CELEX: 31974D0210
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24 April 1974 amending the Commission Decision of 18 March 1974 concerning certain measures to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease

No L 112/ 20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             25 . 4 . 74
                                                                  II
                                              (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                      COMMISSION
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 24 April 1974
               amending the Commission Decision of 18 March 1974 concerning certain
                               measures to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease
                                                            (74/210/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the measures laid down in the said Decision
COMMUNITIES,                                                          should accordingly be relaxed ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Economic Community ;                                                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing
Having regard to the Council Directive (') of 26 June                 Veterinary Committee,
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-
Community trade in bovine animals and swine, and
in particular Article 9 thereof, as last amended by the               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Act of Accession (2) and of the Council Decision of
the European Communities of 1 January 1 973 (3 )                                              Article 1
adjusting the instruments concerning the Accession of
the new Member States to the European Communi­                        Article 1 of the Commission Decision of 18 March
ties ;
                                                                      1974 is replaced by the following :
Having regard to the Council Directive of 12
                                                                          'Member States may prohibit the introduction into
December 1972 (4) on health problems affecting intra-
                                                                          their territory of bovine animals and swine, and
Community trade in fresh meat, and in particular
                                                                          the fresh meat of bovine animals, swine, sheep and
Article 8 thereof, as last amended by the Council
                                                                          goats, from the French departments of Côtes-du-
Directive of 19 November 1 973 (5 ) amending certain                      Nord and Ille-et-Vilaine '.
Directives following the enlargement of the Commu­
nity ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas     the    Commission           Decision   of 18  March
 1974 (6) concerning certain measures to prevent the                  This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
spread of foot-and-mouth disease authorized Member
States to prohibit the introduction into their territory
of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from
certain French departments ;                                           Done at Brussels, 24 April 1974.
Whereas this Decision was based on a situation which
                                                                                                For the Commission
 has since improved ; whereas the number of outbreaks
 of foot-and-mouth disease is steadily declining and                                                 The President
 these outbreaks are situated in a clearly defined geogra­
 phical area ;                                                                                 François-Xavier ORTOLI
 (')  OJ No  121 , 29 . 7 . 1964, p . 1977/ 64 .
 (2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14 .
 (3 ) OJ No L 2, 1 . 1 . 1973 , p . 1 .
 (4 ) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12 . 1972, p . 24 .
 (5 ) OJ No L 326 , 27 . 11 . 1973 , p . 17 .
 (o)  OJ No L 77, 22 . 3 . 1974, p . 40 .