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►B COMMISSION DECISION of 29 November 2007 laying down the animal and public health conditions and model certificates for imports of certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines for human consumption from third countries and repealing Decision 2005/432/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 5777) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/777/EC) (OJ L 312 30.11.2007, p. 49)

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 November 2007

laying down the animal and public health conditions and model certificates for imports of certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines for human consumption from third countries and repealing Decision 2005/432/EC

(notified under document number C(2007) 5777)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/777/EC)







Article 1

Subject matter and scope

1. This Decision lays down animal and public health rules for imports into the Community and the transit and storage in the Community, of consignments of:

(a) meat products, as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; and

(b) treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, as defined in point 7.9 of that Annex, which have undergone one of the treatments laid down in Annex II part 4 to this Decision.

Those rules shall include the lists of third countries and parts thereof from which such imports shall be authorised and the model public and animal health certificates and rules on the origin and treatments required for those imports.

2. This Decision shall apply without prejudice to Decision 2004/432/EC and Decision 2003/779/EC.

Article 2

Conditions concerning species and animals

Member States shall ensure that only consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, derived from meat or meat products from the following species or animals, are imported into the Community:

(a) poultry including fowl, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, geese, quails, pigeons, pheasants and partridges reared or kept in captivity for breeding, the production of meat or eggs for consumption or for restocking supplies of game;

(b) domestic animals of the following species: bovine animals, including Bubalus bubalis and Bison bison, swine, sheep, goats and solipeds;

(c) rabbits and hares, and farmed game, as defined in point 1.6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(d) wild game, as defined in point 1.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.

Article 3

Animal health requirements concerning the origin and treatment of the meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines

Member States shall authorise imports into the Community of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines that:

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(a) comply with the conditions concerning origin and treatment set out in Annex I(1) or (2); and

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(b) originate in the following third countries and parts thereof: (i) in the case of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines not subject to a specific treatment as referred to in point 1(b) of Annex I, the third countries listed in Part 2 of Annex II and the parts thereof listed in Part 1 of that Annex; (ii) in the case of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines subject to a specific treatment as referred to in point 2(a)(ii) of Annex I, the third countries listed in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II and the parts thereof listed in Part 1 of that Annex.

Article 4

Public health requirements concerning the fresh meat used in the production of the meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines to be imported into the Community and animal and public health certificates

Member States shall ensure that:

(a) only consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines that are obtained from fresh meat, as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 that complies with the Community public health requirements, are imported into the Community;

(b) only consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines complying with the requirements of the model public and animal health certificate set out in Annex III are imported into the Community;

(c) that certificate accompanies such consignments and is duly completed and signed by the official veterinarian of the third country of dispatch.

Article 5

Consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines in transit or storage in the Community

Member States shall ensure that consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, introduced into the Community and which are destined for a third country either by transit immediately or following storage, in accordance with Article 12(4) or Article 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, and not intended for importation into the Community, shall comply with the following requirements:

(a) they come from the territory of a third country or a part thereof listed in Annex II and have undergone the minimum treatment for the import of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines of the species provided for therein;

(b) they comply with the specific animal health conditions for the species concerned set out in the model animal and public health certificate in Annex III;

(c) they are accompanied by an animal health certificate drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Annex IV, duly signed by an official veterinarian of the third country concerned;

(d) they are certified as acceptable for transit or storage, as appropriate, on the common veterinary entry document by the official veterinarian of the border inspection post of introduction into the Community.

Article 6

Derogation for certain destinations in Russia

1. By way of derogation from Article 5, Member States shall authorise the transit by road or by rail through the Community, between designated Community border inspection posts listed in the Annex to Decision 2001/881/EC, of consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines coming from and destined to Russia directly or via another third country provided that they comply with the following requirements:

(a) the consignment shall be sealed with a serially numbered seal by the official veterinarian of the competent authority of the border inspection post of introduction to the Community;

(b) the documents accompanying the consignment and referred to in Article 7 of Directive 97/78/EC shall be stamped ‘ONLY FOR TRANSIT TO RUSSIA VIA THE EC’ on each page by the official veterinarian of the competent authority of the border inspection post of introduction to the Community;

(c) the procedural requirements provided for in Article 11 of Directive 97/78/EC shall be complied with;

(d) the consignment shall be certified as acceptable for transit on the common veterinary entry document by the official veterinarian of the competent authority of the border inspection post of introduction to the Community.

2. Member States shall not authorise the unloading or storage, as defined in Article 12(4) or Article 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, in the Community of such consignments.

