CELEX: 31980D0377
Language: en
Date: 1980-03-26 00:00:00
Title: 80/377/EEC: Council Decision of 26 March 1980 amending Commission Decision 79/277/EEC as regards animal health conditions governing the import of masseter muscles from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay

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31980D0377

80/377/EEC: Council Decision of 26 March 1980 amending Commission Decision 79/277/EEC as regards animal health conditions governing the import of masseter muscles from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay  

Official Journal L 093 , 10/04/1980 P. 0024 - 0024 Spanish special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 17 P. 0220  Portuguese special edition Chapter 03 Volume 17 P. 0220 

****( 1 ) OJ NO L 302 , 31 . 12 . 1972 , P . 28 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 26 , 31 . 1 . 1977 , P . 81 .  ( 3 ) OJ NO L 236 , 28 . 8 . 1978 , PP . 19 , 29 AND 37 .  ( 4 ) OJ NO L 7 , 11 . 1 . 1979 , P . 31 .  ( 5 ) OJ NO L 53 , 3 . 3 . 1979 , P . 33 .  ( 6 ) OJ NO L 65 , 15 . 3 . 1979 , P . 32 .  ( 7 ) OJ NO L 186 , 24 . 7 . 1979 , P . 42 .    COUNCIL DECISION   OF 26 MARCH 1980   AMENDING COMMISSION DECISION 79/277/EEC AS REGARDS ANIMAL HEALTH CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE IMPORT OF MASSETER MUSCLES FROM ARGENTINA , BRAZIL , URUGUAY AND PARAGUAY  ( 80/377/EEC )   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,   HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 72/462/EEC OF 12 DECEMBER 1972 ON HEALTH AND VETERINARY INSPECTION PROBLEMS UPON IMPORTATION OF BOVINE ANIMALS AND SWINE AND FRESH MEAT FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 77/98/EEC ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 16 AND 28 THEREOF ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,   WHEREAS ANIMAL HEALTH CONDITIONS CONCERNING IMPORTS OF FRESH MEAT FROM ARGENTINA , BRAZIL AND URUGUAY WERE LAID DOWN BY COMMISSION DECISIONS 78/693/EEC , 78/694/EEC AND 78/695/EEC ( 3 ) RESPECTIVELY , AS AMENDED BY DECISION 79/18/EEC ( 4 ), AND FROM PARAGUAY BY COMMISSION DECISION 79/238/EEC ( 5 );   WHEREAS DIFFICULTIES EXIST IN THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 20  ( K ) OF DIRECTIVE 72/462/EEC WHICH HAVE STILL TO BE RESOLVED ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER NOT TO DISRUPT EXISTING TRADE PATTERNS , MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE ALLOWED , ON A TEMPORARY BASIS , TO CONTINUE TO AUTHORIZE IMPORTS OF WHOLE MASSETER MUSCLES OF BOVINE ANIMALS ;   WHEREAS COMMISSION DECISIONS 79/277/EEC ( 6 ) AND 79/654/EEC  ( 7 ) PROVIDE FOR SUCH TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATIONS ; WHEREAS A FURTHER PERIOD IS NECESSARY TO RESOLVE THE DIFFICULTIES REFERRED TO ABOVE ; WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAS MADE THE NECESSARY PROPOSALS ;   WHEREAS , SINCE THE STANDING VETERINARY COMMITTEE HAS NOT GIVEN ITS ASSENT , THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN UNABLE TO ADOPT THE PROVISIONS IT HAD ENVISAGED ON THIS MATTER UNDER THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 29 OF DIRECTIVE 72/462/EEC ,   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :   ARTICLE 1   DECISION 79/277/EEC SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :   1 . IN ARTICLES 1 , 2 , 3 AND 4 , THE DATE ' 31 DECEMBER 1979 ' SHALL BE REPLACED BY ' 31 DECEMBER 1980 ' .   2 . THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE INSERTED AS ARTICLE 5A :   ' ARTICLE 5A   PENDING THE ADOPTION OF COMPLETE COMMUNITY MEASURES IN THE AREA OF HYGIENE , ARTICLES 1 , 2 , 3 AND 4 SHALL APPLY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE NATIONAL PROVISIONS OF MEMBER STATES RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH . '   ARTICLE 2   THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 26 MARCH 1980 .   FOR THE COUNCIL   THE PRESIDENT   G . MARCORA