CELEX: 31994D0936
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-20 00:00:00
Title: 94/936/EC: Council Decision of 20 December 1994 amending Decision 90/218/EEC concerning the placing on the market and administration of bovine somatotrophin (BST)

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31994D0936

94/936/EC: Council Decision of 20 December 1994 amending Decision 90/218/EEC concerning the placing on the market and administration of bovine somatotrophin (BST)  

Official Journal L 366 , 31/12/1994 P. 0019 - 0020 Finnish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 65 P. 0240  Swedish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 65 P. 0240 

COUNCIL  DECISIONof 20 December 1994amending Decision 90/218/EEC concerning the placing on the market and  administration of bovine somatotrophin (BST)(94/936/EC)THE COUNCIL OF THE  EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43  thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(), Whereas, in applying Decision 90/218/EEC(), the Member States must ensure that, until 31 December  1994, the placing on the market and the administration of bovine somatotrophin on their territory  by any means whatsoever to dairy cows is not authorized; Whereas the Commission has proposed extending, until the end of the arrangements introduced by  Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 of 28 December 1992 establishing an additional levy in the milk  and milk-products sector(), the prohibition on the placing on the market and the administration of  bovine somatotrophin on their territory by any means whatsoever to dairy cows; Whereas on 28 October 1994, the Commission sent the Council and update of its communication in  order to assess the new situation created by the United States' decision to authorize marketing of  bovine somatotrophin and the consequences of that decision for international trade; Whereas the Council considers that it needs more time to evaluate the implications of a definitive  decision in this respect, and in particular the consequences of agreements concluded under the  Uruguay Round; Whereas the Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products has recommended Member States concerned to  carry out larger-scale studies for a period of two years, under veterinary control, in order to  determine the effects of BST on cases of mastitis and associated metabolic disorders in normal use;  whereas the effects on the well-being of dairy cows should also be examined; Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Decision 90/218/EEC in order to allow those Member  States which so desire to conduct such additional studies; whereas the Commission and the  Scientific Veterinary Committee should be associated with such additional studies; whereas no  definitive decision should be taken on this matter pending the results of those studies. Whereas, moreover, in order to obviate distortions of competition, Member States which so wish  should be allowed to authorize the production of bovine somatotrophin for exports to third  countries; Whereas provision should lastly be made for a review clause permitting a definitive decision to be  taken on the basis of such additional data, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Decision 90/218/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1) Article 1 shall be replaced by the following: 'Article 1Member States shall ensure that, until 31 December 1999, the placing on the market of  bovine somatotrophin for the purposes of its marketing and the administration thereof on their  territory to dairy cows by any means whatsoever will not be authorized. This Decision shall not affect the production of bovine somatotrophin for the purposes of its  export to third countries.'2) Article 2 shall be replaced by the following: 'Article 21. By way of derogation from Article 1, Member States may carry out limited practical  tests on the use of bovine somatotrophin, under the control of an official veterinarian, in order  to obtain any other scientific data that might be taken into account by the Council when it takes a  final decision. The conditions and criteria for such tests shall be laid down in accordance with the procedure  referred to in Article 4. Member States wishing to avail themselves of the option provided for in  the first subparagraph shall inform the Commission accordingly. They shall make information on the data concerned available to the Commission and the other Member  States. 2. The Council hereby instructs the Commission to entrust a Working Party of independent  scientists, in collaboration with the Member States, with the task of assessing the effects of  using BST, taking account of the opinion of the Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products, in  particular as regards the impact of the use of this product on the incidence of mastitis. 3. The Member States referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 may ask to be covered by  the provisions of Article 19 of Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the  veterinary field(*) when carrying out the checks provided for in that subparagraph. (*) OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19.'3) Article 3 shall be replaced by replaced by the following: 'Article 3Before 1 July 1998, the Commission shall submit a report to the Council on the  conclusions of the studies carried out pursuant to Article 2, with a view to a definitive decision  being taken on this matter.'4) Article 4 shall be replaced by the following: 'Article 41. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed, matters shall be  referred without delay to the Standing Veterinary Committee set up by Decision 68/361/EEC(*),  hereinafter referred to as 'the Committee', by its chairman, either on his own initiative or at the  request of a Member State. 2. The Commission representative shall submit a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee  shall deliver its opinion on those measures within a time limit which the chairman may set  according to the urgency of the matter for examination. Opinions shall be delivered by the majority  of 62 votes, the votes of the Member States being weighted as provided for in Article 148 (2) of  the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote. 3. (a) The Commission shall adopt the measures and implement them immediately where they are in  accordance with the opinion of the Committee. 3. (b) Where the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if  no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall forthwith submit to the Council a proposal concerning  the measures to be taken. The Council shall adopt the measures by a qualified majority. 3. (c) If, three months after the proposals were submitted to it, the Council has not adopted any  measures, the Commission shall adopt the measures proposed and implement them immediately unless  the Council has rejected those measured by a simple majority.'(*) OJ No L 255, 18. 10. 1988, p.  23. Article 2 This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1995. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1994. For the CouncilThe PresidentJ. BORCHERT() OJ No C 3, 5. 1. 1994, p. 7.  () OJ No C 20, 24. 1. 1994, p. 531.  () OJ No L 116, 8. 5. 1990, p. 27. Decision as last amended by Decision 93/718//EC (OJ No L 333,  31. 12. 1993, p. 72).  () OJ No L 405, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1883/94 (OJ No  L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 25).