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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of7September2000
laying down animal and public health conditions and veterinary certifications for import of wild
andfarmedgamemeatandrabbitmeatfromthirdcountriesandrepealingCommissionDecisions
97/217/EC,97/218/EC,97/219/ECand97/220/EC
(notified under document number C(2000) 2492)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(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
►M4Commission Decision 2002/219/EC of 7 March2002 L 72 27 14.3.2002
►M5Commission Decision 2002/646/EC of 31 July 2002 L 211 23 7.8.2002
►M6Commission Decision 2003/74/EC of 31 January 2003 L 28 45 4.2.2003
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of7September2000
laying down animal and public health conditions and veterinary
certifications forimportofwildandfarmedgamemeatandrabbitmeatfromthirdcountriesandrepealingCommissionDecisions97/
217/EC,97/218/EC,97/219/ECand97/220/EC
(notified under document number C(2000) 2492)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(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 public health 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 regardspathogens, 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
public health and animal health problems relating to the killing ofwild game 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 Deci-
sion 2000/161/EC (7), establishes groups of third countries
which are able to utilise the veterinary certification for importsof wild game meat, 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 importsof wild game meat (excluding meat of wild swine) from thirdcountries.
(3)Commission Decision 97/219/EC (9) as last amended by Deci-
sion 2000/162/EC (10) lays down animal and public health
conditions and veterinary certification for imports of farmedgame meat and rabbit meat from third countries.
(4)Commission Decision 97/220/EC (11) lays down animal and
public health conditions and veterinary certification for importsof meat of wild swine from third countries.
(5)In order to facilitate the consultation and the transparency of theEuropean Union legislation and to update the animal and public2000D0585 — EN — 07.02.2003 — 006.001 — 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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health conditions and veterinary certification for import of wild
and farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries, it isconsidered necessary to create a single decision; therefore,
Commission Decisions 97/217/EC, 97/218/EC, 97/219/EC and
97/220/EC must be repealed.
(6)Considering that a new certification regime must be imple-
mented for the exporting countries concerned, a period of time
should be provided for its implementation.
(7)This Decision shall be reviewed in the light of developments in
the animal health status of the territories of origin and, in parti-
cular, in the frame of the application of agreements between theCommunity and third countries concerning the matters coveredby this Decision, notably as concerns Article 5 of the Agreementbetween the European Community and the Government ofCanada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health
in respect of trade in live animals and animal products and
Article 6 of the Agreement between the European Communityand the United States of America on sanitary measures to protectpublic and animal health in trade in live animals and animalproducts.
(8)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordancewith 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 ungu-
lates 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 drawnup in 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 and
described 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 — 07.02.2003 — 006.001 — 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 tothe requirements of Commission Decisions 97/217/EC, 97/218/EC, 97/219/EC and 97/220/EC during the 35 days following the datementioned in Article 3.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.2000D0585 — EN — 07.02.2003 — 006.001 — 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 to Commission
Decision 98/371/EC (1)(as last amended)
BG-2 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 98/371/EC (as last amended)
BG-3 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 98/371/EC (as last amended)
Brazil BR-1 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 94/984/EC (2)(as last amended)
Botswana BW-01 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 1999/283/EC (3)(as last amended)
BW-02 1/2002 As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 1999/283/EC (as last amended)
CzechRepublic CZ-1 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 98/371/EC (as last amended)
CZ-2 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 98/371/EC (as last amended)
Namibia NA-01 — As described in Annex I to Commission
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 to Commission
Decision 1999/283/EC (as last amended)
SouthAfrica ZA-01 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 1999/283/EC (as last amended)
Zimbabwe ZW-01 — As described in Annex I to Commission
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.
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ANNEX II
ANIMALHEALTHGUARANTEESTOBEREQUESTEDONCERTIFICATIONOFWILDANDFARMEDGAMEMEATANDRABBITMEAT
CountryCode of terri-
toryCloven-hoofed game, excluding
wild swineWild swine Game birds
Wild solipedsleporidae (rabbit and hare)
Other wild
land-mammals
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 (y)1 , 2F (y) 2 , 3 ————B C H—
BW-02 A (x)1 , 2F (x) 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
land-mammals
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 CzechRepublic 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
land-mammals
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 Republic SK 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 SouthAfrica 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
amended——————— C H—▼M62000D0585 — EN — 07.02.2003 — 006.001 — 8
(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 categories 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 exporting country in section V of each model of certificate set down in Annex III.
NB:(y) Only meat produced from animals slaughtered after 7 July 2002 and before 23 December 2002 can be imported into the Community.
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ANNEX III
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ANNEX IV
SPECIFIC CONDITIONS TO BE PROVIDED BY THE EXPORTING
TERRITORY WHEN REQUIREDIN ANNEX II IN APPLICATION OF
ARTICLE2(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
(withth e 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 eachflock concerned, a virus isolation
test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory, in which
no avian paramyxoviruses withan Intravenous Path ogenicity 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 withnegative results (1); or
(c) the direct immunofluorescence test for CSF viral antigen has been carried
out on appropriate samples (2) withnegative 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
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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 mesenteric lymphnodes.