2001/731/EC: Commission Decision of 16 October 2001 amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC drawing up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products, in particular in relation to New Caledonia and the Islands of St Pierre and Miquelon (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 3080)
Date: 2001-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: New Caledonia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, fresh meat, import, live animal, meat product

L 274/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17.10.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 October 2001

amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC drawing up a list of third countries from which the
Member States authorise imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat
and meat products, in particular in relation to New Caledonia and the Islands of St Pierre and
Miquelon

(notified under document number C(2001) 3080)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/731/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
upon 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), and in particular
Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Council Decision 79/542/EEC (3), as last amended by
Commission Decision 2001/117/EC (4), draws up a list
of
from which the Member States
authorise imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae,
sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products.

third countries

It is opportune to clarify, with regard to the listing of
countries in relation to the different species of
live
animals covered by the Decision, that the authorisation
to import is conditional upon the existence for these
countries and for such live animals of Community
harmonised health conditions and veterinary certi-
fication, laid down in Community legislation under the
provisions of Articles 8 and 11 of Council Directive
72/462/EEC. Therefore, it is necessary for transparency
that only imports from those countries where harmo-
nised rules have been laid down shall be mentioned in
part 1 of the Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC as being
authorised.

Following Community veterinary missions,
it appears
that New Caledonia and the Islands of St Pierre and
Miquelon are covered by sufficiently well-structured and
organised veterinary services.

New Caledonia has during the last 12 months been free
from foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest; no vaccina-
tions have been carried out against any of these diseases
for the past 12 months, and the importation of animals
vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease is forbidden.

New Caledonia can be included on the list of third
countries from which Member States authorise the
imports of meat from wild animals and can also be

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 43, 14.2.2001, p. 38.

listed for fresh meat and meat products of bovine
animals.

The equine health situation is satisfactorily controlled by
the veterinary services of St Pierre and Miquelon and, in
particular, the country has been free from African horse
sickness and Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis for
more than two years, and from dourine and glanders for
more than six months.

St Pierre and Miquelon can be listed for equidae.

Since the adoption of Commission Decision 2001/
611/EC of 20 July 2001 amending Decision 92/160/EEC
with regard to the regionalisation of Mexico, amending
Decisions 92/260/EEC, 93/195/EEC, 93/196/EEC and
93/197/EEC with regard to imports of equidae from
Mexico and repealing Decisions 95/392/EC and 96/
486/EC (5), Member States may again authorise imports
of certain categories of equidae from certain areas in
Mexico. However, a reference to the regionalisation and
to the prohibition on imports of equidae for slaughter
was omitted in Decision 79/542/EEC, and this should be
clarified.

Countries appearing in the list being identified according
to the ISO codes used by the Community legislation for
the nomenclature of countries and territories for the
external
the provisional status of such codes
should be specified whenever appropriate.

trade,

The Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC should be amended
accordingly.

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

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Part 1 of the Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC is replaced by the
Annex to this Decision.

(5) OJ L 214, 8.8.2001, p. 49.

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This Decision shall apply from 20 October 2001.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 16 October 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

Imports shall fulfil the appropriate animal and public health requirements.

Live animals, fresh meat and meat products

ANNEX

‘ANNEX

PART 1

ISO code

Country or territory

Fresh meat and meat products
Domestic

Fresh meat
Wild

Live animals

Animal health

AL

AR

AU

BA

BG

BH

BR

BW

BY

BZ

CA

CH

CL

CN

CO

CR

CU

CY

Albania

Argentina

Australia

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Bahrain

Brazil

Botswana

Belarus

Belize

Canada

Switzerland

Chile

People's Republic of China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cyprus

B

O

X

X

X

X

O

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

O

X

X

X

X

S/G

X

X

X

X

X

O

X

X

X

O

X

X

X

O

O

O

O

X

P

X

O

X

X

X

O

O

O

X

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X

X

X

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O

X

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X

X

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X

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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

CH

O

X

X

X

X

O

O

X

X

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X

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O

X

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X

X

X

X

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X

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X

X

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X

X

X

X

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B

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O

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O

O

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X

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X

O

X

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X

X

X

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O

O

O

X

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Meat products

Live animal

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(1)

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(3)

(3)

