2000/352/EC: Commission Decision of 4 May 2000 amending Decision 94/984/EC laying down animal health conditions and veterinary certificates for the importation of fresh poultrymeat from third countries in respect of the People's Republic of China (notified under document number C(2000) 1163) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-05-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, health certificate, health control, import, poultrymeat, veterinary inspection

L 124/64

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.5.2000

COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 May 2000

amending Decision 94/984/EC laying down animal health conditions and veterinary certificates for
the importation of fresh poultrymeat from third countries in respect of the People's Republic of
China

(notified under document number C(2000) 1163)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/352/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/494/EEC of 26 June
1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in and imports from third countries of fresh poultry-
meat (1), as last amended by Directive 1999/89/EC (2), and in
particular Articles 11 and 12 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Decision 94/984/EC (3), as last amended by
Decision 2000/254/EC (4), established the animal health
conditions and the veterinary certificates for imports of
two
fresh poultrymeat
different certificates, model A and model B are laid
down; their use depends on the Newcastle disease situa-
tion in the country concerned.

from certain third countries;

Certain parts of the territory of China listed in Annex I
of Decision 94/984/EC were allowed to use the model B
certificate until an inspection revealed problems with
certification; because of this, imports of fresh poultry-
meat from China from 1 August 1996 were suspended
by Commission Decision 96/456/EC.

An inspection mission was carried out in October 1999
by the Commission in China and has shown that signifi-
cant improvement has been achieved by the Chinese
veterinary services and written assurances have been
given so that the above mentioned suspension can be
repealed.

The disease situation as concerns Newcastle disease still
requires additional guarantees to be fulfilled as laid
down in the model B certificate of Decision 94/984/EC.

(5)

(6)

For reasons of clarity this Decision shall apply for fresh
poultrymeat certified as from 1 June 2000.

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 I to Decision 94/984/EC is amended as follows:

In the line ‘CN China (PR)’ the footnote ‘3’ after the word
‘Shandong’ and after the letter ‘B’ and the corresponding foot-
note ‘3, Importation suspended as from 1 August 1996’ at the
bottom of the page are deleted.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply for fresh poultrymeat certified as
from 1 June 2000.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 May 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 35.
(2) OJ L 300, 23.11.1999, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 378, 21.12.1994, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 78, 29.3.2000, p. 33.