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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 February 2000
on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries according to Council Directive 96/23/
EC
(notified under document number C(2000) 343)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/159/EC)
(OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 30)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1 Commission Decision 2001/31/EC of 20 December 2000 L 8 40 12.1.2001
►M2 Commission Decision 2001/487/EC of 18 June 2001 L 176 68 29.6.2001
▼B
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 February 2000
on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries
according to Council Directive 96/23/EC
(notified under document number C(2000) 343)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/159/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC (1), and in particular
Article 29 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC (2) of 12 December
1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems on importation of
bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meatproducts from third countries, as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (
3),
and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Some third countries have presented residue monitoring plans
including results thereof to the Commission services, and there isa need for additional information and further clarifications.
(2) Other third countries have been providing information on residueplans under conditions laid down before Directive 96/23/EC was
implemented, and are currently exporting to the Community
although they have not submitted a recent plan of residuemonitoring and/or the relevant results, and there are aspects whichneed more information and clarification.
(3) Third countries that wish to export products of animal origin forhuman consumption to the Community, as specified in Directive96/23/EC, may submit their residue monitoring plan at any timeto the Commission services for approval. On compliance with
Directive 96/23/EC, they may be added to this Decision.
(4) There is a need, in the interest of the third countries and theEuropean Community, to provide for transparency in all actions,
and at the same time to provide enough time for the thirdcountries to adapt their legislation to Community requirements.
(5) There is a public health concern in relation to residues in productsof animal origin. Therefore residue plans shall be approved andregularly updated.
(6) Council Decision 79/542/EEC (4), as last amended by Commis-
sion Decision 2000/2/EC (5), draws up a list of third countries
from which Member States authorise imports of bovine animals,swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat productsand includes provisions relating to residue monitoring plans
which are covered by this Decision. Therefore Decision 79/542/
EEC should be amended accordingly.
(7) Article 29(1) of Directive 96/23/EC states that inclusion andretention on the lists of third countries provided for in Communitylegislation from which Member States are authorised to importanimals and animal products covered by this Directive shall besubject to submission by the third country concerned of a plansetting out the guarantees which it offers as regards the2000D0159 — EN — 29.06.2001 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 125, 25.5.1996, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(4) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15.
(5) OJ L 1, 4.1.2000, p. 17.
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monitoring of the groups of residues and substances referred to in
Annex I.
(8) Article 8(3) of Directive 96/23/EC states that by no later than 31March each year, Member States shall forward to the Commissionthe results of their residue and substance detection plans and theircontrol measures.
(9) The second paragraph of Article 29(1) of Directive 96/23/ECstates that provisions of Article 8 concerning time limits forsubmission and updating of plans shall apply for plans submittedby third countries and, in addition, that the guarantees must have
an effect at least equivalent to those provided for in this Directive.
(10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with
the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Animals or animal products from third countries appearing in the list of
the Annex with an ‘X’ are considered to comply provisionally with
Directive 96/23/EC, concerning the approval of residue plans.
Article 2
The Commission will review this Decision as necessary. From 1 April
2000, the Commission will evaluate the residue monitoring plans
submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Directive96/23/EC before final approval is given.
By 31 March 2000 third countries must present a residue monitoring
plan for those foodstuffs of animal origin for import into the Communityfor the year 2000, demonstrating compliance with Directive 96/23/EC,which may include provision of equivalent guarantees; and present the
results of the residue monitoring plan for the year 1999 for those
foodstuffs of animal origin which have been imported into theCommunity during 1999.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.2000D0159 — EN — 29.06.2001 — 002.001 — 3
ANNEX
The residue monitoring plans of the following third countries are provisionally approved on the basis of Directive 96/23/EC for the animals or primar y animal products marked by an ‘X’ in the table.
