However, in the case of those Member States not requiring annual medical check-ups on the date of adoption of this Directive, pursuant to existing veterinary laws, the medical check-up provided for in Annex A, Chapter II (17), shall be obligatory only from 15 February 1980, unless the Council, acting on a proposal by the Commission, decides before 31 December 1979 to postpone that date in the light of the report which the Commission will submit to it.
Vendar so za tiste države članice, ki na datum sprejetja te direktive na podlagi obstoječe veterinarske zakonodaje ne zahtevajo vsakoletnih zdravniških pregledov, zdravniški pregledi, predvideni v poglavju II(17) Priloge A, obvezni šele od 15. februarja 1980, razen če Svet na predlog Komisije pred 31. decembrom 1979 na podlagi poročila Komisije ne odloči, da ta rok preloži na pozneje.