1999/62/EC: Commission Decision of 21 December 1998 amending Decision 97/222/EC of 28 February 1997 laying down the list of third countries from which the Member States authorise the importation of meat products (notified under document number C(1998) 4347) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: health certificate, health legislation, import, meat product, originating product, third country

L 20/54

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

27. 1. 1999

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 December 1998

amending Decision 97/222/EC of 28 February 1997 laying down the list of third
countries from which the Member States authorise the importation of meat
products

(notified under document number C(1998) 4347)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/62/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 Directive 97/
79/EC (2), and in particular Articles 21(a) and 22 thereof,

as
Whereas Commission Decision
amended by Decision 98/246/EC (4), lays down the list of
third countries from which the Member States authorise
the importation of meat products;

97/222/EC (3),

Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary
certification for
the
bovine and porcine species from certain European coun-
tries were established by Commission Decision 98/372/
EC (5), as last amended by Decision 98/505/EC (6);

imports of domestic animals of

Whereas due to classical swine fever persistence in the
feral pig population some restrictions are established for
imports of
the Czech
live pigs from some parts of
Republic;

(1) OJ L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 89, 4. 4. 1997, p. 39.
(4) OJ L 98, 31. 3. 1998, p. 44.
(5) OJ L 170, 16. 6. 1998, p. 34.
(6) OJ L 226, 13. 8. 1998, p. 50.

Whereas the same regionalisation should be applicable to
imports of wild swine meat products from the Czech
Republic;

Whereas health restrictions were applied by the European
Community to some zones of Croatia due to certain prob-
lems concerning the veterinary controls in those parts;
whereas
veterinary
mission, it appears that the Croatian veterinary services
control satisfactorily the whole country;

recent Community

following

a

Whereas, as a result, it is appropriate to make possible the
importation of meat products from the whole of Croatia;

the control of

animal health diseases

Whereas
in
Zimbabwe is satisfactory; whereas therefore, it is appro-
priate to make possible the importation from Zimbabwe
of meat products heat treated at a minimum temperature
of 80 (cid:190)C which must be reached throughout the meat
during the process;

the Tunisian veterinary

Whereas
authorities have
provided satisfactory guarantees to make possible imports
from Tunisia of meat products heat treated at a minimum
temperature of 80 (cid:190)C which must be reached throughout
the meat during the process;

Whereas Decision 97/222/EC must be amended accord-
ingly;

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

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 20/55

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 2

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

The Annex to Decision 97/222/EC is amended as follows:

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1998.

1. Part I is replaced by part I of the Annex to the present

Decision.

2. Part II is replaced by part II of the Annex to the

present Decision.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

27. 1. 1999

ANNEX

PART I

Description of regionalised territories as laid down for the countries listed in Parts II and III

Code
ISO

Country

Territory

Code

Version

Description of territory

BR

Brazil

BR 2

CZ

Czech Republic

CZ 1

CZ

Czech Republic

CZ 2

FY

FY

Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia

Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia

FY 1

FY 2

—

—

—

—

—

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision
94/984/EC (1)

(as last amended)

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision
98/371/EC (2)

(as last amended)

As described in Annex I of Decision 98/371/EC
(as last amended)

As described in Annex I of Decision 98/371/EC
(as last amended)

As described in Annex I of Decision 98/371/EC
(as last amended)

MY

Malaysia

MY 1

95/1

Peninsular (Western) Malaysia only

(1) OJ L 378, 31. 12. 1994, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 170, 16. 6. 1998, p. 16.

