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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of4May2001
laying down animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the import of specified
pathogen free eggs from non-member countries and drawing up a list of non-member countries
fromwhichMember Statesauthoriseimportsofsucheggs
(notified under document number C(2001) 1174)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2001/393/EC)
(OJ L 138, 22.5.2001, p. 31)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of4May2001
laying down animal health conditions and veterinary certification
for the import of specified pathogen free eggs from non-membercountries and drawing up a list of non-member countries from
whichMember Statesauthoriseimportsofsucheggs
(notified under document number C(2001) 1174)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2001/393/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on
animal health conditionsgoverning intra-Community trade in andimportsfrom third countriesof poultry and hatching eggs (
1), aslas t
amended by Directive 1999/90/EC(2), and in particular Articles23,
24(2), 26 and 27a thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Specified pathogen free (SPF) eggsare hatching eggs , which are
used for diagnostic procedures in laboratories, for the productionand testing of vaccines and for research and pharmaceuticalpurposes and have to be marked with a stamp.
(2)Council Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 of 29 October 1975 onthe production and marketing of eggsfor hatching and of farm-yard poultry chicks(
3) laysdown the requirementsfor marking
of hatching eggs and its implementing Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1868/77(4), laysdown detailed rulesof application in
particular concerning marking of hatching eggs.
(3)SPF eggsare not fit for human cons umption.
(4)SPF eggs are not speficically definied as such in Communitylegislation therefore a specific definition has to be laid down.
(5)The SPF eggshave to be produced in accordance with the validEuropean Pharmacopoeia(
5), in which the requirementsare
defined.
(6)These particular characteristics should prevent the introductionof avian influenza, Newcastle disease and other relevant poultrydiseases into the Community on condition that all the otherprovisions of this Decision are applied.
(7)Member States wish to import SPF eggs from countries, whichare not considered as free from Newcastle disease and avian
influenzua, but can offer satisfactory animal health guarantees
for thiss pecific product.
(8)SPF eggs may only be used in facilities, where they have to bedestroyed or otherwise treated after use in such a way that anyrisk of spread of disease is prevented.
(9)An animal health certificate for thiscategory of eggsand acorresponding list of non-member countries, which are allowedto use this certificate for the exportation of such eggs to theCommunity hasto be drawn up.
(10)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordancewith the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,2001D0393 — EN — 16.04.2002 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 303, 31.10.1990, p. 6.
(2) OJ L 300, 23.11.1999, p. 19.
(3) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 100.
(4) OJ L 209, 17.8.1977, p. 1.
(5) Third edition, Council of Europe, 1997.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the purpose of this Decision the following definition shall apply:
‘Specified pathogen free (SPF) eggs’ are hatching eggs as laid downin Article 2(2) of Council Directive 90/539/EEC, which are derived
from ‘chicken flocks free from specified pathogens’ as described in
the European Pharmacopoeia and which are intended for diagnostic,research or pharmaceutical use only.
Article 2
1. Member States shall authorise the importation of SPF eggs from
non-member countriesor partsof non-member countrieslis ted inAnnex I, provided that they meet the requirementsof the corres pondinganimal health certificate set out in Annex II and that they are accom-
panied by such a certificate, duly completed and signed.
2. Member States shall authorise the importation of SPF eggs only
when they are marked with a stamp indicating the ISO code of thecountry and the approval number of the establishment and when theirpackaging bears the same information clearly visible and readable indi-cating that the consignment contains this specific product; furthermoreafter the import control the consignment must be transported directly to
its final destination. Such a marking shall be in conformity with the
general requirementsfor marketing of eggslaid down in Article 6 ofRegulation (EEC) No 2782/75 aslas t amended and itsimplementingRegulation (EEC) No 1868/77.
Article 3
Unused eggs, all packaging material and any waste parts or waste
products of the eggs must be incinerated or otherwise treated after usein such a way that any risk of spread of disease is prevented.
Article 4
This Decision shall apply for specified pathogen free eggs certified as
from 30 April 2001.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.2001D0393 — EN — 16.04.2002 — 001.001 — 3
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ANNEX I
Non-member countrieswhich are allowed to us e the certificate laid down in
Annex II to this Decision for imports of specified pathogen free (SPF) eggs
into the European Union are those countries which are listed in Part I of the
Annex to Council Decision 79/542/EEC.2001D0393 — EN — 16.04.2002 — 001.001 — 4
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ANNEX II
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