3. Member States shall ensure that the competent authority makes regular audits to ensure that the number of consignments and the quantities of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, coming from or destined to Russia, leaving the Community matches the number and quantities entering the Community.

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Article 6a

Derogation concerning transit through Croatia of consignments from Bosnia and Herzegovina and destined to third countries

1. By way of derogation from Article 5, the direct transit by road through the Union, between the border inspection post of Nova Sela and the border inspection post of Ploče of consignments coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina and destined to third countries shall be authorised provided that the following conditions are complied with:

(a) the consignment is sealed with a serially numbered seal at the border inspection post of introduction into the Union by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry;

(b) the documents accompanying the consignment and referred to in Article 7 of Directive 97/78/EC are stamped ‘ONLY FOR TRANSIT TO THIRD COUNTRIES VIA THE EU’ on each page by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry;

(c) the procedural requirements provided for in Article 11 of Directive 97/78/EC are complied with;

(d) the consignment is certified as acceptable for transit on the Common Veterinary Entry Document referred to in Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 ( 18 ) by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry.

2. Unloading or storage, as defined in Article 12(4) or in Article 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, of such consignments in the Union shall not be allowed.

3. Regular audits shall be made by the competent authority to ensure that the number of consignments and the quantities of products leaving the Union matches the number and quantities entering the Union.

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Article 7

Transitional provision

Consignments for which veterinary certificates were issued before 1 May 2008 in accordance with the models established by Decision 2005/432/EC shall be accepted for import into the Community until 1 June 2008.

Article 8

Repeal

Decision 2005/432/EC is repealed.

Article 9

Date of application

This Decision shall apply from 1 December 2007.

Article 10

Addresses

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.









ANNEX I

1. Meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines originating in the third countries or parts thereof referred to in Article 3(b)(i) of this Decision shall: (a) contain meat eligible for import into the Community as fresh meat, as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; and (b) be derived from one or more of the species or animals which have undergone a non-specific treatment as set out in point A Part 4 of Annex II to this Decision.

2. Meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines originating in the third countries or parts thereof, as referred to in Article 3(b)(ii), shall comply with the conditions set out in (a), (b) or (c) of this point: (a) the meat products and/or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must: (i) contain meat and/or meat products derived from a single species or animal, as set out under the relevant column in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II indicating the species or animal concerned; and (ii) have undergone at least the specific treatment required for meat of that species or animal, as set out in Part 4 of Annex II; (b) the meat products and/or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must: (i) contain fresh, processed or partly processed meat of more than one species or animal, as set out under the relevant column of Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II which are mixed prior to undergoing their final treatment, as set out in Part 4 of Annex II; and (ii) have undergone the final treatment referred to in (i) that must be at least as severe as the most severe treatment set out in Part 4 of Annex II for meat of the species or animals concerned, as set out under the relevant column in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II; (c) the final meat products and/or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must: (i) be prepared by mixing previously treated meat or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines of more than one species or animal; and (ii) have undergone the previous treatment referred to in (i) that must have been at least as severe as the relevant treatment set out in Part 4 of Annex II for the species or animal concerned as set out under the relevant column in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II for each meat component of the meat product and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines.

3. The treatments set out in Part 4 of Annex II shall constitute the minimum acceptable processing conditions for animal health purposes for meat products and stomachs, bladders and intestines derived from the relevant species or animal originating in the third countries or parts thereof listed in Annex II. However, in cases where import of offal is not authorised under Decision 79/542/EEC owing to Community animal health restrictions, it may be imported as a meat product or treated stomach, intestine or bladder or used in a meat product provided the relevant treatment referred to in Part 2 of Annex II is carried out and the Community public health requirements are fulfilled. In addition, an establishment from a country listed in Annex II may be authorised to produce meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines that have undergone treatments B, C or D, as referred to in Part 4 of Annex II, even where that establishment is located in a third country or part thereof that is not authorised for imports into the Community of fresh meat under the condition that the Community public health requirements are fulfilled.









