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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)
(OJ No L 120, 11. 5. 1994, p. 44)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
Commission Decision of 29 June 1994 (94/453/EC) L 187 11 22. 7. 1994
Commission Decision of 7 April 1995 (95/134/EC) L 89 44 21. 4. 1995Commission Decision of 18 October 1995 (95/444/EC) L 258 67 28. 10. 1995Commission Decision of 12 February 1996 (96/166/EC) L 39 25 17. 2. 1996Commission Decision of 12 April 1996 (96/285/EC) L 107 19 30. 4. 1996Commission Decision of 21 May 1996 (96/344/EC) L 133 28 4. 6. 1996
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ICOMMISSION 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 T reaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying
down animal health and public health requirements gov-
erning trade in and imports into the Community of prod-
ucts not subject to the said requirements laid down in spe-
cific Community rules referred to in Annex A Chapter 1 to
Directive 89/662/EEC and as regards pathogens, to Direc-
tive 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 not intended for human
consumption animal casings, bones and certain bone prod-
ucts, horns and certain horn products, hooves and certain
hoof products intended for human or animal consumption,
serum from equidae, 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 be laid down;
Whereas in view of establishing these lists, an evaluation of
the real risk of the spread of serious transmissible diseases
or of the diseases transmissible to man must be carried
out; whereas this evaluation has been carried out and it is
therefore possible to draw up the different lists of third
countries necessary for the imports of the 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 author-
ize imports of these products from any third country;
(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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IIWhereas, considering the adaptation to the new regime
which will follow the adoption of those lists, it is justified
to foresee a period of time for their application;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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1Article 1
Member States shall authorize from any third country im-
ports of:
— bones and bone products (excluding bone meal),
horns and horn products (excluding horn meal),
hooves and hoof products (excluding hoof meal) in-
tended for other purposes than human or animal con-
sumption,
— wool, ruminant hair, unprocessed feathers and parts
of feathers,
— agriculture products and honey,
— game trophies in conformity with Chapter XIII of
Annex I of Directive 92/118/EEC.
Article 2
Without prejudice to provisions of Annexes I and II of Di-
rective 92/118/EEC and those of Article 1, Member States
shall authorize imports of certain products subject to Di-
rective 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.94/278/EC
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2ANNEX
The following lists are lists in principle and importation shall ful-
fil 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 of Parts B and C of the 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 of the Annex to Decision
79/542/EEC.
B. List of third countries from which Member States authorize
imports of fish meal and other meal derived from sea ani-mals except mammals
(AR) Argentina
(BR) Brazil(CA) Canada
(CL) Chile
(CN) People’s Republic of China(CI) Ivory Coast
(EC) Ecuador
(EE) Estonia(FO) Faroe Islands

(GL) Greenland(IS) Iceland(LI) Lithuania
(LV) Latvia
(MA) Morocco

(MG) Madagascar(NZ) New Zealand
(PE) Peru
(PL) Poland
(PR) Puerto Rico(RU) Russia
(SC) Seychelles
(SN) Senegal

(UA) Ukraine
(US) United States of America
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3PART 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 (4) and 92/187/EEC (5).
B. Blood products and raw material from other species
Third countries listed in Part 1 of the Annex of Decision
79/542/EEC.
PART IV
List of third countries from which Member States authorize
imports of blood products (with the exception of equidae) and of
raw material intended for the manufacture of technical products
A. Blood products and raw material from ungulates
Third countries or parts of third countries appearing on the
list in the Annex of Decision 79/542/EEC from which im-
ports of all categories of fresh meat of the respective spe-
cies are authorized irrespective of any 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 of the Annex to Decision
79/542/EEC.
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, por-
cine and equine species and of the wild corresponding species
Third countries provided for in Part I of the Annex of
Council Decision 79/542/EEC for the fresh meat of the cor-responding species.
B. Raw material from poultry
The lists of third countries from which Member States au-
thorize imports of fresh poultry meat appearing in Commis-
sion Decision 94/85/EC (
6) but excluding those third coun-
tries permitted to export fresh poultry meat to theCommunity by virtue of the exercise of the derogations in
Article 4, paragraphs 3 and 4 of Commission Decision
93/342/EEC (
7).
C. Raw material from other species
Third countries listed in Part 1 of the Annex of Decision
79/542/EEC.
(4) OJ No L 84, 31. 3. 1992, p. 23.
(5) OJ No L 87, 2. 4. 1992, p. 20.
(6) OJ No L 44, 17. 2. 1994, p. 31.
(7) OJ No L 137, 8. 6. 1993, p. 24.94/278/EC
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4PART VI
A. List of third countries from which Member States authorize
i m p o r t so fr a b b i tm e a ta n dr a b b i tm e a tp r o d u c t s
Third countries listed in Part 1 of the Annex of Decision
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 Decision94/85/EC but excluding those third countries permitted to export
fresh poultry meat to the Community by virtue of the exercise of
the derogations in Article 4, paragraphs 3 and 4 of CommissionDecision 93/342/EEC.
PART VII
List of third countries from which Member States authorize
imports of untreated pig bristles
Third countries listed in Annex I of Decision 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.E g g p r o d u c t s :
All third countries listed in Part 1 of the Annex to Council
Decision 72/542/EEC.
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 of the Annex of Decision
79/542/EEC.
B. Unprocessed manure from equidae
Third countries listed in Part I of the Annex of Decision
79/542/EEC for live equidae.
C. Unprocessed manure from poultry
The list of third countries from which Member States au-
thorize imports of fresh poultry meat appearing in Commis-sion Decision 94/85/EC but excluding those third countries
permitted to export fresh poultry meat to the Community
by virtue of the exercise of the derogations in Article 4,
paragraphs 3 and 4 of Commission Decision 93/342/EEC.94/278/EC
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5PART 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 of the Annex of Council Decision
79/542/EEC and the list of third countries from which Member
States authorize imports of fresh poultry meat appearing in Com-mission Decision 94/85/EC but excluding those third countries
permitted to export fresh poultry meat to the Community by vir-
tue of the exercise of the derogations in Article 4, paragraphs 3and 4 of Commission Decision 93/342/EEC and 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 of China
(CZ) Czech Republic
(DZ) Algeria(HR) Croatia
(HU) Hungary
(ID) Indonesia
(IN) India
(LI) Lithuania(MA) Morocco(MD) Moldavia
(MG) Madagascar
(MK) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
(PE) Peru
(PL) Poland(RO) Romania(RU) Russia(SI) Slovenia
(SK) Slovak Republic
(SY) Syria(TN) Tunisia
(TR) Turkey
(UA) Ukraine(VN) Vietnam
(1) OJ No L 363, 27. 12. 1990, p. 51.
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6PART XII
List of third countries from which Member 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 of China
(EG) Egypt
(HR) Croatia(HU) Hungary(ID) Indonesia
(IN) India
(MK) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(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 of the first part of the An-
nex of Decision 79/542/EEC.
(KR) The Republic of Korea
(MY) Malaysia(PK) Pakistan
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