2001/640/EC: Commission Decision of 2 August 2001 amending Decision 2000/585/EC as regards imports of wild and farmed game meat and rabbit meat from Argentina, New Caledonia and Uruguay (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2455)
Date: 2001-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, New Caledonia, Uruguay, game meat, import, rabbit meat

L 223/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

18.8.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 2 August 2001

amending Decision 2000/585/EC as regards imports of wild and farmed game meat and rabbit meat
from Argentina, New Caledonia and Uruguay

(notified under document number C(2001) 2455)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/640/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992
on public health and animal health problems relating to the
killing of wild game and the placing on the market of wild
game meat (1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (2), and
in particular Article 16(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The animal and public health conditions and veterinary
certifications for import of wild and farmed game meat
and rabbit meat from third countries are laid down in
Commission Decision 2000/585/EC (3).

the
Imports of such meat must
different epidemiological
in the countries
concerned, and indeed in the different parts of their
territories.

take into account

situations

Following a Commission mission and information
received from the competent veterinary authorities, New
Caledonia can be authorised for imports of wild game
meat into the Community.

Following changes in the animal health situation in
Argentina and Uruguay and consequent amendments to
Commission Decision 93/402/EEC of 11 June 1993
concerning animal health conditions and veterinary
certification for imports of fresh meat from South Amer-
ican countries (4), as last amended by Decision 2000/

401/EC (5), it is necessary to make similar changes for
these countries for imports of meat from cloven-hoofed
game.

Decision 2000/585/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures adopted in the present Decision will be
reviewed in the light of the evolution of the situation.

The measures provided for in this decision are in accord-
ance with the opinion of
the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

(5)

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II of Decision 2000/585/EC are amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 2 August 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 35.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 251, 6.10.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 179, 22.7.1993, p. 11.

(5) OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 49.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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Annexes I and II are replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

DESCRIPTION OF TERRITORIES OF CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES ESTABLISHED FOR ANIMAL HEALTH
CERTIFICATION PURPOSES

Country

Code of territory

Version

Description of territory

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision 98/371/EC (1) (as
last amended)

As described in Annex I of Decision 98/371/EC (as last amended)

As described in Annex I of Decision 98/371/EC (as last amended)

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision 94/984/EC (2) (as
last amended)

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision 1999/283/EC (3) (as
last amended)

As described in Annex I of Decision 98/371/EC (as last amended)

As described in Annex I of Decision 98/371/EC (as last amended)

As described in Annex I of Decision 1999/283/EC (as last amended)

01/99

The region of Murmansk (Murmanskaya oblast)

—

—

—

As described in Annex I of Decision 1999/283/EC (as last amended)

As described in Annex I of Decision 1999/283/EC (as last amended)

As described in Annex I of Decision 1999/283/EC (as last amended)

The whole country

Bulgaria

Brazil

BG-1

BG-2

BG-3

BR-1

Botswana

BW-01

Czech
Republic

Namibia

Russia

Swaziland

CZ-1

CZ-2

NA-01

RU-1

SZ-01

South Africa

ZA-01

Zimbabwe

ZW-01

Any country
appearing in
the first
column of
Annex II

ISO-code as
indicated in
the first
column of
Annex II

(1) OJ L 170, 29.5.1998, p 16.
(2) OJ L 378, 31.12.1994, p 11.
(3) OJ L 110, 12.4.1999, p 16.

Animal health guarantees to be requested on certification of wild and farmed game meat and rabbit meat

ANNEX II

Country

Code of territory

Cloven-hoofed game, excluding wild
swine

Wild swine

Game birds

Wild solipeds

Leporidae
(rabbit and hare)

Other wild land-
mammals

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Domestic rabbit

MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2)

