COMMISSION DECISION of 14 July 1993 concerning the importation into the Community of fresh pigmeat, pigmeat products, live pigs, and porcine embryos from Hungary and amending Decisions 82/8/EEC, 91/449/EEC and 92/322/EEC
(93/398/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat and meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 (2), and in particular Articles 6, 11, 15, 16, 21a and 22 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 92/438/EEC (4), and in particular Article 18 (7) thereof,
Having regard Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (5), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (6) and in particular
Article 19
(7) thereof,
Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from Hungary were established by Commission Decision 82/8/EEC (7), as last amended by Decision 93/393/EEC (8);
Whereas the model for the veterinary certification for import of meat products from Hungary was established by Commission Decision 91/449/EEC (9), as last amended by Decision 93/393/EEC;
Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of domestic animals of the bovine and porcine species from Hungary were established by Commission Decision 92/322/EEC (10), as last amended by Decision 93/393/EEC;
Whereas as a result of outbreaks of classical swine fever the Commission adopted Decision 93/393/EEC concerning the importation into the Community of fresh pigmeat, pigmeat products, live pigs, and porcine embryos from Hungary and amending Decisions 82/8/EEC, 91/449/EEC and 92/322/EEC which regionalized Hungary in order to allow certain imports from this country with the exception of the counties of Bekes, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Breeg and Haidu-Bihar;
Whereas missions have been carried out in Hungary and further epidemiological information has been received in relation to the counties of Bekes and Hajdu-Bilhar which demonstrates that the situation with regard to classical swine fever has improved in these counties;
Whereas it is now possible to authorize certain imports from the counties of Bekes and Hajdu-Bihar;
Whereas furthermore it is necessary to adapt all the veterinary certificates for fresh meat for Hungary in accordance with Commission Decision 93/242/EEC of 30 April 1993 concering the importation into the Community of certain live animals and their products originating in certain European countries in relation to foot-and-mouth disease (11) as last amended by Decision 93/372/EEC (12);
Whereas it is necessary to amend Decisions 82/8/EEC, 91/449/EEC, 92/322/EEC and revoke 93/393/EEC accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. Member States shall authorize imports of domestic animals of the porcine species, fresh meat and meat products from such animals from the territory of Hungary except from the county of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg.
However Member States shall authorize from the abovementioned counties meat products which have undergone heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an Fo value of 3,00 or more or which have otherweise been treated to ensure an internal temperature of not less than 70 °C, or have undergone treatment consisting in natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine months for hams weighing not less than 5,5 kg and having the following characteristics:
- aW value of not more than 0,93,
- pH value of not nore than 6.
2. Member States shall not authorize the importation of:
- embryos of domestic animals of the porcine species form the county of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg in Hungary,
- wild boards and their products from the counties of Bekes, Hajdu-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg in Hungary.
Article 2
Decision 82/8/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 2 and 4 are deleted;
2. Annexes A and B are replaced by the Annexes to this Decision.
Article 3
Annex A, part II of Decision 91/449/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
after the words 'Hungary (excluding' the words 'in the case of products derived from the meat of swine slaughtered after 1 September 1992, the county of Bekes and in the case of swine slaughtered after 1 May 1993, the counties of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg and Hajdu-Bihar)' are replaced by 'in the case of products derived from the meat of swine slaughtered after 1 May 1993, the county of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg).'
Article 4
Decision 92/322/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Annexes C and D the words 'the counties of Bekes, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg and Hajdu-Bihar' are replaced by 'the county of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg'.
2. In Annexes C and D, section V (1), the words 'the counties of Bekes, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg and Hajdu-Bihar' are replaced by 'the county of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg'.
Article 5
Decision 93/393/EEC is hereby revoked.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 July 1993.