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of 21 December 1976
drawing up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorize imports of bovine
animals, swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products
(79/542/EEC) ◄
(OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1CommissionDecision79/560/EEC of 4 May 1979 L 147 49 15.6.1979
►M2CommissionDecision84/134/EEC of 2 March 1984 L 70 18 13.3.1984
►M3CommissionDecision85/473/EEC of 2 October 1985 L 278 35 18.10.1985
►M4CommissionDecision85/488/EEC of 17 October 1985 L 293 17 5.11.1985
►M5Council Decision 85/575/EEC of 19 December 1985 L 372 28 31.12.1985
►M6CommissionDecision86/425/EEC of 29 July 1986 L 243 34 28.8.1986
►M7CommissionDecision89/8/EEC of 14 December 1988 L 7 27 10.1.1989
►M8CommissionDecision90/390/EEC of 16 July 1990 L 193 36 25.7.1990
►M9CommissionDecision90/485/EEC of 27 September 1990 L 267 46 29.9.1990
►M10CommissionDecision91/361/EEC of 14 Jun e 1991 L 195 43 18.7.1991
►M11CommissionDecision92/14/EEC of 17 December 1991 L 8 12 14.1.1992
►M12CommissionDecision92/160/EEC of 5 March 1992 L 71 27 18.3.1992
►M13amended by Commission Decision 92/161/EEC of 9 March 1992 L 71 29 18.3.1992
►M14CommissionDecision92/162/EEC of 9 March 1992 L 71 30 18.3.1992
►M15CommissionDecision92/245/EEC of 14 April 1992 L 124 42 9.5.1992
►M16Commissiondecision92/376/EEC of 2 July 1992 L 197 70 16.7.1992
►M17CommissionDecision93/99/EEC of 22 December 1992 L 40 17 17.2.1993
►M18CommissionDecision93/100/EEC of 19 Jan uary 1993 L 40 23 17.2.1993
►M19CommissionDecision93/237/EEC of 6 April 1993 L 108 129 1.5.1993
►M20CommissionDecision93/344/EEC of 17 May 1993 L 138 11 9.6.1993
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COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 December 1976
drawing up a list of third countries from which the Member States
authorize imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and
goats, fresh meat and meat products
(79/542/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972
on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of
bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third countries (1), as
last amended by Directive 77/98/EEC (2), and in particular Article 3
(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the system laid downinDirective 72/462/EEC is based onthe
establishment of a list of the third countries or parts of third countriesfrom which the Member States authorize imports of bovine animalsand swine and of fresh meat of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goatsand domestic solipeds, or of one or more of these categories of animals
or categories of fresh meat;
Whereas inorder to decide inrespect both of the an imals an d of fresh
meat whether a country or part of a country may be included in the list,particular account is taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 (2) of theabovementioned Directive;
Whereas the countries listed in the Annex to this Decision which tradi-
tionally supply the Member States may be considered to satisfy thesecriteria;
Whereas, however, this list is drawn up subject to such amendments or
additions as may be made to it in accordance with the procedure laid
downinArticle 30 of Directive 72/462/EEC; whereas it may provenecessary in the light of further information to limit or extend theauthorizations for importing certain categories of animals and freshmeat; whereas, it may also be n ecessary incertaincases inrespect
both of the animals and of fresh meat to specify the parts of countries
from which imports will be authorized;
Whereas, although the list of third countries forms one of the bases of
the Community arrangements applicable to imports from third countrieslaid downinDirective 72/462/EEC other measures, particularly
concerning hygiene and veterinary inspection, will have to be taken in
order to define these arrangements; whereas, consequently, it is impor-tant to facilitate the coordinated implementation of all these measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. Without prejudice to Directive 72/462/EEC and in particular any
measures which may have to be takenun der the procedure provided forin Article 29, and subject to any amendments or additions made to thelist in the Annex to this Decision under the procedure provided for in
Article 30, particularly for the purpose of limiting or extending author-
izations for importing certain categories of animals and fresh meat, orfor specifying, both for animals and for fresh meat, the parts of coun-1979D0542 — EN — 27.05.1993 — 008.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
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tries from which imports will be authorized, the Member States shall
authorize imports of animals and fresh meat in accordance with thesaid list.
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, Member States shall import
certainmeat products from all domestic species comin g from third
countries appearing in the Annex.
In the case of imports of fresh meat coming from certain third coun-
tries or parts thereof not authorized in accordance with paragraph 1,
Member States may, however, import meat products made from such
fresh meat provided the meat products have undergone a special treat-ment as laid down in the Annex.
