COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 February 2009
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
(notified under document number C(2009) 1031)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/151/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 rulesgoverning the production, processing, distribution and intro­duction of products of animal origin for humanconsumption (
1), and in particular the introductory phrase of
Article 8, the first subparagraph of Article 8(1) andArticle 8(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Decision 79/542/EEC of 21 December 1976
drawing up a list of third countries or parts of thirdcountries, and laying down animal and public healthand veterinary certification conditions, for importationinto the Community of certain live animals and theirfresh meat (
2) establishes the sanitary conditions for the
importation into the Community of live animalsexcluding equidae, and for the importation of freshmeat of such animals, including equidae, but excludingmeat preparations.
(2) Decision 79/542/EEC provides that imports of fresh meatintended for human consumption are only allowed ifsuch meat comes from a territory of a third country ora part thereof listed in Part 1 of Annex II to thatDecision, and the fresh meat meets the requirementsset out in the appropriate veterinary certificate for thatmeat in accordance with the models set out in Part 2 ofthat Annex, taking into account any specific conditionsor supplementary guarantees required for the meat.(3) Botswana is listed in Part 1 of Annex II to Decision79/542/EEC and has been divided into different terri­tories, mainly according to their animal health status.Those territories are authorised to export to theCommunity 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).
(4) On 20 October 2008, an outbreak of foot-and-mouthdisease was suspected in a farm located in the district ofGhanzi, situated in the veterinary disease control zone 12of Botswana. As soon as the outbreak was confirmed, thecompetent authority in Botswana suspended exports offresh meat to the Community from the whole of thecountry.
(5) In view of these circumstances, imports into theCommunity of fresh meat from the veterinary diseasecontrol zone 12 of Botswana was no longer authorisedby Decision 79/542/EEC, as amended by CommissionDecision 2009/4/EC (
3).
(6) Considering that the competent authority in Botswanahas now provided sufficient guarantees regarding themeasures put in place to control the spread of thedisease which have been effective in eliminatinginfection of foot-and-mouth disease it is appropriate tore-instate veterinary disease control zone 12 therebyonce again allowing exports of fresh meat into theCommunity from that zone.
(7) Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC shouldtherefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are inaccordance with the opinion of the StandingCommittee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,EN 21.2.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 50/45
(1) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15. (3) OJ L 2, 6.1.2009, p. 11.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 apply from 1 February 2009.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 February 2009.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the CommissionEN L 50/46 Official Journal of the European Union 21.2.2009ANNEX
‘PART 1
List of third countries or parts thereof (*)
CountryCode of
TerritoryDescription of territoryVeterinary certificateSpecific
conditionsClosing
date (1)Opening date (2)
Model(s) SG
12 3 4 5 6 7 8
AL —Albania AL-0 Whole country —
AR —Argentina AR-0 Whole country EQU
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, Jujuyand Salta, excluding the buffer area of 25
km from the border with Bolivia and
Paraguay that extends from the SantaCatalina District in the Province ofJujuy, to the Laishi District in the
Province of FormosaBOV A 1 18 March 2005
RUF A 1 1 December 2007
AR-2 Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego BOV, OVI,
RUW, RUF1 March 2002
AR-3 Corrientes: the departments of Berón de
Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz,
Itati, Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and SanLuís del PalmarBOV
RUFA 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 road250, in Conesa the zone located east of
the Provincial road 2, in El Cuy the zone
