EN    EN EN 
SANCO/  3628/2008 Rev.1 EN    EN  COMMISSION OF THE E UROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 
SANCO/  3628/2008 C(2008)Rev.1 
 final 
Draft 
COMMISSION DECISION 
of 
amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/54 2/EEC as regards the entry for Botswana 
in the list of third countries or parts thereo f from which imports into the Community of 
certain fresh meat are authorised 
 EN 2   EN Draft 
COMMISSION DECISION 
of 
amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/ EEC as regards the entry for Botswana in 
the list of third countries or parts thereof from which imports into the Community of 
certain fresh meat are authorised 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty esta blishing the European Community, 
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/ EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal 
health rules governing the produc tion, processing, dist ribution and introduc tion of products of 
animal origin for human consumption1, and in particular the intr oductory phrase of Article 8, 
the first subparagraph of point (1) of Artic le 8 and point (4) of Article 8 thereof, 
Whereas: (1) Council Decision 79/542/EEC of 21 December 1976 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 th e Community of certain live animals and 
their fresh meat
2 establishes the sanitary conditions for the importation into the 
Community of live animals excluding equidae,  and the importation of fresh meat of 
such animals, including equidae, but excluding meat preparations.  
(2) Decision 79/542/EEC provides that imports  of fresh meat intended for human 
consumption are only allowed if such meat come s from a territory of a third country or a 
part thereof listed in Part 1 of Annex II to  that Decision, and the fresh meat meets the 
requirements set out in the appropriate veteri nary certificate for that  meat in accordance 
with the models set out in Part 2 of that Annex, taking into account any specific conditions or supplementary guara ntees required for the meat.  
(3) Botswana is listed in Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC and has been divided 
into different territories, mainly according to their animal health status. Those territories 
are authorised to export to the Community de-boned and matured fresh meat of 
domestic bovine animals, of domestic sheep  and goats, and of certain farmed and wild 
non-domestic animals ('fresh meat'). 
                                                
 
1 OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11. 
2 OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15.  EN 3   EN (4) On 20 October 2008, an outbreak of foot-and- mouth disease was suspected in a farm 
located in the district of Ghanzi, situated in the veterinary dise ase control zone 12 of 
Botswana. That veterinary disease control zone is at present aut horised to export fresh meat to 
the Community. As soon as the outbreak was c onfirmed, the competent authority in Botswana 
suspended exports of fresh meat to the Community. 
(5) In view of these circumstances, imports in to the Community of fresh meat from the 
veterinary disease control zone 12 of Botswana shoul d no longer be authorised. 
Considering that the competent authority  in Botswana has provided sufficient 
guarantees regarding the measures put in place to control the spread of the disease and 
considering that the affected areas are comple tely fenced it is appropriate to limit that 
restriction to veterinary di sease control zone 12 only.  
(6) Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly. 
(7) 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 re placed by the text in the Annex to this 
Decision. 
 
Article 2  
This Decision shall apply from XX/XX/2008 [date of publication] .  
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
 For the Commission 
 Androulla VASSILIOU 
 Member of the Commission EN 4   EN  
ANNEX 
"Part 1 
List of third countries or parts thereof(1) 
Veterinary 
certificate 
Country Code of 
Territory Description of territory 
Model(s) SG Spec
ific 
condition
s
 Closing date
(2) Opening date
(3) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
AL – Albania AL-0 Whole country -     
AR-0 Whole country EQU     
BOV A 1  18 March 
2005 
AR-1 The Provinces of: 
Buenos Aires,  
Catamarca,  
Corrientes (except the departments of  Berón de 
Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, 
Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar)  
Entre Ríos,  La Rioja,  
Mendoza,  
Misiones,  Part of Neuquén (excluding territory included in AR-4), 
Part of Río Negro (excluding territory included in AR-
4), San Juan, 
San Luis,  
Santa Fe,  Tucuman,  
Cordoba,  
La Pampa,  
Santiago del Estero,  
Chaco Formosa, Jujuy and Salta, excluding 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  RUF  A 1  1 
December 
2007  
AR – 
Argentina 
AR-2 Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego BOV, OVI, 
RUW, RUF    1 March 
2002 
 AR-3 Corrientes: the departments of  Berón de Astrada, 
Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, 
San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar BOV 
RUF A 1  1 
December 2007  
 AR-4 Part of Río Negro (except: in Avellaneda the zone 
located north of the Provincial road 7 and east of the 
Provincial road 250, in Conesa the zone located east of 
the Provincial road 2, in El Cuy the zone located north of the Provincial road 7 from its intersection with the 
Provincial road 66 to the border with the Department 
of Avellaneda, and in San Antonio the zone located east of the Provincial roads 250 and 2) 
Part of Neuquén (except in Confluencia the zone 
located east of the Provincial road 17, and in Picun 
Leufú the zone located east of the Provincial road 17) BOV, OVI, 
RUW, RUF    1 August 
2008 
AU – 
Australia AU-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, 
POR, 
EQU, RUF, 
RUW, 
SUF, SUW
     