ANNEX II

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PART 1

Regionalised territories for the countries listed in Parts 2 and 3







Country Territory Description of territory ISO code Version ▼M29 Argentina AR 01/2004 Whole country AR-1 02/2016 The territories defined in AR-1 and AR-3 in Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 AR-2 02/2016 The territories defined in AR-2 in Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 Brazil BR 01/2004 Whole country BR-1 01/2005 States of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul BR-2 02/2016 The territories defined in BR-1, BR-2, BR-3 and BR-4 in Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 BR-3 01/2005 States of Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo BR-4 01/2016 Distrito Federal, States of Acre, Rondônia, Pará, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Sergipe ▼M26 Canada CA 01/2015 Whole country CA-1 01/2015 Whole country of Canada, excluding the area CA-2 CA-2 01/2015 The territories of Canada described under CA-2 in column 3 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, subject to the dates referred to in columns 6A and 6B of that table ▼M11 China CN 01/2007 Whole country CN-1 01/2007 Province of Shandong Malaysia MY 01/2004 Whole country MY-1 01/2004 Peninsular (Western) Malaysia only Namibia NA 01/2005 Whole country NA-1 01/2005 South of the cordon fences which extend from Palgrave Point in the west to Gam in the east Russia RU 04/2012 Whole country RU-1 04/2012 The whole country except the region of Kaliningrad RU-2 04/2012 The region of Kaliningrad ▼M25 United States US 01/2015 Whole country US-1 01/2015 Whole country of the United States, excluding the area US-2 US-2 01/2015 The territories of the United States described under US-2 in column 3 in Part 1 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 (1) ▼M11 South Africa ZA 01/2005 Whole country ZA-1 01/2005 The whole country except: the part of the foot-and-mouth disease control area situated in the veterinary regions of Mpumalanga and Northern provinces, the district of Ingwavuma in the veterinary region of Natal and in the border area with Botswana east of longitude 28°, and the district of Camperdown in the province of KwaZuluNatal. (1) The time period indicated by the closing and opening dates in columns 6A and 6B in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 (OJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1) for the respective territories must be taken into account for imports under this Decision.

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PART 2

Third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines into the Union is authorised

(See Part 4 of this Annex for the interpretation of codes used in the table)







ISO code Country of origin or part thereof 1. Domestic bovine 2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game-(excluding swine) Domestic ovine/ caprine 1. Domestic porcine 2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine) Domestic soliped 1. Poultry 2. Farmed feathered game (except ratites) Farmed ratites Domestic rabbit and farmed leporidae Wild cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine) Wild swine Wild soliped Wild leporidae (rabbits and hares) Wild game birds Wild land mamma-lian game (excluding ungulates, solipeds and leporidae) AR Argentina AR C C C A A A A C C XXX A D XXX Argentina AR-1 (1) C C C A A A A C C XXX A D XXX Argentina AR-2 (1) A (2) A (2) C A A A A C C XXX A D XXX AU Australia A A A A D D A A A XXX A D A BH Bahrain B B B B XXX XXX A C C XXX A XXX XXX BR Brazil XXX XXX XXX A D D A XXX XXX XXX A D XXX Brazil BR-1 XXX XXX XXX A XXX A A XXX XXX XXX A A XXX Brazil BR-2 C C C A D D A C XXX XXX A D XXX Brazil BR-3 XXX XXX XXX A A XXX A XXX XXX XXX A D XXX ▼M29 Brazil BR-4 B XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ▼M4 BW Botswana B B B B XXX A A B B A A XXX XXX BY Belarus C C C B XXX XXX A C C XXX A XXX XXX ▼M20 CA Canada CA A A A A XXX XXX A A A XXX A XXX A Canada CA-1 A A A A A A A A A XXX A A A Canada CA-2 A A A A D D A A A XXX A D A ▼M4 CH Switzerland (4) CL Chile A A A A A A A B B XXX A A XXX CN China B B B B B B A B B XXX A B XXX China CN-1 B B B B D B A B B XXX A B XXX CO Colombia B B B B XXX A A B B XXX A XXX XXX ET Ethiopia B B B B XXX XXX A B B XXX A XXX XXX GL Greenland XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX A XXX XXX XXX A A A HK Hong Kong B B B B D D A B B XXX A XXX XXX ▼M15 ————— ▼M21 IL (7) Israel B B B B D D A B B XXX A D XXX ▼M4 IN India B B B B XXX XXX A B B XXX A XXX XXX IS Iceland A A B A A A A A B XXX A A XXX ▼M23 JP Japan A XXX B XXX D XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ▼M4 KE Kenya B B B B XXX XXX A B B XXX A XXX XXX KR South Korea XXX XXX XXX XXX D D A XXX XXX XXX A D XXX MA Morocco B B B B XXX XXX A B B XXX A XXX XXX ME Montenegro A A D A D D A D D XXX A XXX XXX MG Madagascar B B B B D D A B B XXX A D XXX MK former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (5) A A B A XXX XXX A B B XXX A XXX XXX MU Mauritius B B B B XXX XXX A B B XXX A XXX XXX ▼M28 MX Mexico A D D A D D A D D XXX A D XXX ▼M4 MY Malaysia MY XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Malaysia MY-1 XXX XXX XXX XXX D D A XXX XXX XXX A D XXX NA Namibia (1) B B B B D A A B B A A D XXX NC New Caledonia A XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX A XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX NZ New Zealand A A A A A A A A A XXX A A A PY Paraguay C C C B XXX XXX A C C XXX A XXX XXX RS Serbia (6) A A D A D D A D D XXX A XXX XXX ▼M17 RU Russia RU XXX XXX XXX XXX A XXX A C C XXX A XXX A Russia (3) RU-1 C C C B XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Russia RU-2 C or D1 C or D1 C B XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ▼M4 SG Singapore B B B B D D A B B XXX A XXX XXX SZ Swaziland B B B B XXX XXX A B B A A XXX XXX TH Thailand B B B B A A A B B XXX A D XXX TN Tunisia C C B B A A A B B XXX A D XXX TR Turkey XXX XXX XXX XXX D D A XXX XXX XXX A D XXX ▼M12 UA Ukraine XXX XXX XXX XXX A A A XXX XXX XXX A A XXX ▼M22 US United States US A A A A XXX XXX A A A XXX A XXX XXX United States US-1 A A A A A A A A A XXX A A XXX United States US-2 A A A A D D A A A XXX A D XXX ▼M4 UY Uruguay C C B A D A A XXX XXX XXX A D XXX ▼M27 ZA South Africa C C C A D A A C C A A D XXX ▼M7 ————— ▼M4 ZW Zimbabwe (1) C C B A D A A B B XXX A D XXX (1) See Part 3 of this Annex for the minimum treatment requirements applicable to pasteurised meat products and biltong. (2) For meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines prepared from fresh meat obtained from animals slaughtered after 1 March 2002. (3) Only for transit through the Union. (4) In accordance with the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products. (5) The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject in the United Nations. (6) Not including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999. (7) Hereafter understood as the State of Israel, excluding the territories under Israeli administration since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank. XXX No certificate laid down and meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines containing meat of this species are not authorised.

