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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of12April1999
concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat
fromcertain Africancountries
(notified under document number C(1999) 873)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(1999/283/EC)
(OJ L 110, 28.4.1999, p. 16)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 2000/739/EC of 17 November 2000 L 298 27 25.11.2000
►M2Commission Decision 2001/164/EC of 15 February 2001 L 58 40 28.2.2001
►M3Commission Decision 2001/297/EC of 30 March2001 L 102 61 12.4.2001
►M4Commission Decision 2001/601/EC of 18 July 2001 L 210 58 3.8.2001
►M5Commission Decision 2001/661/EC of 7 August 2001 L 232 25 30.8.2001
►M6Commission Decision 2001/736/EC of 17 October 2001 L 275 32 18.10.2001
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of12April1999
concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certifica-
tionforimportsoffreshmeatfromcertainAfricancountries
(notified under document number C(1999) 873)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(1999/283/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972
on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation ofbovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, freshmeat or meatproducts from third countries(
1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/
EC(2), and in particular Articles 14, 15 and 16,
(1)Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary certificationfor imports of freshmeat from Botswana, Madagascar, Morocco,Namibia, Swaziland, SouthAfrica and Zimbabwe were estab-
lished by Commission Decisions 92/22/EEC(
3), 90/156/EEC(4),
84/295/EEC(5), 92/24/EEC(6), 92/23/EEC(7), 92/21/EEC(8) and
92/25/EEC(9);
(2)Whereas, with a view to the internal market, numerous health
measures have been established in the framework of trade inside
the Community; whereas the realisation of this objective necessi-tates, in parallel, an adaptation of the health conditions requiredfor importation of freshmeat from th ird countries particularlyfrom certain African countries;
(3)Whereas this adaptation must take into account the differentepidemiological situations in the African countries concerned,and indeed in the different parts of their territories; whereas,given the existence of identical health situations between the
various parts of those different countries, it is necessary to take
account of this fact in establishing a new system of health guar-antees;
(4)Whereas, as a result, it is appropriate to establish different healthcertificates in accordance with the conditions required for theimportation of freshmeat from th ose different categories ofcountries or parts of countries;
(5)Whereas outbreaks of African swine fever are reported fromtime to time in these countries and therefore imports into theEuropean Community of pigmeat cannot be authorised;
(6)Whereas as an interim step prior to an in depth analysisconcerning the possibility to authorise bone-in meat from certainOIE free regions and, in order to clarify and simplify theCommunity legislation, it is necessary to group together thehealth conditions required for imports of fresh meat from the
African countries concerned and to repeal the decisions in force
for those countries;
(7)Whereas stricter health conditions have been established for offaldestined for human consumption; whereas, moreover, the health1999D9283 — EN — 02.12.2001 — 007.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 10, 16.1.1992, p. 34.
(4) OJ L 89, 4.4.1990, p. 13.
(5) OJ L 144, 30.5.1984, p. 21.
(6) OJ L 10, 16.1.1992, p. 46.
(7) OJ L 10, 16.1.1992, p. 40.
(8) OJ L 10, 16.1.1992, p. 28.
(9) OJ L 10, 16.1.1992, p. 52.
