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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of7September2000
laying down animal and public health conditions and veterinary certifications for import of wild
andfarmedgamemeatandrabbitmeatfromthirdcountriesandrepealingCommissionDecisions
97/217/EC,97/218/EC,97/219/ECand97/220/EC
(notified under document number C(2000) 2492)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2000/585/EC)
(OJ L 251, 6.10.2000, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 2001/640/EC of 2 August 2001 L 223 28 18.8.2001
►M2Commission Decision 2001/736/EC of 17 October 2001 L 275 32 18.10.2001
►M3Commission Decision 2001/793/EC of 9 November 2001 L 297 12 15.11.2001
►M4Commission Decision 2002/219/EC of 7 March 2002 L 72 27 14.3.2002
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of7September2000
laying down animal and public health conditions and veterinary
certifications forimportofwildandfarmedgamemeatandrabbitmeatfromthirdcountriesandrepealingCommissionDecisions97/
217/EC,97/218/EC,97/219/ECand97/220/EC
(notified under document number C(2000) 2492)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2000/585/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/494/EEC of 26 June 1991 on
animal health conditionsgoverning intra-Community trade in andimportsfrom third countriesof fres h poultry meat(
1), asamended by
Directive 1999/89/EC(2), and in particular Articles11, 12 and 14
thereof,
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 to
the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred
to in Annex A, Chapter I, to Directive 89/662/EEC and, asregardspathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC(
3), aslas t amended by Directive
97/79/EC(4), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992 on
public health and animal health problemsrelating to the killing ofwild game and the placing on the market of wild game meat(
5), as
last amended by Directive 97/79/EC, and particular Article 16(2)(c)
and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Commission Decision 97/217/EC(6) as last amended by Decision
2000/161/EC(7), establishes groups of third countries which are
able to utilise the veterinary certification for imports of wildgame meat, farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third coun-
tries.
(2)Commission Decision 97/218/EC(8) laysdown animal and
public health conditionsand veterinary certification for importsof wild game meat (excluding meat of wild swine) from thirdcountries.
(3)Commission Decision 97/219/EC(9) as last amended by Decision
2000/162/EC(10) laysdown animal and public health conditions
and veterinary certification for importsof farmed game meat andrabbit meat from third countries.
(4)Commission Decision 97/220/EC(11) laysdown animal and
public health conditionsand veterinary certification for importsof meat of wild swine from third countries.
(5)In order to facilitate the consultation and the transparency of theEuropean Union legislation and to update the animal and public2000D0585 — EN — 14.03.2002 — 004.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 35.
(2) OJ L 300, 23.11.1999, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(4) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(5) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 35.
(6) OJ L 88, 3.4.1997, p. 20.
(7) OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 38.
(8) OJ L 88, 3.4.1997, p. 25.
(9) OJ L 88, 3.4.1997, p. 45.
(10) OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 37.
(11) OJ L 88, 3.4.1997, p. 70.
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health conditionsand veterinary certification for import of wild
and farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries, it isconsidered necessary to create a single decision; therefore,
Commission Decisions 97/217/EC, 97/218/EC, 97/219/EC and
97/220/EC must be repealed.
(6)Considering that a new certification regime must be imple-
mented for the exporting countriesconcerned, a period of time
should be provided for its implementation.
(7)This Decision shall be reviewed in the light of developments in
the animal health status of the territories of origin and, in parti-
cular, in the frame of the application of agreementsbetween theCommunity and third countriesconcerning the matterscoveredby thisDecis ion, notably asconcernsArticle 5 of the Agreementbetween the European Community and the Government ofCanada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health
in respect of trade in live animals and animal products and
Article 6 of the Agreement between the European Communityand the United States of America on sanitary measures to protectpublic and animal health in trade in live animalsand animalproducts.
(8)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordancewith the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the purpose ot this Decision ‘farmed game birds’ means quail,
pigeons, pheasants, partridges and any other game birds. It excludes
fowl, turkeys, guinea fowls, ducks, geese and ratites.
Article 2
1. Member States shall authorise imports of the categories of fresh
meat asfollows :
— meat, excluding offal, of wild cloven-hoofed game, excluding wild
swine,
— meat of farmed cloven-hoofed game, excluding farmed wild swine,— meat, excluding offal, of wild swine,— meat of farmed wild swine,— meat of wild game bird, excluding offal except for unplucked and
uneviscerated game birds,
— meat of farmed game birds,— meat, excluding offal, of wild soliped, defined as zebra meat,— meat of wild leporidae , defined asrabbitsand hares , excluding
offal except for unskinned and uneviscerated leporidae ,
— meat of farmed rabbits,— meat, excluding offal, of wild land mammals, excluding wild ungu-
latesand leporidae ,
and coming from the territorieslaid down in Annex I, if they comply
with the conditionslaid down in the relevant health certificate drawnup in Annex III, as provided for in Annex II to the present Decision.