AR

AU

BG

Argentina

Australia

Bulgaria

BR

Brazil

AR

AU

BG

BG-1

BG-2

BG-3

BR

BR-1

BW

Botswana

BW

CA

CH

CL

CY

Canada

Switzerland

Chile

Cyprus

BW-01

CA

CH

CL

CY

—

A

—

A

A

—

—

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

—

F

—

F

F

—

—

—

—

F

F

F

F

F

9

1, 2

9

9

9

2, 3

—

J

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

J

J

—

J

—

G

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

G

G

—

G

9

9

9

—

D

D

D

D

D

—

D

—

—

D

D

D

D

8

8

8

8

8

I

I

I

I

I

I

—

I

—

—

I

I

I

I

6

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

B

—

—

—

—

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

—

E

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

E

—

—

—

L

2
2
3
/
3
0

E
N

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
u
r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

E
u
r
o
p
e
a
n
C
o
m
m
u
n
i
t
i
e
s

.

.

1
8
8
2
0
0
1

Country

Code of territory

Cloven-hoofed game, excluding wild
swine

Wild swine

Game birds

Wild solipeds

Leporidae
(rabbit and hare)

Other wild land-
mammals

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Domestic rabbit

MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2)

CZ

Czech
Republic

EE

GL

HR

HU

IL

LI

LV

NA

Estonia

Greenland

Croatia

Hungary

Israel

Lithuania

Latvia

Namibia

NC

New Caledonia

NZ

New Zealand

PL

RO

Poland

Romania

CZ

CZ-1

CZ-2

EE

GL

HR

HU

IL

LI

LV

NA

NA-01

NC

NZ

PL

RO

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

A

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

—

F

F

—

F

F

F

F

F

—

J

—

—

—

—

J

—

—

—

—

2, 3

—

—

J

—

—

7

—

9

G

G

G

—

—

—

G

—

—

—

—

—

—

G

—

—

1, 2

9

D

D

D

—

D

D

D

D

D

—

—

—

—

D

D

D

8

8

I

I

I

—

—

I

I

I

I

—

—

—

—

I

I

I

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

B

—

—

—

—

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

—

—

—

E

E

—

—

—

E

E

—

—

—

E

—

E

.

.

1
8
8
2
0
0
1

E
N

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
u
r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

E
u
r
o
p
e
a
n
C
o
m
m
u
n
i
t
i
e
s

L

2
2
3
/
3
1

Country

Code of territory

Cloven-hoofed game, excluding wild
swine

Wild swine

Game birds

Wild solipeds

Leporidae
(rabbit and hare)

Other wild land-
mammals

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Domestic rabbit

MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2)

RU

Russia

SL

SK

SZ

TH

TN

US

UY

ZA

Slovenia

Slovak Republic

Swaziland

Thailand

Tunisia

United States of
America

Uruguay

South Africa

RU

RU-1

SL

SK

SZ

SZ-01

TH

TN

US

UY

ZA

ZA-01

ZW

Zimbabwe

ZW

ZW-01

Third countries, other than those above,
appearing on the list of the first part of the
Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC as last
amended

—

—

A

A

—

A

—

—

A

—

—

A

—

A

—

F

F

F

—

F

—

—

F

—

—

F

—

F

—

5

2, 3

2, 3

2, 3

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

J

—

—

—

—

—

—

1, 2

9

1, 2

1, 2

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

G

—

—

—

—

—

9

—

—

D

D

—

—

—

D

D

—

—

—

8

8

—

—

—

6

—

—

B

B

—

—

—

—

B

B

I

I

—

—

I

—

I

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

E

E

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1) MC: model certificate to be completed. The letters (A, B, C, D, etc.) appearing in the tables refer to the models of animal health guarantees, as described in Annex III to the present Decision, to be applied for each category of fresh meat and

origin in accordance with Article 2 of this Decision. A dash “—” indicates that imports are not authorised.

(2) SC: specific conditions. The numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) appearing in the table refer to the special conditions to be provided by the exporting country as described in Annex IV. These supplementary guarantees must be inserted by the exporting

country in section V of each model of certificate set down in Annex III.’

L

2
2
3
/
3
2

E
N

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
u
r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

E
u
r
o
p
e
a
n
C
o
m
m
u
n
i
t
i
e
s

.

.

1
8
8
2
0
0
1