2001/826/EC: Commission Decision of 23 November 2001 amending Decision 97/365/EC drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States authorise imports of meat products (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 3701)
Date: 2001-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lithuania, import, import policy, meat product, originating product

27.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 308/37

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 November 2001

amending Decision 97/365/EC drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from
which Member States authorise imports of meat products

(notified under document number C(2001) 3701)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/826/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EEC on 22 June
1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period,
lists of third country establishments from which
provisional
Member States are authorised to import certain products of
animal origin, fishery products or live bi-valve molluscs (1), as
last amended by Council Decision 2001/4/EC (2) and in partic-
ular Article 2(1) thereof,

(6)

(7)

The Commission has received from Lithuania a list of
meat product establishments, with guarantees that they
fully meet the appropriate Community health require-
ments and that should an establishment fail to do so, its
export activities to the European Community would be
suspended.

A provisional
products may be drawn up in respect of Lithuania.

list of establishments producing meat

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text in the Annex to this Decision is added in the Annex to
Commission Decision 97/365/EC.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 November 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Decision 97/222/EC (3) draws up a list of
third countries from which the Member States authorise
imports of meat products.

For the countries on that list the animal health and
veterinary certification requirements for importation of
meat products have been laid down in Commission
Decision 97/221/EC (4).

Provisional
lists of third country establishments from
which the Member States authorise imports of products
prepared from meat of bovine animals, swine, equidae
and sheep and goats have been drawn up by Commis-
sion Decision 97/365/EC (5).

The Commission has carried out a mission to Lithuania
to inspect meat product establishments and recom-
mended approval of certain establishments from which
Member States may authorise imports of meat products
into the Community, provided certain guarantees were
received from the competent authority of Lithuania.

(1) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17.
(2) OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 39.
(4) OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 32.
(5) OJ L 154, 12.6.1997, p. 41.

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LITHUANIA

ANNEX

1

2

3

4

55-03

88-24

61-01

1.1. JSC ‘SKINJA’

Vezaiciai/Klaipeda

JSC ‘VILKE’

Silgaliai/Taurage

JSC ‘MAZEIKIU MESINE’

Mazeikiai/Telsiai

5

6

6

6