90/30/EEC: Commission Decision of 10 January 1990 granting derogation to Spain and fixing the equivalent health conditions to be respected in relation to cutting of fresh meat

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 10 January 1990
granting derogation to Spain and fixing the equivalent health conditions to be respected in relation to cutting of fresh meat
(90/30/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat (1), as last amended by Directive 88/657/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, according to Article 13 of Directive 64/433/EEC in accordance with the procedure under Article 16, derogations from paragraph 45 (c) of Annex I may be granted, on request, to any Member State providing similar guarantees; whereas these derogations are to fix health conditions which are at least equivalent to those of the said Annex;
Whereas the authorities of Spain, by letter of 26 September 1989, have presented to the Commission a request for a derogation from paragraph 45 (c) of Annex I to Directive 64/433/EEC for cutting fresh beef, sheep and pigmeat; whereas this request proposes health conditions; whereas it is necessary that the health conditions fixed as alternative in the requested derogation on cutting of fresh meat be at least equivalent to those of paragraph 45 (c) of Annex I to Directive 64/433/EEC;
Whereas the health conditions proposed by Spain are equivalent to those laid down in paragraph 45 (c) of Annex I to Directive 64/433/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,