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( 1 ) OJ NO C 130 , 31 . 5 . 1980 , P . 10 .

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 20 JUNE 1980 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 3 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 2 JULY 1980 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 4 ) OJ NO L 47 , 21 . 2 . 1980 , P . 24 .

( 5 ) OJ NO 121 , 29 . 7 . 1964 , P . 1977/64 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 47 , 21 . 2 . 1980 , P . 25 .

( 7 ) OJ NO L 302 , 31 . 12 . 1972 , P . 24 .

( 8 ) OJ NO L 47 , 21 . 2 . 1980 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE

OF 24 JUNE 1980

PROLONGING CERTAIN DEROGATIONS GRANTED TO DENMARK , IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM IN RESPECT OF SWINE FEVER

( 80/607/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 43 AND 100 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 , UNDER DIRECTIVE 80/218/EEC ( 4 ), DENMARK , IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE AUTHORIZED TO RETAIN UNTIL 30 JUNE 1980 THEIR NATIONAL PROVISIONS FOR ENSURING PROTECTION AGAINST SWINE FEVER ;

WHEREAS COMMUNITY RULES OFFER THE ONLY FINAL SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THIS DISEASE ;

WHEREAS THE PROPOSALS WHICH HAVE BEEN FORWARDED FOR THIS PURPOSE BY THE COMMISSION MUST BE EXAMINED ; WHEREAS A SUFFICIENT PERIOD SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR THEIR ADOPTION BY THE COUNCIL AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION BY THE MEMBER STATES PRIOR TO THE EXPIRY OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED DEROGATIONS ;

WHEREAS , THEREFORE , THESE DEROGATIONS SHOULD BE EXTENDED UNTIL 31 OCTOBER 1980 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :

ARTICLE 1

BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM DIRECTIVE 64/432/EEC ( 5 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 80/219/EEC ( 6 ), AND FROM DIRECTIVE 72/461/EEC ( 7 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 80/213/EEC ( 8 ), DENMARK , IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE AUTHORIZED TO RETAIN THEIR NATIONAL RULES RELATING TO PROTECTION AGAINST SWINE FEVER UPON INTRODUCTION INTO THEIR TERRITORY OF SWINE FOR BREEDING , STORE AND SLAUGHTER AND TO IMPORTS OF FRESH PIGMEAT , SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DIRECTIVE SHALL APPLY UNTIL 31 OCTOBER 1980 .

ARTICLE 3

MEMBER STATES SHALL BRING INTO FORCE THE LAWS , REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THIS DIRECTIVE BY 30 JUNE 1980 AT THE LATEST AND SHALL INFORM THE COMMISSION THEREOF .

ARTICLE 4

THIS DIRECTIVE IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 24 JUNE 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

S . FORMICA