2001/794/EC: Commission Decision of 9 November 2001 amending Decision 97/222/EC as regards imports of meat products from Argentina and Tunisia (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 3411)
Date: 2001-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: health certificate, health legislation, import, meat product, originating product, third country

L 297/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15.11.2001

amending Decision 97/222/EC as regards imports of meat products from Argentina and Tunisia

COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 November 2001

(notified under document number C(2001) 3411)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/794/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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 21a thereof,

(6)

(7)

An inspection carried out in October 2000 in Tunisia by
the Commission's services has shown that the animal
health status of the poultry sector and its control are
satisfactory. As a result of this mission Tunisia shall be
authorised to export meat products of domestic poultry
and farmed feathered game to the Community.

Decision 97/222/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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 II of the Annex to Decision 97/222/EC is replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply for imports of meat products as
certified from 1 November 2001.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 9 November 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Decision 97/222/EC of 28 February 1997
laying down the list of third countries from which the
Member States authorise the importation of meat prod-
ucts (3), as last amended by Decision 2000/338/EC (4),
lays down the list of third countries from which Member
States authorise the importation of meat products.

To prevent
the introduction of pathogens liable to
endanger the Community's animal health status different
treatments are required for imported meat products by
Decision 97/222/EC.

The specific conditions for the treatment are dependent
on the species from which meat products are obtained
and on the corresponding animal health situation in the
third country concerned, as indicated in Part II of the
Annex to Decision 97/222/EC by a coded reference to
the different treatments provided for in Part IV of the
same Annex.

Improvements in the animal health situation concerning
poultry of Argentina allow certain modifications to the
kind of treatment required for the importation of meat
products into the Community.

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 39.
(4) OJ L 117, 18.5.2000, p. 32.

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‘PART II

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Third countries or parts thereof from which meat products are authorised for importation into the European Community

ISO
code

Country of origin or part
thereof

1. Domestic
bovine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(excluding
swine)

Domestic
ovine/caprine

1. Domestic
porcine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(swine)

Domestic
soliped

1. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed

feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit
and farmed
leporidae

Wild
cloven-hoofed
game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine

Wild soliped Wild leporidae
(rabbits and
hares)

Wild game
birds

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

AR

Argentina (1)

AU

Australia

BG

Bulgaria BG

Bulgaria BG-1

Bulgaria BG-2

Bulgaria BG-3

BH

Bahrain

BR

Brazil

Brazil BR-1

BW Botswana

BY

Belarus

CA

Canada

CH

Switzerland

CL

Chile

CN

People's Republic of China

CO

Colombia

CY

Cyprus

C

A

D

A

A

D

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

B

B

B

C

C

A

D

A

A

D

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

B

B

B

C

C

A

D

D

D

D

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

B

B

B

C

A

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Country of origin or part
thereof

1. Domestic
bovine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(excluding
swine)

Domestic
ovine/caprine

1. Domestic
porcine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(swine)

Domestic
soliped

1. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed

feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit
and farmed
leporidae

Wild
cloven-hoofed
game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine

Wild soliped Wild leporidae
(rabbits and
hares)

Wild game
birds

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

CZ

Czech Republic CZ

Czech Republic CZ-1

Czech Republic CZ-2

EE

ET

Estonia

Ethiopia

GR

Greenland

HK

Hong Kong

HR

Croatia

HU

Hungary

IL

IN

IS

Israel

India

Iceland

KE

Kenya

KR

Korea

LI

Lithuania

LV

Latvia

MA

Morocco

MG

Madagascar

MK

Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia

A

A

A

C

B

—

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

A

A

A

C

B

—

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

A

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C

C

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thereof

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bovine
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hoofed
game
(excluding
swine)

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ovine/caprine

1. Domestic
porcine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(swine)

Domestic
soliped

1. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed

feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit
and farmed
leporidae

Wild
cloven-hoofed
game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine

Wild soliped Wild leporidae
(rabbits and
hares)

Wild game
birds

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

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MT

Malta

MU

Mauritius

MX

Mexico

MY

Malaysia MY

Malaysia MY-1

NA

Namibia (1)

NZ

New Zealand

PL

PY

Poland

Paraguay

RO

Romania

RU

Russia

SG

Singapore

SI

Slovenia

SK

SZ

Slovakia

Swaziland

TH

Thailand

TN

Tunisia

TR

Turkey

UA

Ukraine

—

B

A

—

—

B

A

A

C

A

C

B

A

A

B

B

C

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B

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code

Country of origin or part
thereof

1. Domestic
bovine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(excluding
swine)

Domestic
ovine/caprine

1. Domestic
porcine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(swine)

Domestic
soliped

1. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed

feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit
and farmed
leporidae

Wild
cloven-hoofed
game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine

Wild soliped Wild leporidae
(rabbits and
hares)

Wild game
birds

US

UY

YU

United States of America

Uruguay

Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia YU

Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia YU-1

Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia YU-2

ZA

South Africa (1)

ZW Zimbabwe (1)

A

A

D

A

D

C

C

A

A

D

A

D

C

C

A

B

D

D

D

C

B

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

(1) See Part III for minimum treatment requirements for pasteurised meat products and biltong.’

A

D

D

D

D

D

D

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

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C

A

C

C

B

A

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C

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C

C

B

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

D

—

—

—

D

D

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

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