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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 February 1997
establishing groups of third countries which are able to utilize the veterinary certification for
imports of wild game meat, farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries
(Text with EEA relevance)
(97/217/EC)
(OJ L 88, 3.4.1997, p. 20)
Amended by:
OfficialJournal
No page date
►M1 Commission Decision 98/648/EC of 5 November 1998 L 308 42 18.11.1998
►M2 Commission Decision 1999/758/EC of 5 November 1999 L 300 27 23.11.1999
►M3 Commission Decision 2000/161/EC of 14 February 2000 L 51 38 24.2.2000
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 February 1997
establishing groups of third countries which are able to utilize the
veterinary certification for imports of wild game meat, farmed
game meat and rabbit meat from third countries
(Text with EEA relevance)
(97/217/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to CouncilDirective 91/494/EEC of 26 June 1991 on
animalheal th conditions governing intra-Community trade in andimports from third countries of fresh poultrymeat (
1) as amended by
Directive 93/121/EEC (2), and in particular Articles 9, 11 and 14
thereof,
Having regard to CouncilDirective 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992
laying down animal health and public health requirements governingtrade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to thesaid requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to inAnnex A Chapter I to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens,to Directive 90/425/EEC (
3), as last amended by Directive 96/90/EC (4),
and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,
Having regard to CouncilDirective 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992 on
public health 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 the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, andin particular Article 16 (3) thereof,
Whereas following Annex I Chapter 11 of Directive 92/118/EEC, furred
farmed game meat and feathered farmed game meat can be importedonly if they come from third countries included on the lists of countriesfrom which fresh meat of the corresponding species may be importedpursuant to CouncilDirective 72/462/EEC (
6) and CouncilDirective
91/494/EEC respectively;
Whereas Commission Decision 94/86/EC (7) as amended by Decision
96/137/EC (8) lays down the third countries list from which Member
States are authorized to import wild game meat;
Whereas Commission Decision 94/278/EC (9) as last amended by
Decision 96/344/EC (10) lays down the list of third countries from which
Member States authorize the import of rabbit meat;
Whereas Commission Decision 97/219/EC (11) lays down animal and
public health conditions and veterinary certification for imports offarmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries;
Whereas Commission Decision 97/218/EC (
12) lays down animal and
public health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of wildgame meat (excluding meat of wild swine) from third countries;
(1) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 35.
(2) OJ No L 340, 31. 12. 1993, p. 39.
(3) OJ No L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49.
(4) OJ No L 13, 16. 1. 1997, p. 24.
(5) OJ No L 268, 14. 9. 1992, p. 35.
(6) OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
(7) OJ No L 44, 17. 2. 1994, p. 33.
(8) OJ No L 31, 9. 2. 1996, p. 31.
(9) OJ No L 120, 11. 5. 1994, p. 44.
(10) OJ No L 133, 4. 6. 1996, p. 28.
(11) See page 45 of this OfficialJournal .
(12) See page 25 of this OfficialJournal .
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Whereas Commission Decision 97/220/EC (1) lays down animal and
public health conditions and veterinary certification of meat of wildswine from third countries;
Whereas information was received from the third countries concerned
and inspections have been carried out by the Commission services inthe third countries; whereas it is now possible to lay down groups ofthird countries, or parts thereof, which can comply with the Communitycriteria as laid down in the different categories of certification;
Whereas the group for wild soliped meat includes only those third
countries which have zebras on their territory;
Whereas according to their disease situation some third countries
concerned cannot comply with the certification requirements for farmedgame meat and game meat of ungulates and meat of farmed game birdsand game birds; whereas these countries have not been included in therelevant groupings and imports cannot be authorized for the time being;
Whereas it is necessary to foresee the same date of application of this
decision as for Decision 97/218/EC, Decision 97/219/EC, and Decision97/220/EC;
Whereas it is necessary to review this Decision in the light of the results
of checks on consignments of products referred to above, imported intothe Community and of the results of Commission inspection missions;
Whereas 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 purposes of this decision ‘farmed game birds' means quail,
pigeons, pheasants, partridges and any other game birds. It excludesfowl, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, geese and ratites.
Article 2
Member States shall authorize imports of:
(a) meat of farmed ‘cloven-hoofed game', excluding farmed ‘wild
swine', conforming to the requirements laid down in the modelcertificate in:
— Annex A to Decision 97/219/EC provided that the meat comes
from third countries or parts of third countries listed in columnA of the Annex to this Decision,
— Annex B to Decision 97/219/EC provided that the meat comes
from third countries or parts of third countries listed in columnB of the Annex to this Decision;
(b) meat of farmed ‘wild swine' conforming to the requirements laid
down in the modelcertificate in Annex C to Decision 97/219/ECprovided that the meat comes from third countries or parts of thirdcountries listed in column C or D of the Annex to this Decision;
(c) meat of farmed rabbits conforming to the requirements laid down in
the modelcertificate in Annex D to Decision 97/219/EC providedthat the meat comes from third countries or parts of third countrieslisted in column E of the Annex to this Decision;
(d) meat of farmed ‘game birds' conforming to the requirements laid
down in the modelcertificate in:
— Annex E to Decision 97/219/EC provided that the meat comes
from third countries or parts of third countries listed in columnF of the Annex to this Decision,
(1) See page 70 of this OfficialJournal .