Third countries or parts thereof from where meat products are authorized for importation into the European Community

PART II

Code
ISO

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. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed
feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit and
farmed
leporidae

Wild cloven-
hoofed game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine Wild soliped

Wild
leporidae
(rabbits &
hares)

Wild game
birds

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

AR

AU

BG

BH

BR

BR

Argentina (1)

Australia

Bulgaria

Bahrain

Brazil

Brazil-BR 1

BW

Botswana

BY

CA

Belarus

Canada

CH

Switzerland

CL

CN

Chile

People’s Republic
of China

CO

Colombia

CY

CZ

CZ

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Czech Republic-
CZ 1

C

A

A

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

B

B

B

C

A

A

C

A

A

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

B

B

B

C

A

A

C

A

D

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

B

B

B

C

A

D

A

A

A

B

A

A

B

B

A

A

A

B

B

A

A

A

D

A

D

—

D

A

—

—

A

A

A

B

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

C

A

A

C

C

C

B

C

A

A

B

B

B

C

A

A

C

A

D

C

C

C

B

C

A

D

B

B

B

C

D

D

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

—

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—

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A

A

A

A

A

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A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

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A

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A

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—

A

A

A

B

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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. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed
feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit and
farmed
leporidae

Wild cloven-
hoofed game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine Wild soliped

Wild
leporidae
(rabbits &
hares)

Wild game
birds

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

CZ

ES

ET

FY

FY

FY

Czech Republic-
CZ 2

Estonia

Ethiopia

Federal Republic of
Yogoslavia

Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia-
FY 1

Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia-
FY 2

A

C

B

C

A

C

A

C

B

C

A

C

A

C

B

C

D

C

A

A

B

A

A

A

GR

Greenland

—

—

—

—

HK

Hong Kong

HR

Croatia

HU

Hungary

IL

IN

IS

KE

KR

LI

Israel

India

Iceland

Kenya

Korea (Republic)

Lithuania

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

B

D

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

B

A

A

B

B

A

B

—

A

A

—

—

D

D

D

—

D

A

A

D

—

—

—

D

D

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

C

B

C

A

C

D

C

B

C

D

C

—

—

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

B

D

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

—

—

—

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—

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—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

A

A

A

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A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

—

—

—

—

A

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A

A

D

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ISO

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. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed
feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit and
farmed
leporidae

Wild cloven-
hoofed game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine Wild soliped

Wild
leporidae
(rabbits &
hares)

Wild game
birds

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

LV

Latvia

MA

Morocco

MG

Madagascar

MK

MT

MY

Former Yugoslav
Republic of Mace-
donia

Malta

Malaysia-MY 1

MU

Mauritius

MX

Mexico

NA

NZ

PL

PY

RO

RU

SG

Sl

SK

SZ

Namibia (1)

New Zealand

Poland

Paraguay

Romania

Russia

Singapore

Slovenia

Slovak Republic

Swaziland

C

B

B

A

—

—

B

A

B

A

A

C

A

C

B

A

A

B

C

B

B

A

—

—

B

D

B

A

A

C

A

C

B

A

A

B

C

B

B

B

—

—

B

D

B

A

D

C

D

C

B

D

D

B

A

B

B

A

—

—

B

A

B

A

A

B

A

B

B

A

A

B

—

—

D

—

A

D

—

D

D

A

A

—

A

—

D

D

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

C

B

B

B

—

—

B

D

B

A

A

C

A

C

B

A

A

B

C

B

B

B

—

—

B

D

B

A

D

C

D

C

B

D

D

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

—

D

—

—

D

—

D

D

A

A

—

A

—

—

D

A

—

A

—

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—

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ISO

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. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed
feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit and
farmed
leporidae

Wild cloven-
hoofed game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine Wild soliped

Wild
leporidae
(rabbits &
hares)

Wild game
birds

TH

TN

TR

UA

US

UY

ZA

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

United States of
America

Uruguay

South Africa (1)

ZW

Zimbabwe (1)

B

C

—

—

A

A

C

C

B

C

—

—

A

A

C

C

B

B

—

—

A

B

C

B

B

B

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

—

D

—

A

D

D

D

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

—

—

A

—

C

B

B

B

—

—

A

—

C

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

D

D

D

—

A

D

D

D

(1) See Part III for minimum treatment requirements for pasteurized meat products and biltong.

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

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