97/299/EC: Commission Decision of 24 April 1997 drawing up a list of establishments in the Czech Republic from which the Member States authorize imports of certain products of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION DECISION of 24 April 1997 drawing up a list of establishments in the Czech Republic from which the Member States authorize imports of certain products of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance) (97/299/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorized to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), as amended by Decision 97/34/EC (2), and in particular Article 2 (1) thereof,
Whereas a veterinary and phytosanitary protocol to the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part (3), is being concluded;
Whereas an evaluation of the Czech Republic Veterinary Services has been carried out with positive results;
Whereas the Commission has received from the Czech Republic lists of establishments, with guarantees that they fully meet the appropriate Community health requirements and that should an establishment fail to do so its export activities to the European Community will be suspended;
Whereas provisional lists of establishments producing certain products of animal origin can thus be drawn up in respect of the Czech Republic;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,