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conditions established apply without prejudice to the health
conditions established by Council Directive 92/118/EEC(1), as
last amended by Directive 97/79/EC, and Commission Decision
89/18/EEC of 22 December 1988 concerning importations from
third countries of fresh meat destined for purposes other thanhuman consumption(
2);
(8)Whereas having regard to the epidemiological features of foot-and-mouthdisease of th e ovine and caprines, special guaranteesmust be required as regards imports of meat of those species;
(9)Whereas, in addition, the responsible veterinary authorities of theconcerned countries must confirm that their countries or regionshave for at least 12 months been free from rinderpest, and foot-
and-mouthdisease;
(10)Whereas the responsible authorities of the concerned countriesmust undertake to notify the Commission and the Member States
within 24 hours, by fax, telex or telegram of the confirmation ofthe occurrence of any of the abovementioned diseases or analteration in the vaccination policy against them;
(11)Whereas other health conditions must be established for meatnot intended for human consumption in accordance with theprovisions of Directive 92/118/EEC and Decision 89/18/EEC;
(12)Whereas animal health conditions and veterinary certificationmust be adapted according to the animal health situation of the
third country or part of third country concerned;
(13)Whereas Council Directive 96/93/EC(3) lays down standards of
certification which are necessary for valid certification and to
prevent fraud. Whereas it is appropriate to ensure that the rulesand principles applied by third-country certifying officersprovide guarantees which are at least equivalent to those laiddown in this Directive;
(14)Whereas Council Directive 93/119/EC(4) requires that the veter-
inary health certificate accompanying meat to be imported from
third countries to the European Community must be supple-
mented by an attestation certifying that the animals have beenslaughtered under conditions which offer guarantees of humanetreatment at least equivalent to the relevant provisions in theDirective;
(15)Whereas considering that a new certification regime is herebyestablished, a period of time should be provided for its imple-
mentation;
(16)Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-dance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the purposes of this Decision the following definitions shall be
used:
(a) ‘freshmeat’: as defined in Article 2(a) of Council Directive 64/
433/EEC(5);
(b) ‘de-boned freshmeat’: meat as described in paragraph(a) of th is
Article, together with diaphrams but excluding offal, from whichthe bone and the main accessible lymphatic glands have beenremoved.1999D9283 — EN — 02.12.2001 — 007.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 8, 11.1.1989, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 13, 16.1.1997, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 340, 31.12.1993, p. 21.
(5) OJ 121, 29.07.1964, p. 2012/64.
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Article 2
1. Member States shall authorise the importation of the categories of
freshmeat set out in Annex II and coming from th e territories laid
down in Annex I, if they comply with the guarantees laid down in the
health certificate, drawn up in conformity with Annex III.
2. Member States shall authorise the introduction onto their territory
of fresh meat from the country of origin subject to the supplementaryguarantees required in Annex II and described in Annex IV. Thesesupplementary guarantees must be provided by the exporting countryin Section V of eachmodel of certificate laid down in Annex III.
3. In the case of imports of fresh meat described in Article 1 and
intended for purposes other than human consumption, Member States
shall ensure that the following requirements are complied with:
— the conditions set out in paragraph 1,
— the conditions established by Directive 92/118/EEC,— the conditions established by Decision 89/18/EEC.
Article 3
This Decision will be reassessed as required by the changing animal
health situation in the Community and in the concerned African coun-tries from which the imports are permitted.
Article 4
This Decision shall come into effect from 1 June 1999.
Article 5
1. Decisions 92/22/EEC, 90/156/EEC, 84/295/EEC, 92/24/EEC, 92/
23/EEC, 92/21/EEC and 92/25/EEC are repealed on the date mentionedin Article 4.
2. Member States shall authorise the importation of fresh meat,
produced and certified according to the requirements of Decisions 92/22/EEC, 90/156/EEC, 84/295/EEC, 92/24/EEC, 92/23/EEC, 92/21/EEC
and 92/25/EEC during the 30 days following the date mentioned in
paragraph1.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1999D9283 — EN — 02.12.2001 — 007.001 — 4
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ANNEX I
DESCRIPTION OF TERRITORIES OF CERTAIN AFRICAN COUNTRIES ESTABLISHED
FORANIMALHEALTHCERTIFICATIONPURPOSES
CountryCode of terri-
toryVersion Description of territory
BOTSWANA BW 01/99 The whole country