ISO2 code Country BovineOvine/
caprineSwine Equidae PoultryAquacul-
tureMilk Eggs Rabbit Wild gameFarmed
gameHoney
AD Andorra (1)X X X
AF Afghanistan X (2)
AG Antigua and BarbudaAL Albania X X
AM Armenia
AN Netherlands AntillesAO AngolaAR Argentina X X X X X X X X X X
AU Australia XXXXXXXXXXXX
AZ AzerbaijanBA Bosnia and HerzegovinaBD Bangladesh X (
2)X
BG Bulgaria X X X (3)X X X X X
BH Bahrain X (2)
BJ BeninBR Brazil X X (
2) XXXXX XX
BS Bahamas▼M22000D0159 — EN — 29.06.2001 — 002.001 — 4
ISO2 code Country BovineOvine/
caprineSwine Equidae PoultryAquacul-
tureMilk Eggs Rabbit Wild gameFarmed
gameHoney
BW Botswana X
BY Belarus X (3)X
BZ Belize
CA Canada XXXXXXXX XXX
CH Switzerland X X X X X X
CI Côte d'Ivoire
CL Chile X (2)X X X (2)X X X X X
CM Cameroon
CN China X (2)X (2)X X X X
CO Colombia XX
CR Costa Rica X (2)X
CU Cuba XX
CV Cape VerdeCY Cyprus X (
2)X (2)X (3) XXXXXXXX
CZ Czech Republic X X X X (3) XXXXXXXX
DZ Algeria X
EC Ecuador X
EE Estonia X X X X (3) XXXX X
EG Egypt X (2)▼M22000D0159 — EN — 29.06.2001 — 002.001 — 5
ISO2 code Country BovineOvine/
caprineSwine Equidae PoultryAquacul-
tureMilk Eggs Rabbit Wild gameFarmed
gameHoney
ER Eritrea
ET Ethiopia
FJ Fiji
FK Falkland IslandsFO Faeroe Islands X
GA Gabon
GD Grenada
GH Ghana
GL Greenland X X (
3)X X
GM Gambia
GN Guinea
GT Guatemala XX
HK Hong Kong (4)
HN Honduras X (2)X
HR Croatia X X X X (3) XXXXXXXX
HU Hungary X X X X (3) XXXXXXXX
ID Indonesia X
IL Israel XXXX XX
IN India X (2)X (2)X X X▼M22000D0159 — EN — 29.06.2001 — 002.001 — 6
ISO2 code Country BovineOvine/
caprineSwine Equidae PoultryAquacul-
tureMilk Eggs Rabbit Wild gameFarmed
gameHoney
IR Iran X (2)X
IS Iceland XXXX XX
JM Jamaica X
JP Japan X (2)X
KE KenyaKR South Korea XX
KW Kuwait X (
2)
LB Lebanon X (2)
LK SriLanka X
LT Lithuania X X (2)X X (3) XXXX XXX
LV Latvia X X X X X X X X X
MA Morocco X (2)X
MD MoldovaMG Madagascar X
MK Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia (
5)XX X (3)
MM Myanmar
MN Mongolia X (2)
MR MauritaniaMT Malta X X X X (
3) XXXXX X▼M22000D0159 — EN — 29.06.2001 — 002.001 — 7
ISO2 code Country BovineOvine/
caprineSwine Equidae PoultryAquacul-
tureMilk Eggs Rabbit Wild gameFarmed
gameHoney
MU Mauritius X
MV Maldives
MX Mexico X (2)X (2) XXXXXX X
MY Malaysia X(6)X
MZ Mozambique
NA Namibia X X X X
NC New Caledonia XX X
NG Nigeria
NI Nicaragua X (2)X (2)X X
NO Norway (7) XXX XXXX XXX
NZ New Zealand X X X X X X X X
OM Oman
PA Panama X (2)X (2)X
PE Peru X (2)X X
PF French Polynesia
PG Papua New Guinea
PH Philippines X
PK Pakistan X (2)X (2)
PL Poland XXXXXXXXXXXX▼M22000D0159 — EN — 29.06.2001 — 002.001 — 8
ISO2 code Country BovineOvine/
caprineSwine Equidae PoultryAquacul-
tureMilk Eggs Rabbit Wild gameFarmed
gameHoney
PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon
PY Paraguay X X (2)
RO Romania XXXXXXXXXXXX
RU Russia X (3) X(8)
SB Solomon Islands
SC Seychelles X
SG Singapore (4)
SH St Helena
SI Slovenia X X X (3) XXXXXXXX
SK Slovakia X X X X (3) XXXX XXX
SM San Marino (9)X X X
SN Senegal
SR Suriname X
SV El Salvador X
SY Syria X (2)
SZ Swaziland X
TG Togo
TH Thailand XX
TM Turkmenistan X (2)▼M22000D0159 — EN — 29.06.2001 — 002.001 — 9
ISO2 code Country BovineOvine/
caprineSwine Equidae PoultryAquacul-
tureMilk Eggs Rabbit Wild gameFarmed
gameHoney
TN Tunisia X (2)X (3)X X X X
TR Turkey X (2)X X X X
TW Taiwan X
TZ TanzaniaUA Ukraine X (
3)
UG Uganda
US United States XXXXXXXXXXXX
UY Uruguay X X X X X X X XUZ Uzbekistan X (
2)
VC Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVE Venezuela X
VN Vietnam XX
YE YemenYT Mayotte X
YU Federal Republic of Yugoslavia X X X X (
3)
ZA South Africa X X X X X X X X X
ZM Zambia X
ZW Zimbabwe X X X
(1) Initial residue monitoring plan approved by veterinary subgroup EC/Andorra (in accordance with Decision 2/1999 of EC/Andorra Joint Committee of 2 2 December 1999 (OJ L 315.2.2000).
(2) Only casings.
(3) Exports of live horses for slaughter (food producing animals only).▼M22000D0159 — EN — 29.06.2001 — 002.001 — 10
(4) Third country using only raw material from other approved third countries for food production.
(5) Appropriate denomination still under discussion at UN.
(6) Peninsular (western) Malaysia only.
(7) Monitoring plan approved in accordance with Decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority No 223/96/COL of 4 December 1996 (OJ L 78, 20.3.1997, p. 38).
(8) Only for reindeer from Murmansk region.
(9) Monitoring plan approved in accordance with Decision No 1/94 of the EC-San Marino Cooperation Committee of 28 June 1994 (OJ L 238, 13.9.1994, p. 25).▼M22000D0159 — EN — 29.06.2001 — 002.001 — 11