2001/487/EC: Commission Decision of 18 June 2001 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(2001) 1614)
Date: 2001-06-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, animal product, application of EU law, hormone, third country, veterinary legislation

L 176/68

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29.6.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 June 2001

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(2001) 1614)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/487/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 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon
importation of bovine, ovine, caprine animals and swine, fresh
meat or meat products 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.

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 is 31 March of each year.

Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the
conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provi-
sional 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 Decision 2000/159/EC of 8 February
2000 on the provisional approval of residue plans of
third countries according to Council Directive 96/
23/EC (5),
the third countries which have
submitted a plan, setting out the guarantees which it

indicates

(1) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, 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.
(5) OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 30.

offers as regards the monitoring of the groups of resi-
dues and substances referred to in Annex I 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 clarification. Pending further evaluation,
these third countries may remain listed in the Annex to
Decision 2000/159/EC on the provisional approval of
residue plans of third countries according to Council
Directive 96/23/EC.

Decision 2000/159/EC was first updated by Decision
2001/31/EC (6). A few third countries submitted their
monitoring plans after the adoption of the Decision.
Pending further evaluation, these third countries may be
included in the Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC for the
products concerned.

The situation of some other third countries regarding
monitoring plans for certain species has changed since
the publication of Decision 2001/31/EC. Pending further
evaluation, these third countries may be included in the
Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC for
the products
concerned.

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

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

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

(6) OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 40.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 18 June 2001.

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 Directive 96/23/EC for the animals or primary animal products marked by an ‘X’ in the table.

ANNEX

Swine

Equidae

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 and Barbuda

Albania

Armenia

Netherlands Antilles

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Azerbaijan

Bosnia and 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 (2)

X

X (2)

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X

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

X

X

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ISO2 code

Country

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

Swine

Equidae

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 (2)

X

X (3)

X (3)

X

X (3)

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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ISO2 code

Country

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

Swine

Equidae

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed
game

X

Honey

X

X

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

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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ISO2 code

Country

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

Swine

Equidae

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed
game

Honey

.

.

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NG

NI

NO

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

Norway (7)

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)

St Helena

Slovenia

Slovakia

San Marino (9)

Senegal

Suriname

El Salvador

Syria

Swaziland

Togo

X

X

X

X

X

X

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 (2)

X (2)

X

X

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X

X (2)

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X (2)

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 (8)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

E
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ISO2 code

Country

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

Swine

Equidae

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

YT

YU

ZA

ZM

ZW

Thailand

Turkmenistan

Tunisia

Turkey

Taiwan

Tanzania

Ukraine

Uganda

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Mayotte

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

South Africa

Zambia

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

X

X

X

(1) Initial residue monitoring plan approved by veterinary subgroup EC/Andorra (in accordance with Decision 2/1999 of EC/Andorra Joint Committee of 22 December 1999 (OJ L 315.2.2000).
(2) Only casings.
(3) Exports of live horses for slaughter (food producing animals only).
(4) Third country using only raw material from other approved third countries for food production.
(5) Appropriate denomination still under discussion at UN.
(6) Peninsular (western) Malaysia only.
(7) Monitoring plan approved in accordance with Decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority No 223/96/COL of 4 December 1996 (OJ L 78, 20.3.1997, p. 38).
(8) Only for reindeer from Murmansk region.
(9) Monitoring plan approved in accordance with Decision No 1/94 of the EC-San Marino Cooperation Committee of 28 June 1994 (OJ L 238, 13.9.1994, p. 25).

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