ext/celex/31978L0054

No L 16/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 20 . 1 . 78

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE

of 19 December 1977

extending the derogations granted in respect of protection against swine fever to Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom

(78 / 54/ EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas it is therefore necessary to extend by one COMMUNITIES , year the derogations granted to the three Member States concerned , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Article 1 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia ­ Until 31 December 1978 , Denmark, Ireland and the ment ( 1 ), United Kingdom shall be authorized to retain their Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and national rules relating to protection against swine Social Committee (2), fever upon introduction into their territory of swine for breeding, store and slaughter, subject to compli ­ Whereas Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom ance with the general provisions of the Treaty. enjoy derogations permitting them to retain until 31 December 1977 their national rules on protection Article 2 against swine fever upon introduction into their terri ­ tory of swine for breeding, store and slaughter and of In Article 13 of Directive 72/461 / EEC the date '31 fresh pigmeat ; whereas those derogations are December 1977' shall be replaced by '31 December contained in Article 104 ( 1 ) of the Act of Accession 1978 '. and Article 13 of Council Directive 72/461 / EEC of 12 December 1972 on health problems affecting intra ­ Article 3 Community trade in fresh meat (3 ), as last amended by Directive 77/98 / EEC (4 ) ; This Directive is addressed to the Member States .

"Whereas the period within which the technical diffi ­ culties were to be resolved and Community standards Done at Brussels , 19 December 1977 . laid down as regards swine fever has proved inadequate ; whereas the solutions to be adopted are For the Council to some extent linked to the swine fever eradication measures for which the Council has requested the The President Commission to submit proposals ; whereas such propo ­ sals have not yet been submitted ; H. SIMONET

(') OJ No C 6, 9 . 1 . 1978 , p. 117 . (2) Opinion delivered on 14 December 1977 ( not yet published in the Official Journal ). (3) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12 . 1972, p . 24. (4 ) OJ No L 26, 31 . 1 . 1977, p. 81 .