51998PC0360

Proposal for a Council Decision amending Council Decision 95/408/EC 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 authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products and live bivalve molluscs (98/C 215/06) COM(1998) 360 final - 98/0200(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 9 June 1998)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC 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 authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products and live bivalve molluscs (1), as amended by Decision 97/34/EC (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas the interim period opened by Decision 95/408/EC ends on 31 December 1998; whereas for administrative reasons, the drawing up of the lists of third-country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products in accordance with the Directives on health rules applicable to those products has been delayed;

Whereas, in order to prevent any disruptions in traditional trade patterns, the interim period during which a simplified system may be applied for the approval of third-country establishments exporting certain products of animal origin, fishery products and live bivalve molluscs should be extended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 9 of Decision 95/408/EC, '31 December 1998` is replaced by '31 December 2000`.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

(1) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17.

(2) OJ L 13, 16.1.1997, p. 33.