list of establishments in the Swiss Confederation approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                           COM(82)514 final.
                                                           Brussels . 6 August 1982
                                          Proposal for a
                                         COUNCIL DECISION
                 on the list of establishments in the Swiss Confederation .
                 approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the
                 Community
                       ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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COM ( 82 ) 514 final .
 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY NOTE
  In application of the Council Directive of 12 December 1971 > the Commission must
  draw up a list of establishments ( abattoirs , cutting plants , cold stores ) approved
  for export to the Community of fresh meat of bovine animals , swine , sheep , goats
  and of domestic solipeds .
  For the purpose of drawing up this list , a Community mission visited Switzerland
   during the months of June and July 1980 and 1981                    and , on the basis
  of information gathered on-the-spot, it is proposed to draw up a list of establish­
  ments approved for the Community as a whole ( having regard to the animal health
  provisions adopted elsewhere , the intra»-Coramunity provisions in force for Denmark ,
  Ireland and the United Kingdom for Northern Ireland as well as provisions concerning
  fields not yet covered by Community rules ),
  It consists of a first list which must be Very soon supplemented following a new
  inspection mission made at the request pf the Third Country concerned , involving
  establishments which this country regards as being able to conform with Community
  provisions in a short time .                                                       '
  The Commission . submitted the attached draft Decision to the Standing Veterinary
  Committee vfhich was not in a position to deliver a favourable opinion. The Federal
  Republic of Germany voted against because it estimated , in view of the results of
. the last inspection carried out in Argentina during the month of March 1982 , that
  priority must be given to the decision concerning this country ; it i3 correct that
  a draft of this type has already been drawn up but , because of recent events , the
  services of the Commission have not been in a position to commence and complete in
  due time , with the Argentinian authorities , th8 information procedure which it is
  normal to follow before taking a decision concerning a third country. The United
  Kingdom abstained estimating that , in this field, all application decisions of the
  Directive 72/462/EEC would prejudice the decisions which the Council' has not yet
  taken on the modifications which the Commission proposed to mak$ to this same
 Directive . Denmark and Ireland also .abstained. The other : delegations delivered
  favourable opinions .                  ,,
                            ,1          ■                      ;
  The Commission hereby transmits the attached proposal to-' the Co^cil in application
  of the procedure of the Standing Veterinary Committee laid down in Article 29 of
 Directive 72/462/EEC.      []                              ■1 '
 ---pagebreak---                                     PROPOSAL FOH A
                                    COUNCIL        DECISION •
        on the List of establishments , in the Swiss Confederation approved
        for the purposes of importing fresh meat into the Community
 THE COUNCIL r    : 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 ^*, and in par­
 ticular Articles 4(1 ) and 18(1 ) ( a ) and ( b ) thereof ,
 Having regard to the proposal /frot,rlie Commission ,
 Whereas establishments in third countries cannot be authorised to export
 fresh meat to the Community unless they satisfy the general and special
conditions laid down in Directive 72 / 462 / EEC ;             ,
 Whereas the Swiss Confederation has forwarded , in accordance with
Article 4(3 ) of Di recti.ve 72 / 462 / EEC, ia list of the establishments
authorised to export to the Community ;
Whereas Community on- the- spot visits have shown that the hygiene stan­
dards of many of these establishments are sufficient and they may there­
fore be entered on a first list , drawn- up               t according to Article 4(1 )
of the said Directive, of establishments from which importation of fresh
meat may be authorised ;
Whereas the case of the other establishments proposed by Switzerland has to
be reexamined on the basis of additional information regarding their
hygiene standards and their ability to adapt quickly to the Community
• rules ;      ■. i" ,          ' ■        . i . j'    "" -
                               *         !   ' I
Whereas , in the meantime and so as to avoid any abrupt interruption of
existing trade flows , these establishments may' be authorized temporarily
to continue tneir exports of fresh i :meat to those Member1 States prepared
to accept them ;                                                 '• J            i
     OJ No L -02, 31.12.1972, p 28                                    II
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 ---pagebreak---  Whereas it wi.ll before be necessary to reexamine and , if necessary , amend this
 Decision in the light of measures taken to this end and improvements made ;
 Whereas in relation to the particular case of cold stores the Community spandjrds
•which must be met are        at present thi? subject of certain adjustments thi? final
 form of which may not be ./accu rate            ^f^^P'consequent ly it is necessary to
  hold' this matter in abeyance and to leove to a Later date all decisions .concerning
 these establishments ;
 Whereas it should be recalled that imports of fresh meat are also subject to other
 Community veterinary    rules ,           particularly as regards ^ health protection requi­
 rements , including the special provisions for Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom
                            fop the
 Whereas the conditions I     i mportation : of fresh meat from establishments appearing
on the last annexed to this             - _ Decision remain subject to provisions laid down
elsewhere and to the general provisions of the Treaty ; whereas in particular , the
 importation from third countries and the re-exportation To other Member States of
 certain categories of meat , such as /itf^fcfhing less than 3' kg , or meat containing re­
 sidues of certain substances which are not yet covered by1 harmonised Community
 rules , remain subject to the health legislation of the importing . Member State ;
                                                        .        ,         .   favourable, opinion
 Wnereas , since the St anding ■ Veterinary Committee has not given a /                 the
 Commission is unable to adopt the provisions it had envisaged . on this matter under
 the procedure provided for in Article 29 of the Directive referred to above ,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:':
                   ' '                       Article 1                ,■ i
 1 . The establishments in the Swiss Confederation listed in the Annex are hereby
                            i       . of importing             i
     approved for the purposes / fresh meat into the Community pursuant to the said
                   ::      -                ■ !i                   ' : i:
     Annex .
