council decis march conclus agreement european commun unit state america sanitari measur protect public anim health trade live anim anim product ec council european union regard treati establish european commun articl conjunct sentenc articl thereof regard propos commiss agreement european commun unit state america sanitari measur protect public anim health trade live anim anim product adequ mean put practic provis wto agreement applic sanitari phytosanitari measur public anim health measur agreement contribut facilit bilater trade european commun unit state america live anim anim product progress recognit equival sanitari measur recognit anim health statu applic regionalis improv commun cooper make provis procedur establish close effect cooper commiss member state stand veterinari committe agreement approv behalf commun decid articl agreement european commun unit state america sanitari measur protect public anim health trade live anim anim product approv behalf commun text agreement annex thereto attach decis articl presid council authoris design person person empow sign agreement order bind commun articl measur implement agreement includ fresh meat meat base product guarante equival laid direct eec establish pursuant procedur laid articl direct articl commiss assist member state repres repres commun joint committe refer articl agreement commun posit regard matter dealt joint committe establish council bodi accord provis treati amend annex agreement result recommend joint committe adopt procedur provid articl direct eec articl decis publish offici journal european commun effect date public brussel march council presid cunningham oj direct amend direct ec oj