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". – Mr President, given the evolution of the situation within the European Community, the Commission is writing to third countries drawing their attention to the measures taken in relation to BSE within the European Union and alerting them to the need to consider similar measures. In addition, the Scientific Steering Committee is carrying out an assessment of the geographical BSE risk of individual third countries, on which the results are expected in the first half of 2001.
Policy towards imports from third countries will be decided in the light of this assessment. I have recently visited Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic where I have underlined the necessity to be vigilant in regard to the risk of BSE. I am committed to ensuring that the food consumers have available, whether it comes from within or outside the European Union, meets the highest standards. The Community has several mechanisms to protect the health of consumers with regard to the safety of food imports from third countries. The Food and Veterinary Office performs on-the-spot inspections and audits in third countries to verify that exports from these countries meet the EU's animal and public health requirements.
In addition, Council Directive 97/78 of 18 December 1997 lays down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries. Under this directive third country exports of meat are subject to systematic checks at the Community's external frontier to ensure that Community requirements have been respected. The Commission is also conscious of the necessity to ensure that exports from the European Union to third countries do not constitute a risk to food safety."@en1
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