3. (a) Without prejudice to Decision92/160/EEC, Member States shall
authorize, from the third countries or parts of third countriesappearing in Part 1 of the Annex, the import into the Commu-nity of equidae, the temporary admission into the Community
of registered horses and the re-entry into the Community of
registered horses which have beentemporarily exported to athird country or part of a third country appearing in Part 1 ofthe Annex;
(b) Without prejudice to Decision92/160/EEC, Member States shall
authorize, from the third countries or parts of third countriesappearing in Part 2 of the Annex, the import into the Commu-nity of registered horses, the temporary admission into the
Community of registered horses and the re-entry into the
Community of registered horses which have been temporarilyexported to a third country or part of a third country appearingin Part 2 of the Annex;
(c) Without prejudice to Article 19 of Directive 90/426/EEC and
until specific provisions under Article 13 (2) of this Directive
have beenadopted, Member States shall n ot import equidaecoming from the following countries:
— Morocco
— South Africa
4. Member States shall authorize imports of live animals, in parti-cular equidae for slaughter, meat and meat products only from thosethird countries or parts of those third countries which appear on the
list in Part 1 of the Annex and conform to the guarantees regarding
residues.
Article 2
The list contained in the Annex shall be published in the Official
Journal of the European Communities , at the same time as the amend-
ments and additions referred to in Article 1 above.
Article 3
Member States shall adopt the laws, regulations and administrative
provisions necessary to comply with this Decision within two years ofthe publication referred to in Article 2 above and shall forthwith informthe Commissionthereof.1979D0542 — EN — 27.05.1993 — 008.001 — 3
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Article 4
This Decisionis addressed to the Member States.1979D0542 — EN — 27.05.1993 — 008.001 — 4
ANNEX
PART 1
LIVE ANIMALS, FRESH MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS
Country ISO
codeCountryFresh meat and meat products Fresh meat
Live animalsSpecial Remarks
Country ISO
CodesDomestic Wild
Fresh meatMeat
productsLive animals Residues
B S/G P E C H E B S/G P E
AL Albania oxxxoxoxoo (7)oA L
AR Argentina xxoxoxxxxx (3)X R A R
AT Austria xxxxxxxxxx X R A T
AU Australia xxxxxxxxxx X R A U
BG Bulgaria xxxxxxxxxx (1)(3)X R B G
BR Brazil xxoxoxooox (3)(5)X R (e)B R
BW Botswana xxoxxxoooo (1)(2)(3)X R B W
BY Belarus xxxxxxxxxx (1)(3)o B Y
BZ Belize xooxoxoooo (3)o B Z
Bosnia-Herzegovina xxxxxxxxox (1)(3)o
C A C a na d a xxxxxxxxxx X R (a)(b)C A
CH Switzerland xxxxxxxxxx X R C H
CL Chile xxoxxxoxox (1)(3)X R C L
CN People's Republic of China ooxxxxoooo (1)(3)o C N
CO Colombia xooxoxoooo (3)o C O
CR Costa Rica xooxoxoooo (3)o C R
CS Czechoslovakia xxxxxxxxxx (1)(3)X R C S
CU Cuba xooxoxoooo (3)o C U
CY Cyprus xxxxxxooxx o C Y
DZ Algeria ooooooooox o D Z
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Country ISO
codeCountryFresh meat and meat products Fresh meat
Live animalsSpecial Remarks
Country ISO
CodesDomestic Wild
Fresh meatMeat
productsLive animals Residues
B S/G P E C H E B S/G P E
ET Ethiopia oooooooooo (3)o E T
F I F i nl a nd xxxxxxxxxx X R F I
GL Greenland xxoxxxooox (1)(3)X R G L
GT Guatemala xooxoxoooo (3)o G T
H K H o ng K o ng oooooooooo (3)o H K
HN Honduras xooxoxoooo (3)o H N
HR Croatia xxxxxxxxxx (1)(3)X R (f)H R
HU Hungary xxxxxxxxxx X R H U
IL Israel oooxoxooox (3)o I L
I N I nd i a oooooooooo (3)o I N
IS Iceland xxxxxxxxxx X R I S
K E K e ny a oooooooooo (3)o K E
LI Lithuania xxxxxxxxxx (1)(3)(d)L I
LV Latvia xxxxxxxxxx (1)(3)o L V
MA Morocco oooxoxooox (3)(6)oM A
MG Madagascar xxoxoxoooo (3)X R M G
MT Malta xoxxoxxxxx (3)X R M T
MU Mauritius ooooooooox (3)o M U
MX Mexico xooxoxooox (3)X R M X
NA Namibia xxoxxxoooo (1)(2)(3)X R N A
NI Nicaragua xooxoxoooo (3)o N I
NO Norway xxxxxxxxxx X R N O
NZ New Zealand xxxxxxxxxx X R N Z
P A P a na m a xooxoxoooo (3)o P A
