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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of27July1995
drawing up a provisional list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of
milkandmilkbasedproductsandrevokingDecision94/70/EC
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(95/340/EC)
(OJ L 200, 24.8.1995, p. 38)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision of 29 January 1996 (96/106/EC) L 24 34 31.1.1996
►M2Commission Decision of 29 April 1996 (96/325/EC) L 123 24 23.5.1996
►M3Commission Decision of 24 September 1996 (96/571/EC) L 250 19 2.10.1996
►M4Commission Decision of 25 September 1996 (96/584/EC) L 255 20 9.10.1996
►M5Commission Decision 2001/743/EC of 19 October 2001 L 278 32 23.10.2001
►M6Commission Decision 2003/58/EC of 24 January 2003 L 23 26 28.1.2003
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of27July1995
drawing up a provisional list of third countries from which
Member Statesauthorizeimportsofmilkandmilkbasedproducts
andrevokingDecision94/70/EC
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(95/340/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying
down the health rulesfor the production and placing on the market of
raw milk, heat treated milk and milk based products(1), aslas t
amended by the Treaty of Accession for Austria, Finland and Swedenand in particular itsArticle 23 (2) and (3) thereof;
Whereas Commission Decision 94/70/EC(
2), aslas t amended by the
Treaty of Accession for Austria, Finland and Sweden draws up a provi-sional list of third countries from which Member States authorize
imports of raw milk, heat treated milk and milk-based products;
Whereas, given the different products involved, a classification has
been drawn up; whereasin the light of experience and on the bas isofthe recent report of the Scientific Veterinary Committee on recommen-dationsfor the treatment of milk originating form foot-and-mouthdisease affected areas it is justified to review it;
Whereas for the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to revoke Decision 94/
70/EC and to draw up a new list;
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
Member States shall authorize imports of raw milk and raw milk-based
productsfrom third countriesappearing in Part A of the lis t in theAnnex.
Article 2
Member States shall authorize imports of milk and milk-based products
that have undergone a single heat treatment with a heating effect atleast equal to that achieved by a pasteurization process of at least 72
ºC for at least 15 seconds and sufficient to ensure a negative reaction
to a phosphatase test from third countries appearing in Part B of the listin the Annex.
Article 3
Member States shall authorize imports of milk and milk-based
products, that have undergone:
either1. a sterilization process, whereby an Fº value equal to or greater than
three wasachieved
or2. an initial heat treatment having a heating effect at least equal to that
achieved by a pasteurization process of at least 72 ºC for at least 151995D0340 — EN — 31.01.2003 — 003.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 268, 14. 9. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 36, 8. 2. 1994, p. 5.
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seconds and sufficient to produce a negative reaction to a phospha-
tase test, followed by:
either
(a) (i) in the case of milk or milk-based products intended for
human consumption:
— a second heat treatment involving high temperature
pasteurization, ultra high temperature (UHT) treatmentor sterilization, being in any case sufficient to produce
a negative reaction to a peroxidase test, or
— for dried milk or dried milk-based products, a second
heat treatment with a heating effect at least equal to
that achieved by the initial heat treatment and whichwould be sufficient to produce a negative reaction to aphosphatase test, followed by a drying process; or
(ii) in the case of milk or milk-based products not intended for
human consumption:
— a second heat treatment with a heating effect at least
equal to that achieved by the initial heat treatment andwhich would be sufficient to produce a negative reactionto a phosphatase test, followed in the case of dried milk
or dried milk-based products, by a drying process; or
(b) an acidification process such that the pH has been maintained at
less than six for at least one hour,
from third countriesappearing in Part C of the lis t in the Annex.
Article 4
Decision 94/70/EC is repealed.
Article 5
This Decision shall apply from ►
M11 May 1996 ◄.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1995D0340 — EN — 31.01.2003 — 003.001 — 3
ANNEX
Listofthirdcountriesapprovedinprincipleandimportationshallfulfiltherelevantanimalandpublichealthrequirements
ISO code of
third countryThird countryPart A (Article 1 raw milk/
product)Part B (Article 2 treatment
— single pasteurisation)Part C (Article 3 treatment
— more than single pasteur-
isation)
AD Andorra + + +
AL Albania 0 0 +
AN NetherlandsAntilles 0 0 +
AR Argentina 0 0 +
AU Australia 0 + +
BG Bulgaria 0 + +
BR Brazil 0 0 +
BW Botswana 0 0 +
BY Belarus+ 0 +
BZ Belize 0 0 +
BH Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 +
CA Canada + + +CH Switzerland + + +
CL Chile + + +
CN People'sRepublic of China 0 0 +CO Columbia 0 0 +▼M51995D0340 — EN — 31.01.2003 — 003.001 — 4▼M6
▼M5
ISO code of
third countryThird countryPart A (Article 1 raw milk/
product)Part B (Article 2 treatment
— single pasteurisation)Part C (Article 3 treatment
— more than single pasteur-
isation)
CR Costa Rica 0 0 +
CU Cuba 0 0 +CY Cyprus+ + +
CZ Czech Republic + + +
DZ Algeria 0 0 +
EE Estonia 0 + +ET Ethiopia 0 0 +
GL Greenland 0 + +GT Guatemala 0 0 +
HK Hong Kong 0 0 +HN Honduras0 0 +
HR Croatia 0 + +
HU Hungary + + +
IL Israel 0 0 +
IN India 0 0 +
IS Iceland + + +
KE Kenya 0 0 +
LI 0 Lithuania 0 + +
LV Latvia 0 + +▼M51995D0340 — EN — 31.01.2003 — 003.001 — 5
ISO code of
third countryThird countryPart A (Article 1 raw milk/
product)Part B (Article 2 treatment
— single pasteurisation)Part C (Article 3 treatment
— more than single pasteur-
isation)
MA Morocco 0 0 +
MG Madagascar 0 0 +MK Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 0 + +
MR Mauritania 0 0 +
MT Malta + + +
MU Mauritius0 0 +MX Mexico 0 0 +
NA Namibia 0 0 +
NI Nicaragua 0 0 +
NZ New Zealand + + +
PA Panama 0 0 +
PL Poland + + +
PY Paraguay 0 0 +
RO Romania 0 + +RU Russia 0 0 +
SG Singapore 0 0 +
SK Slovak Republic + + +
SL Slovenia + + +
SU El Salvador 0 0 +▼M51995D0340 — EN — 31.01.2003 — 003.001 — 6
ISO code of
third countryThird countryPart A (Article 1 raw milk/
product)Part B (Article 2 treatment
— single pasteurisation)Part C (Article 3 treatment
— more than single pasteur-
isation)
SZ Swaziland 0 0 +
TH Thailand 0 0 +
TN Tunisia 0 0 +
TR Turkey 0 0 +
UA Ukraine 0 0 +
US United Statesof America + + +
UY Uruguay 0 0 +
ZA South Africa 0 0 +
ZW Zimbabwe 0 0 +▼M51995D0340 — EN — 31.01.2003 — 003.001 — 7