CELEX: 51989PC0577
Language: en
Date: 1989-11-23
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3955/87 ON THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT AT THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER-STATION

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                           COM (89) 577 final
                                           Brussels, 23 November 1989
                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         amending Regulation (EEC) No 3955/07 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)
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                                  JUSTIFICATION
The purpose of this proposal is to extend by two years the system for checking
compliance with the maximum permitted levels of radioactivity in agricultural
products, fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 3955/87 following the accident at the
Chernobyl nuclear power-station.
This is justified by the fact that the reasons prevailing when this Regulation
was adopted are still valid, and radioactive contamination in certain
agricultural products from some third countries still in fact exceeds the
maximum permitted levels of radioactivity laid down in the above-mentioned
Regulation.
The group of experts referred to in Article 31 of the Euratom Treaty, who were
consulted on this matter at their meeting of 21 and 22 June 1989, agreed that
Regulation 3955/07 should be extended.
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on the conditions ^ u v w m i n g imports of agricultural products or.yinating in
thjrd countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station.
The Council of the European Communities,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3955/87^ ' fixed maximum permitted
levels of radioactivity for agricultural products originating in third
countries And intended for human consumption with which imports of the
products concerned must comply and in connection with which checks are carried
out by the Member States; and whereas this Regulation shall only apply until
22 December 1989;
Whereas the reasons prevailing when this Regulation was adopted are still
valid, particularly on account of the fact that 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 the above-mentioned Regulation;
Whereas the Commission consulted the group of experts nf*rr*d            to in Article
31 of the Euratom Treaty, who favoured extending the period of validity of
this Regulation;
Whereas it is advisable to extend the Regulation currently in force for a
period of two years in order to avoid trade disturbances which might still
exist in the absence of common provisions.
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                              Article 1
                 Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3955/07 is amended as
                 follows.
                 "The Regulation shall expire on 31 December 1991."
                              Article 2
                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 December 1989
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at
                                                      For the Council
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