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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of16February1994
drawing up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorize imports of fresh
poultrymeat(SIC!poultrymeat)
(94/85/EC)
(OJ L 44, 17.2.1994, p. 31)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1CommissionDecision94/298/EC of 5 May 1994 L 131 24 26.5.1994
►M2CommissionDecision94/453/EC of 29 Jun e 1994 L 187 11 22.7.1994
►M3CommissionDecision95/58/EC of 2 March 1995 L 55 41 11.3.1995
►M4CommissionDecision95/181/EC of 17 May 1995 L 119 34 30.5.1995
►M5CommissionDecision96/2/EC of 12 December 1995 L 1 6 3.1.1996
►M6CommissionDecision2000/609/EC of 29 September 2000 L 258 49 12.10.2000
►M7CommissionDecision2001/299/EC of 30 March 2001 L 102 69 12.4.2001
►M8CommissionDecision2001/733/EC of 10 October 2001 L 275 17 18.10.2001
►M9CommissionDecision2003/573/EC of 31 July 2003 L 194 89 1.8.2003
Amended by:
►A1Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
▼B
COMMISSIONDECISION
of16February1994
drawingupalistofthirdcountriesfromwhichtheMemberStates
authorizeimportsoffreshpoultrymeat(SIC!poultrymeat)
(94/85/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/494/EEC of 26 June 1991 on
animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in andimports from third countries of fresh poultrymeat (SIC! poultrymeat) (
1), as amended by Directive 92/116/EEC (2), and in particular
Article 9 thereof,
Whereas the countries listed in the Annex to this Decision which tradi-
tionally supply the Member States, have been requested to show,
through the provisionof writtenassuran ces supported by appropriatedocumentation or as a result of on-the-spot inspections, that they satisfythe requirements of the Community;
Whereas these assurances shall be examined by the Standing Veter-
inary Committee;
Whereas this list applies without prejudice to CommissionDecision93/
342/EEC (
3) which laid downthe criteria to classify third coun tries
with regard to avian influenza and Newcastle disease;
Whereas it may also be necessary in certain cases to specify the parts
of countries from which imports will be authorized;
Whereas this list can be amended at any time to take into account new
information or new situations; whereas the listing of any country shall
be reviewed at any time when further information, in particularresulting from on-the-spot inspections, indicates that conditions in thethird country concerned may have changed or that previously receivedinformation was incomplete, inexact or inaccurate;
Whereas, although the list of third countries forms the basis of the
Community arrangements applicable to imports from third countrieslaid downinDirective 91/494/EEC, other measures, particularly
concerning specific animal health conditions, public health require-
ments, residue plans and certification will have to be taken intoaccount in order to achieve complete harmonization of the conditionsfor importationof fresh poultrymeat (SIC! poultry meat);
Whereas, pending the adoption by the Commission of the animal health
certificationfor importationof fresh poultrymeat (SIC! poultry meat)from the countries specified in this list, Member States may continue
to apply, on importation, their animal health requirements in force on
1 January 1994;
Whereas the measures provided for inthis Decisionare inaccordan ce
with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Member States shall authorize imports of fresh poultrymeat (SIC!
poultry meat) in accordance with the list in the Annex.1994D0085 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 005.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 35.
(2) OJ No L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 137, 8. 6. 1993, p. 24.
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Article 2
This Decisionshall apply from 1 July 1994.
Article 3
This Decisionis addressed to all Member States.1994D0085 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 005.001 — 3
▼M9
ANNEX
Imports from countries on this list must fulfil the relevant animal and public health require-
ments
ISO code CountryFresh poultry
meatSpecial remarks
AR Argentina X
AU Australia X
BG Bulgaria X
BR Brazil X
BW Botswana X Ratite meat only
CA Canada X
CH Switzerland X
CL Chile X
CN China (People's Republic) X
CY Cyprus X
CZ Czech Republic X
HR Croatia X
HU Hungary X
IL Israel X
IS Iceland X
KR Korea (Republic) X
LV Latvia X
LI Lithuania X
MG Madagascar X
MT Malta X
MY Malaysia X Western Peninsular only
NA Namibia X Ratite meat only
NZ New Zealand X
PL Poland X
RO Romania X
SI Slovenia X
SK Slovak Republic X
TH Thailand XTN Tunisia X
TR Turkey X
US United States of America X
UY Uruguay X
ZA South Africa X Ratite meat only
ZW Zimbabwe X Ratite meat only1994D0085 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 005.001 — 4