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"BCOMMISSION DECISION
of 18 May 2001
amending Decision 93/402/EEC concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for
imports of fresh meat from South American countries to take account of the animal health situation
in Uruguay
(notified under document number C(2001) 1463)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/388/EC)
(OJ L 137, 19.5.2001, p. 33)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 May 2001
amending Decision 93/402/EEC concerning animal health conditions
and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from South
American countries to take account of the animal health situation in
Uruguay
(notified under document number C(2001) 1463)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/388/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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, or meat
products from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive
97/79/EC (2), and in particular Articles 14 and 22 thereof,
Whereas:(1) The animal health conditions and veterinary certification for
imports of fresh meat from Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil,
Chile and Argentina are laid down by Commission Decision
93/402/EEC (
3), as last amended by Decision 2001/325/EC (4).
(2) Imports of fresh meat must take into account the different
epidemiological situations in the countries concerned, and indeed
in the different parts of their territories.
(3) The responsible veterinary authorities of the concerned countries
must confirm that their countries or regions have for at least 12
months been free from rinderpest, and foot-and-mouth disease,
furthermore, the responsible authorities of the concerned countries
must undertake to notify the Commission and the Member States
within 24 hours, by fax, telex or telegram of the confirmation of
the occurrence of any of the abovementioned diseases or an
alteration in the vaccination policy against them.
(4) On 23 April 2001 the competent authorities of Uruguay confirmed
outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in the department of Soriano.
Further outbreaks of disease have been reported in other regions
and emergency vaccination is being carried out.
(5) The competent authorities of Uruguay suspended certification of
fresh meat from susceptible species to the EU on 23 April 2001
until the situation became clearer.
(6) The disease has spread to significant number of regions and the
competent authorities of Uruguay have introduced a programme of
vaccination of bovine animals in the whole country which will be
completed by 24 May 2001.
(7) While it is necessary to continue to support the suspension of
imports of fresh meat provided for by the Uruguayan authorities it
is possible to allow imports from Uruguay of boned meat and offal
canalised for treatment, produced in conformity with the
requirements laid down in Decision 93/402/EEC, produced on
or before 23 April 2001. For consignments of bone-in fresh meat
and offal for direct human consumption Member States shall not!B
(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 179, 22.7.1993, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 115, 25.4.2001, p. 7.2001D0388 — EN — 31.05.2001 — 001.001 — 2
allow these consignments to be imported except for those
produced and certified on or before 23 March 2001.
(8) Provided the Uruguayan authorities provide information on the
completion of their vaccination programme and the disease is
under control the Decision will be reviewed with the objective of
recommencing imports of boned fresh meat 30 days after the
completion date of the vaccination.
(9) Decision 93/402/EEC must be amended accordingly.(10) The measures adopted in the present Decision will be reviewed in
the light of the evolution of the situation.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with
the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 93/402/EEC is amended as follows:
Annex II is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
1. Member States shall authorise imports of:
(a) any fresh meat
"M1from foot-and-mouth susceptible animals 3
from Uruguay, produced on or before 23 March 2001, and certified
in accordance with the conditions laid down in Decision
93/402/EEC;
(b) boned fresh meat and offal "M1from foot-and-mouth susceptible
animals 3canalised for treatment from Uruguay, produced after 23
March 2001 up to 23 April 2001, and certified in accordance with
the conditions laid down in Decision 93/402/EEC.
2. Consignments of bone-in fresh meat and offal "M1from foot-and-
mouth susceptible animals 3for human consumption other than that
referred to in paragraph 1(b), produced after 23 March 2001 shall not be
imported into the Community.
Article 3
This Decision will be reviewed in the light of the outcome of the
vaccination campaign to be completed by 24 May 2001.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.!B2001D0388 — EN — 31.05.2001 — 001.001 — 3
ANNEX
‘ANNEX II
(V ersion No 03/2001)
ANIMAL HEALTH GUARANTEES REQUESTED ON CERTIFICATION (1)
Country TerritoryFresh meat including bone but excluding offal Boned fresh meat excluding offal Offal
Species Species of bovine animals of ovines
BovineOvine/
caprinePorcine Soliped BovineOvine/
caprinePorcine Soliped HC (*)MP (*)
PF (*) PF (*)
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Argentina AR — — — D — — — D — — —————
Brazil BR — — — D — — — D — — —————
BR-1 — — — D A — — D — — — — — F —
Chile CL B B H D A C H D B B BBBBB
Colombia CO — — — D — — — D — — —————
CO-1 — — — D A — — D — — —————
CO-2 — — — D — — — D — — —————
CO-3 — — — D A — — D — — —————
Paraguay PY — — — D A — — D — — — — — F —
Uruguay UY — — — D A C — D — E E E E F F
(1) The letters (A, B, C, D, E, F , G and H) appearing on the table, are referring to the models of animal health guarantees as described in Annex III Part 2 of De cision 93/402/EEC, to be applied for each product and origin in
accordance with Article 2 of this Decision.
(*) HC Human consumption.
MP Destined for heat-treated meat products industry:
1 = hearts.2 = livers.3 = masseter muscles.4 = tongues.
PF: Destined for the pet food industry.’!B2001D0388 — EN — 31.05.2001 — 001.001 — 4