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"B COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 February 2000
on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries according to Council Directive 96/23/EC
(notified under document number C(2000) 343)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/159/EC)
(OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 30)
Amended by:
Official Journal
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"M1 Commission Decision 2001/31/EC of 20 December 2000 L 8 40 12.1.20012000D0159 — EN — 12.01.2001 — 001.001 — 1
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 February 2000
on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries according
to Council Directive 96/23/EC
(notified under document number C(2000) 343)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/159/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC (1), and in particular Article 29
thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC (2) of 12 December 1972 on
health and veterinary inspection problems on importation of bovine, ovine andcaprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries,
as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (
3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Some third countries have presented residue monitoring plans
including results thereof to the Commission services, and there is aneed for additional information and further clarifications.
(2) Other third countries have been providing information on residue plans
under conditions laid down before Directive 96/23/EC was imple-
mented, and are currently exporting to the Community although they
have not submitted a recent plan of residue monitoring and/or therelevant results, and there are aspects which need more informationand clarification.
(3) Third countries that wish to export products of animal origin for
human consumption to the Community, as specified in Directive
96/23/EC, may submit their residue monitoring plan at any time to the
Commission services for approval. On compliance with Directive96/23/EC, they may be added to this Decision.
(4) There is a need, in the interest of the third countries and the European
Community, to provide for transparency in all actions, and at the sametime to provide enough time for the third countries to adapt theirlegislation to Community requirements.
(5) There is a public health concern in relation to residues in products of
animal origin. Therefore residue plans shall be approved and regularly
updated.
(6) Council Decision 79/542/EEC (
4), as last amended by Commission
Decision 2000/2/EC (5), draws up a list of third countries from which
Member States authorise imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae,
sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products and includes provisionsrelating to residue monitoring plans which are covered by this
Decision. Therefore Decision 79/542/EEC should be amended
accordingly.
(7) Article 29(1) of Directive 96/23/EC states that inclusion and retention
on the lists of third countries provided for in Community legislation
from which Member States are authorised to import animals andanimal products covered by this Directive shall be subject to
submission by the third country concerned of a plan setting out the
guarantees which it offers as regards the monitoring of the groups ofresidues and substances referred to in Annex I.
(8) Article 8(3) of Directive 96/23/EC states that by no later than 31
March each year, Member States shall forward to the Commission the!B
(1) OJ L 125, 25.5.1996, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(4) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15.
(5) OJ L 1, 4.1.2000, p. 17.2000D0159 — EN — 12.01.2001 — 001.001 — 2
results of their residue and substance detection plans and their control
measures.
(9) The second paragraph of Article 29(1) of Directive 96/23/EC states
that provisions of Article 8 concerning time limits for submission andupdating of plans shall apply for plans submitted by third countriesand, in addition, that the guarantees must have an effect at least
equivalent to those provided for in this Directive.
(10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the
opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Animals or animal products from third countries appearing in the list of the
Annex with an ‘X’ are considered to comply provisionally with Directive
96/23/EC, concerning the approval of residue plans.
Article 2
The Commission will review this Decision as necessary. From 1 April 2000,
the Commission will evaluate the residue monitoring plans submitted by thirdcountries in accordance with Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC before finalapproval is given.
By 31 March 2000 third countries must present a residue monitoring plan for
those foodstuffs of animal origin for import into the Community for the year
2000, demonstrating compliance with Directive 96/23/EC, which may include
provision of equivalent guarantees; and present the results of the residuemonitoring plan for the year 1999 for those foodstuffs of animal origin which
have been imported into the Community during 1999.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.!B2000D0159 — EN — 12.01.2001 — 001.001 — 3
ANNEX
The residue monitoring plans of the following third countries are provisionally approved on the basis of Council Directive 96/23/EC for the animals o r primary animal products appearing with an ‘X’ in the table.
ISO2
codeCountry BovineOvine/
caprineSwine Equine Poultry Aquaculture Milk Eggs Rabbit Wild gameFarmed
gameHoney
AD Andorra (1)X X X
AF Afghanistan X (2)
AG Antigua & BarbudaAL Albania X
AM ArmeniaAN Netherlands AntillesAO AngolaAR Argentina X X X X X X X X XAU Australia X X X XXXXXXXXX
AZ Azerbaijan
BA Bosnia Herzegovina X (
3)
BD Bangladesh X (2)X
BG Bulgaria X X X (3)X X X X X
BH Bahrain X (2)
BJ BeninBR Brazil X X (
2) XXXXX X
BS BahamasBW Botswana XBY Belarus X (
3)X
BZ Belize
CA Canada X X X XXXXX XXX!M12000D0159 — EN — 12.01.2001 — 001.001 — 4
ISO2
codeCountry BovineOvine/
caprineSwine Equine Poultry Aquaculture Milk Eggs Rabbit Wild gameFarmed
gameHoney
CH Switzerland X X X X X X
CI Côte d’Ivoire
CL Chile X (2)X X X (2)X X X X X
CM CameroonCN China X (
2)X (2) X XXX
CO Colombia XX
CR Costa Rica X (2)X
CU Cuba X X
CV Cape VerdeCY Cyprus X (
2)X (3) XXXXXXXX
CZ Czech Republic X X X X (3) XXXXXXXX
DZ Algeria X
EC Ecuador X
EE Estonia X X X X (3) XXXX X
EG Egypt X (2)
ER EritreaET EthiopiaFJ FijiFK Falkland IslandsFO Faeroe Islands X
GA Gabon
GD Grenada
GH Ghana!
