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( 1 ) OJ NO C 9 , 11 . 1 . 1979 , P . 4 .

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 16 FEBRUARY 1979 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 3 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 21 AND 22 FEBRUARY 1979 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 4 ) OJ NO L 206 , 12 . 8 . 1977 , P . 8 .

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE

OF 5 MARCH 1979

AMENDING DIRECTIVE 77/504/EEC ON PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES

( 79/268/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 PARLIA- MENT ( 2 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 3 ),

WHEREAS COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 77/504/EEC OF 25 JULY 1977 ON PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES ( 4 ) LAID DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE LIBERALIZATION OF INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN THIS FIELD ;

WHEREAS , PENDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY RULES ON THE SUBJECT , THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE HAS BEEN ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 7 OF THE SAID DIRECTIVE THAT IMPORTS FROM NON-MEMBER STATES SHOULD NOT ENJOY MORE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS THAN THOSE APPLYING TO INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE ;

WHEREAS COMMUNITY RULES CONCERNING TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES HAVE NOT YET BEEN FULLY ESTABLISHED , IN PARTICULAR AS REGARDS THE CRITERIA FOR ENTRY IN A HERD-BOOK ; WHEREAS THEY WILL NOT BE SO ESTABLISHED UNTIL A NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTING MEASURES , PARTICULARLY THOSE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 6 OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED DIRECTIVE HAVE BEEN ADOPTED ; WHEREAS PROVISION SHOULD THEREFORE BE MADE FOR ARTICLE 7 OF THAT DIRECTIVE TO BE APPLIED AS AND WHEN INTRA-COMMUNITY ARRANGEMENTS ARE INTRODUCED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :

ARTICLE 1

ARTICLE 9 OF DIRECTIVE 77/504/EEC SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' ARTICLE 9

THE MEMBER STATES SHALL BRING INTO FORCE THE LAWS , REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO :

( A ) COMPLY WITH THIS DIRECTIVE , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ARTICLE 7 , BY 1 JANUARY 1979 AT THE LATEST ;

( B ) COMPLY WITH ARTICLE 7 , AS REGARDS EACH OF THE POINTS WHICH IT COVERS , ON THE SAME DATES AS THOSE ON WHICH THEY COMPLY WITH THE CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE , AND IN PARTICULAR THE DECISIONS THAT ARE SUCCESSIVELY ADOPTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 6 .

THEY SHALL FORTHWITH INFORM THE COMMISSION THEREOF ' .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DIRECTIVE IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 5 MARCH 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . MEHAIGNERIE