Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1983/88 of 5 July 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council 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  REGULATION (EEC) No 1983/88
of 5 July 1988
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council 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
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3955/87 of 22 December 1987 on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3955/87, the Member States must carry out checks on products originating in third countries; whereas provision should be made for such checks to be performed by sampling and under the responsibility of the Member States in which the products in question are the subject of declarations of release for free circulation;
Whereas, following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station, the Council adopted on 30 May 1986 a first Regulation (EEC) No 1707/86 (2) on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station; whereas the detailed rules for the application of that Regulation were adopted in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1762/86 (3); whereas both these Regulations expired on 31 October 1987;
Whereas it is necessary to lay down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 3955/87;
Whereas, in order to ensure maximum effectiveness of the checks, provision must be made for objective criteria to be used by the Member States in applying controls; whereas provision should also be made for products produced or harvested before 26 April 1986, the date of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, to be exempted from the checks;
Whereas the Commission must be notified regularly of the results of checks carried out by the Member States; whereas such notifications must include precise details, in particular of the country of origin, the product concerned and its degree of contamination; whereas it is for the Commission to inform the other Member States of such notifications;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3955/87, export certificates may be presented at the time of checks; whereas the purpose of the export certificates is to show, on the basis of a uniform specimen, that the products which they accompany do not exceed the maximum permitted levels laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 3955/87;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the ad hoc committee,