No L 124/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 9.5 92 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 8 April 1992 concerning the import of live pigs, fresh pigmeat and pigmeat products from Czechoslovakia and amending Decisions 82/425/EEC and 91/449/EEC (92/244/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products en- tering the Community from third countries ('), as amended by Directive 91/496/EEC (3, and in particular Article 19 thereof, - Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks for animals entering the Community from third countries and modifying Direc- tives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC, as amended by Directive 91/628/EEC (*), and in particular Article 18 thereof, Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from Czechoslo- vakia were established by Commission Decision 82/425/EEC (%); Whereas the model for the veterinary certification for imports of meat products from Czechoslovakia was es- tablished by Commission Decision 91/449/EEC (%) ; Whereas the competent veterinary authorities of Czecho- slovakia have reported outbreaks of classical swine fever in the Slovak Republic, and whereas the competent veteri- nary authorities of Czechoslovakia have taken health measures including the prevention of movement of pigs and pigmeat from the Slovak to the Czech Republic; Whereas this situation is likely to constitute a serious risk to animal health in the European Community and there- () OJ No L 373, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1. () OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. S6. () OJ No L 340, 11. 12. 1991, p. 17. () OJ No L 186, 30. 6. 1982, p. 48. () O] No L 240, 29. 8. 1991, p. 28. fore the suspension of imports from the Slovak Republic of live pigs, fresh pigmeat including wild boarmeat and pigmeat products other than those having undergone a complete heat treatment is justified ; Whereas the relevant animal health certificates must be amended accordingly ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 Member States shall not authorize import from the Slovak Republic of Czechoslovakia of domestic animals of the porcine species, fresh meat and meat products from such animals and including wild boars other than meat products which have undergone heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an F, value of 3,00 or more or which have otherwise been treated to ensure an internal temperature of not less than 80 ° Celsius. Article 2 Annex A to Decision 82/425/EEC is hereby amended as follows : 1. after the words ‘Exporting country : Czechoslovakia’, the words ‘(excluding, in the case of fresh meat from swine, the Slovak Republic) ; 2. in Section IV, point 1, first indent, after the words ‘territory of Czechoslovakia’, the words ‘(excluding, in the case of swine, the Slovak Republic), are added.