CELEX: 31978L0054
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Council Directive 78/54/EEC of 19 December 1977 extending the derogations granted in respect of protection against swine fever to Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom

No L 16/22                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             20 . 1 . 78
                                                   COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                                                     of 19 December 1977
                extending the derogations granted in respect of protection against swine fever to
                                        Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom
                                                          (78 / 54/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas it is therefore necessary to extend by one
COMMUNITIES,                                                        year the derogations granted to the three Member
                                                                    States concerned ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43
and 100 thereof,                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­
ment ( 1),                                                           Until 31 December 1978 , Denmark, Ireland and the
                                                                     United Kingdom shall be authorized to retain their
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                     national rules relating to protection against swine
Social Committee (2),                                                fever upon introduction into their territory of swine
Whereas Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom                      for breeding, store and slaughter, subject to compli­
enjoy derogations permitting them to retain until 31                 ance with the general provisions of the Treaty.
December 1977 their national rules on protection
                                                                                           Article 2
against swine fever upon introduction into their terri­
tory of swine for breeding, store and slaughter and of               In Article 13 of Directive 72/461 / EEC the date '31
fresh pigmeat ; whereas those derogations are                        December 1977' shall be replaced by '31 December
contained in Article 104 ( 1 ) of the Act of Accession               1978 '.
and Article 13 of Council Directive 72/461 / EEC of 12
 December 1972 on health problems affecting intra­                                          Article 3
Community trade in fresh meat (3), as last amended by
 Directive 77/98 / EEC (4) ;                                         This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
"Whereas the period within which the technical diffi­
culties were to be resolved and Community standards                  Done at Brussels , 19 December 1977 .
 laid down as regards swine fever has proved
 inadequate ; whereas the solutions to be adopted are
 to some extent linked to the swine fever eradication                                            For the Council
 measures for which the Council has requested the                                                 The President
 Commission to submit proposals ; whereas such propo­
 sals have not yet been submitted ;                                                                H. SIMONET
 (') OJ No C 6, 9 . 1 . 1978 , p. 117 .
 (2) Opinion delivered on 14 December 1977 ( not yet
      published in the Official Journal ).
 (3) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12 . 1972, p . 24.
 (4 ) OJ No L 26, 31 . 1 . 1977, p. 81 .