2000/19/EC: Commission Decision of 9 December 1999 amending Commission Decision 98/371/EC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certifications for imports of fresh meat from certain European countries to take into account some aspects in relation with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) (notified under document number C(1999) 4233) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Macedonia, fresh meat, health certificate, health control, import, veterinary inspection

L 6/58

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

11. 1. 2000

COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 December 1999

amending Commission Decision 98/371/EC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary
certifications for imports of fresh meat from certain European countries to take into account some
aspects in relation with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)

(notified under document number C(1999) 4233)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/19/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to 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 and meat products from third countries (1),
as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (2) and in particular
Article 14 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The animal health conditions and veterinary certification
for imports of fresh meat from certain European coun-
tries were established by Commission Decision 98/
371/EC (3), as last amended by Decision 99/538/EC (4);

Imports of fresh meat originating from animals suscep-
tible to foot-and-mouth disease from the former Yugo-
slav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) have not been
authorised due to some problems
relating to the
foot-and-mouth disease epidemic recorded in 1996;

Based on epidemiological data obtained from a sero-
surveillance study carried out in accordance with the
provisions of Commission Decision 97/432/EC (5);
it
appears that the health situation is satisfactory as regards
the foot-and-mouth disease;

(4)

(5)

it
Following a recent Commission veterinary mission,
appears that
the FYROM veterinary services control
satisfactorily the whole country and thereof it is possible
to authorise the imports of fresh meat of ovine and
caprine species from FYROM;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II of Decision 98/371/EC is replaced by the Annex to
this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 9 December 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(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.
(4) OJ L 207, 6.8.1999, p. 21.
(5) OJ L 185, 15.7.1997, p. 15.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

MODELS OF ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATES TO BE REQUESTED — FRESH MEAT

Fresh meat for human consumption

Country

Code

Bovine

Swine

Ovine/caprine

Solipeds

MC
(1)

SG
(2)

MC
(1)

SG
(2)

MC
(1)

SG
(2)

ALBANIA

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (3)

BULGARIA

BELARUS

CZECH REPUBLIC

ESTONIA (3)

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
YUGOSLAVIA

CROATIA

HUNGARY

LITHUANIA (3)

LATVIA (3)

FORMER YUGOSLAV
REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

POLAND

ROMANIA

RUSSIA (3)

SLOVANIA

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

AL

BA

BG

BG-1

BG-2

BG-3

BY

CZ

CZ-1

CZ-2

EE

YU

YU-1

YU-2

HR

HU

LI

LV

807

PL

RO

RU

SI

SK

—

—

—

A

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

—

C

C

MC
(1)

—

—

D

D

D

D

—

D

D

D

—

D

D

D

D

D

—

—

D

D

D

—

D

D

Fresh meat
intended
for
purposes
other than
human
consump-
tion

—

—

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

SG
(2)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(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.’