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CZ

DZ

EE

ET

FK

GL

GT

HK

HN

HR

HU

IL

IN

IS

KE

LT

LV

MA

MG

Czech Republic

Algeria

Estonia

Ethiopia

Falkland Islands

Greenland

Guatemala

Hong Kong

Honduras

Croatia

Hungary

Israel

India

Iceland

Kenya

Lithuania

Latvia

Morocco

Madagascar

MK (7)

Former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia

B

X

O

X

O

X

X

X

O

X

X

X

O

O

X

O

X

X

O

X

O

S/G

X

O

X

O

X

X

O

O

O

X

X

O

O

X

O

X

X

O

X

X

P

X

O

X

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O

O

O

O

O

X

X

O

O

X

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X

X

O

O

O

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X

O

X

O

X

X

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O

X

X

X

X

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X

O

X

X

X

X

X

CH

X

O

X

O

X

X

O

O

O

X

X

O

O

X

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X

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O

O

O

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X

O

X

O

X

X

X

O

X

X

X

X

O

X

O

X

X

X

X

X

B

X

O

X

O

O

O

O

O

O

X

X

O

O

X

O

X

X

O

O

O

S/G

X

O

X

O

O

X

O

O

O

X

X

O

O

X

O

X

X

O

O

O

P

X

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

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O

O

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X

X

X

O

X

X

O

O

O

X

X

X

O

X

O

X

X

X

O

X

Fresh meat

Meat products

Live animal

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

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Fresh meat and meat products
Domestic

Fresh meat
Wild

Live animals

Animal health

MT

MU

MX

NA

NC

NI

NZ

PA

PL

PM

PY

RO

RU

SG

SI

SK

SV

SZ

TH

TN

TR

UA

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Namibia

New Caledonia

Nicaragua

New Zealand

Panama

Poland

St Pierre and Miquelon

Paraguay

Romania

Russia

Singapore

Slovenia

Slovak Republic

El Salvador

Swaziland

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

B

X

O

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

O

X

X

X

O

X

X

X

X

O

O

O

O

S/G

O

O

O

X

O

O

X

O

X

O

X

X

X

O

X

X

X

O

O

O

O

O

P

X

O

O

O

O

O

X

O

X

O

O

X

X

O

X

X

O

O

O

O

O

O

E

X

O

X

X

O

X

X

X

X

O

X

X

X

O

X

X

X

X

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O

X

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CH

O

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X

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X

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X

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X

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O

O

O

O

X

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X

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X

O

O

O

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O

S/G

X

O

O

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O

O

X

O

X

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X

X

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O

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O

O

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O

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X

X

O

O

O

X

O

X

X

X

X

X

O

X

X

O

O

O

X

O

X

Fresh meat

Meat products

Live animal

(5) (8)

(5)

(1) (2)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1) (2)

(1)

(1)

(1) (2)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3) (4)

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Country or territory

US

UY

YU

ZA

ZW

United States of America

Uruguay

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Fresh meat and meat products
Domestic

Fresh meat
Wild

Live animals

Animal health

B

X

X

X

X

X

S/G

X

X

X

X

O

P

X

O

X

X

O

E

X

X

X

X

O

CH

X

X

X

X

X

E

X

X

X

X

X

B

O

O

O

O

O

S/G

O

O

O

O

O

P

O

O

O

O

O

E

X

X

X

X

O

Fresh meat

Meat products

Live animal

(1)

(1) (2)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(5)

= Bovines (including buffalo and bisson)

= Pigs
= Equidae

B
S/G = Sheep/goats
P
E
CH = Clovenhoofed animals
X
= Authorised
O = Unauthorised

special remarks

(1) Excluding meat of wild swine.
(2) Excluding bone-in meat and offal.
(3) Notwithstanding the restrictions in the above list, meat products which have undergone heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container to a Fo value of 3 or more are authorised.
(4) Notwithstanding the restrictions in the above list, meat products which have been treated to a centre temperature of at least 80 °C are authorised.
(5) Member States shall only import equidae in accordance with Commission Decision 92/160/EEC establishing the regionalisation.
(6)
(7) Provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the negotiations currently taking place in the United Nations.
(8)

Imports of live bovine animals are restricted to animals intended for reproduction and to veal calves aged under two weeks intended for fattening.

Imports of equidae for slaughter are not allowed.’

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