No L 109/44 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 5. 95 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 8 May 1995 establishing, as regards salmonella, additional guarantees for consignments to Finland and Sweden of certain types of eggs intended for human consumption (95/168/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requi- rements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (1) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Annex II, Chapter 2, first indent, ‘ Whereas by Decisions 94/968/EC (3 and 95/50/EC (), the Commission approved the operational programmes for the control of salmonella presented by Finland and Sweden ; whereas these programmes contain specific measures for eggs of laying hens intended for direct human consumption ; Whereas Finland has given an undertaking that packing centres will accept only those eggs which originate from flocks of laying hens subjected to regular salmonella checks; whereas Sweden has provided for salmonella checks on all the flocks of laying hens whose eggs are placed on the market; () OJ No L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49. ) OJ No L 371, 31. 12. 1994, p. 36. () OJ No L 53, 9. 3. 1995, p. 31. Whereas additional guarantees equivalent to those which Finland and Sweden implement under their operational programmes should be established ; Whereas packing centres should therefore provide a guarantee that eggs intended for Finland and Sweden originate from flocks of laying hens which have been subjected to a microbiological test by sampling; Whereas the rules relating to such microbiological tests - by sampling should be drawn up laying down the ~ sampling method, the number of samples to be taken and the microbiological method to be used for examining the samples ; Whereas account should be taken of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 of 26 June 1990 on certain marketing standards for eggs (¥), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3117/94 (), Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 of 15 May 1991 introducing detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 3239/94(), and Council Decision 94/371/EC of 20 June 1994 laying down specific public health conditions for the putting on the market of certain types of eggs(’); Whereas Finland and Sweden must apply import require- ments for consignments originating from third countries at least as stringent as those laid down in this Decision ; () O] No L 173, 6. 7. 1990, p. S. 9 OJ No L 330, 21. 12. 1994, p. 4. (9 OJ No L 121, 15. 5. 1991, p. 11. O] No L 338, 28. 12. 1994, p. 48. () OJ -No L 168, 2. 7. 1994, p. 34.