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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 September 2000
layingdown animal and public health conditions and veterinary certifications for import of wild
and farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries and repealing Commission Decisions
97/217/EC, 97/218/EC, 97/219/EC and 97/220/EC
(notified under document number C(2000) 2492)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/585/EC)
(OJ L 251, 6.10.2000, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 2001/640/EC of 2 August 2001 L 223 28 18.8.2001
►M2Commission Decision 2001/736/EC of 17 October 2001 L 275 32 18.10.2001
►M3Commission Decision 2001/793/EC of 9 November 2001 L 297 12 15.11.2001
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 September 2000
layingdown animal and public health conditions and veterinary
certifications for import of wild and farmed game meat and rabbitmeat from third countries and repealingCommission Decisions 97/
217/EC, 97/218/EC, 97/219/EC and 97/220/EC
(notified under document number C(2000) 2492)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/585/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/494/EEC of 26 June 1991 on
animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in andimports from third countries of fresh poultry meat(
1), as amended by
Directive 1999/89/EC(2), and in particular Articles 11, 12 and 14
thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992
laying down animal health and publichealth requirements governingtrade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the
said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in
Annex A, Chapter I, to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens,to Directive 90/425/EEC(
3), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC(4),
and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992 on
publichealth and animal health problems relating to the killing of wildgame and the placing on the market of wild game meat(
5), as last
amended by Directive 97/79/EC, and particular Article 16(2)(c) and (3)
thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Commission Decision 97/217/EC(6) as last amended by Decision
2000/161/EC(7), establishes groups of third countries which are
able to utilise the veterinary certification for imports of wild gamemeat, farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries.
(2)Commission Decision 97/218/EC(8) lays down animal and public
health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of wildgame meat (excluding meat of wild swine) from third countries.
(3)Commission Decision 97/219/EC(9) as last amended by Decision
2000/162/EC(10) lays down animal and publichealth c onditions
and veterinary certification for imports of farmed game meat andrabbit meat from third countries.
(4)Commission Decision 97/220/EC(11) lays down animal and public
health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of meat
of wild swine from third countries.
(5)In order to facilitate the consultation and the transparency of the
European Union legislation and to update the animal and publichealth conditions and veterinary certification for import of wildand farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries, it is2000D0585 — EN — 01.12.2001 — 003.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 35.
(2) OJ L 300, 23.11.1999, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(4) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(5) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 35.
(6) OJ L 88, 3.4.1997, p. 20.
(7) OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 38.
(8) OJ L 88, 3.4.1997, p. 25.
(9) OJ L 88, 3.4.1997, p. 45.
(10) OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 37.
(11) OJ L 88, 3.4.1997, p. 70.
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considered necessary to create a single decision; therefore,
Commission Decisions 97/217/EC, 97/218/EC, 97/219/EC and97/220/EC must be repealed.
(6)Considering that a new certification regime must be implementedfor the exporting countries concerned, a period of time should beprovided for its implementation.
(7)This Decision shall be reviewed in the light of developments inthe animal health status of the territories of origin and, inparticular, in the frame of the application of agreements betweenthe Community and third countries concerning the matters
covered by this Decision, notably as concerns Article 5 of the
Agreement between the European Community and the Govern-ment of Canada on sanitary measures to protect public and animalhealth in respect of trade in live animals and animal products andArticle 6 of the Agreement between the European Communityand the United States of America on sanitary measures to protect
publicand animal health in trade in live animals and animal
products.
(8)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with
the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the purpose ot this Decision ‘farmed game birds’ means quail,
pigeons, pheasants, partridges and any other game birds. It excludes
fowl, turkeys, guinea fowls, ducks, geese and ratites.
Article 2
1. Member States shall authorise imports of the categories of fresh
meat as follows:
— meat, excluding offal, of wild cloven-hoofed game, excluding wild
swine,
— meat of farmed cloven-hoofed game, excluding farmed wild swine,— meat, excluding offal, of wild swine,— meat of farmed wild swine,— meat of wild game bird, excluding offal except for unplucked and
uneviscerated game birds,
— meat of farmed game birds,
— meat, excluding offal, of wild soliped, defined as zebra meat,
— meat of wild leporidae , defined as rabbits and hares, excluding offal
except for unskinned and uneviscerated leporidae ,
— meat of farmed rabbits,— meat, excluding offal, of wild land mammals, excluding wild
ungulates and leporidae ,
and coming from the territories laid down in Annex I, if they comply
with the conditions laid down in the relevant health certificate drawn upin Annex III, as provided for in Annex II to the present Decision.
