79/456/EEC: Commission Decision of 2 May 1979 amending Council Decision 78/642/EEC on health protection measures in respect of Botswana

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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 213 , 3 . 8 . 1978 , P . 15 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 257 , 20 . 9 . 1978 , P . 16 .

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 2 MAY 1979

AMENDING COUNCIL DECISION 78/642/EEC ON HEALTH PROTECTION MEASURES IN RESPECT OF BOTSWANA

( 79/456/EEC )

THE COMMISSION 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 ARTICLE 15 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DECISION 78/642/EEC OF 25 JULY 1978 ON HEALTH PROTECTION MEASURES IN RESPECT OF BOTSWANA ( 3 ), AS AMENDED BY COMMISSION DECISION 78/771/EEC ( 4 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS THE ABOVEMENTIONED DECISION , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE HEALTH SITUATION IN BOTSWANA AND OF THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THAT COUNTRY TO COMBAT FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND TO PREVENT THIS DISEASE SPREADING INTO OTHER UNCONTAMINATED AREAS , PERMITTED MEMBER STATES TO IMPORT INTO THEIR TERRITORY , UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND FROM SPECIFIED DISTRICTS , FRESH MEAT FROM THAT COUNTRY ;

WHEREAS , ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE AUTHORITIES OF BOTSWANA , THE GHANZI DISTRICT HAS BEEN FREE OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE SINCE 1934 ; WHEREAS THAT DISTRICT IS CLEARLY SEPARATED FROM THE AREAS OF BOTSWANA WHERE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE APPEARED ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THE SITUATION IN THESE AREAS , AS REGARDS THIS DISEASE , HAS IMPROVED ; WHEREAS IT IS POSSIBLE , THEREFORE , TO ALLOW THE GHANZI DISTRICT TO EXPORT FRESH MEAT TO MEMBER STATES ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES ADOPTED IN THIS DECISION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE STANDING VETERINARY COMMITTEE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

DECISION 78/642/EEC IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . IN ARTICLE 1 THE NAME ' GHANZI ' SHALL BE INSERTED BEFORE THE NAME ' KWENENG ' .

2 . IN POINT IV ( 1 ) ( A ), FIRST INDENT , OF THE HEALTH CERTIFICATE SET OUT IN THE ANNEX , THE NAME ' GHANZI ' SHALL BE INSERTED BEFORE THE NAME ' KWENENG ' .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 2 MAY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT