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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 March 1994
drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of certain
products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC
(Text with EEA relevance)
(94/278/EC)
(OJ L 120, 11.5.1994, p. 44)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision of29 June 1994 (94/453/EC) L 187 11 22.7.1994
►M2Commission Decision of7 April 1995 (95/134/EC) L 89 44 21.4.1995
►M3Commission Decision of18 October 1995 (95/444/EC) L 258 67 28.10.1995
►M4Commission Decision of12 February 1996 (96/166/EC) L 39 25 17.2.1996
►M5Commission Decision of12 April 1996 (96/285/EC) L 107 19 30.4.1996
►M6Commission Decision of21 May 1996 (96/344/EC) L 133 28 4.6.1996
►M7Commission Decision 97/752/EC of31 October 1997 L 305 69 8.11.1997
►M8Commission Decision 98/597/EC of15 October 1998 L 286 59 23.10.1998
►M9Commission Decision 2000/611/EC of11 October 2000 L 259 64 13.10.2000
►M10Commission Decision 2001/158/EC of12 February 2001 L 57 52 27.2.2001
►M11Commission Decision 2001/700/EC of17 September 2001 L 256 14 25.9.2001
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 March 1994
drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States
authorize imports of certain products subject to Council Directive
92/118/EEC
(Text with EEA relevance)
(94/278/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying down animal
health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports
into the Community ofproducts not subject to the said requirements laid
down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A Chapter 1 toDirective 89/662/EEC and as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC (
1) and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas certain products subject to Directive 92/118/EEC must come
from a third country or part of a third country fulfilling the requirements
laid down by the Directive itself; whereas it is the case for gelatines notintended for human consumption animal casings, bones and certain boneproducts, horns and certain horn products, hooves and certain hoofproducts intended for human or animal consumption, serum fromequidae, lard and rendered fats, furred farm game and feather farmed
game meat and poultry and wild game meat products;
Whereas other products subject to Directive 92/118/EEC must come
from a third country or part of a third country appearing on lists to belaid down;
Whereas in view ofestablishing these lists, an evaluation ofthe real risk
ofthe spread ofserious transmissible diseases or ofthe diseasestransmissible to man must be carried out; whereas this evaluation hasbeen carried out and it is therefore possible to draw up the different listsofthird countries necessary f or the imports ofthe products in question
which could be based, in particular, on Council Decision 79/542/EEC (
2)
as last amended by Commission Decision 94/59/EC (3);
Whereas certain products do not show any risk for animal or public
health; whereas it is therefore possible to authorize imports of theseproducts from any third country;
Whereas, considering the adaptation to the new regime which will
follow the adoption of those lists, it is justified to foresee a period oftime for their application;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion ofthe Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Member States shall authorize from any third country imports of:
— bones and bone products (excluding bone meal), horns and horn
products (excluding horn meal), hooves and hoofproducts(excluding hoofmeal) intended f or other purposes than human oranimal consumption,
— wool, ruminant hair, unprocessed feathers and parts of feathers,— agriculture products ►
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(1) OJ No L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49.
(2) OJ No L 146, 14. 9. 1979, p. 15.
(3) OJ No L 27, 1. 2. 1994, p. 53.
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— game trophies in conformity with Chapter XIII of Annex I of
Directive 92/118/EEC.
Article 2
Without prejudice to provisions ofAnnexes I and II ofDirective 92/118/
EEC and those ofArticle 1, Member States shall authorize imports of
certain products subject to Directive 92/118/EEC from third countries
appearing on the lists in the Annex respectively.
Article 3
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1994.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to Member States.1994D0278 — EN — 01.09.2001 — 006.001 — 3
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ANNEX
The following lists are lists in principle and importation shall fulfil the relevant
animal health and public health requirements.
PART I
List of third countries from which Member States may authorize imports of
milk, milk products and colostrum not intended for human consumption
Third countries appearing on lists ofParts B and C ofthe Annex to Commission
Decision 95/340/EC.
PART II
A.List of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of
processed animal proteins (excluding fish meal and other meal derived
from sea animals except mammals) not intended for human consumption
Third countries listed in Part I ofthe Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC.
B.List of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of
fish meal and other meal derived from sea animals except mammals
Third countries listed in Part I and Part II ofAnnex I to Decision 97/296/EC, and
the following countries:
(EE) Estonia
(PR) Puerto Rico(UA) Ukraine
PART III
List of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of blood
products (with the exception of equidae) and of raw material intended for
pharmaceutical purposes
A.Blood products and raw material from ungulates
Third countries covered by Commission Decisions 92/183/EEC (
1) and 92/
187/EEC (2).
B.Blood products and raw material from other species
Third countries listed in Part 1 ofthe Annex ofDecision 79/542/EEC.
PART IV
List of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of blood
products (with the exception of equidae) andof raw material intendedfor the
manufacture of technical products
A.Blood products and raw material from ungulates
Third countries or parts ofthird countries appearing on the list in the Annex of
Decision 79/542/EEC from which imports of all categories of fresh meat of
the respective species are authorized irrespective ofany restrictions due to the
absence of an agreed residue plan.
B.Blood products and raw material from other species
Third countries listed in Part I ofthe Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC.1994D0278 — EN — 01.09.2001 — 006.001 — 4
(1) OJ No L 84, 31. 3. 1992, p. 23.
(2) OJ No L 87, 2. 4. 1992, p. 20.▼M6
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PART V
List of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of raw
material for the manufacture of pet food
A.Raw material from animals of the bovine,ovine,caprine,porcine and equine
species and of the wild corresponding species
Third countries provided f or in Part I ofthe Annex ofCouncil Decision 79/
542/EEC for the fresh meat of the corresponding species.
