95/408/EC: Council Decision 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

COUNCIL DECISION
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
(95/408/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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),
Whereas products of animal origin, fishery products and live bivalve molluscs are included in the  list of products set out in Annex II to the Treaty; whereas health rules applying to production and  marketing have been laid down at Community level;
Whereas Community arrangement have been defined in respect of imports from third countries; whereas  these arrangements require the drawing up of lists of third country establishments from which  imports of certain products are permitted in accordance with Article 14.B (2) (a) of Council  Directive 71/118/EEC of 15 February 1971 on health problems affecting the production and placing on  the market of fresh poultrymeat (3), Article 4 (1) of Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December  1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine  animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (4), Article 9 (3) (c) of  Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production  and placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs (5), Article 11 (4) (c) of Council Directive  91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and placing on the  market of fishery products (6), Article 16 (3) (a) of Council Directive 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992  on public health and animal health problems relating to the killing of wild game and the placing on  the market of wild game meat (7), Article 23 (3) (a) of Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June 1992  laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated  milk and milk-based products (8) and Article 10 (3) (b) of Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17  December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and  imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific  Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC, and, as regards pathogens, to  Directive 90/425/EEC (1);
Whereas, in order to allow the time necessary to carry out Community inspections in third countries  to verify that their establishments comply with Community provisions and to avoid a disruption in  trade from third countries, a simplified approval system should be applied for an interim period;
Whereas during the interim period the guarantee of conformity with Community provisions for the  protection of public and animal health should be undertaken by the competent authority of the third  country concerned; whereas establishments may only be entered on the lists where the third country  concerned has provided the necessary assurances on compliance with Community rules;
Whereas, it is appropriate to make provisions for a procedure establishing close and effective  cooperation between the Commission and the Member States within the Standing Veterinary Committee;
Whereas provision should be made for the possibility for the Council to extend the current  provisional measures in order to avoid any interruption in traditional flows of trade,