Document ID: 31993D0513

COUNCIL DECISION of 21 September 1993 amending Decision 88/408/EEC on the levels of the fees to be charged for health inspections and controls of fresh meat, pursuant to Directive 85/73/EEC
(93/513/EEC)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 85/73/EEC of 29 January 1985 on the financing of health inspections and controls of fresh meat and poultrymeat (1), and in particular Article 2 (1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Decision 88/408/EEC (2) imposes time limits on the application of some of those provisions;
Whereas the application of the abovementioned provisions should be extended until 31 December 1993 so that an in-depth study can be made of all the arrangements relating to fees; whereas reference should be made in this respect to the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 85/73/EEC (3) and Directive 92/116/EEC of 17 December 1992 and amending and consolidating Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat (4);
Whereas it appears necessary to make a temporary derogation from the rules for conversion into national currencies of the amounts fixed in ecus on the grounds of the disturbances occuring in the European Monetary System;
Whereas certain provisions of Decision 88/408/EEC should be amended as a result of the adoption of Directive 91/497/EEC of 29 July 1991 amending and updating Directive 64/433/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Commuity trade in fresh meat to extend it to the production and marketing of fresh meat, and amending Directive 72/462/EEC (5), and Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (6),
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 88/408/EEC shall be amended as follows:
1. in Article 2 (3), the part of the sentence which reads: 'Until 30 September 1993, and without prejudice to invoking the possibility offered by Article 2 (2) of Directive 85/73/EEC,' is hereby replaced by: 'Until 31 December 1993, and without prejudice to invoking the possibility offered by Article 2 (2) of Directive 85/73/EEC,';
2. in Article 2 (4), the part of the sentence which reads: 'Until 30 September 1993' is hereby replaced by: 'Until 31 December 1993';
3. in Article 2 (5), the part of the sentence which reads: 'Until 30 September 1993' is hereby replaced by: 'Until 31 December 1993',
4. in Article 9, the second paragraph shall be replaced by the following:
'However, until 31 December 1993, the conversion rate to be adopted shall be that in force on 1 September 1992'.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 September 1993.

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