2001/158/EC: Commission Decision of 12 February 2001 amending Decision 94/278/EC drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC, with respect to imports of honey (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 348)
Date: 2001-02-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, honey, import, import policy, originating product, third country

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Official Journal of the European Communities

27.2.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 February 2001

amending Decision 94/278/EC drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States
authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC, with respect to
imports of honey

(notified under document number C(2001) 348)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/158/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

— in the third indent of Article 1, the words ‘and honey’ are

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17
December 1992 laying down animal health and public health
requirements governing trade and imports into the Community
of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in
specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive
to Directive 90/
89/662/EEC and, as
425/EEC (1), as last amended by Decision 1999/724/EC (2), and
in particular Article 10(2)(a) thereof,

regards pathogens,

Whereas:

(1)

of

Article 1 of Commission Decision 94/278/EC of 18
March 1994 drawing up a list of third countries from
which Member States authorise imports of certain prod-
ucts subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC (3), as last
amended by Decision 98/597/EC (4), establishes that
Member States shall authorise from any third country
imports
honey. Commission Decision 2000/
159/EC (5) as last amended by Decision 2001/31/EC (6)
on the provisional approval of residue plans of third
countries according to Council Directive 96/23/EC (7),
indicates in its Annex 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 I of Directive
96/23/EC. Therefore,
is appropriate to authorise
imports of honey only from third countries which
comply with Directive 96/23/EC,
the
approval of residue plans. Decision 94/278/EC should
be amended accordingly.

concerning

it

(2)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 94/278/EC is amended as follows:

(1) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 290, 12.11.1999, p. 32.
(3) OJ L 120, 11.5.1994, p. 44.
(4) OJ L 286, 23.10.1998, p. 59.
(5) OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 30.
(6) OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 40.
(7) OJ L 125, 25.5.1996, p. 10.

deleted;

— in the Annex, the following is added:

‘Part XIV

List of third countries from which Member States
authorise imports of honey

(AR) Argentina

(AU) Australia

(BG)

(BR)

Bulgaria

Brazil

(CA) Canada

(CL)

Chile

(CN) China

(CU)

Cuba

(CY)

(CZ)

(EE)

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Estonia

(GT) Guatemala

(HR) Croatia

(HU) Hungary

(IL)

(IN)

(LT)

Israel

India

Lithuania

(MT) Malta

(MX) Mexico

(NI)

Nicaragua

(NZ) New Zealand

(RO) Romania

(SI)

(SK)

(SV)

(TR)

Slovenia

Slovakia

El Salvador

Turkey

(US) United States

(UY) Uruguay

(VN) Vietnam’.

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Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 March 2001.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 12 February 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission