2001/661/EC: Commission Decision of 7 August 2001 amending Decision 1999/283/EC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries to take account of the animal health situation in South Africa and Swaziland (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2481)
Date: 2001-08-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Africa, fresh meat, health certificate, health control, import, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 August 2001

amending Decision 1999/283/EC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certi-
fication for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries to take account of the animal
health situation in South Africa and Swaziland

(notified under document number C(2001) 2481)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/661/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems
on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and
swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as
last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (2), in particular Articles
15 and 22 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The animal health conditions and veterinary certification
for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries
are laid down by Commission Decision 1999/283/EC (3),
as last amended by Decision 2001/601/EC (4).

Following outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in parts
of
the free territory of South Africa, Commission
Decision 2001/164/EC (5) was adopted, further regional-
ising the country.

competent

The
authorities of South Africa have
provided sufficient guarantees with regard to the meas-
ures taken to control
the movement of animals of
susceptible species within and out of the surveillance
and vaccination control areas.

It is therefore possible to redefine the territory of South
Africa from which imports into the Community of fresh
meat are authorised.

On 22 December 2000 outbreaks of foot-and-mouth
disease were confirmed in Swaziland in the previously
free region and vaccination was carried out; in conse-
quence, imports into the Community of fresh meat from
Swaziland were suspended by Commission Decision
2001/297/EC (6).

The competent authorities of Swaziland have provided
sufficient guarantees with regard to the measures taken
the movement of animals of susceptible
to control

species within and out of the surveillance and vaccina-
tion control areas.

It is therefore possible to redefine the territory of Swazi-
land from which imports of
into the
Community are authorised, and to re-establish the rele-
vant model of certificate and supplementary guarantees
required from Swaziland in the table of Annex II.

fresh meat

Decision 1999/283/EC must be amended accordingly.

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

(7)

(8)

(9)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Decision 1999/283/EC are replaced by the
Annexes to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply to meat of animals slaughtered after
15 August 2001.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 August 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 110, 28.4.1999, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 58.
(5) OJ L 58, 28.2.2001, p. 40.
(6) OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 40.

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX I

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

Country

Code of territory

Version

Description of territory

BOTSWANA

BW

01/99

The whole country

BW-01

01/99

Veterinary disease control zones, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
14 and 18

MOROCCO

MADAGASCAR

NAMIBIA

MA

MG

NA

01/99

The whole country

01/99

The whole country

01/99

The whole country

NA-01

01/00

South of the cordon fences which extend from Palgrave Point
in the west to Gam in the east

SWAZILAND

SZ

01/99

The whole country

SZ-01

01/01

Area west of the “red line” fences which extends northwards
from the river Usutu to the frontier with South Africa west of
Nkalashane and excluding the veterinary foot-and-mouth
suveillance and vaccination control areas gazetted as a statu-
tory instrument under legal notice No 51 of 2001

SOUTH AFRICA

ZA

01/99

The whole country

ZA-01

03/01

Republic of South Africa excluding:

— the part of the foot-and-mouth disease control area situ-
ated in the veterinary regions of Mpumalanga and
Northern provinces, in the district of Ingwavuma of the
veterinary region of Natal and in the border area with
Botswana east of longitude 28°,

and

— the district of Camperdown, in the province of KwaZulu-

Natal

ZIMBABWE

ZW

01/99

The whole country

ZW-01

01/99

Veterinary regions of Mashonaland West province, Mashona-
land East province (including Chikomba district), Mashonaland
Central province, Manicaland province (including only Makoni
district), Midlands province
(including only the Gweru,
Kwekwe, Shurugwi, Chirimanzu and Zvishavane districts),
Masvingo province (including only the districts of Gutu and
Masvingo), Matabeleland South province (including only the
Insiza, Bullimamangwe, Umzingwamange, Gwanda and West
Nicholson
province
(including only the districts of Bubi and Umgusa)’

and Matabeleland

districts)

north

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX II

MODELS OF ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATES TO BE REQUESTED

Fresh meat for human consumption

Country

Code

Bovine

Swine

Ovine/Caprine

Solipeds

MC (1)

SG (2)

MC (1)

SG (2)

MC (1)

SG (2)

MC (1)

SG (2)

Fresh meat intended
for purposes other
than human
consumption

BOTSWANA

BW

MOROCCO

MADAGASCAR

NAMIBIA

SWAZILAND

BW-01

MA

MG

NA

NA-01

SZ

SZ-01

SOUTH AFRICA

ZA

ZIMBABWE

ZA-01

ZW

ZW-01

—

A

—

—

—

A

—

A

—

A

—

A

a

a

a

a

a, c

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

C

—

—

—

C

—

—

—

C

—

—

a

a

a

D

D

D

—

D

D

D

D

D

D

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1) MC: Model of certificate to be completed: The letters (A, B, C, D) appearing on the tables are referring to the models of animal health guarantees as described in Annex III,

to be applied for each product category in accordance with Article 2 of this Decision; a dash “—” indicates that imports are not authorised.

(2) SG: Supplementary guarantees. The letters (a, b, c, d) appearing in the tables refer to the supplementary guarantees to be provided by the exporting country as described in
Annex IV. These supplementary guarantees must be inserted by the exporting country in the section V of each model of certificate laid down in Annex III.’