02011D0163 — EN — 11.08.2022 — 021.001

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►B COMMISSION DECISION of 16 March 2011 on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC (notified under document C(2011) 1630) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/163/EU) (OJ L 070 17.3.2011, p. 40)

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 March 2011

on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC

(notified under document C(2011) 1630)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2011/163/EU)







Article 1

The plans provided for in Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC submitted to the Commission by the third countries listed in the table set out in the Annex are approved for the animals and animal products that are intended for human consumption and marked with an ‘X’ in that table.

Article 2

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1. With the exception of raw material used for the production of casings, third countries using raw material imported from other third countries approved for production of food of animal origin in accordance with this Decision or from Member States to be exported to the Union and which are unable to provide a residue monitoring plan equivalent to that required by Article 7 of Directive 96/23/EC for such raw material shall complement the plan with the following statement: ‘The competent authority of [third country] ensures that animal products for human consumption exported to the European Union, in particular products produced from raw material imported into [third country], shall only come from establishments listed in accordance with Article 5 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 ( 1 ) and having reliable procedures in place to guarantee that raw material of animal origin used in such food originates only from Member States of the European Union or third countries listed for the respective raw material in the Annex to Decision 2011/163/EU without a restrictive footnote as provided for in Article 2(2) of the Decision.’.

For the production of casings intended for export to the Union, third countries may use raw material imported from other third countries, which are authorised for the entry into the Union of fresh meat, or of certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines in Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/404 and (EU) 2021/405.

The third country intending to export casings to the Union shall be listed in Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/404 and (EU) 2021/405 for casings, as well as in the Annex to Decision 2011/163/EU (for casings). In addition, the establishments from which the casings are to be exported to the Union shall be listed in accordance with Article 5 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625.

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2. The entry in the Annex to this Decision of a third country exporting animal products for human consumption produced only with raw material of animal origin obtained from Member States of the Union or from third countries that provided a plan in accordance with Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC shall be complemented with the following restrictive footnote: ‘Third countries using only raw material either from other third countries approved for imports of such raw material to the Union or from Member States, in accordance with Article 2.’.

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Article 2a

Third countries not having presented a residue-monitoring plan for animals and animal products but, based on third country’s request, intending to export to the Union animal products prepared by using raw material of animal origin obtained from a Member State or third country that has provided a residue monitoring plan in accordance with Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC are marked with ‘Δ’ in the table in the Annex to this Decision for triangular trade.

Article 2b

Third countries not having presented a residue-monitoring plan for bovine, ovine/caprine, porcine, equine or poultry animals but, based on third country’s request, intending to export composite products to the Union, using processed animal products from those species, obtained from a Member State or an approved third country are marked with an ‘O’ in the column only for the relevant animal species in the table in the Annex.

Article 2c

Based on third country’s request, third countries marked with an ‘X’ in either of the categories aquaculture products, milk or eggs in the table of the Annex are marked with an ‘O’ in that table for the remaining of those categories.

Article 2d

All third countries listed for live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in Annex VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 are marked with an ‘M’ in the table in the Annex to this Decision for molluscs.

Article 2e

All third countries producing composite products from processed products derived from molluscs, insofar as the processed bivalve molluscs either originate from Member States or third countries listed in Annex VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 are marked with a ‘P’ in the column ‘Aquaculture’ in the table in the Annex to this Decision for processed products derived from molluscs.

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Article 3

1. For a transitional period until 30 April 2011, Member States shall accept consignments from Uruguay of rabbit and farmed game and consignments of equine animal products from Ukraine provided that the importer can demonstrate that such consignments were certified and dispatched from Uruguay or Ukraine to the Union prior to 15 March 2011 in accordance with Decision 2004/432/EC.

2. For a transitional period until 25 March 2011, Member States shall accept consignments from former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Russia or Ukraine of equidae for slaughter provided that the importer of such animals can demonstrate that they were certified and dispatched from former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Russia and Ukraine to the Union prior to 15 March 2011 in accordance with Decision 2004/432/EC.

Article 4

Decision 2004/432/EC is repealed.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

It shall apply from 15 March 2011.

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