2000/150/EC: Commission Decision of 22 February 2000 amending Decision 1999/788/EC on protective measures with regard to contamination by dioxins of certain products of porcine and poultry origin intended for human or animal consumption (notified under document number C(2000) 490) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-02-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, health control, human nutrition, pigmeat, poultrymeat, toxic substance

23. 2. 2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 50/25

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 February 2000

amending Decision 1999/788/EC on protective measures with regard to contamination by dioxins
of certain products of porcine and poultry origin intended for human or animal consumption

(notified under document number C(2000) 490)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/150/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
December 1989 concerning veterinary checks
in intra-
Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal
market (1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in
particular Article 9(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable
in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products
with a view to the completion of the internal market (3), as last
amended by Directive 92/118/EEC, and in particular Article
10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The restrictions laid down by Commission Decision
1999/788/EC of 3 December 1999 on protective meas-
ures with regard to contamination by dioxins of cetain
products of porcine and poultry origin intended for
human or animal consumption (4) are not to apply to
products which have been shown by analyses not to be
contaminated by dioxins or which have been derived
from animals slaughtered after 20 September 1999 or
from eggs laid after that date.

the

following

completion of

The Belgian authorities have informed the Commission
that,
an analytical
programme, all Belgian poultry holdings are now certi-
fied by the Belgian authorities as not being contaminated
by dioxins or PCB's. In addition, the eggs laid before 20
September 1999 and all the products derived therefrom
have been identified and have been subjected to appro-
priate investigation, including analysis. Those investiga-
tions have been carried out with negative results since
July 1999. Furthermore, the Belgian authorities have
continued to carry out a number of
surveillance
programmes on the feed sector. The results of those
programmes have not shown positive results linked to

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(4) OJ L 310, 4.12.1999, p. 62.

PCB and dioxin contamination in certain feed ingredi-
ents and compound feedingstuffs produced after 2 April
1999. The identification and investigation of all
the
stock of pigmeat, poultrymeat, and derived products
derived from animals slaughtered before 20 September
1999 has not yet been completed.

In the light of the foregoing, it is appropriate to lift the
restrictions on eggs and products derived thereform and
on rendered fats, processed animal proteins, compound
feedingstuffs and pre-mixtures. Decision 1999/788/EC
should therefore be amended accordingly.

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

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 1999/788/EC is amended as follows.

1. In Article 1(1), points (g) to (k) and point (m) are deleted.

2. In Article 1(2)(b), the words ‘or from eggs laid after that

date’ are deleted.

3. In Article 4(1), the words ‘or from eggs laid before that date’

are deleted.

4. In Annex A, the words ‘Eggs, egg products, fresh poultry-
meat and derived products’ are replaced by ‘Fresh poultry-
meat and derived products’.

5. Annex B is amended as follows:

(a) in Part I, the seventh to the 11th and the 13th indents

are deleted;

(b) in Part

IV,

the second indent

is

replaced by the

following:

‘the product was derived from animals slaughtered after
20 September 1999.’

6. In Part I of Annex C, the seventh to the 11th and the 13th

indents are deleted.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

23. 2. 2000

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 22 February 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission