98/546/EC: Commission Decision of 22 July 1998 amending Commission Decision 98/371/EC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from certain European countries to take into account some aspects in relation to Croatia and the Czech Republic (notified under document number C(1998) 2186) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, fresh meat, health certificate, health legislation, import, veterinary inspection

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 July 1998

amending Commission Decision 98/371/EC concerning the animal health condi-
tions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from certain Euro-
pean countries to take into account some aspects in relation to Croatia and the
Czech Republic

(notified under document number C(1998) 2186)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/546/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to the Council Directive 72/462/EEC, of
12 December 1972, on health and veterinary inspection
problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
third countries (1), as last amended by Council Directive
97/79/EC (2), and in particular Articles 14, 15 and 16,

Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary
certification for imports of fresh meat from certain Euro-
pean countries were established by Commission Decision
98/371/EC (3);

Whereas imports of fresh meat from Croatia were not
authorised from some zones of the country;

Following a recent Community veterinary mission,
it
appears that the Croatian veterinary services control satis-
factorily the whole country;

Whereas the presence of classical swine fever has been
confirmed in domestic pig holdings in some areas of the
Czech Republic in 1997;

(1) OJ L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 170, 16. 6. 1998, p. 16.

Whereas following the measures adopted by the Czech
authorities, the epidemiological situation in domestic pig
holdings has
improved and no new outbreaks have
occurred since June 1997;

Whereas it is necessary to modify the region where the
Classical Swine Fever has been detected in feral pigs, to
be adapted to the present situation;

Whereas, as a result, it is appropriate to make possible the
importation of fresh meat from the whole of Croatia and
of fresh pig meat from the whole of the Czech Republic;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 98/371/EC is amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by Annex I of

the present

Decision;

2. Annex II is replaced by Annex II of

the present

Decision.

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Article 2

Member States shall authorise, for 60 days following the date of notification of this
Decision to Member States, the importation of fresh meat from Croatia produced and
certified in accordance with the conditions laid down in Decision 98/371/EC prior to the
entry into force of this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 22 July 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX II

ANIMAL HEALTH GUARANTEES TO BE REQUESTED ON CERTIFICATION OF FRESH MEAT

Fresh meat for human consumption

Country

Code

Bovine

Swine

Ovine/ caprine

Solipeds

MC
(1)

GS
(2)

MC
(1)

GS
(2)

MC
(1)

GS
(2)

MC
(1)

ALBANIA (3)

BOSNIA-
HERZEGOVINA (3)

BULGARIA

BELARUS

CZECH REPUBLIC

ESTONIA (3)

FEDERAL REPUBLIC
OF YUGOSLAVIA

CROATIA

HUNGARY

LITHUNIA (3)

LATVIA (3)

FORMER YUGOSLAV
REPUBLIC OF
MACEDONIA

POLAND

ROMANIA

RUSSIA (3)

SLOVANIA

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

AL

BA

BG

BG-1

BG-2

BY

CZ

CZ-1

CZ-2

EE

FY

FY-1

FY-2

HR

HU

LI

LV

807

PL

RO

RU

SI

SK

—

—

—

A

—

—

A

A

A

—

—

A

—

A

A

—

—

—

A

A

—

A

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

B

B

—

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

C

—

—

C

C

C

—

—

C

—

C

C

—

—

—

C

C

—

C

C

—

—

D

D

D

—

D

D

D

—

D

D

D

D

D

—

—

D

D

D

—

D

D

Fresh
meat
intended
for purposes
other than
human
consumption

—

—

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

GS
(2)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

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(1) MC: model of certificate to be completed. The letters (A, B, C, D, etc.), appearing in the tables refer to the models of animal health guarantees, as described in
Annex III of Decision 98/371/EC, to be applied for each product and origin 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, etc.) appearing in the tables refer to the supplementary guarantees to be provided by the exporting
country as described 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.

(3) The imports of fresh meat for human consumption are not allowed in so far as a programme of control of residues in the exporting third country has not

been approved by the European Commission.'