EUR-Lex - 31978D0642 - EN

Article 1

The prohibition provided for in Article 14 (2) of Directive 72/462/EEC shall not apply to the following districts of the Republic of Botswana : Kweneng, Kgatlend, South-East, Southern and Kgalagadi.

Article 2

If a Member State authorizes the importation into its own territory of fresh meat exclusively from de-boned carcases of animals of the bovine species originating in the districts referred to in Article 1 and slaughtered in one of these districts, the following conditions shall apply: - the meat shall satisfy the requirements of the specimen health certificate annexed hereto ; the certificate shall accompany the meat during transport to the importing Member State,

• the meat shall not enter the importing Member State's territory for at least 21 days from the date of slaughter,

• the competent authority of the Republic of Botswana shall give assurances that it will notify the importing Member State and the Commission immediately of any new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the country. (1)OJ No L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28. (2)OJ No L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 81.

Article 3

In the light of any developments in the situation, this Decision shall be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 29 of Directive 72/462/EEC.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 July 1978.

For the Council

The President

H.J. ROHR

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