2001/659/EC: Commission Decision of 6 August 2001 amending Decision 94/984/EC as regards the importation of fresh poultry meat from Brazil (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2469)
Date: 2001-08-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Brazil, fresh meat, health certificate, import, poultrymeat

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 August 2001

amending Decision 94/984/EC as regards the importation of fresh poultry meat from Brazil

(notified under document number C(2001) 2469)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/659/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/494/EEC of 26 June
1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in and imports from third countries of fresh poultry
meat (1), as last amended by Directive 1999/89/EC (2), and in
particular Articles 11 and 12 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Decision 94/984/EC of 20 December 1994
laying down animal health conditions and veterinary
certificates for the importation of fresh poultry meat
from certain third countries (3), as last amended by
Decision 2001/598/EC (4), provides for veterinary certi-
ficates containing two different health attestations,
model A and model B, their use depending on the
Newcastle disease situation in the country concerned.

Certain regions of Brazil are entitled to use the model A
certificate for the exportation of poultry meat to the
Community.

Outbreaks of Newcastle disease have affected some non-
commercial poultry flocks in the State of Goiás. There-
fore this region of Brazil which is authorised to export
fresh poultry meat to the Community is no longer free
of Newcastle disease.

An inspection carried out by the Commission's services
in Brazil in October 2000 to assess the animal health
situation and the additional information received from

the Brazilian authorities have shown that their disease
control measures for outbreaks of Newcastle disease are
equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 92/
66/EEC of 14 July 1992 introducing Community meas-
ures for the control of Newcastle disease (5), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland
and Sweden.

It is appropriate on this basis to continue to allow the
importation of
from this region.
Health attestation model A should therefore be
amended.

fresh poultry meat

It is appropriate to restrict the scope of this Decision to
poultry species
covered by Council Directive 71/
118/EEC of 15 February 1971 on health problems
affecting trade in fresh poultry meat (6), as last amended
by Directive 97/79/EC (7), and, if necessary, to lay down
the animal health conditions and veterinary certification
for other poultry species in a separate Decision.

(5)

(6)

(7)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II part 2 model A to Decision 94/984/EC is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 35.
(2) OJ L 300, 23.11.1999, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 378, 21.12.1994, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 37.

(5) OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 55, 8.3.1971, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.

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This Decision shall apply to fresh poultry meat certified as from 1 September 2001.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 6 August 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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