BA – Bosnia 
Herzegovina BA-0 Whole country -     
EN 5   EN BH – Bahrain BH-0 Whole country -     
BR-0 Whole country EQU     
BR-1 State of Minas Gerais  
State of Espírito Santo; State of Goiás; 
State of Mato Grosso  
State of Rio Grande Do Sul State of Mato Grosso Do Sul (except for the designated  high surveillance zone of 
15 Km from the external borders in the municipalities 
of Porto Mutinho, Bela Vista, Ponta Porã, Aral Moreira, Coronel Sapucaia, Paranhos, Sete Quedas, 
Japora' and Mundo Novo and the designated high 
surveillance zone in the municipalities of Corumbá and 
Ladário). BOV A 
and 
H 1  1 
December 
2008 
BR-2 State of Santa Catarina BOV A 
and 
H 1  31 January 
2008 
BR – Brazil 
BR-3 States of Paraná and São Paulo BOV A 
and H 1  1 August 
2008 
BW-0 Whole country EQU, EQW     
BW-1 The veterinary disease control zones 3c, 4b, 5, 6, 8, 9 
and 18 BOV, OVI, 
RUF, RUW F 1  1 
December 2007 
BW – 
Botswana 
BW-2 The veterinary disease control zones 10, 11, 13 and 14 BOV, OVI, 
RUF, RUW F 1  7 March 
2002 
 BW-3 The veterinary disease control zone 12  BOV, OVI, 
RUF, RUW F 1 20 October 
2008  
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, SUWRUF, 
RUW, G    
CH – 
Switzerland CH-0 Whole country *     
CL – Chile CL-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, 
POR, 
EQU, RUF, 
RUW, SUF  
   
CN – China  CN-0 Whole country -     
CO-0 Whole country EQU     
       
CO – 
Colombia        
CR – Costa 
Rica CR-0 Whole country BOV, 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 – HN-0 Whole country BOV, EQU     
EN 6   EN Honduras 
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     
ME – 
Montenegro  ME-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, 
EQU     
MG – 
Madagascar MG-0 Whole country -     
MK – Former 
Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia 
(4) MK-0 Whole country 
OVI, EQU     
MU – 
Mauritius MU-0 Whole country -     
MX – Mexico MX-0 Whole country BOV, EQU     
NA-0 Whole country EQU, 
EQW     
NA – Namibia 
NA-1 South of the cordon fences which extend from Palgrave 
Point in the west to Gam in the east BOV, OVI, 
RUF, RUW F 1   
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 – Panama PA-0 Whole country BOV, EQU     
PY-0 Whole country EQU     
PY – 
Paraguay PY-1 Whole country except for the designated high 
surveillance zone of 15 Km from the external borders BOV A 1  1 August 
2008 
RS – Serbia 
(5) RS-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, 
EQU     
RU-0 Whole country -     
 RU – Russian 
Federation RU-1 Region of Murmansk, Yamolo-Nenets autonomous area RUF     
SV – El 
Salvador SV-0 Whole country -     
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 F 1   
 SZ – 
Swaziland 
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 F 1  4 August 
2003 
TH – 
Thailand TH-0 Whole country -     
TN – Tunisia TN-0 Whole country -     
TR – Turkey TR-0 Whole country -     
EN 7   EN 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 G    
EQU     
BOV,   A  1  1 
November 2001 
 UY – Uruguay  UY-0 Whole country 
OVI  A 1   
ZA-0 Whole country EQU, 
EQW     
ZA – South 
Africa 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 F 1   
ZW – 
Zimbabwe ZW-0 Whole country -     
 
Footnotes: 
(1) Without prejudice to specific certification requirements  provided for in Community agreements with third 
countries.  
(2) Meat from animals slaughtered on or before the date indicated in column 7 can be imported into the 
Community for 90 days from that date. Consignments on the high seas can be imported into the Community if 
certified before the date indicated in column 7 for 40 days from that date.(N.B.: no date in column 7 means that 
there are no time restrictions). (3) Only meat from animals slaughtered on or after the date indicated in column 8 can be imported into the 
Community (no date in column 8 means that there are no time restrictions). 
(4) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place 
on this subject in the United Nations. 
(5) Not including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999. * 
Certificates in accordance with the agr eement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in 
agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132.).  
 = No certificate laid down and fresh meat imports are proh ibited (except for those species where indicated in the 
line for the whole country) 
"1"Category restrictions: 
No offal authorised (except, in the case of  bovine species, diaphragm  and masseter muscles).