2. Member States shall authorise the introduction onto their territory
of wild and farmed game meat and rabbit meat from the country of
origin subject to the special conditions required in Annex II and
described in Annex IV. These specific conditions must be provided bythe exporting country in Section V of each model of certificate laiddown in Annex III.
Article 3
This Decision shall come into effect 60 days after its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .2000D0585 — EN — 14.03.2002 — 004.001 — 3
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Article 4
1. Commission Decisions 97/217/EC, 97/218/EC, 97/219/EC and 97/
220/EC are repealed on the same date the present Decision will come
into force, asmentioned in Article 3.
2. Member States shall authorise the importation of fresh meat
covered by the present Decision, produced and certified according tothe requirements of Commission Decisions 97/217/EC, 97/218/EC, 97/219/EC and 97/220/EC during the 35 daysfollowing the datementioned in Article 3.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.2000D0585 — EN — 14.03.2002 — 004.001 — 4
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ANNEX I
Description of territories of certain third countries established for animal health certification
purposes
Country Code of territory Version Description of territory
Bulgaria BG-1 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 98/371/EC (1)(aslas t amended)
BG-2 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 98/371/EC (as last amended)
BG-3 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 98/371/EC (as last amended)
Brazil BR-1 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 94/984/EC (2)(aslas t amended)
Botswana BW-01 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 1999/283/EC (3)(aslas t amended)
BW-02 1/2002 As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 1999/283/EC (as last amended)
Czech Republic CZ-1 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 98/371/EC (as last amended)
CZ-2 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 98/371/EC (as last amended)
Namibia NA-01 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 1999/283/EC (as last amended)
Russia RU-1 01/99 The region of Murmansk (Murmanskaya
oblast)
Swaziland SZ-01 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 1999/283/EC (as last amended)
South Africa ZA-01 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 1999/283/EC (as last amended)
Zimbabwe ZW-01 — As described in Annex I to Commission
Decision 1999/283/EC (as last amended)
Any Country
appearing in the
first column of
Annex IIISO code as
indicated in the
first column of
Annex IIThe whole country
(1) OJ L 170, 29.5.1998, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 378, 31.12.1994, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 110, 12.4.1999, p. 16.2000D0585 — EN — 14.03.2002 — 004.001 — 5
ANNEX II
Animalhealthguaranteestoberequestedoncertification ofwildandfarmedgamemeatandrabbitmeat
CountryCode of terri-
toryCloven-hoofed game, excluding
wild swineWild swine Game birds
Wild solipedsLeporidae
(rabbit and hare)Other wild
land mammals
Wild Farmed Wild Farmed Wild Farmed WildDomestic
Rabbit
MC (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)
AR Argentina AR — — — — D 8 I — C H —
AU Australia AU A 9 F J 9 G D 8 I — C H E
BG Bulgaria BG — — — — D I — C H —
BG-1 A F — — D I — C H —
BG-2 A F — — D I — C H —
BG-3 — — — — D I — C H —
BR Brazil BR — — — — — — — C H —
BR-1 — — — — D 8 I — C H —
BW Botswana BW — — — — — — B C H —
BW-01 Ay1, 2 Fy2, 3 — — — — B C H —
BW-02 Ax1, 2 Fx2, 3 — — — — B C H
CA Canada CA A 9 F J 9 G D 8 I — C H E
CH Switzerland CH A F J G D I — C H —
CL Chile CL A 9 F — — D 8 I — C H —
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CountryCode of terri-
toryCloven-hoofed game, excluding
wild swineWild swine Game birds
Wild solipedsLeporidae
(rabbit and hare)Other wild
land mammals
Wild Farmed Wild Farmed Wild Farmed WildDomestic
Rabbit
MC (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)
CZ Czech Republic CZ A F — G D I — C H —
CZ-1 A F J G D I — C H —
CZ-2 A F — G D I — C H —
EE Estonia EE A F — — — — — C H E
GL Greenland GL A F — — D — — C H E
HR Croatia HR A F — — D I — C H —
HU Hungary HU A F J 7 G D I — C H —
IL Israel IL — — — — — D 8 I — C H —LI Lithuania LI A F — — D I — C H E
LV Latvia LV A F — — — — — C H E
NA Namibia NA — — — — — — B C H —
NA-01 A 1, 2 F 2, 3 — — — — B C H —
NC New Caledonia NC A F — — — — — C H —
NZ New Zealand NZ A 9 F J 9 G D 8 I — C H E
PL Poland PL A F — — D I — C H —
RO Romania RO A F — — D I — C H E▼M42000D0585 — EN — 14.03.2002 — 004.001 — 7
CountryCode of terri-
toryCloven-hoofed game, excluding
wild swineWild swine Game birds
