2001/700/EC: Commission Decision of 17 September 2001 amending Decision 94/278/EC drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC, with respect to imports of honey (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2666)
Date: 2001-09-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: honey, import, third country

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 September 2001

amending Decision 94/278/EC drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States
authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC, with respect to
imports of honey

(notified under document number C(2001) 2666)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/700/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

residue plans of third countries according to Directive
96/23/EC.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17
December 1992 laying down animal health and public health
requirements governing trade and imports into the Community
of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in
specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive
89/662/EEC and, as
to Directive 90/
425/EEC (1), as last amended by Commission Decision 1999/
724/EC (2), and in particular Article 10(2)(a) thereof,

regards pathogens,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Part XIV of Annex to Commission Decision 94/
278/EC (3), as last amended by Decision 2001/158/
EC (4), draws up a list of third countries form which
Member States authorise imports of honey.

Poland and Zambia have submitted a plan as regards
honey, setting out guarantees as regards the monitoring
of the groups of residues and substances referred to in
Annex 1 of Council Directive 96/23/EC (5) and have
been added to the Annex to Commission Decision
2000/159/EC (6)
amended by Commission
Decision 2001/478/EC (7) on the provisional approval of

last

as

(1) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 290, 12.11.1999, p. 32.
(3) OJ L 120, 11.5.1994, p. 44.
(4) OJ L 57, 27.2.2001, p. 52.
(5) OJ L 125, 25.5.1996, p. 10.
(6) OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 30.
(7) OJ L 176, 29.6.2001, p. 68.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Moldova has submitted a plan which, as regards honey,
establishes
the
monitoring of the groups of residues and substances
referred to in Annex 1 to Directive 96/23/EC.

concerning

guarantees

sufficient

Monitoring plan for
approved in accordance with Decision of
Surveillance Authority No 223/96/COL (8).

residues of Norway has been
the EFTA

Monitoring plan for residues of San Marino has been
approved in accordance with Decision No 1/94 of the
EC-San Marino Cooperation Committee (9).

Decision 94/278/EC should be amended to authorise
imports of honey from those third countries, which
comply with Directive 96/23/EC,
the
approval of residues plan for that product.

concerning

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Part XIV of
replaced by the Annex to the present Decision.

the Annex to Decision 94/278/EC is hereby

(8) OJ L 78, 20.3.1997, p. 38.
(9) OJ L 238, 13.9.1994, p. 25.

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This Decision shall apply from 1 September 2001.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 17 September 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

PART XIV

List of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of honey

(AR) Argentina

(AU) Australia

(BG) Bulgaria

(BR) Brazil

(CA) Canada

(CL) Chile

(CN) China

(CU) Cuba

(CY) Cyprus

(CZ) Czech Republic

(EE) Estonia

(GT) Guatemala

(HR) Croatia

(HU) Hungary

(IL)

Israel

(IN)

India

(LT) Lithuania

(MT) Malta

(MX) Mexico

(MD) Moldova

(NI) Nicaragua

(NZ) New Zealand

(NO) Norway (1)

(PL) Poland

(RO) Romania

(SI)

Slovenia

(SK) Slovakia

(SM) San Marino (2)

(SV) El Salvador

(TR) Turkey

(US) United States of America

(UY) Uruguay

(VN) Vietnam

(ZM) Zambia

(1) Approved in accordance with Decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority No 223/96/COL of 4 December 1996.
(2) Approved in accordance with Decision No 1/94 of the EC-San Marino Cooperation Committee of 28 June 1994.