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— Annex F to Decision 97/219/EC provided that if the meat comes
from third countries or parts of third countries listed in columnG of the Annex to this Decision.
Article 3
Member States shall authorize imports of:
(a) meat, excluding offals, of wild cloven-hoofed animals conforming
to the requirements laid down in the model certificate in:
— Annex A to Decision 97/218/EC provided that the meat comes
from third countries or parts of third countries listed in columnA of the Annex to this Decision,
— Annex B to Decision 97/218/EC provided that the meat comes
form third countries or parts of third countries listed in columnB of the Annex to this Decision;
(b) wild soliped meat, excluding offal, conforming to the requirements
laid down in the model certificate in Annex C to Decision 97/218/EC provided that the meat comes from third countries or partsof third countries listed in column H of the Annex to this Decision;
(c) wild leporidae (rabbit and hare) meat conforming to the require-
ments laid down in the model certificate in Annex D to Decision97/218/EC provided that the meat comes from third countries orparts of third countries listed in column E of the Annex to thisDecision;
(d) the meat of wild game birds conforming to the requirements laid
down in the modelcertificate in Annex E to Decision 97/218/ECprovided that the meat comes from third countries or parts of thirdcountries listed in column F of the Annex to this Decision;
(e) the meat, excluding offal, of wild land-mammals (excluding wild
ungulates and leporidae ) conforming to the requirements laid down
in the modelcertificate in Annex F to Decision 97/218/EC providedthat the meat comes from third countries or parts of third countrieslisted in column I of the Annex to this Decision.
Article 4
Member States shall authorize imports of meat, excluding offals, of
wild swine conforming to the requirements laid down in the modelcertificate in
— Annex A to Decision 97/220/EC provided that the meat comes from
third countries listed in column C of the Annex to this Decision,
— Annex B to Decision 97/220/EC provided that the meat comes from
third countries listed in column D of the Annex to this Decision.
Article 5
This Decision will be reviewed before 1 January 1998.
Article 6
This Decision shall apply from 1 March 1997.
Article 7
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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Cloven-hoofed game, excluding wild swine Wild swineFarmed rabbits and wild lepo-
ridaeGame birds Wild solipedsOther wild land
mammals
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column F Column G Column H Column I
ISO
codeCountryISO
codeCountryISO
codeCountryISO
codeCountryColumn EISO
codeCountryISO
codeCountryISO
codeCountryISO
codeCountryANNEX
Groups of third countries which are able to utilise the veterinary certification as laid down in Decisions 97/218/EC, 97/219/EC and 97/220/EC
AR-1 Argentina (3)AR-
3+4Argen-
tina (3)(7)AU Australia (1)HU Hungary Third countries appearing
on the list of the first partAU Australia (1)AR Argentina (1)BW Botswana AU Australia (1)
AU Australia (1)BW-
01Botswana (4)CA Canada (1)of the Annex to Decision
79/542/EEC, as last
amendedBR Brazil(1)(5)TH Thailand (1)NA Namibia CA Canada
BG Bulgaria NA-
01Namibia (4)CH Switzerland BG Bulgaria SZ Swaziland EE Estonia
CA Canada (1) SZ-
01Swazi-
land (4)CY Cyprus (1) CA Canada (1) ZA South Africa GL Greenland (1)
CH Switzerland ZA-
01South
Africa (4)CZ-1 Czech
Republic (2)CH Switzerland ZW Zimbabwe LI Lithuania
CL Chile (1) ZW-
01Zimbabwe (4)NZ New
Zealand (1)CL Chile (1) LV Latvia
CY Cyprus (1) US United
States of
America (1)CY Cyprus (1) NZ New Zealand
CZ Czech
RepublicCZ Czech
RepublicRO Romania
EE Estonia GL Green-
land (6)RU Russia
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Cloven-hoofed game, excluding wild swine Wild swineFarmed rabbits and wild lepo-
ridaeGame birds Wild solipedsOther wild land
mammals
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column F Column G Column H Column I
ISO
codeCountryISO
codeCountryISO
codeCountryISO
codeCountryColumn EISO
codeCountryISO
codeCountryISO
codeCountryISO
codeCountry
GL Greenland HR Croatia
HR Croatia HU Hungary
HU Hungary IL Israel(1)
LI Lithuania LI Lithuania
LV Latvia NZ New
Zealand (1)
NC New Cale-donia (
7)PL Poland
NZ NewZealand (
1)RO Romania
PL Poland SL Slovenia
RO Romania SK SlovakRepublic
RU Russia (7)(8) TN Tunisia (1)(6)
SL Slovenia US UnitedStates ofAmerica (
1)
SK SlovakRepublic
UY Uruguay
US UnitedStates ofAmerica (
1)
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(1) Excluding unplucked/unskinned and uneviscarated unless transported by aeroplane.
(2) The regionalisation as laid down in Decision 98/371/EC (as last amended) applies.
(3) The regionalisation as laid down in Decision 93/402/EC (as last amended) applies.
(4) The regionalisation as laid down in Decision 1999/283/EC (as last amended) applies.
(5) The regionalisation as laid down in Decision 94/984/EC (as last amended) applies.
(6) Only wild game meat.
(7) Only farmed game meat.
(8) Only from the region of Murmansk.