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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of27July1995
concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of milk and milk-
basedproductsnotintendedforhumanconsumptionfromthirdcountries
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(95/341/EC)
(OJ L 200, 24.8.1995, p. 42)
Amended by:
Official Journal
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►M1Commission Decision 96/106/EC of 29 January 1996 L 24 34 31.1.1996
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of27July1995
concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification
for imports of milk and milk-based products not intended for
humanconsumptionfromthirdcountries
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(95/341/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992
laying down animal health and public health requirementsgoverningtrade in and importsinto the Community of productsnot s ubject tothe said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referredto in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, asregardspathogens ,
to Directive 90/425/EEC(
1), as last amended by Commission Decision
95/339/EC(2) and in particular Article 10 (2) (c) and (3) (a),
WhereasAnnex I, Chapter I, of the abovementioned Directive lays
down specific animal health requirements for imports of milk and
milk-based products not intended for human consumption;
Whereas Commission Decision 95/340/EC(3) drawsup lis tsof third
countriesfrom which Member Statesauthorize importsof raw milk,
heat-treated milk and milk-based products and acidified milk-based
products, which are applicable to imports not intended for humanconsumption;
Whereasthe categoriesof milk and milk-bas ed productsthat may be
imported from third countrieswill vary with the animal health s ituation
in the third country or partsthereof concerned;
Whereas it is necessary to lay down the animal health conditions, treat-
mentsand certificatesrequired for importsof milk and milk-bas ed
products not intended for human consumption from those third coun-tries listed in the abovementioned Decision;
Whereas specific requirements must be established in order to avoid
the introduction of exotic diseases through the importation of milk or
milk-based products;
Whereas these requirements should take account in particular of the
opinion of the Scientific Veterinary Committee;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING DECISION:
Article 1
1. Member Statess hall authorize importsof:
(a) milk and milk-based products from third countries or parts of third
countries listed in column B of the Annex to Decision 95/340/EC if
they have undergone a pasteurization treatment sufficient to
produce a negative phosphatase test and are accompanied by acopy of the health certificate at Annex I;
(b) milk-based products with a pH reduced to less than 6 from third
countriesor partsof third countrieslis ted in column C of theAnnex to Decision 95/340/EC if they have first undergone apasteurization treatment sufficient to produce a negative phospha-1995D0341 — EN — 31.01.1996 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49.
(2) See page 36 of thisOfficial Journal.
(3) See page 38 of thisOfficial Journal.
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tase test and are accompanied by a copy of the health certificate at
Annex II;
(c) milk and milk-based products from third countries or parts of third
countries listed in column C of the Annex to Decision 95/340/EC ifthey have first undergone a sterilization process or a double heattreatment where each treatment wass ufficient to produce a nega-tive phosphatase test on its own and are accompanied by a copy
of the health certificate at Annex III.
Article 2
Milk and milk-based products imported from third countries or parts of
third countrieswhere there hasbeen an outbreak of foot-and-mouth
disease in the last 12 months or where vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease has been practised in the last 12 months must, beforeintroduction onto Community territory, have undergone:
either:
(a) a sterilization process whereby an Fº value equal to or greater than
3 isachieved; or
(b) an initial heat treatment with a heating effect at least equal to that
achieved by a pasteurization process of at least 72 ºC for at least 15seconds and sufficient to produce a negative reaction to a phosha-patase test, followed by:
— a second heat treatment with a heating effect at least equal to
that achieved by the initial heat treatment, and which would besufficient to produce a negative reaction to a phosphatase test,followed, in the case of dried milk, or a dried milk-basedproduct, by a drying process, or
— an acidification process such that the pH has been maintained at
less than 6 for at least one hour.
Article 3
This Decision shall apply from ►
M11 May 1996 ◄.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1995D0341 — EN — 31.01.1996 — 001.001 — 3
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ANNEX I
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ANNEX II
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ANNEX III
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