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CHERNOBYL: PROHIBITIONS ON AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS
SUMMARY
1. IN A MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, COMMISSION PROPOSED BUT LATER WITHDREW FOR LEGAL REASONS, DRAFT REGULATION ALLOWING IMPORTS FROM EFTA OF THE PRODUCTS BANNED FROM EASTERN BLOC, PROVIDED THEY DID NOT EXCEED RADIATION LEVELS APPLIED IN MEMBER STATES.
2. RACEHORSES DELETED FROM THE LIST OF IMPORTS BANNED FROM EASTERN BLOC.
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3. AT AN AGRICULTURAL TRADE MECHANISMS COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY, THE COMMISSION PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT TO THE LIST OF PRODUCTS (ANNEX TO COMMISSION REG 1505/86, AMENDING COUNCIL REG 1383/86) WHOSE IMPORT FROM EASTERN BLOC COUNTRIES IS PROHIBITED TO DELETE RACEHORSES INTENDED TO TAKE PART IN COMPETITIONS. THIS WAS SUBSEQUENTLY VOTED THROUGH UNANIMOUSLY (AND TAKES EFFECT ON 23 MAY).
4. THE COMMISSION ALSO PRESENTED, AT VIRTUALLY NO NOTICE, A DRAFT COMMISSION REGULATION, AMENDING 1505/86, PROVIDING THAT THE LISTED PRODUCTS, WHEN ORIGINATING FROM EFTA COUNTRIES, MIGHT BE IMPORTED INTO A MEMBER STATE PROVIDED THAT RADIATION LEVELS DID NOT EXCEED MAXIMUM TOLERANCES APPLIED BY THE MEMBER STATE TO SIMILAR NATIONAL ECD(E)). PRODUCTS (TEXT BY MUFAX TO MRS ATTRIDGE, MAFF AND GORDON,
5. NO DELEGATION APPEARED TO OBJECT TO THE CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL, BUT A NUMBER (INCLUDING GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS)
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