9.10.98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 273/37 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 7 October 1998 amending Council Decision 98/256/EC as regards certain emergency measures to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (notified under document number C(1998) 2974) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/564/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra- Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market ('), as last amended by Directive 92/ 118/EEC (?), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof, Whereas Council Decision 98/256/EC of 16 March 1998 concerning emergency measures to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy, amending Decision 94/ 474/EC and repealing Decision 96/239/EC (%), took effect from the date of its notification to the Member States, namely 15 April 1998; Whereas it is appropriate to allow material to be sent from the United Kingdom to officially recognised labor- atories in other Member States or third countries for research purposes, in particular for the development of tests for the diagnosis of BSE; Whereas the measures contained in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Decision 98/256/EC is amended as follows: 1. in Article 4, paragraph (1), the following point (c) is added: ‘(c) samples, dispatched from the Veterinary Labora- tory Agency, Weybridge, to officially approved institutes, obtained from bovine animals slaugh- tered in the United Kingdom and which are destined for use for the purpose of research into BSE and BSE diagnostic tests.’; 2. in Article 4, paragraph (2), the words (a) and (b) are inserted after ‘paragraph 1’. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 October 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission () OJ L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 13. @) O] L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49. () OJ L 113, 15. 4. 1998, p. 32.