2001/736/EC: Commission Decision of 17 October 2001 amending Decision 1999/283/EC laying down the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries and amending Decision 2000/585/EC laying down animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of wild and farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries, as regards Zimbabwe (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 3109)
Date: 2001-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Zimbabwe, game meat, health certificate, import, pigmeat, rabbit meat

L 275/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

18.10.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 October 2001

amending Decision 1999/283/EC laying down the animal health conditions and veterinary certi-
fication for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries and amending Decision 2000/585/
EC laying down animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of wild and
farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries, as regards Zimbabwe

(notified under document number C(2001) 3109)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/736/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 Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 (2), and in
particular Article 14(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992
concerning public health and animal health problems relating
to the killing of wild game and the placing on the market of
wild game meat (3), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (4),
and in particular Article 16(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17
December 1992 laying down animal health and public health
requirements governing trade
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 regards pathogens, to
Directive 90/425/EEC (5), as last amended by Commission
Decision 1999/724/EC (6), and in particular Article 10(3)
thereof,

in and imports

Whereas:

(1)

The animal health conditions and veterinary certificates
for imports of fresh meat from certain Africain countries
are laid down by Commission Decision 1999/283/EC (7),
as last amended by Decision 2001/601/EC (8).

(2)

The animal health conditions and veterinary certificates
for imports of game meat are laid down by Commission

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 35.
(4) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(5) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(6) OJ L 290, 12.11.1999, p. 32.
(7) OJ L 110, 28.4.1999, p. 16.
(8) OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 58.

Decision 2000/585/EC (9), as last amended by Decision
2001/640/EC (10).

foot-and-mouth disease has been
An outbreak of
reported in the EC approved free area in Zimbabwe on
17 August 2001.

Until such time as it can be guaranteed that the veter-
inary situation is fully under control and in order to
safeguard the animal health situation of the Community,
it is necessary, to suspend the approval of imports into
the Community of fresh meat including game meat from
Zimbabwe.

Member States shall authorise imports from Zimbabwe
of de-boned fresh meat, excluding game meat, produced
before 17 August 2001 and certified in accordance with
the conditions laid down in Decision 1999/283/EC.

Decisions 1999/283/EC and 2000/585/EC must be
amended accordingly.

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

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II to Decision 1999/283/EC is replaced by Annex

1.
I to this Decision.

Annex II to Decision 2000/585/EC is replaced by Annex

2.
II to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 11 September 2001.

(9) OJ L 251, 6.10.2000, p. 1.
(10) OJ L 223, 18.8.2001, p. 28.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 275/33

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 17 October 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

‘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

Morocco

Madagascar

Namibia

Swaziland

South Africa

Zimbabwe (3)

BW

BW-01

MA

MG

NA

NA-01

SZ

SZ-01

ZA

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 fulfilled: The letters (A, B, C, D) appearing on the table refer 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 on the tables are referring 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 section V of each model of certificate laid down in Annex III.

(3) Meat produced from animals slaughtered before the 17 August 2001 can only be imported into the Community.’

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‘ANNEX II

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ANIMAL HEALTH GUARANTEES TO BE REQUESTED ON CERTIFICATION OF WILD AND FARMED GAME MEAT AND RABBIT MEAT

Country

Code
of territory

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Cloven-hoofed game,
excluding wild swine

Wild swine

Game birds

Wild solipeds

Leporidae
(rabbit and hare)

Wild

Domestic
Rabbit

Other wild
landmammals

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

BW Botswana

CA

CH

CL

CY

CZ

Canada

Switzerland

Chile

Cyprus

Czech Republic

EE

GL

Estonia

Greenland

HR

Croatia

AR

AU

BG

BG1

BG2

BG3

BR

BR1

BW

BW1

CA

CH

CL

CY

CZ

CZ1

CZ2

EE

GL

HR

—

A

—

A

A

—

—

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

9

1, 2

9

9

9

—

F

—

F

F

—

—

—

—

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

2, 3

9

9

9

—

J

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

J

J

—

J

—

J

—

—

—

—

—

G

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

G

G

—

G

G

G

G

—

—

—

6

8

8

8

8

8

—

D

D

D

D

D

—

D

—

—

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

—

D

D

I

I

I

I

I

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

C

C

C

C

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

—

E

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

E

—

—

—

—

—

—

E

E

—

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Code
of territory

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Cloven-hoofed game,
excluding wild swine

Wild swine

Game birds

Wild solipeds

Leporidae
(rabbit and hare)

Wild

Domestic
Rabbit

Other wild
landmammals

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)

HU

Hungary

IL

LT

LV

Israel

Lithuania

Latvia

NA

Namibia

NC

New Caledonia

NZ

New Zealand

PL

Poland

RO

Romania

RU

Russia

SL

SK

SZ

TH

TN

US

Slovenia

Slovak Republic

Swaziland

Thailand

Tunisia

United States of
America

UY

Uruguay

ZA

South Africa

HU

IL

LT

LV

NA

NA1

NC

NZ

PL

RO

RU

RU-1

SL

SK

SZ

SZ-1

TH

TN

US

UY

ZA

ZA-1

7

—

9

9

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

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

J

—

—

—

2, 3

—

5

2, 3

2, 3

1, 2

9

—

1, 2

9

1, 2

G

—

—

—

—

—

—

G

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

G

—

—

—

8

8

8

8

D

D

D

—

—

—

—

D

D

D

—

—

D

D

—

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—

D

D

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—

I

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—

—

—

—

B

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

B

—

—

—

—

B

B

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

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H

H

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Country

Code
of territory

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Cloven-hoofed game,
excluding wild swine

Wild swine

Game birds

Wild solipeds

Leporidae
(rabbit and hare)

Wild

Domestic
Rabbit

Other wild
landmammals

MC (1)

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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)

ZW Zimbabwe

ZW

ZW-1

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

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

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

C

C

C

H

H

H

—

—

—

—

(1) MC: model certificate to be completed. The letters (A, B, C, D, etc.) appearing in the table refer to the models of animal 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.’

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