COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 December 2007
amending Decision 2004/407/EC on transitional sanitary and certification rules under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards import from certain third countries of photographic gelatine
(notified under document number C(2007) 6487)
(Only the English, French and Dutch texts are authentic)
(2008/48/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption (1), and in particular Articles 4(4) and 32(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 prohibits the importation and transit of animal by-products and processed products into the Community, unless they are authorised in accordance with that Regulation.
(2)
Commission Decision 2004/407/EC (2) provides, by way of derogation from that prohibition in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, that Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are to authorise the import of gelatine produced from materials containing bovine vertebral column classified as Category 1 material under that Regulation, exclusively intended for the photographic industry (photographic gelatine), in compliance with that Decision.
(3)
France has informed the Commission that the Kodak factory in Châlon-sur-Saône no longer imports photographic gelatine from Japan and the USA in accordance with Decision 2004/407/EC.
(4)
In addition, the format of the model veterinary certificate set out in Decision 2004/407/EC should be made compatible with the integrated computerised veterinary system TRACES, introduced by Commission Decision 2004/292/EC (3).
(5)
Decision 2004/407/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6)
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
Decision 2004/407/EC is amended as follows:
1.
Article 1 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
Derogation regarding the import of photographic gelatine
By way of derogation from Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom shall authorise the import of gelatine produced from materials containing bovine vertebral column classified as Category 1 material under that Regulation, exclusively intended for the photographic industry (photographic gelatine), in compliance with this Decision.’;
2.
Article 7 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 7
Compliance with this Decision by the concerned Member State
The Member States concerned shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and shall publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.’;
3.
Annexes I and III are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2008.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2007.