CELEX: 51994PC0597
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-13
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) extending Regulation (EEC) No 737/90 on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station

COMVIISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES
                                              COM(94) 597 final
                                              Brussels, 13.12.1994
                                              94/0308 (ACC)
                             Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
         extending Regulation (EEC) No 737/90 on the conditions
                governing imports of agricultural products
                       originating in third countries
       following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station
                    (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The aim of this proposal is to extend for five years the system for checking compliance
with the maximum permitted levels of radioactivity in agricultural products laid down by
Regulation (EEC) No 737/90 following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-
station.
This is justified by the fact that the reasons prevailing at the time the Regulation was
adopted remain valid; radioactive contamination in certain agricultural products
originating in the third countries most affected still exceeds the maximum permitted
levels of radioactivity laid down in the Regulation referred to.
The ad hoc committee established in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No
737/90 was consulted on this matter at its meeting on 11 July 1994.
 ---pagebreak---                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No
     extending Regulation (EEC) No 737/90 on the conditions governing imports of
     agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the
                             Chernobyl nuclear power-station
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
 Article 113 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 737/90(1) fixed, for agricultural products originating in
 third countries and intended for human consumption, maximum permitted levels of
radioactivity with which imports of the products concerned must comply and in
 connection with which checks are carried out by the Member States; whereas the said
Regulation is to apply only until 31 March 1995;
Whereas the reasons prevailing when the said Regulation was adopted are still valid,
particularly because radioactive contamination in certain agricultural products originating
in the third countries worst affected by the accident still exceeds the maximum permitted
levels of radioactivity laid down in that Regulation;
Whereas it is advisable to extend Regulation (EEC) No 737/90 currently in force for a
period of five years,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                          Article 1
In Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 737/90 the date "31 March 1995" shall be replaced
by "31 March 2000".
                                          Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal
of the European Communities.
(i)
    O J N o L 82, 29.3.1990, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak--- This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels,.
For the Council
The President
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