1999/344/EC: Commission Decision of 25 May 1999 amending Decision 97/365/EC on drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of products prepared from meat of bovine animals, swine, equidae and sheep and goats (notified under document number C(1999) 1374) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-05-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: game meat, health legislation, import, third country, veterinary legislation

L 131/72

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

27. 5. 1999

COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 May 1999

amending Decision 97/365/EC on drawing up provisional lists of third country
establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of products
prepared from meat of bovine animals, swine, equidae and sheep and goats

(notified under document number C(1999) 1374)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/344/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June
1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim
period, provisional lists of third country establishments
from which Member States are authorised to import
certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live
bivalve molluscs (1), as last amended by Decision 98/
603/EC (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

(5) Whereas a Community on-the-spot inspection has
shown that the hygiene standard of the establish-
ment is sufficient and it may therefore be entered
on a first list of establishments from which imports
of meat products may be authorised;

(6) Whereas

a provisional

lists of establishments
producing meat products can thus be drawn up in
respect of Tunisia;

(7) Whereas

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

(1) Whereas Commission Decision 97/222/EC (3),
draws up a list of third countries from which the
Member States authorise imports of meat products;

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(2) Whereas, for the countries on that list the animal
health and veterinary certification requirements for
importation of meat products have been laid down
in Commission Decision 97/221/EC (4);

Article 1

(3) Whereas provisional lists of third country establish-
ments from which the Member States authorise
imports of products prepared from meat of bovine
animals, swine, equidae and sheep and goats have
been drawn up by Commission Decision 97/365/
EC (5);

(4) Whereas

the Commission has

received from
Tunisia a list of establishments, with guarantees
that
fully meets the appropriate Community
health requirements;

it

(1) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17.
(2) OJ L 289, 28.10.1998, p. 36.
(3) OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 39.
(4) OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 32.
(5) OJ L 154, 12.6.1997, p. 41.

The Annex to Decision 97/365/EEC is amended as
follows.

(a) After point 6 of the legend the following point 7 is

added:

‘7= Products of this establishment must be prepared
from fresh meat which was produced according
to Directive 64/433/EEC (*) in approved slaugh-
terhouses of the European Union or which satis-
fies the requirements of Article 21(a) of Directive
72/462/EEC (**).

(*) OJ 21, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64.
(**) OJ 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.'

(b) The text of the Annex to this Decision is added to the

Annex.

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This Decision shall apply with effect from 25 May 1999.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 25 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANEXO (cid:190) BILAG (cid:190) ANHANG (cid:190) PAQAQTGLA (cid:190) ANNEX (cid:190) ANNEXE (cid:190) ALLEGATO (cid:190)
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