BW-01 01/99 Veterinary disease control zones, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 18
MOROCCO MA 01/99 The whole countryMADAGASCAR MG 01/99 The whole country
NAMIBIA NA 01/99 The whole country
NA-01 01/00 South of the cordon fences which extend from
Palgrave Point in the west to Gam in the east
SWAZILAND SZ 01/99 The whole country
SZ-01 01/01 Area west of the ‘red line’ fences which extends
northwards from the river Usutu to the frontier
withSouthAfrica west of Nkalash ane and
excluding the veterinary foot-and-mouth suveil-
lance and vaccination control areas gazetted as a
statutory instrument under legal notice No 51 of
2001
SOUTH AFRICA ZA 01/99 The whole country
ZA-01 03/01 Republic of SouthAfrica excluding:
— the part of the foot-and-mouth disease control
area situated in the veterinary regions of
Mpumalanga and Northern provinces, in the
district of Ingwavuma of the veterinary
region of Natal and in the border area with
Botswana east of longitude 28º,
and
— the district of Camperdown, in the province
of KwaZulu-Natal
ZIMBABWE ZW 01/99 The whole country
ZW-01 01/99 Veterinary regions of Mashonaland West
province, Mashonaland East province (including
Chikomba district), Mashonaland Central
province, Manicaland province (including only
Makoni district), Midlands province (including
only the Gweru, Kwekwe, Shurugwi, Chirimanzu
and Zvishavane districts), Masvingo province
(including only the districts of Gutu and
Masvingo), Matabeleland Southprovince
(including only the Insiza, Bullimamangwe,
Umzingwamange, Gwanda and West Nicholson
districts) and Matabeleland northprovince
(including only the districts of Bubi and
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ANNEX II
MODELSOFANIMALHEALTHCERTIFICATESTOBEREQUESTED
Country CodeFreshmeat for h uman consumption Freshmeat
intended for
purposes other
than human
consumptionBovine Swine Ovine/Caprine Solipeds
MC (1)S G (2)M C (1)S G (2)M C (1)S G (2)M C (1)S G (2)
Botswana BW — — — D —
BW-01 A a — C a D —
Morocco MA — — — D —Madagascar MG —————
Namibia NA — — — D —
NA-01 A a — C a D —
Swaziland SZ — — — D —
SZ-01 A a — — D —
SouthAfrica ZA — — — D —
ZA-01 A a — C a D —
Zimbabwe (
3) Z W —————
ZW-01 A a, c — — — —
(1) MC: Model of certificate to be fulfilled: The letters (A, B, C, D) appearing on the table refer to the models of animal health guarantees as described in Annex III, to be applied for eachproduct category in accordance with
Article 2 of this Decision; a dash ‘—’ indicates that imports are not authorised.
(2) SG: Supplementary guarantees. The letters (a, b, c, d) appearing on the tables are referring to the supplementary guarantees to be provided by the exp orting country as described in Annex IV. These supplementary guarantees
must be inserted by the exporting country in section V of each model of certificate laid down in Annex III.
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ANNEX IV
SUPPLEMENTARY GUARANTEES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE
EXPORTINGTERRITORYWHENREQUIREDINANNEXIIINAPPLI-
CATIONOFARTICLE2(2)
(a) The meat fulfils the requirements of de-boned fresh meat as described in
Article 1(b) of Decision 1999/283/EC and originates from carcases which
have matured at a room temperature of more than + 2º C for at least 24
hours after slaughter and before the bones were removed; has had the majorlymphatic glands removed; has, during all stages of its production, de-
boning, and storage been kept strictly separate from meat not conforming
to the requirements laid down in the decisions of the European Community
currently in force as regards import of meat (withth e exception of meat
packed in boxes or cartons and kept in special storage areas).
(b) The animals have reacted negatively to an official intra-dermal tuberculosis
test carried out in the three months before slaughter in accordance with
Annex B to Council Directive 64/432/EEC.
(c) The animals have, in accordance with the Zimbabwean legal provisions, a
mark indicating their region of origin, that is for the veterinary region of
Mashonaland West province, nothern part, brand ‘L’, for Mashonaland
West provine, southern part, brand ‘HL’, for Mashonaland East province,
brand ‘H’ including Chikomba district, brand ‘JJ’, Mashonaland Central
province, brand ‘C’, for Manicaland province (including only Makoni
district), brand ‘UM’, for Midlands province (including only the districts of
Gweru, Kwekwe, Shurugwi and Chirimanzu), brand ‘J’ and for Midlands
province (including only the district of Zvishavane), brand ‘Z’, for
Masvingo province the district of Gutu brand ‘T’ and for the district of
Masvingo brand ‘inverted T’, for Matebeleland Southprovince (including)
only the Insiza, Bullimamagwe, Umzingwamange, Gwanda and West
Nicholson districts), brands ‘MY’, ‘Y’, ‘Y-inverted Y’, ‘inverted Y’ or ‘K’
and for Matebeleland Northprovince including only th e clear zones of Bubi
and Umguza districts, brand ‘E’.
(d) This meat can not be introduced into the EC territory for at least 21 days
from … (date of slaughter).1999D9283 — EN — 02.12.2001 — 007.001 — 15