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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/308/Add.3 
9 March 2009  
 (09-1182) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 5 March 2008, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of European Communities
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Decision on Regionalization under Article 6 of the SPS Agreement:  Fresh or chilled meat for human 
consumption  
 
Following the proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EEC/ 308/Add.2 suspending meat exports to the 
European Communities from controlled zone 12 of Bostwana, in accordance with Article 6 of the SPS 
Agreement, the European Communities have now adopted a Decision reauthorizing the export of 
meat products in "Commission D ecision of 20 February 2009 ame nding 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" (OJ L 50, 21.02.2009, pp. 45–51).  Background: 
 
Based on the animal health situation of Botswana in particular as regards foot-and-mouth 
disease, certain regions are authorized to export to the European Communities de-boned and matured 
fresh meat of bovine, ovine, caprine and farmed and wild game ungulates. 
 
An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was c onfirmed in Botswana on 23 October 2008 in a 
farm located in the district of Ghanzi located in  the veterinary disease controlled zone 12 which is one 
of the regions authorized to export fresh meat  to the European Communities.  The competent 
authorities in Botswana immediately suspended meat exports to the European Communities. 
 
Considering that the competent authority in Botswana has now provided sufficient guarantees 
regarding the measures put in place to control the sp read of the disease which have been effective in 
eliminating infection of foot-and-mouth disease it is  appropriate to re-instate veterinary disease 
control zone 12 thereby once again allowing exports of fresh meat into the Community from that 
zone. Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 79/5 42/EEC is therefore amended accordingly. 
 
This addendum concerns a: 
 
 [   ] Modification of final date for comments  [ X ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
 [   ] Modification of content and/or sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
 [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force G/SPS/N/EEC/308/Add.3 
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   [   ] Other:    
 
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the Addendum may 
vary.)  
 [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
 Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
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sps@ec.europea.eu   Text available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
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sps@ec.europea.eu  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUr iServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:050:0045:0051:EN:PDF
  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUr iServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:050:0045:0051:FR:PDF    
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUr iServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009: 050:0045:0051:ES:PDF    
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http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/EEC/09_0882_00_e.pdf
 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2009/sps/EEC/09_0882_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/EEC/09_0882_00_s.pdf  
  
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