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( 1 ) OJ NO L 302 , 31 . 12 . 1972 , P . 28 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 26 , 31 . 1 . 1977 , P . 81 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 236 , 28 . 8 . 1978 , PP . 19 , 29 AND 37 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 7 , 11 . 1 . 1979 , P . 31 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 53 , 3 . 3 . 1979 , P . 33 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 65 , 15 . 3 . 1979 , P . 32 .

( 7 ) OJ NO L 186 , 24 . 7 . 1979 , P . 42 .

COUNCIL DECISION

OF 26 MARCH 1980

AMENDING COMMISSION DECISION 79/277/EEC AS REGARDS ANIMAL HEALTH CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE IMPORT OF MASSETER MUSCLES FROM ARGENTINA , BRAZIL , URUGUAY AND PARAGUAY

( 80/377/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 72/462/EEC OF 12 DECEMBER 1972 ON HEALTH AND VETERINARY INSPECTION PROBLEMS UPON IMPORTATION OF BOVINE ANIMALS AND SWINE AND FRESH MEAT FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 77/98/EEC ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 16 AND 28 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ANIMAL HEALTH CONDITIONS CONCERNING IMPORTS OF FRESH MEAT FROM ARGENTINA , BRAZIL AND URUGUAY WERE LAID DOWN BY COMMISSION DECISIONS 78/693/EEC , 78/694/EEC AND 78/695/EEC ( 3 ) RESPECTIVELY , AS AMENDED BY DECISION 79/18/EEC ( 4 ), AND FROM PARAGUAY BY COMMISSION DECISION 79/238/EEC ( 5 );

WHEREAS DIFFICULTIES EXIST IN THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 20 ( K ) OF DIRECTIVE 72/462/EEC WHICH HAVE STILL TO BE RESOLVED ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER NOT TO DISRUPT EXISTING TRADE PATTERNS , MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE ALLOWED , ON A TEMPORARY BASIS , TO CONTINUE TO AUTHORIZE IMPORTS OF WHOLE MASSETER MUSCLES OF BOVINE ANIMALS ;

WHEREAS COMMISSION DECISIONS 79/277/EEC ( 6 ) AND 79/654/EEC ( 7 ) PROVIDE FOR SUCH TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATIONS ; WHEREAS A FURTHER PERIOD IS NECESSARY TO RESOLVE THE DIFFICULTIES REFERRED TO ABOVE ; WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAS MADE THE NECESSARY PROPOSALS ;

WHEREAS , SINCE THE STANDING VETERINARY COMMITTEE HAS NOT GIVEN ITS ASSENT , THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN UNABLE TO ADOPT THE PROVISIONS IT HAD ENVISAGED ON THIS MATTER UNDER THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 29 OF DIRECTIVE 72/462/EEC ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

DECISION 79/277/EEC SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . IN ARTICLES 1 , 2 , 3 AND 4 , THE DATE ' 31 DECEMBER 1979 ' SHALL BE REPLACED BY ' 31 DECEMBER 1980 ' .

2 . THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE INSERTED AS ARTICLE 5A :

' ARTICLE 5A

PENDING THE ADOPTION OF COMPLETE COMMUNITY MEASURES IN THE AREA OF HYGIENE , ARTICLES 1 , 2 , 3 AND 4 SHALL APPLY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE NATIONAL PROVISIONS OF MEMBER STATES RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH . '

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 26 MARCH 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . MARCORA