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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/129
18 June 2001
(01-3019)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, General Directorate for Health and Consumer
Protection
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Fresh meat  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent
relevant or practicable:  Brazil and Uruguay
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Commission D ecision (2001/410)
amending Decision 93/402/EEC  concerning animal health conditions and veterinary
certification for imports of fresh meat from South American countries to take account of the
animal health situation in Brazil and Decision 2001/000/EC concerning animal health
conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from South American
countries to take account of the animal health situation in Uruguay. (5 Pages)
5. Description of content:
1. The region of Rio Grande do Sul was fr ee of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).  On
9 May 2001 Brazil confirmed 2 outbreaks in this region and started emergency
vaccinations.  It is necessary to suspend imports of fresh meat from foot-and-mouth
susceptible animals into the European Communities from Rio Grande do Sul but it
is possible to allow imports from this region of de-boned meat produced and
certified before 9 May.  This decision will be reviewed 30 days after completion ofthe vaccination programme in Rio Grande do Sul;
2. Following the last amendment to Decision 93/402/EEC concerning the suspension
of imports into the EC of fresh meat from Uruguay (Notified as G/SPS/N/EEC/128)
it is necessary to clarify that horse meat is not included in the suspension;  and
3. The measures will be reviewed in the light of the evolution of the situation.
6. Objective and rationale:  [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  Foot-and-mouth disease
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The measures adopted follows the
recommendations of the International Animal Health Code (OIE) Chapter 2.1.1.G/SPS/N/EEC/129
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Official Journal of
the European Communities number L145 of 31 May 2001 (Available in all EC languages)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  31 May 2001
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[ X ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  The Official Journal of the
European Communities is available, in all EC languages in:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-
lex/en/oj/index.html