Wild solipedsLeporidae
(rabbit and hare)Other wild
land mammals
Wild Farmed Wild Farmed Wild Farmed WildDomestic
Rabbit
MC (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)M C (1)C E (2)
RU Russia RU — — — — — — — — — C H E
RU-1 — — F 5 — — C H E
SL Slovenia SL A F — — D I — C H —
SK Slovak Republic SK A F — — D I — C H —
SZ Swaziland SZ — — — — — — B C H —
SZ-01 A 1, 2 F 2, 3 — — — — B C H —
TH Thailand TH — — — — D 8 I — C H —TN Tunisia TN — — — — D 8 I — C H —
US United Statesof
AmericaU S A9F J9G D8 I — C H —
UY Uruguay UY — — — — — — — C H —
ZA South Africa ZA — — — — — — B C H —
ZA-01 A 1, 2 F 2, 3 — — B C H —
ZW Zimbabwe ZW — — — — — — C H —
ZW-01 — — — — C H —
Third countries, other than those above,
appearing on the list of the first part of the
Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC as last
amended——————— C H—▼M42000D0585 — EN — 14.03.2002 — 004.001 — 8
(1) MC: model to be completed. The letters(A, B, C, D, etc.) appearing in the tablesrefer to the modelsof animal health guarantees , asdes cribed in Annex III to the present Decision, to be applied for each category of fresh meat
and origin in accordance with Article 2 of this Decision. A dash ‘—’ indicates that imports are not authorised.
(2) SC: specific conditions. The numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) appearing in the table refer to the special conditions to be provided by the exporting country as descr ibed in Annex IV. These supplementary guarantees must be inserted by
the exporting country in section V of each model of certificate set down in Annex III.
NB:
yMeat produced from animalss laughtered before 7 February 2002 can be imported into the Community.
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ANNEX III
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ANNEX IV
SPECIFIC CONDITIONS TO BE PROVIDED BY THE EXPORTING
TERRITORY WHEN REQUIREDIN ANNEX II IN APPLICATION OF
ARTICLE2(2)
1. The bones, and the main accessible lymphatic glands of the wild game meat,
excluding offal, described above, have been removed in accordance with the
requirementsof Council Directive 92/45/EEC.
2. The deboned fresh meat described above originates from carcases:
— which have matured at an ambient temperature of more than + 2 ºC for at
least 24 hours before the bones were removed,
and
— which had had the major lymphatic glandsremoved.
3. The deboned farmed game meat described above has, during all stages of its
production, deboning and storage been kept strictly separate from meat not
conforming to the requirementslaid down in the decis ionsof European
Community currently in force asregardsexport of meat to a Member State
(with the exception of meat packed in boxesor cartonsand kept in s pecial
storage areas).
4. Taking into account the special climatic conditions, point IV.3(a) of the
present certificate model D is not applicable
5. Taking into account the special breeding conditions existing in territory as
referred to under point IV.1, point IV.2(d) of the present certificate model F
isnot applicable
6. The farmed game bird flock from which the meat originates:
(a) has not been vaccinated with vaccines prepared from a Newcastle disease
virus master seed which shows a higher pathogenicity than lentogenic
strains of the virus;
(b) has undergone at slaughter, on the basis of a random sample of cloacal
swabs from at least 60 birds from each flock concerned, a virus isolation
test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory, in which
no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intravenous Pathogenicity Index
(IVPI) of more than 0,4 were found;
(c) hasnot been in contact during the 30 dayspreceding s laughter with
poultry or game birdswhich do not fulfil the conditionsmentioned under
points1 and 2.
7. The wild swine meat described above was obtained from carcases on which
either:
(a) a virus isolation test for classical swine fever (CSF) from blood (EDTA)
hasbeen carried out with negative res ults(1); or
(b) a virus isolation test for CSF from the appropriate samples(2) hasbeen
carried out with negative results (1); or
(c) the direct immunofluorescence test for CSF viral antigen has been carried
out on appropriate samples (2) with negative results (1).
8. The animalshave been plucked and evis cerated (1)/The animalsare
unplucked and uneviscerated but they will be transported by aeroplane (1).
9. The animals have been skinned and eviscerated (1)/The animalsare
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(1) Delete asappropriate
(2) Appropriate sample means: a sample of tonsil and of spleen plus a sample of ileum or
kidney and a sample of at least one of the following lymph nodes: retropharyngeal,
parotid, mandibular or mesenteric lymph nodes.