2001/518/EC: Commission Decision of 6 July 2001 amending for the fifth time Decision 2001/356/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1791)
Date: 2001-07-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, foot-and-mouth disease, health certificate, health control, meat, meat processing industry

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Official Journal of the European Communities

7.7.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 July 2001

amending for the fifth time Decision 2001/356/EC concerning certain protection measures with
regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom

(notified under document number C(2001) 1791)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/518/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 (1), as last
amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article
10 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
in intra-
December 1989 concerning veterinary checks
Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal
market (3), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC, and in
particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Following the reports of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth
disease in the United Kingdom, the Commission adopted
Decision 2001/356/EC concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom (4), as last amended by Decision 2001/
437/EC (5).

Council Directive 85/511/EEC, as last amended by the
Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, intro-
duces Community measures for the control of foot-and-
mouth disease (6).

In certain cases consolidated loads of large numbers of
various products of animal origin, each of them eligible
for dispatch from the United Kingdom, are consigned
from distribution centres of supermarket retailers in
Great Britain. Currently this requires that each individual
product is accompanied by a certificate or commercial
document as provided for in Decision 2001/356/EC.

(4)

To facilitate the operation of such distribution centres
handling products other than fresh meat, minced meat
it appears appropriate that
and meat preparations

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 125, 5.5.2001, p. 46.
(5) OJ L 154, 9.6.2001, p. 66.
(6) OJ L 315, 26.11.1985, p. 11.

compliance with the requirements of Decision 2001/
356/EC be stated in the commercial document accompa-
nying such consolidated loads endorsed by the attach-
ment of a copy of an official veterinary certificate
confirming that the premises of dispatch has in place a
system to ensure that goods can only be dispatched if
they are traceable to documentary evidence of compli-
ance with Decision 2001/356/EC and that this system
has been audited and found satisfactory.

(5)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

A third paragraph is added to Article 9 of Decision 2001/
356/EC as follows:

‘For products for retail sale to the final consumer,
the
competent authorities of the United Kingdom may authorise
consolidated loads of products other
than fresh meat,
minced meat and meat preparations, each of which is
eligible for dispatch in accordance with this Decision, to be
accompanied by a commercial document endorsed by the
attachment of a copy of an official veterinary certificate
confirming that the premises of dispatch has in place a
system to ensure that goods can only be dispatched if they
are traceable to documentary evidence of compliance with
this Decision and that this system has been audited and
found satisfactory. The verifying certification of the trace-
ability system shall bear a reference to this Decision, shall be
valid for 30 days, shall state the expiry date and shall be
renewable only after the establishment has been audited
with satisfactory results. The competent authorities of the
United Kingdom shall communicate to the other Member
States and the Commission the list of establishments they
have approved in application of these provisions.’

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Member States shall amend the measures which they apply to trade so as to bring them into compliance
with this Decision. They shall

immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 6 July 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission