2005/620/EC: Commission Decision of 18 August 2005 amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards imports of fresh meat from Argentina and Russia (notified under document number C(2005) 3... (European Union)

2005/620/EC: Commission Decision of 18 August 2005 amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards imports of fresh meat from Argentina and Russia (notified under document number C(2005) 3147) (Text with EEA relevance)

Published: 2005-08-18

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20.8.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

L 216/11

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 August 2005

amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards imports of fresh meat from Argentina and Russia

(notified under document number C(2005) 3147)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/620/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (1), and in particular Article 8(1) and (4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Part 1 of Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC of 21 December 1979 drawing up a list of third countries or parts of third countries, and laying down animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions, for importation into the Community of certain live animals and their fresh meat (2) sets out a list of third countries and parts of third countries from which Member States are authorised to import certain live animals and their fresh meat.

(2)

The territory of AR-4 in Argentina is free from foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination. That is correctly reflected under the specific conditions listed in Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC under which the use of veterinary certificates BOV, OVI, RUW and RUF is authorised for that territory. However, the list of third countries and parts thereof in Part 1 of Annex II to that Decision as shown in the row relevant to the territory of AR-4 is not consistent with that. Therefore RUW and RUF should be inserted in that row for clarity and consistency.

(3)

The date of application relevant to the geographic and timing restrictions concerning the territory of AR-8 has been incorrectly stated and may lead to confusion. For the sake of clarity the date of application in the specific conditions table for the unauthorised period should be corrected to 17 March 2005.

(4)

The Murmansk region of Russia is authorised for importation to the Community meat of farmed non-domestic animals other than suidae and solipeds. Russia has asked the Commission to include the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous area in the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the fresh meat of farmed reindeer may be imported into the Community.

(5)

Following that request a mission was carried out in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous area by the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) from 22 to 26 November 2004. The conclusion of that mission is that the animal health situation in the area is satisfactory and that the competent veterinary authority provides appropriate guarantees as regards compliance with Community legislation, in particular the items mentioned in Article 8 paragraph 1 of Directive 2002/99/EC. Furthermore, Russia provided an action plan addressing all the recommendations of the mission report in a satisfactory way.

(6)	It is therefore appropriate to list the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous area as being authorised to import into the Community the fresh meat of farmed non-domestic animals other than suidae and solipeds.

(7)	Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC should be amended accordingly.

(8)	The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the 30th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply immediately.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.

(2) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15. Decision as last amended by Commission Decision 2005/234/EC (OJ L 72, 18.3.2005, p. 35).

ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

(Fresh meat)

PART 1

List of third countries or parts thereof (1)

Country

Code of Territory

Description of territory

Veterinary certificate

Specific conditions

Model(s)

AL — Albania

AL-0

Whole country

—

AR — Argentina

AR-0

Whole country

EQU

AR-1

The Provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe y Tucumán

BOV

1 and 2

AR-2

La Pampa and Santiago del Estero

BOV

1 and 2

AR-3

Córdoba

BOV

1 and 2

AR-4

Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego

BOV, OVI, RUW, RUF

AR-5

Formosa (only the territory of Ramón Lista) and Salta (only the department of Rivadavia)

BOV

1 and 2

AR-6

Salta (only the departments of General José de San Martín, Orán, Iruya, and Santa Victoria)

BOV

1 and 2

AR-7

Chaco, Formosa (except the territory of Ramón Lista), Salta (except the departments of General José de San Martín, Rivadavia, Orán, Iruya, and Santa Victoria), Jujuy

BOV

1 and 2

AR-8

Chaco, Formosa, Salta, Jujuy, with the exception of the buffer area of 25 Km from the border with Bolivia and Paraguay that extends from the Santa Catalina District in the Province of Jujuy, to the Laishi District in the Province of Formosa

BOV

1 and 2

AR-9

The buffer area of 25 Km from the border with Bolivia and Paraguay that extends from the Santa Catalina District in the Province of Jujuy, to the Laishi District in the Province of Formosa

—

AU — Australia

AU-0

Whole country

BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW

BA — Bosnia Herzegovina

BA-0

Whole country

—

BG — Bulgaria

BG-0

Whole country

EQU

BG-1

The provinces of Varna, Dobrich, Silistra, Choumen, Targovitchte, Razgrad, Rousse, V.Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Pleven, Lovetch, Plovdic, Smolian, Pasardjik, Sofia district, Sofia city, Pernik, Kustendil, Blagoevgrad, Vratza, Montana and Vidin

BOV, OVI RUW, RUF

BG-2

The provinces of Bourgas, Jambol, Sliven, Starazagora, Hasskovo, Kardjaliand and the 20-km-wide corridor on the border with Turkey

—

BH — Bahrain

BH-0

Whole country

—

BR — Brazil

BR-0

Whole country

EQU

BR-1

States of Paraná, Minas Gerais (except regional delegations of Oliveira, Passos, São Gonçalo de Sapucai, Setelagoas and Bambuí), São Paulo, Espíritu Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul (except for the municipalities of Sete Quedas, Sonora, Aquidauana, Bodoqueno, Bonito, Caracol, Coxim, Jardim, Ladario, Miranda, Pedro Gomes, Porto Murtinho, Rio Negro, Rio Verde of Mato Grosso and Corumbá), Santa Catarina, Goias and the regional units of Cuiaba (except for the municipalities of San Antonio de Leverger, Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Pocone and Barão de Melgaço), Caceres (except for the municipality of Caceres), Lucas do Rio Verde, Rondonopolis (except for the municipality of Itiquiora), Barra do Garça and Barra do Burges in Mato Grosso

BOV

1 and 2

BR-2

State of Rio Grande do Sul

BOV

1 and 2

BR-3

State of Mato Grosso do Sul, municipality of Sete Quedas

BOV

1 and 2

BW — Botswana

BW-0

Whole country

EQU, EQW

BW-1

The veterinary disease control zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 18

BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW

1 and 2

BW-2

The veterinary disease control zones 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14

BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW

1 and 2

BY — Belarus

BY-0

Whole country

—

BZ — Belize

BZ-0

Whole country

BOV, EQU

CA — Canada

CA-0

Whole country

BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, SUF, SUW RUF, RUW

CH — Switzerland

CH-0

Whole country

BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW

CL — Chile

CL-0

Whole country

BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF

CN — China (People's Republic of)

CN-0

Whole country

—

CO — Colombia

CO-0

Whole country

EQU

CO-1

The zone included within the borderlines from the point where the Murrí River flows into the Atrató River, downstream along the Atrató River to where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean from this point to the Panamanian border following the Atlantic coastline to Cabo Tiburón; from this point to the Pacific Ocean following the Columbian-Panamanian border; from this point to the mouth of the Valle River along the Pacific coast and from this point along a straight line to the point where the Murrí River flows into the Atrató River

BOV

CO-3

The zone included within the borderlines from the mouth of the Sinú River on the Atlantic Ocean, upstream along the Sinú River to its headwaters of Alto Paramillo, from this point to Puerto Rey on the Atlantic Ocean, following the borderline between the Department of Antiquia and Córdoba, and from this point to the mouth of the Sinú River along the Atlantic coast

BOV

CR — Costa Rica

CR-0

Whole country

BOV, EQU

CS — Serbia and Montenegro (2)

CS-0

Whole country

BOV, OVI, EQU

CU — Cuba

CU-0

Whole country

BOV, EQU

DZ — Algeria

DZ-0

Whole country

—

ET — Ethiopia

ET-0

Whole country

—

FK — Falkland Islands

FK-0

Whole country

BOV, OVI, EQU

GL — Greenland

GL-0

Whole country

BOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW

GT — Guatemala

GT-0

Whole country

BOV, EQU

HK — Hong Kong

HK-0

Whole country

—

HN — Honduras

HN-0

Whole country

BOV, EQU

HR — Croatia

HR-0

Whole country

BOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW

IL — Israel

IL-0

Whole country

—

IN — India

IN-0

Whole country

—

IS — Iceland

IS-0

Whole country

BOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW

KE — Kenya

KE-0

Whole country

—

MA — Morocco

MA-0

Whole country

EQU

MG — Madagascar

MG-0

Whole country

—

MK — Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (3)

MK-0

Whole country

OVI, EQU

MU — Mauritius

MU-0

Whole country

—

MX — Mexico

MX-0

Whole country

BOV, EQU

NA — Namibia

NA-0

Whole country

EQU, EQW

NA-1

South of the cordon fences which extend from Palgrave Point in the west to Gam in the east

BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW

NC — New Caledonia

NC-0

Whole country

BOV, RUF, RUW

NI — Nicaragua

NI-0

Whole country

—

NZ — New Zealand

NZ-0

Whole country

BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW

PA — Panamá

PA-0

Whole country

BOV, EQU

PY — Paraguay

PY-0

Whole country

EQU

PY-1

Chaco central and San Pedro areas

BOV

1 and 2

RO — Romania

RO-0

Whole country

BOV, OVI, EQU, RUW, RUF

RU — Russia

RU-0

Whole country

—

RU-1

Region of Murmansk, Yamalo-Nenets autonomous area

RUF

SV — El Salvador

SV-0

Whole country

—

SZ — Swaziland

SZ-0

Whole country

EQU, EQW

SZ-1

Area west of the “red line” fences which extends northwards from the river Usutu to the frontier with South Africa west of Nkalashane,