2. Member States shall authorise the introduction onto their territory
of wild and farmed game meat and rabbit meat from the country of
origin subject to the special conditions required in Annex II anddescribed in Annex IV. These specific conditions must be provided bythe exporting country in Section V of each model of certificate laiddown in Annex III.
Article 3
This Decision shall come into effect 60 days after its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .2000D0585 — EN — 01.12.2001 — 003.001 — 3
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Article 4
1. Commission Decisions 97/217/EC, 97/218/EC, 97/219/EC and 97/
220/EC are repealed on the same date the present Decision will come
into force, as mentioned in Article 3.
2. Member States shall authorise the importation of fresh meat
covered by the present Decision, produced and certified according to therequirements of Commission Decisions 97/217/EC, 97/218/EC, 97/219/EC and 97/220/EC during the 35 days following the date mentioned inArticle 3.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.2000D0585 — EN — 01.12.2001 — 003.001 — 4
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ANNEX I
DESCRIPTION OF TERRITORIES OF CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES ESTABLISHED FOR
ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATION PURPOSES
Country Code of territory Version Description of territory
Bulgaria BG-1 — As described in Annex I of Commission
Decision 98/371/EC (1) (as last amended)
BG-2 — As described in Annex I of Decision 98/371/
EC (as last amended)
BG-3 — As described in Annex I of Decision 98/371/
EC (as last amended)
Brazil BR-1 — As described in Annex I of Commission
Decision 94/984/EC (2) (as last amended)
Botswana BW-01 — As described in Annex I of Commission
Decision 1999/283/EC (3) (as last amended)
Czech Republic CZ-1 — As described in Annex I of Decision 98/371/
EC (as last amended)
CZ-2 — As described in Annex I of Decision 98/371/
EC (as last amended)
Namibia NA-01 — As described in Annex I of Decision 1999/
283/EC (as last amended)
Russia RU-1 01/99 The region of Murmansk (Murmanskaya
oblast)
Swaziland SZ-01 — As described in Annex I of Decision 1999/
283/EC (as last amended)
South Africa ZA-01 — As described in Annex I of Decision 1999/
283/EC (as last amended)
Zimbabwe ZW-01 — As described in Annex I of Decision 1999/
283/EC (as last amended)
Any country
appearing in the
first column of
Annex IIISO-code as
indicated in the
first column of
Annex IIThe whole country
(1) OJ L 170, 29.5.1998, p 16.
(2) OJ L 378, 31.12.1994, p 11.
(3) OJ L 110, 12.4.1999, p 16.2000D0585 — EN — 01.12.2001 — 003.001 — 5
ANNEX ΙΙ
Animal health guarantees to be requested on certification of wild and farmed game meat and rabbit meat
CountryCode of terri-
toryCloven-hoofed game, excluding
wild swineWild swine Game birds
Wild solipedsLeporidae
(rabbit and hare)Other wild
landmammals
Wild Farmed Wild Farmed Wild Farmed WildDomestic
rabbit
MC (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)
AR Argentina AR — — — — D 8 I — C H —
AU Australia AU A 9 F J 9 G D 8 I — C H E
BG Bulgaria BG — — — — D I — C H —
BG-1 A F — — D I — C H —
BG-2 A F — — D I — C H —
BG-3 — — — — D I — C H —
BR Brazil BR — — — — — — — C H —
BR-1 — — — — D 8 I — C H —
BW Botswana BW — — — — — — B C H —
BW-01 A 1, 2 F 2, 3 — — — — B C H —
CA Canada CA A 9 F J 9 G D 8 I — C H E
CH Switzerland CH A F J G D I — C H —
CL Chile CL A 9 F — — D 8 I — C H —
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CountryCode of terri-
toryCloven-hoofed game, excluding
wild swineWild swine Game birds
Wild solipedsLeporidae
(rabbit and hare)Other wild
landmammals
Wild Farmed Wild Farmed Wild Farmed WildDomestic
rabbit
MC (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)
CZ Czech Republic CZ A F — G D I — C H —
CZ-1 A F J G D I — C H —
CZ-2 A F — G D I — C H —
EE Estonia EE A F — — — — — C H E
GL Greenland GL A F — — D — — C H E
HR Croatia HR A F — — D I — C H —
HU Hungary HU A F J 7 G D I — C H —
IL Israel IL — — — — — D 8 I — C H —LI Lithuania LI A F — — D I — C H E
LV Latvia LV A F — — — — — C H E
NA Namibia NA — — — — — — B C H —
NA-01 A 1, 2 F 2, 3 — — — — B C H —
NC New Caledonia NC A F — — — — — C H —
NZ New Zealand NZ A 9 F J 9 G D 8 I — C H E
PL Poland PL A F — — D I — C H —
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CountryCode of terri-
toryCloven-hoofed game, excluding
wild swineWild swine Game birds
Wild solipedsLeporidae
(rabbit and hare)Other wild
landmammals