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PART 3

Third countries or parts thereof not authorised for certain species under the non-specific treatment regime (A) but from where imports into the Community of biltong/jerky and pasteurised meat products are authorised







ISO code Country of origin or part thereof 1. Domestic bovine 2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine) Domestic ovine/caprine 1. Domestic porcine 2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine) Domestic soliped 1. Poultry 2. Farmed feathered game Ratites Domestic rabbit and farmed leporidae Wild cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine) Wild swine Wild soliped Wild leporidae (rabbits and hares) Wild game birds Wild land mammalian game (excluding ungulates, solipeds and leporidae) AR Argentina — AR F F XXX XXX XXX XXX A XXX XXX XXX A XXX XXX ▼M13 BR Brazil BR-2 E or F XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ▼M3 NA Namibia XXX XXX XXX XXX E E A XXX XXX A A E XXX Namibia NA-1 E E XXX XXX E E A XXX XXX A A E UY Uruguay E XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ▼M27 ZA South Africa XXX XXX XXX XXX E E A XXX XXX A A E XXX South Africa ZA-1 E E XXX XXX E E A E XXX A A E XXX ▼M3 ZW Zimbabwe XXX XXX XXX XXX E E A XXX XXX E A E XXX XXX

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PART 4

Interpretation of codes used in tables in parts 2 and 3

TREATMENTS REFERRED TO IN ANNEX I

Non-specific treatment:

A = No minimum specified temperature or other treatment is established for animal health purposes for meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines. However, the meat of such meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must have undergone a treatment such that its cut surface shows that it no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat and the fresh meat used must also satisfy the animal health rules applicable to exports of fresh meat into the Community.

Specific treatments listed in descending order of severity:

B = Treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an Fo value of three or more.

C = A minimum temperature of 80 °C which must be reached throughout the meat and/or stomachs, bladders and intestines during the processing of the meat product and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines.

D = A minimum temperature of 70 °C which must be reached throughout the meat and/or stomachs, bladders and intestines during the processing of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, or for raw ham, a treatment consisting of natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine months and resulting in the following characteristics: — Aw value of not more than 0,93, — pH value of not more than 6,0.

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D1 = Thorough cooking of meat, previously deboned and defatted, subjected to heating so that an internal temperature of 70 °C or greater is maintained for a minimum of 30 minutes.

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E = In the case of ‘biltong’-type products, a treatment to achieve: — Aw value of not more than 0,93, — pH value of not more than 6,0.

F = A heat treatment ensuring that a centre temperature of at least 65 °C is reached for a period of time as necessary to achieve a pasteurisation value (pv) equal to or above 40.

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ANNEX III

Model animal health and public health certificate for certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines intended for consignment to the European Union from third countries

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ANNEX IV

(Transit and/or storage)