located north of the Provincial road 7from its intersection with the Provincialroad 66 to the border with the
Department of Avellaneda, and in San
Antonio the zone located east of theProvincial roads 250 and 2),part of Neuquén (except in Confluencia
the zone located east of the Provincial
road 17, and in Picun Leufú the zonelocated east of the Provincial road 17)BOV, OVI,
RUW, RUF1 August 2008
AU —Australia AU-0 Whole country BOV, OVI,
POR, EQU,
RUF, RUW,
SUF, SUW
BA —Bosnia and
HerzegovinaBA-0 Whole country —
BH —Bahrain BH-0 Whole country —EN 21.2.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 50/4712 3 4 5 6 7 8
BR —Brazil 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 forthe designated high surveillance zone of
15 km from the external borders in the
municipalities of Porto Mutinho, Caracol,Bela Vista, Antônio João, Ponta Porã, Aral
Moreira, Coronel Sapucaia, Paranhos, Sete
Quedas, Japora ’, and Mundo Novo and
the designated high surveillance zone inthe municipalities of Corumbá and
Ladário)BOV A and
H1 1 December 2008
BR-2 State of Santa Catarina BOV A and
H1 31 January 2008
BR-3 States of Paraná and São Paulo BOV A and
H1 1 August 2008
BW —Botswana BW-0 Whole country EQU, EQW
BW-1 The veterinary disease control zones 3c,
4b, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 18BOV, OVI,
RUF, RUWF 1 1 December 2007
BW-2 The veterinary disease control zones 10,
11, 13 and 14BOV, OVI,
RUF, RUWF 1 7 March 2002
BW-3 The veterinary disease control zone 12 BOV, OVI,
RUF, RUWF 1 20 Octo-
ber 200820 January 2009
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, RUWG
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 —Colombia CO-0 Whole country EQU
CR —Costa Rica CR-0 Whole country BOV, EQU
CU —Cuba CU-0 Whole country BOV, EQUEN L 50/48 Official Journal of the European Union 21.2.200912 3 4 5 6 7 8
DZ —Algeria DZ-0 Whole country —
ET—Ethiopia ET-0 Whole country —
FK—Falkland
IslandsFK-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
ME —Montenegro ME-0 Whole country BOV, OVI,
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 Gamin the eastBOV, OVI,
RUF, RUWF1
NC —New
CaledoniaNC-0 Whole country BOV, RUF,
RUW
NI—Nicaragua NI-0 Whole country —EN 21.2.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 50/4912 3 4 5 6 7 8
NZ —New Zealand NZ-0 Whole country BOV, OVI,
POR, EQU,
RUF, RUW,
SUF, SUW
PA —Panama PA-0 Whole country BOV, EQU
PY —Paraguay PY-0 Whole country EQU
PY-1 Whole country except for the designated
high surveillance zone of 15 km from
the external bordersBOV A 1 1 August 2008
RS —Serbia (4) RS-0 Whole country BOV, OVI,
EQU
RU —Russian
FederationRU-0 Whole country —
RU-1 Region of Murmansk, Yamolo-Nenets
autonomous areaRUF
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 ofNkalashaneBOV, RUF,
RUWF1
SZ-2 The veterinary foot and mouth
surveillance and vaccination controlareas as gazetted as a StatutoryInstrument under legal notice number
51 of 2001BOV, RUF,
RUWF 1 4 August 2003
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 KirikkaleEQU
UA —Ukraine UA-0 Whole country —
US —United States US-0 Whole country BOV, OVI,
POR, EQU,
SUF, SUW,
RUF, RUWG
UY —Uruguay UY-0 Whole country EQU
BOV A 1 1 November 2001
OVI A 1EN L 50/50 Official Journal of the European Union 21.2.200912 3 4 5 6 7 8
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 thedistrict of Ingwavuma of theveterinary region of Natal and in the
border area with Botswana east of
longitude 28°, and
—the district of Camperdown, in the
Province of KwaZuluNatalBOV, OVI,
RUF, RUWF1
ZW —Zimbabwe ZW-0 Whole country —
(*) Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in Community agreements with third countries.
(1) 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 (NB: no date in column 7 means tha t
there are no time restrictions).
(2) 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).
(3) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which wi ll be agreed
following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject in the United Nations.
(4) Not including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.
* = Certificates in accordance with the agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 1 14, 30.4.2002,
p. 132).
—= No certificate laid down and fresh meat imports are prohibited (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). ’EN 21.2.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 50/51