                                              '(    " .      •«
 2 . Imports from .those establishments -, shall remain subjeqt. to the Community veteri­
     nary provisions laid down elsewhere , and            in particular those concerning health
     protection requirements .    ■           r   .
 ---pagebreak---                                           Article 2
'1 . Member States' shall prohibit imports of the                   of fresh meat
                             coming from establishments other than those listed in
      the Annex .                              i
 2 . This prohibition , however , shall not apply until 1 April 1983 to establishments
      which are not listed in the Annex but which have been officially approved and
      proposed by the   Swiss . authorities as of 1 January 19S2 pursuant to Article 4(3 )
   . of directive 72 / 462 / EEC , unless a decision is taken to the contrary , in accor­
      dance with Article 4(1)of' the abovement ioned Directive , before 1 April . 1983 .
      The Commission shall forward the list of these establishments to the Member
      St at e s .                          ''
                               '          Art i c le 3
 This Decision shall enter into force on 1 October 1982 .
                                          Arti ele 4          . •    -
                              .:             i          il - I . 'M
 This Decision shall be reviewed and if necessary amended before 1 March 1983 .
    ,                 ;    , ;i           Article 5    ■;
 This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
                  1 ■ .
 Done at Brussels ,                                                  For the Counci I
 ---pagebreak---                                                                        ANNEX
                                      SWITZERLAND
                                LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS
                                     I.   BOVINE MEAT
 Slnurjhterhouses and cutting premises
 Establishment No       Address
 A 115 - C 227          Gustav Spiess                       9442 Berne, :k
                                        *
 A 145 - C 267          Grieder AG                          4702 Oensi ngen
 Slaughterhouses
 A 102                  Stadtischer Schlachthof          Λ  3014 Bern
 A 103                  Städtischer Schlachthof             4000 Basel   25
 A 107                  Städtischer Schlachthof             9015 St . Gallen
A 117                   Abattoir municipal de Gen&v6        1227 Carouge
 A 124                  Brauriwalder AG                     5610 Wohlen
A 147                   Städtischer Schlachthof Luzern      6010 Kriens
A 155                   FF Frischfleisch AG                6210 Sursee
                                    II . PIGMEAT
Slaughterhouses and cutting premises "        1
A 110 - C 250 #        Gebr . Kunz , Fleisch - und Wurst
                       Produktion AG                       8865 Bilten
A 115 - C 227          Gustav Spiess                       9442 Berneck
A 145 - C 267          Grieder AG                          4702 Oensi ngen
 ---pagebreak--- B.  Slouqhterhouses                                      . •
   A 102            Städtischer Schlachthof                  3014 Bern
   A 103            Städtischer Schlachthof        *         4000 Basel 25
   A 107            Städtischer Schlachthof          . '     9015 St . Gallen
   A 124            Braunwalder AG    V                      5610 Wohlen
   A 130            Abattoir nlumcipal de Lausanne           1008 PriUy
   A 136'           Micarna AO                               9602 Bazenheid
   A 147            Städtischer Schlachthof Luzern           6010 Kriens
   A 155            FF Frischfleisch AG                      6210 Sursee