PL Poland xxxxxxxxxx (1)(3)X R P L
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Country ISO
codeCountryFresh meat and meat products Fresh meat
Live animalsSpecial Remarks
Country ISO
CodesDomestic Wild
Fresh meatMeat
productsLive animals Residues
B S/G P E C H E B S/G P E
RO Romania xxxxxxxxxx (1)(3)X R R O
RU Russia xxxxxxxxxx (1)(2)(3)(5)dR U
SE Sweden xxxxxxxxxx X R S E
SG Singapore oooooooooo (3)o S G
SI Slovenia xxxxxxxxxx (1)(3)X R (f)S I
SV El Salvador xxoxoxoooo (3)o S V
SZ Swaziland xooxxxoooo (1)(2)(3)X R S Z
TH Thailand oooooooooo (3)o T H
TN Tunisia ooooooooox (3)(4)o T N
TR Turkey oooxoxoooo (3)o T R
UA Ukraine ooooooooox (d)U A
US United States of America xxxxxxxxxx X R (c)U S
UY Uruguay xxoxoxooox (3)X R U Y
YU Yugoslav Republics xxxxxxxxxx (1)(3)X R Y U
ZA South Africa xxxxxxooox (1)(2)(3)(6)X RZ A
ZW Zimbabwe xooooooooo (3)X R Z W
Special remarks
(1) Excluding meat of wild swine.
(2) Excluding bone-in meat and offal of wild clovenhoofed animals.
(3) Notwithstanding any restrictions indicated in the above list, meat products which have undergone a heat treatment in a hermetically sealed contain er to a F. value of 3 or more are authorized.
(4) Notwithstanding any restrictions indicated in the above list, meat products which have undergone a heat treatment so that a centre temperature of at least 80 ºC has beenachieved are authorized.
(5) Member States shall only import equidae in accordance with Commission Decision 92/160/EEC establishing the regionalization.
(6) Until specific provisions under Article 13 (2) of Directive 90/426/EEC have been adopted, Member States shall not import equidae coming from this co untry.
(7) Member States may import live sheep for immediate slaughter from this country direct to their territory until 1 July 1993.
B = Bovines (including buffalo)
S/G = Sheep/Goat
P = Pig
C/H = Clovenhoofed
E = Equidae
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Additional notes
XR The plan concerning the residues in live animals and fresh meat for substances having a thyrostatic, oestrogenic, ondrogenic or gestogenic action and for substances other than those having a hormonal action has been approved
by the Commission.
Equidae other than equidae for slaughter shall be imported without the third country concerned being obliged to present a plan.
(a) As regards imports of meat of bovine animals intended for human consumption these are restricted to meat obtained from cows which have been used only f or dairy production.
(b) Imports of live bovine animals are restricted to animals intended for reproduction and to veal calves of less than 15 days of age intended for fattenin g.
(c) As regards imports of meat of bovine animals intended for human consumption these are restricted to:
(i) either meat obtained from cows which have only been used for dairy production,
(ii) or meat:
— complying with the conditions agreed between the United States of America and the European Economic Community;
and
— which has been obtained form fresh meat establishments supplied with animals from holdings approved by the Commission. The names of such establishm ents are subject to specific communication from the Commis-
sionto the Member States.
(d) As regards imports of live horses for slaughter sufficient guarantees have been received to allow importations.
(e) Fresh meat and meat products must be unloaded onto the territory of the Community by 31 July 1993 at the latest.
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PART 2
SPECIAL COLUMN FOR REGISTERED HORSES
Country ISO
CodesCountryRegistered
horsesSpecial
remarks
AE United Arab Emirates x
BB Barbados x
BH Bahrainx
BM Bermuda x
BO Bolivia xCO Colombia x (
1)
CR Costa Rica x (1)
CU Cuba x
EC Ecuador x (1)
EG Egypt x (1)
HK Hong Kong x
JM Jamaica x
JO Jordanx
JP Japanx
KW Kuwait x
LY Libya x
OM Omanx
PE Peru x (1)
QA Qatar x
TR Turkey x (1)
VE Venezuela x (1)
x = Authorized inprin ciple.
(1) Member States shall only import equidae in accordance with Commission Decision 92/
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