No L 187/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 7. 91 COMMISSION DECISION of 17 June 1991 amending Decision 87/257/EEC as regards the list of establishments in the United States of America approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community (91/344/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, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries ('), as last amended by Directive 91/69/EEC (3, and in particular Articles 4 (1) and 18 (1) thereof, Whereas a list of establishments in-the United States of America, approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community, was drawn up initially by Commission Decision 87/257/EEC (%), as last amended by Commission Decision of 13 December 1990, and that this list may be amended at any time in the light of the results of Community inspections carried out in the United States of America ; Whereas the latest inspection pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 72/462/EEC and Article 2 (1) of Commission Decision 86/474/EEC of 11 September 1986 on the implementation of the on-the-spot inspections to be carried out in respect of the importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from non-member countries (¥) has revealed that the situation in some estab- lishments has been altered since the previous inspection ; Whereas fresh meat from these establishments will be able to be imported into the Community from the moment that the American authorities have given assur- ances on the measures taken to establish satisfactory conditions and after a Community inspection ; Whereas the list of establishments should therefore be amended ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, () OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28. () OJ No L 46, 19. 2. 1991, p. 37. () OJ No L 121, 9. 5. 1987, p. 46. (9 OJ No L 279, 30. 9. 1986, p. S5. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The Annex to Decision 87/257/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 The import of fresh bovine and porcine meat from the slaughterhouses and cutting premises listed in the Annex to this Decision will start on a date to be fixed in the future when a review of this Decision is undertaken ; such a review will only be carried out after the Commission has received the necessary assurances and verified that the necessary improvements, currently in hand in these estab- lishments, have been completed. This Article does not apply to establishment No 7 A (Berliner & Marx, Edgar, WI). Article 3 The present Decision shall be reviewed before 31 December 1991 at the latest. Article 4 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 June 1991. ’ For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission