2001/31/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 2000 modifying Decision 2000/159/EC on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries according to Council Directive 96/23/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2000) 3992)
Date: 2000-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, health risk, hormone, live animal, third country, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 December 2000

modifying Decision 2000/159/EC on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries
according to Council Directive 96/23/EC

(notified under document number C(2000) 3992)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/31/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996
on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof
in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives
85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and
91/664/EEC (1), and in particular Article 29 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems
upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat
from third countries (2), as last amended by Directive 97/
79/EC (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

There is a public health concern in relation to residues
in products of animal origin. Therefore residue plans on
these products shall be approved and regularly updated.

31 March of each year is the deadline set in Article 8(3)
of Directive 96/23/EC for third countries to forward to
the Commission the monitoring plans for the current
year and results of the previous year.

Council Decision 95/408/EC 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 (4), also lays down the conditions to amend the
lists of approved establishments in third countries.

The Annex to Commission Decision 2000/159/EC of 8
February 2000 on the provisional approval of residue
plans of third countries according to Council Directive

(1) OJ L 125, 25.5.1996, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(4) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17.

96/23/EC (5),
indicates the third countries which have
submitted a plan, setting out the guarantees which it
offers as regards the monitoring of the groups of resi-
dues and substances referred to in Annex 1 to Directive
96/23/EC. Consequently, when these guarantees are not
provided, the lists laid down by Decision 95/408/EC
should be amended in accordance with the modifica-
tions to the Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC.

Some third countries have presented residue monitoring
plans including results thereof to the Commission, and
there is a need for evaluation, additional
information
and further clarifications. Pending further evaluation,
these third countries may remain in the Annex to
Decision 2000/159/EC on the provisional approval of
residue plans of third countries according to Directive
96/23/EC.

Some
third countries have not presented residue
monitoring plans or results thereof to the Commission
In
or have presented totally insufficient guarantees.
accordance with Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC, these
third countries should be provisionally suspended from
the Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC.

A few third countries have not
submitted residue
monitoring plans or results thereof because they export
only foodstuffs derived from raw material originating
from other third countries considered to comply provi-
sionally with Directive 96/23/EC. Consequently, when
the competent authorities can certify the origin of the
raw material,
should not be
these third countries
suspended from the Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC,
and the corresponding establishments should be main-
tained on the provisional lists drawn up in accordance
with Decision 95/408/EC.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(5) OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 30.

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(8)

(9)

As specified in Directive 96/23/EC, third countries that
wish to export products of animal origin for human
consumption to the European Community may submit
their
residue monitoring plan at any time to the
Commission for approval. In the case of approval of
these residue monitoring plans, the third country should
be added to the Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC.

casings may contain residues

Animal
covered by
Directive 96/23/EC. Scientific advice on possible safety
concerns due to residues in casings was requested.
Pending this advice specific guarantees from the third
countries exporting only casings
to the European
Community have been requested. In the meantime, these
third countries are provisionally maintained in the
Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC.

(10) A definitive list of countries considered to comply with
Directive 96/23/EC will be established after the full
evaluation of residue monitoring plans presented to the
Commission.

(11)

In the light of the foregoing, it is appropriate to update
the Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC on the provisional
approval of residue plans of third countries according to

Directive 96/23/EC. Decision 2000/159/EC should
therefore be amended accordingly.

(12)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC is replaced by the Annex
to the present Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

The residue monitoring plans of the following third countries are provisionally approved on the basis of Council Directive 96/23/EC for the animals or primary animal products appearing with an ‘X’ in the table.

ANNEX

Swine

Equine

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed
game

Honey

ISO2 code

Country

AD

AF

AG

AL

AM

AN

AO

AR

AU

AZ

BA

BD

BG

BH

BJ

BR

BS

BW

BY

BZ

CA

CH

CI

CL

CM

Andorra (1)

Afghanistan

Antigua & Barbuda

Albania

Armenia

Netherlands Antilles

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Azerbaijan

Bosnia Herzegovina

Bangladesh

Bulgaria

Bahrain

Benin

Brazil

Bahamas

Botswana

Belarus

Belize

Canada

Switzerland

Côte d'Ivoire

Chile

Cameroon

Bovine

X

Ovine/
caprine

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X (2)

X

X (2)

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (3)

X (3)

X

X (3)

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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Country

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

Swine

Equine

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed
game

Honey

CN

CO

CR

CU

CV

CY

CZ

DZ

EC

EE

EG

ER

ET

FJ

FK

FO

GA

GD

GH

GL

GM

GN

GT

HK

HN

HR

HU

ID

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cape Verde

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Algeria

Ecuador

Estonia

Egypt

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Fiji

Falkland Islands

Faeroe Islands

Gabon

Grenada

Ghana

Greenland

Gambia

Guinea

Guatemala

Hong Kong (4)

Honduras

Croatia

Hungary

Indonesia

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X

X

X (2)

X (3)

X (3)

X (3)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (3)

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X (3)

X (3)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

.

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Country

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

Swine

Equine

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed
game

Honey

IL

IN

IR

IS

JM

JP

KE

KR

Israel

India

Iran

Iceland

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

South Korea

KW

Kuwait

Lebanon

Sri Lanka

Lithuania

Latvia

Morocco

Moldova

Madagascar

LB

LK

LT

LV

MA

MD

MG

MK

MM

MN

MR

MT

MU

MV

MX

MY

MZ

NA

NC

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (3)

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X (2)

X (2)

X

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X

X (2)

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (5)

X

X

X (3)

Myanmar

Mongolia

Mauritania

Malta

Mauritius

Maldives

Mexico

Malaysia

Mozambique

Namibia

New Caledonia

X (2)

X

X

X

X (3)

X

X (2)

X (2)

X

X (6)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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Country

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

Swine

Equine

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed
game

Honey

.

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2
1
2
0
0
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NG

NI

NZ

OM

PA

PE

PF

PG

PH

PK

PL

PM

PY

RO

RU

SB

SC

SG

SH

SI

SK

SM

SN

SR

SV

SY

SZ

TG

Nigeria

Nicaragua

New Zealand

Oman

Panama

Peru

French Polynesia

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Pakistan

Poland

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Paraguay

Romania

Russia

Solomon Islands

Seychelles

Singapore (4)

Saint Helena

Slovenia

Slovakia

San Marino

Senegal

Suriname

El Salvador

Syria

Swaziland

Togo

X

X

X

X (3)

X (3)

X (3)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (7)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

E
N

O

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a
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J
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ISO2 code

Country

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

Swine

Equine

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed
game

Honey

TH

TM

TN

TR

TW

TZ

UA

UG

US

UY

UZ

VC

VE

VN

YE

YU

ZA

Thailand

Turkmenistan

Tunisia

Turkey

Taiwan

Tanzania

Ukraine

Uganda

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

South Africa

ZW

Zimbabwe

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (3)

X (3)

X

X

X (3)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

(1) Initial residue monitoring plan approved by veterinary subgroup EC-Andorra (in accordance with Decision No 2/1999 of the EC-Andorra Joint Committee of 22 December 1999).
(2) Only casings.
(3) Imports of live horses for slaughter.
(4) Third country using only raw material from other approved third countries for food production.
(5) Appropriate denomination still under discussion at the United Nations.
(6) Peninsular (western) Malaysia only.
(7) Only for reindeer from the Murmansk region.

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