BOV, RUF, RUW

SZ-2

The veterinary foot and mouth surveillance and vaccination control areas as gazetted as a Statutory Instrument under legal notice number 51 of 2001

BOV, RUF, RUW

1 and 2

TH — Thailand

TH-0

Whole country

—

TN — Tunisia

TN-0

Whole country

—

TR — Turkey

TR-0

Whole country

—

TR-1

The provinces of Amasya, Ankara, Aydin, Balikesir, Bursa, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Izmir, Kastamonu, Kutahya, Manisa, Usak, Yozgat and Kirikkale

EQU

UA — Ukraine

UA-0

Whole country

—

US — United States

US-0

Whole country

BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, SUF, SUW, RUF, RUW

UY — Uruguay

UY-0

Whole country

EQU

BOV

1 and 2

OVI

1 and 2

ZA — South Africa

ZA-0

Whole country

EQU, EQW

ZA-1

The whole country except:

—	the part of the foot-and-mouth disease control area situated in the veterinary regions of Mpumalanga and Northern provinces, in the district of Ingwavuma of the veterinary region of Natal and in the border area with Botswana east of longitude 28°, and

—	the district of Camperdown, in the province of KwaZuluNatal

BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW

ZW — Zimbabwe

ZW-0

Whole country

—

No certificate laid down and fresh meat imports are prohibited (except for those species where indicated in the line for the whole country).

Specific conditions referred to in column 6

“1”

Geographic and timing restrictions:

Code of Territory	Veterinary certificate		Time period/dates for which importation into the Community is authorised or not authorised in relation to dates of slaughter/killing of animals from which the meat was obtained
	Model	SG
AR-1	BOV	A	Before and including 31 January 2002	Not authorised
			After and including 1 February 2002	Authorised
AR-2	BOV	A	Before and including 8 March 2002	Not authorised
			After and including 9 March 2002	Authorised
AR-3	BOV	A	Before and including 26 March 2002	Not authorised
			After and including 27 March 2002	Authorised
AR-4	BOV, OVI, RUW, RUF	—	Before and including 28 February 2002	Not authorised
			After and including 1 March 2002	Authorised
AR-5	BOV	A	From 1 February 2002 to 10 July 2003 (inclusive)	Authorised
			After and including 11 July 2003	Not authorised
AR-6	BOV	A	From 1 February 2002 to 4 September 2003 (inclusive)	Authorised
			After and including 5 September 2003	Not authorised
AR-7	BOV	A	From 1 February 2002 to 7 October 2003 (inclusive)	Authorised
			After and including 8 October 2003	Not authorised
AR-8	BOV	A	Before and including 17 March 2005	see AR-5, AR-6 and AR-7 for periods when the specific territories within the area referred to in AR-8 were not authorised
			After and including 18 March 2005	Authorised
BR-2	BOV	A	Before and including 30 November 2001	Not authorised
			After and including 1 December 2001	Authorised
BR-3	BOV	A	Before and including 31 October 2002	Authorised
			After and including 1 November 2002	Not authorised
BW-1	BOV, OVI, RUW, RUF	A	Before and including 7 July 2002	Not authorised
			After and including 8 July to 22 December 2002	Authorised
			After and including 23 December 2002 to 6 June 2003	Not authorised
			After and including 7 June 2003	Authorised
BW-2	BOV, OVI, RUW, RUF	A	Before and including 6 March 2002	Not authorised
			After and including 7 March 2002	Authorised
PY-1	BOV	A	Before and including 31 August 2002	Not authorised
			After and including 1 September 2002 to 19 February 2003	Authorised
			After and including 20 February 2003	Not authorised
SZ-2	BOV, RUF, RUW	A	Before and including 3 August 2003	Not authorised
			After and including 4 August 2003	Authorised
UY-0	BOV, OVI	A	Before and including 31 October 2001	Not authorised
			After and including 1 November 2001	Authorised

“2”

Category restrictions

No offal authorised (except, in the case of bovine species, diaphragm and masseter muscles).’

(1) Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for by Community agreements with third countries.

(2) Not including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

(3) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the negotiations currently taking place in the United Nations.

—

No certificate laid down and fresh meat imports are prohibited (except for those species where indicated in the line for the whole country).