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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of27July1995
providing for the specimens of the health certificate for the importation from third countries of
heat-treated milk, milk-based products and raw milk for human consumption intended to beaccepted at a collection centre, standardization centre, treatment establishment or processing
establishment
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(95/343/EC)
(OJ L 200, 24.8.1995, p. 52)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1CommissionDecision96/106/EC of 29 Jan uary 1996 L 24 34 31.1.1996
►M2CommissionDecision97/115/EC of 24 Jan uary 1997 L 42 16 13.2.1997
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of27July1995
providingforthespecimensofthehealthcertificate fortheimpor-
tation from third countries of heat-treated milk, milk-basedproducts and raw milk for human consumption intended to beaccepted at a collection centre, standardization centre, treatment
establishmentorprocessingestablishment
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(95/343/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June 1992 layingdown the health rules for the production and placing on the market of
raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products(
1), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden andinparticular Article 23 (2) (b) thereof,
Whereas CommissionDecision95/340/EC(
2) establishes a provisional
list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of
raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products;
Whereas the conditions applicable to the importation from third coun-
tries of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products intended
for human consumption must be at least equivalent to those laid down
in Chapter II of Directive 92/46/EEC for Community production;
Whereas CommissionDecision95/342/EC(3) specifies the types of
treatment which are to be applied to milk and milk-based products forhuman consumption from third countries or parts of third countries in
which there is a threat of foot-and-mouth disease;
Whereas the specimencertificate referred to inArticle 23 of Directive
92/46/EEC must contain a description of the milk or milk-basedproduct covered by the certificate, relevant references to Chapter II ofDirective 92/46/EEC, a choice of language or languages in which the
certificate is drawn up and a choice of rank or title of the signatory;
Whereas provisionshould be made first for a specimencertificate for
raw milk intended to be accepted at a collection centre, standardizationcentre, treatment establishment or processing establishment, for a
specimencertificate for heat-treated milk, milk-based products made
from heat-treated milk or heat-treated milk-based products intendedfor human consumption from third countries or parts of third countriesin which there is no threat of foot-and-mouth disease, for a specimencertificate for heat-treated milk, milk-based products made from heat-treated milk or heat-treated milk-based products intended for human
consumption from third countries or parts of third countries in which
there is a threat of foot-and-mouth disease, and for a specimen certifi-cate for raw milk products for human consumption; whereas, in viewof the different nature of these products, provision should be made fordifferent specimen health certificates;
Whereas provisionwill be made later for a specimenhealth certificate
for raw milk intended for direct human consumption;
Whereas the measures provided for inthis Decisionare inaccordan ce
with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,1995D0343 — EN — 27.01.1997 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 268, 14. 9. 1992, p. 1.
(2) See page 38 of this Official Journal.
(3) See page 50 of this Official Journal.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The specimencertificate provided for inArticle 23 (2) (b) of Directive
92/46/EEC concerning raw milk from third countries intended to be
accepted at a collection centre, standardization centre, treatment estab-lishment or processing establishment and then to be used for humanconsumption shall be as shown in Annex A to this Decision.
This certificate may be used only by the third countries or parts of third
countries listed in column A of the Annex to Decision 95/340/EC.
Article 2
The specimencertificate provided for inArticle 23 (2) (b) of Directive
92/46/EEC concerning heat-treated milk, milk-based products madefrom heat-treated milk or heat-treated milk-based products intended
for human consumption from third countries or parts of third countries
in which there is no threat of foot-and-mouth disease shall be as shownin Annex B to this Decision.
This certificate may be used only by the third countries or parts of third
countries listed in column B of the Annex to Decision 95/340/EC.
Article 3
The specimencertificate provided for inArticle 23 (2) (b) of Directive
92/46/EEC concerning heat-treated milk, milk-based products madefrom heat-treated milk or heat-treated milk-based products intendedfor human consumption from third countries or parts of third countries
inwhich there is a threat of foot-an d-mouth disease shall be as shown
in Annex C to this Decision.
This certificate may be used by the third countries or parts of third
countries listed in column C of the Annex to Decision 95/340/EC.
Article 4
The specimencertificate provided for inArticle 23 (2) (b) of Directive
92/46/EEC concerning raw milk products from third countries intendedfor human consumption shall be as shown in Annex D to this Decision.
This certificate may be used only by the third countries or parts of third
countries listed in column A of the Annex to Decision 95/340/EC.
Article 5
In order to ensure that the controls laid down in Article 4 (1) third
indent of Council Directive 90/675/EEC(
1) canbe performed, the
products detailed in Articles 2, 3 and 4 must carry the following infor-
mation, in at least one of the official languages of the country of
destination:
— the name of the exporting country,
— the approval number of the establishment,
— for products manufactured from raw milk and for which the method
of manufacture did not include any heat treatment, the words ‘fromraw milk’,
— for milk-based products inwhich there may be microbial develop-
ment, the use-by date or durability limit.
Article 6
The health certificates referred to inArticles 1, 2, 3 an d 4 shall be
original numbered certificates consisting of a single sheet, dulycompleted, dated and signed by the representative of the competentauthority responsible for verifying and certifying that the raw milk,1995D0343 — EN — 27.01.1997 — 002.001 — 3
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heat-treated milk or milk-based products meet the requirements of
Directive 92/46/EEC.
Article 7
1. The certificates referred to inArticles 1, 2, 3 an d 4 shall be
drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State in
which the check is carried out.
2. The certificate shall bear the name, rank or title and signature of
the representative of the competent authority together with the officialstamp of the competent authority in a colour different from that of theother particulars shownonthe certificate.
Article 8
This Decisionshall apply from ►
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Article 9
This Decisionis addressed to the Member States.1995D0343 — EN — 27.01.1997 — 002.001 — 4
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ANNEXA
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ANNEXB
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ANNEX C
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ANNEX D
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