Wild Farmed Wild Farmed Wild Farmed WildDomestic
rabbit
MC (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)M C (1)S C (2)
RU Russia RU — — — — — — — — — C H E
RU-1 — — F 5 — — C H E
SL Slovenia SL A F — — D I — C H —
SK Slovak RepublicSK A F — — D I — C H —
SZ Swaziland SZ — — — — — — B C H —
SZ-01 A 1, 2 F 2, 3 — — — — B C H —
TH Thailand TH — — — — D 8 I — C H —TN Tunisia TN — — — — D 8 I — C H —
US United States of
AmericaU S A9F J9G D8I — C H —
UY Uruguay UY — — — — — — — C H —
ZA South Africa ZA — — — — — — B C H —
ZA-01 A 1, 2 F 2, 3 — — B C H —
ZW Zimbabwe ZW — — — — — — C H —
ZW-01 — — — — C H —
Third countries, other than those above,
appearing on the list of the first part of the
Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC as last
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(1) MC: model certificate to be completed. The letters (A, B, C, D, etc.) appearing in the tables refer to the models of animal health guarantees, as descri bed in Annex III to the present Decision, to be applied for each category of fresh
meat and origin in accordance with Article 2 of this Decision. A dash ‘—’ indicates that imports are not authorised.
(2) SC: specific conditions. The numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) appearing in the table refer to the special conditions to be provided by the exporting country as d escribed in Annex IV. These supplementary guarantees must be inserted by the
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ANNEX III
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ANNEX IV
SPECIFIC CONDITIONS TO BE PROVIDED BY THE EXPORTING
TERRITORY WHEN REQUIRED IN ANNEX II IN APPLICATION OF
ARTICLE 2(2)
1. The bones, and the main accessible lymphatic glands of the wild game meat,
excluding offal, described above, have been removed in accordance with the
requirements of Council Directive 92/45/EEC.
2. The deboned fresh meat described above originates from carcases:
— which have matured at an ambient temperature of more than + 2 ºC for at
least 24 hours before the bones were removed,
and
— which had had the major lymphatic glands removed.
3. The deboned farmed game meat described above has, during all stages of its
production, deboning and storage been kept strictly separate from meat not
conforming to the requirements laid down in the decisions of European
Community currently in force as regards export of meat to a Member State
(with the exception of meat packed in boxes or cartons and kept in special
storage areas).
4. Taking into account the special climatic conditions, point IV.3(a) of the
present certificate model D is not applicable
5. Taking into account the special breeding conditions existing in territory as
referred to under point IV.1, point IV.2(d) of the present certificate model F is
not applicable
6. The farmed game bird flock from which the meat originates:
(a) has not been vaccinated with vaccines prepared from a Newcastle disease
virus master seed which shows a higher pathogenicity than lentogenic
strains of the virus;
(b) has undergone at slaughter, on the basis of a random sample of cloacal
swabs from at least 60 birds from each flock concerned, a virus isolation
test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory, in which
no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intravenous Pathogenicity Index (IVPI)
of more than 0,4 were found;
(c) has not been in contact during the 30 days preceding slaughter with
poultry or game birds which do not fulfil the conditions mentioned under
points 1 and 2.
7. The wild swine meat described above was obtained from carcases on which
either:
(a) a virus isolation test for classical swine fever (CSF) from blood (EDTA)
has been carried out with negative results(1); or
(b) a virus isolation test for CSF from the appropriate samples(2) has been
carried out with negative results (1); or
(c) the direct immunofluorescence test for CSF viral antigen has been carried
out on appropriate samples (2) with negative results (1).
8. The animals have been plucked and eviscerated (1)/The animals are unplucked
and uneviscerated but they will be transported by aeroplane (1).
9. The animals have been skinned and eviscerated (1)/The animals are unskinned
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(1) Delete as appropriate
(2) Appropriate sample means: a sample of tonsil and of spleen plus a sample of ileum or
kidney and a sample of at least one of the following lymph nodes: retropharyngeal,
parotid, mandibular or mesentericlymph nodes.