Council Directive 93/19/EEC of 19 April 1993 amending Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community, and Directive 91/683/EEC

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/19/EEC of 19 April 1993 amending Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community, and  Directive 91/683/EEC
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (4), established, in particular by  the amendments made to it by Directive 91/683/EEC (5), the plant health regime applicable in the Community as an area without internal frontiers;
Whereas some of its provisions should have been brought into force on 1 January 1993; whereas, according to Article 3 of Directive 91/683/EEC, other provisions should be brought into force six months after the revision of Annexes I to V;
Whereas it is essential to provide for appropriate legal security and to ensure that all the provisions are implemented at the earliest possible date, without prejudice to the coming into force of those ensuring on area without internal frontiers,  within the meaning of Article 8a of the Treaty;
Whereas a single date of implementation should be fixed,