No L 353/48 Official Journal of the European Communities 17.12. 90 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 4 December 1990 on the transitional measures and the adjustments required to the Directives on plant health, seeds, plants and animal feedingstuffs and to the veterinary and zootechnical legislation as a result of German unification {90/654/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bavine animals and swine (1), as last amended by Directive 89/662/EEC (2), and in particular Article 4 b (1) (c) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 72/461/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat (3), as last amended by Directive 89/662/EEC (4), and in particular Article 13a (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (f), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (6), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (7), Whereas the Community has adopted a body of rules implementing the common agricultural policy; Whereas, from the date of German unification onwards, Community law will be fully applicable in the territory of the. former German Democratic Republic; Whereas to facilitate the integration of farming in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic into the common agricultural policy, the former German (1) OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64. {2) O] No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 13. (3) O] No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 24. (%) O] No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 13. (%) OJ No L 263, 26. 9. 1990, p. 24, as amended on 25 October 1990. () Opinion delivered on 21 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal). {7) Opinion delivered on 20 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal). : Democratic Republic has been applying, in an autonomous capacity, some of the common agricultural rules since 1 July 1990; Whereas, however, certain adjustments must be made to Community agricultural legislation in order to allow for the particular circumstances of the said territory; Whereas the derogations provided for in this connection should as a general rule be temporary and cause the least possible disturbance to the functioning of the common agricultural policy and the pursuit of the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty; Whereas, given the current situation, certain Community provisions on quality and health cannot be applied immediately to the territory of the former German Democratic Republic; whereas any disturbance to the proper functioning of the internal market resulting from the application of derogations to this end must be avoided; whereas therefore products which do not conform to Community rules should not be marketed in the Community except in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic; Whereas information about farming in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic is insufficient to permit the extent of the adjustments and derogations to be definitively established; whereas, to allow for changes in the situation, it is necessary to lay down a simplified procedure in accordance with the third indent of Article 145 of the Treaty so that the measures provided for in this Directive may be adjusted and supplemented where necessary; ‘Whereas the German authorities have undertaken to extend + their eradication plan for classical swine fever to the territory of the former German Democratic Republic from the date of German unification; whereas they have given their assurance that the system for notifying diseases will be in operation for that territory on the same date; whereas, as a result, in the light of the animal health situation in that territory and the above undertakings, the territory should be accorded disease-free status with regard to classical - swine fever from the date of German unification,