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ISO2
codeCountry BovineOvine/
caprineSwine Equine Poultry Aquaculture Milk Eggs Rabbit Wild gameFarmed
gameHoney
GL Greenland X X (3)X X
GM Gambia
GN GuineaGT Guatemala X X
HK Hong Kong (
4)
HN Honduras X (2)X
HR Croatia X X X X (3) XXXXXXXX
HU Hungary X X X X (3) XXXXXXXX
ID Indonesia X
IL Israel XXXX X
IN India X (2)X (2)X X
IR Iran X (2)X
IS Iceland X X X X X XJM Jamaica X
JP Japan X (
2)X
KE KenyaKR South Korea XX
KW Kuwait X (
2)
LB Lebanon X (2)
LK Sri Lanka X
LT Lithuania X X (2)X X (3) XXXX XXX
L V Latvia X X X X X X X X X
MA Morocco X (2)X!M12000D0159 — EN — 12.01.2001 — 001.001 — 6
ISO2
codeCountry BovineOvine/
caprineSwine Equine Poultry Aquaculture Milk Eggs Rabbit Wild gameFarmed
gameHoney
MD Moldova
MG Madagascar X
MK Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia (5)X X X (3)
MM MyanmarMN Mongolia X (
2)
MR MauritaniaMT Malta X X X X (
3) XXXXX X
MU Mauritius X
MV Maldives
MX Mexico X (2)X (2) X XXXX X
MY Malaysia X(6)X
MZ MozambiqueNA Namibia X X XNC New Caledonia XX X
NG NigeriaNI Nicaragua X X X
NZ New Zealand X X X X X X X XOM OmanPA Panama X (
2)X (2)X
PE Peru X (2)X
PF French PolynesiaPG Papua New GuineaPH Philippines X!
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ISO2
codeCountry BovineOvine/
caprineSwine Equine Poultry Aquaculture Milk Eggs Rabbit Wild gameFarmed
gameHoney
PK Pakistan X (2)
PL Poland X X X XXXXXXXX
PM Saint Pierre and MiquelonPY Paraguay XRO Romania X X X XXXXXXXXX
RU Russia X (
3) X(7)
SB Solomon IslandsSC Seychelles X
SG Singapore (
4)
SH Saint HelenaSI Slovenia X X X (
3) XXXXXXXX
SK Slovakia X X X X (3) XXXX XXX
SM San Marino X
SN SenegalSR Suriname X
SV El Salvador X
SY Syria X (
2)
SZ Swaziland XTG TogoTH Thailand XX
TM Turkmenistan X (
2)
TN Tunisia X (2)X (3)X X X X
TR Turkey X (2) XXX X!M12000D0159 — EN — 12.01.2001 — 001.001 — 8
ISO2
codeCountry BovineOvine/
caprineSwine Equine Poultry Aquaculture Milk Eggs Rabbit Wild gameFarmed
gameHoney
TW Taiwan
TZ Tanzania
UA Ukraine X (3)
UG UgandaUS United States X X X XXXXXXXXX
UY Uruguay X X X X X X X XUZ Uzbekistan X (
2)
VC Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
VE Venezuela X
VN Vietnam X X
YE Y emenYU Federal Republic of Yugoslavia X X X X (
3)
ZA South Africa X X X X X X X X XZW Zimbabwe X X X
(
1)Initial residue monitoring plan approved by veterinary subgroup EC-Andorra (in accordance with Decision No 2/1999 of the EC-Andorra Joint Committe e of 22 December 1999).
(2)Only casings.
(3)Imports of live horses for slaughter.
(4)Third country using only raw material from other approved third countries for food production.
(5)Appropriate denomination still under discussion at the United Nations.
(6)Peninsular (western) Malaysia only.
(7)Only for reindeer from the Murmansk region.!M12000D0159 — EN — 12.01.2001 — 001.001 — 9