B.Raw material from poultry
The lists ofthird countries f rom which Member States authorize imports of
fresh poultry meat appearing in Commission Decision 94/85/EC (1) but
excluding those third countries permitted to export fresh poultry meat to the
Community by virtue ofthe exercise ofthe derogations in Article 4,
paragraphs 3 and 4 ofCommission Decision 93/342/EEC (2).
C.Raw material from other species
Third countries listed in Part 1 ofthe Annex ofDecision 79/542/EEC.
PART VI
A.List of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of
rabbit meat and rabbit meat products
Third countries listed in Part 1 ofthe Annex ofDecision 79/542/EEC.
B.List of third countries from which Member States shall authorize imports
of furred farm game meat products
Third countries from which Member States authorize imports of fresh meat of the
corresponding species.
C.List of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of
feathered farm game meat products
The list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of fresh
poultry meat appearing in Commission Decision 94/85/EC but excluding thosethird countries permitted to export fresh poultry meat to the Community by virtue
ofthe exercise ofthe derogations in Article 4, paragraphs 3 and 4 ofCommission
Decision 93/342/EEC.
PART VII
List of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of P pig
bristles
Third countries listed in Annex I ofDecision 79/542/EEC.
PART VIII
List of third countries from which the Member States authorize imports of
eggs and egg products intended for human consumption
A.Eggs
All third countries listed in Decision 94/85/EC.
B.Egg products:
All third countries listed in Part 1 ofthe Annex to Council Decision 72/542/
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(1) OJ No L 44, 17. 2. 1994, p. 31.
(2) OJ No L 137, 8. 6. 1993, p. 24.▼M5
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PART IX
List of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of
manure for treatment of the soil
A.Processed manure products
Third countries listed in Part I ofthe Annex ofDecision 79/542/EEC.
B.Unprocessed manure from equidae
Third countries listed in Part I ofthe Annex ofDecision 79/542/EEC f or live
equidae.
C.Unprocessed manure from poultry
The list ofthird countries f rom which Member States authorize imports of
fresh poultry meat appearing in Commission Decision 94/85/EC but
excluding those third countries permitted to export fresh poultry meat to
the Community by virtue ofthe exercise ofthe derogations in Article 4,
paragraphs 3 and 4 ofCommission Decision 93/342/EEC.
PART X
List of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of pet
food containing low-risk materials within the meaning of Council Directive
90/667/EEC (1)
Third countries listed in Part I ofthe Annex ofCouncil Decision 79/542/EEC and
the list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of fresh
poultry meat appearing in Commission Decision 94/85/EC but excluding those
third countries permitted to export fresh poultry meat to the Community by virtue
ofthe exercise ofthe derogations in Article 4, paragraphs 3 and 4 ofCommission
Decision 93/342/EEC ►M5and the following countries:
(LK) Sri Lanka (2)◄
PART XI
List of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of snails
intended for human consumption
(AL) Albania
(AR) Argentina(BG) Bulgaria
(BX) Bosnia-Herzegovina(CH) Switzerland
(CN) People's Republic ofChina
(CZ) Czech Republic(DZ) Algeria
(EC) Ecuador(HR) Croatia
(HU) Hungary
(ID) Indonesia
(IN) India(LI) Lithuania
(MA) Morocco(MD) Moldavia
(MG) Madagascar
(MK) Former Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia(PE) Peru(PL) Poland
(RO) Romania
(RU) Russia1994D0278 — EN — 01.09.2001 — 006.001 — 6
(1) OJ No L 363, 27. 12. 1990, p. 51.
(2) Untanned edible products for pets made from skins of ungulates (dogchews) only.▼M4
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(SI) Slovenia
(SK) Slovak Republic(SY) Syria(TN) Tunisia(TR) Turkey(UA) Ukraine(VN) Vietnam
PART XII
List of third countries from whichMember States authorize imports of frogs'
legs intended for human consumption
(AL) Albania
(AR) Argentina(BD) Bangladesh
(BG) Bulgaria(BX) Bosnia-Herzegovina(CN) People's Republic ofChina
(EG) Egypt
(HR) Croatia
(HU) Hungary(ID) Indonesia(IN) India(MK) Former Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia(MY) Malaysia(PH) Philippines(RO) Romania(SI) Slovenia(TH) Thailand(TR) Turkey(VN) Vietnam
PART XIII
List of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of
gelatines intended for human consumption
Third countries appearing on the list ofthe f irst part ofthe Annex ofDecision 79/
542/EEC.
(KR) The Republic ofKorea
(MY) Malaysia(PK) Pakistan(TW) Taiwan
PART XIV
List of third countries from whichMember States authorise importsof honey(AR) Argentina
(AU) Australia(BG) Bulgaria(BR) Brazil(CA) Canada(CL) Chile(CN) China(CU) Cuba(CY) Cyprus(CZ) Czech Republic(EE) Estonia(GT) Guatemala
(HR) Croatia
(HU) Hungary(IL) Israel(IN) India(LT) Lithuania(MT) Malta1994D0278 — EN — 01.09.2001 — 006.001 — 7
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▼B
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(MX) Mexico
(MD) Moldova
(NI) Nicaragua
(NZ) New Zealand
(NO) Norway(1)
(PL) Poland
(RO) Romania
(SI) Slovenia
(SK) Slovakia
(SM) San Marino (2)
(SV) El Salvador
(TR) Turkey
(US) United States ofAmerica
(UY) Uruguay
(VN) Vietnam
(ZM) Zambia1994D0278 — EN — 01.09.2001 — 006.001 — 8
(1) Approved in accordance with Decision ofthe EFTA Surveillance Authority No 223/96/
COL of4 December 1996.
(2) Approved in accordance with Decision No 1/94 ofthe EC-San Marino Cooperation
Committee of28 June 1994.