L 345112 Official Journal of the European Union 31.12.2003 COUNCIL DECISION of 17 December 2003 amending Decision 95/408/EC on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third-country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs, as regards the extension of its validity (2003/912/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to Council Decision 95/408EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provi- sional lists of third-country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (), and in par- ticular Article 9 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) Decision 95/408/EC expires on 31 December 2003. (2)  The Commission proposal for a regulation of the Euro- pean Parliament and of the Council laying down detailed rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (%) (the Regulation for the organisation of official controls) provides for a new procedure for drawing up lists of establishments in third countries intended to replace the rules laid down in Decision 95/408/EC. (3)  The validity of Decision 95/408/EC should be extended to bridge the gap between the expiry of that Decision and the entry into force of the Regulation for the organi- sation of official controls. () OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17. Decision as last amended by Regu- Jation (EC) No 806/2003 (O] L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1). () OJ C 262 E, 29.10.2002, p. 449. (4)  Decision 95[408/EC should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Atrticle 1 In Article 9 of Decision 95/408/EC ‘31 December 2003’ shall be replaced by ‘31 December 2005". Atticle 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 December 2003. For the Council The President G. ALEMANNO