2002/45/EC: Commission Decision of 22 January 2002 amending Decision 93/402/EEC concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from South American countries, in particular as regards from Argentina (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 287)
Date: 2002-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, South America, foot-and-mouth disease, fresh meat, health certificate, health control

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 January 2002

amending Decision 93/402/EEC concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification
for imports of fresh meat from South American countries, in particular as regards from Argentina

(notified under document number C(2002) 287)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/45/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

ical situation regarding foot and mouth disease and the
control measures in place.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(5)

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 15 and Article 16(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The animal health conditions and veterinary certification
for imports of fresh meat from Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay are laid down by
Commission Decision 93/402/EEC of 10 June 1993
concerning animal health conditions and veterinary
certification for imports of fresh meat from South Amer-
ican countries (3), as last amended by Decision 2001/
842/EC (4).

Outbreaks of foot and mouth disease were confirmed in
Argentina starting on 13 March 2001 and a program of
vaccination of bovines against foot and mouth disease
was introduced.

The Commission suspended the
importation from
Argentina into the Community of all categories of fresh
meat from those species susceptible to foot and mouth
disease by Commission Decision 2001/276/EC (5).

(4)

A Commission mission took place, between 19 and 30
November 2001, in order to examine the epidemiolog-

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 179, 22.7.1993, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 301, 30.11.2001, p. 45.
(5) OJ L 95, 5.4.2001, p. 41.

This examination showed that the competent veterinary
authorities of Argentina have addressed most of the
concerns
including those identified during previous
missions, and that the disease situation has now stabi-
lised in a number of provinces. However, additional
guarentees were requested.

The competent veterinary authorities of Argentina have
sent the necessary additional information and guarantees
requested and it is therefore appropriate to allow impor-
tations from certain provinces of deboned bovine fresh
meat for human consumption, and of certain meat and
offal derived from bovine species for direct treatment for
pet food.

Decision 93/402/EEC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

This Decision will be reviewed in the light of the evolu-
tion of the situation within three months.

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

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Decision 93/402/EEC are replaced by the
Annex to this Decision.

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Article 2

The health certificate provided for in Commission Decision 93/402/EEC at Annex III model A part 2
dispatched from Argentina must be completed by the following health attestation:

‘The deboned fresh meat described above is obtained from animals which do not come from a
department where an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has occurred in the previous 60 days. In
addition the deboned meat does not originate from animals in the surrounding departments.’

This Decision shall apply from 1 February 2002 after being reviewed at the Standing Veterinary Committee
scheduled for 22 and 23 January 2002.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 22 January 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Description of territories of South America established for animal health certification purposes

Country

Argentina

Brazil

Code

AR

AR-1

BR

BR-1

Territory

Version

Description of territory

01/2001

Whole country

01/2002

The Provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco,
Chubut, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Jujuy,
La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta,
San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Tierra del
Fuego and Tucuman

01/93

Whole country

02/2001

The States of: Rio Grande do Sul, Parana, Minas Gerais,
(except regional delegations of Oliveira, Passos, São
Gonçalo de Sapucai, Setelagoas and Bambuí), São Paulo,
Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul (except for the muni-
cipalities of Sonora, Aquidauana, Bodoquena, Bonito,
Caracol, Coxim, Jardim, Ladario, Miranda, Pedro Gomes,
Porto Murtinho, Rio Negro, Rio Verde of Mato Grosso
and Corumba), Santa Catarina Goias and the regional
units of Cuiaba (except for the municipalities of San
Antonio de Leverger, Nossa Senhora do Livramento,
Pocone and Barão de Melgaço), Caceres (except for the
municipality of Caceres), Lucas do Rio Verde, Rondono-
polis (except for the municipality of Itiquiora), Barra do
Garças and Barra do Bugres in Mato Grosso

Chile

Colombia

CL

CO

01/93

Whole country

01/93

Whole country

CO-1

01/93

CO-2

01/93

CO-3

01/93

The zone included within the following borderlines:
from the point where the Murri River flows into the
Atrato River, downstream along the Atrato River to
where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean, from this point
to the Panamanian border following the Atlantic coast-
line to Cabo Tiburon, from this point to the Pacific
Ocean following the Columbian-Panamanian border,
from this point to the mouth of the Valle River along the
Pacific Coast and from this point along a straight line to
the point where the Murri River flows into the Atrato
River

The municipalities of Arboletas, Necocli, San Pedro de
Uraba, Turbo, Apartado, Chigorodo, Mutata, Dabeiba,
Uramita, Murindo, Riosucio (right bank of the Atrato
river) and Frontino

The zone included within the following borderlines:
from the mouth of the Sinu River on the Atlantic Ocean,
upstream along the Sinu River to its head-waters of Alto
Paramillo, from this point to Puerto Rey on the Atlantic
Ocean, following the borderline between the Department
of Antiquia and Cordoba, and from this point to the
mouth of the Sinu River along the Atlantic Coast

Paraguay

Uruguay

PY

UY

01/93

Whole country

01/2001

Whole country’

‘ANNEX II

Animal health guarantees requested on certification (1)

Model certificate for fresh meat

Model certificate for offal

Model certificate for deboned fresh meat
(not to be used for offal)

Country

Territory

Species

of bovine animals

of ovines

Species

Bovine

Ovine-
caprine

Porcine

Soliped

HC

Bovine

Ovine-
caprine

Porcine

Soliped

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Paraguay

Uruguay

AR

AR-1

BR

BR-1

CL

CO

CO-1

CO-2

CO-3

PY

UY

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

B (2)

B (2)

—

—

—

—

H

—

—

—

—

—

—

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

MP

3

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

2

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

4

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

PF

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

PF

—

F (7)

—

F (5)

B

—

—

—

—

F

F
B (3)

HC

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A (6)

—

A (5)

A

—

A

—

A

A

—

—

—

—

C

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

H

—

—

—

—

—

—

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

B (2)

B (3)

B (3)

B (3)

B (3)

G
B (3)

A (4)

C (4)

(1) The letter (A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H) appearing on the table are referring to the models of animal health guarantees as described in Annex III part 2 of this Decision, to be applied for each product and origin in accordance with Article 2 of this

Decision; a dash (—) indicates that imports are not authorised.
HC: Human consumption.
MP: Destined for heat-treated meat products industry:

1 = hearts.
2 = livers.
3 = masseter muscles.
4 = tongues.

PF: Destined for the pet food industry.

(2) Only to be used for meat from animals slaughtered before 23 March 2001.
(3) Only to be used for offal from animals slaughtered before 23 April 2001.
(4) Only to be used for deboned meat from animals slaughtered before 23 April 2001 and/or after 1 November 2001.
(5) In the case of Rio Grande do Sul only to be used for deboned meat or offal for pet food from animals slaughtered before 9 May 2001 and/or after 30 November 2001.
(6) Only to be used for deboned meat from bovine animals slaughtered after 31 January 2002.
(7) Only to be used for deboned meat or offal for petfood from bovine animals slaughtered after 31 January 2002.’

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