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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 March 2001 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
►M7Commission Decision 2002/219/EC of 7 March 2002 L 72 27 14.3.2002
►M8Commission Decision 2002/646/EC of 31 July 2002 L 211 23 7.8.2002
►M9Commission Decision 2003/74/EC of 31 January 2003 L 28 45 4.2.2003
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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, fresh meat or meatproductsfrom third countries(
1), aslas t amended by Directive 97/79/
EC (2), and in particular Articles14, 15 and 16,
(1)Whereasthe animal health conditionsand veterinary certificationfor imports of fresh meat from Botswana, Madagascar, Morocco,Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa 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 fresh meat from third countries particularlyfrom certain African countries;
(3)Whereasthisadaptation mus t 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 healthcertificatesin accordance with the conditionsrequired for theimportation of fresh meat from those different categories ofcountriesor partsof countries ;
(5)Whereasoutbreaksof African s wine 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 regionsand, in order to clarify and s implify theCommunity legislation, it is necessary to group together thehealth conditionsrequired for importsof fres h meat from the
African countriesconcerned and to repeal the decis ionsin force
for those countries;
(7)Whereas stricter health conditions have been established for offaldestined for human consumption; whereas, moreover, the health1999D9283 — EN — 07.02.2003 — 010.001 — 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 importationsfrom
third countries of fresh meat destined for purposes other thanhuman consumption (
2);
(8)Whereashaving regard to the epidemiological featuresof foot-and-mouth disease of the 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 countriesmus t confirm that their countriesor regionshave for at least 12 months been free from rinderpest, and foot-
and-mouth disease;
(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)Whereasanimal health conditionsand veterinary certificationmust be adapted according to the animal health situation of the
third country or part of third country concerned;
(13)WhereasCouncil Directive 96/93/EC (3) laysdown s tandardsof
certification which are necessary for valid certification and to
prevent fraud. Whereasit isappropriate to ens ure that the rulesand principlesapplied by third-country certifying officersprovide guarantees which are at least equivalent to those laiddown in thisDirective;
(14)WhereasCouncil Directive 93/119/EC (4) requiresthat 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)Whereascons idering that a new certification regime isherebyestablished, 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) ‘fresh meat’: as defined in Article 2(a) of Council Directive 64/
433/EEC (5);
(b) ‘de-boned fresh meat’: meat as described in paragraph (a) of this
Article, together with diaphramsbut excluding offal, from whichthe bone and the main accessible lymphatic glands have beenremoved.1999D9283 — EN — 07.02.2003 — 010.001 — 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
fresh meat set out in Annex II and coming from the territories laid
down in Annex I, if they comply with the guaranteeslaid 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 each model 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 conditionss et 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-triesfrom which the importsare 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 requirementsof Decis ions92/22/EEC, 90/156/EEC, 84/295/EEC, 92/24/EEC, 92/23/EEC, 92/21/EEC
and 92/25/EEC during the 30 daysfollowing the date mentioned in
paragraph 1.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1999D9283 — EN — 07.02.2003 — 010.001 — 4
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ANNEX I
Description of territories of certain African countries established for animal health certification
purposes
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.
BW-02 01/2002 Veterinary disease control zones: 10, 11, 12, 13
and 14.
Morocco MA 01/99 The whole countryMadagascar MG 01/99 The whole countryNamibia NA 01/99 The whole country
NA-01 01/00 South of the cordon fenceswhich extendsfrom
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
northwardsfrom the river Us utu to the frontier
with South Africa west of Nkalashane and
excluding the veterinary foot-and-mouth surveil-
lance and vaccination control areasgazetted asa
Statutory Instrument under legal notice number
51 of 2001.
South Africa ZA 01/99 The whole country
ZA-01 03/01 Republic of South Africa 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 KwaZuluNatal
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 South province
(including only the Insiza, Bullimamangwe,
Umzingwamange, Gwanda and West Nicholson
districts) and Matabeleland North province
(including only the districts of Bubi and
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ANNEX II
MODELSOFANIMALHEALTHCERTIFICATESTOBEREQUESTED
Country CodeFresh meat for human consumption Fresh meat
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 (3)a — C (3)a D
BW-02 A (4)a — C (4)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 —
South Africa ZA — — — D —
ZA-01 A a — C a D —
Zimbabwe ZW —————
ZW-01 —————
(1) MC: Model of certificate to be completed: The letters(A,B,C,D etc.) appearing on the tablesare referring to the modelsof animal health guaranteesa sdes cribed in Annex III, to be applied for each product 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 the section V of each model of certificate laid down in Annex III.
(3) Only meat produced from animalss laughtered after 7 July 2002 and before 23 December 2002 can be imported into the Community.
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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
hoursafter s laughter and before the boneswere removed; hashad 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 requirementslaid down in the decis ionsof the European Community
currently in force asregardsimport of meat (with the exception of meat
packed in boxes or cartons and kept in special storage areas).
(b) The animalshave reacted negatively to an official intra-dermal tuberculos is
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 isfor 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 South province (including)
only the Insiza, Bullimamagwe, Umzingwamange, Gwanda and West
Nicholson districts), brands ‘MY’, ‘Y’, ‘Y-inverted Y’, ‘inverted Y’ or ‘K’
and for Matebeleland North province including only the clear zonesof Bubi
and Umguza districts, brand ‘E’.
(d) Thismeat can not be introduced into the EC territory for at leas t 21 days
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