2002/153/EC: Commission Decision of 20 February 2002 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom, repealing Decision 2001/740/EC and amending for the eighth time Decision 2001/327/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 557)
Date: 2002-02-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, United Kingdom, export restriction, foot-and-mouth disease, intra-EU trade, meat

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 February 2002

concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United
Kingdom, repealing Decision 2001/740/EC and amending for the eighth time Decision 2001/327/EC

(notified under document number C(2002) 557)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/153/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable
in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products
with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), as last
amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article
10 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
December 1989 concerning veterinary checks
in intra-
Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal
market (3), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC, and in
particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2001/740/EC (4), as last amended
by Decision 2002/48/EC (5), concerns certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom.

Commission Decision 2001/304/EC (6), as last amended
by Decision 2002/49/EC (7), on marking and use of
certain animal products in relation to Commission
Decision 2001/172/EC (8) concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom.

Commission Decision 2001/327/EC (9), as last amended
by Decision 2001/904/EC (10), concerns restrictions to
the movement of animals of susceptible species with
regard to foot-and-mouth disease.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 277, 20.10.2001, p. 30.
(5) OJ L 21, 24.1.2002, p. 28.
(6) OJ L 104, 13.4.2001, p. 6.
(7) OJ L 21, 24.1.2002, p. 30.
(8) OJ L 62, 2.3.2001, p. 22.
(9) OJ L 115, 25.4.2001, p. 12.
(10) OJ L 335, 19.12.2001, p. 21.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Council Directive 64/433/EEC (11), as last amended by
Directive 95/23/EC (12), concerns health conditions for
the production and marketing of fresh meat.

Council Directive 94/65/EC (13) lays down the require-
ments for the production and placing on the market of
minced meat and meat preparations.

Council Directive 91/495/EEC (14), as last amended by
Directive 94/65/EC, concerns public health and animal
health problems affecting the production and placing on
the market of rabbit meat and farmed game meat.

Council Directive 80/215/EEC (15), as last amended by
the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
concerns
intra-
animal health problems
Community trade in meat products.

affecting

Council Directive 77/99/EEC (16), as last amended by
Council Directive 97/76/EC (17), concerns health prob-
lems affecting the production and marketing of meat
products and certain other products of animal origin.

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Other Epizootics
Commission of the Office International des Epizooties
(OIE) evaluated documentation concerning the erad-
ication of
foot-and-mouth disease, submitted by the
in accordance
Delegate of the United Kingdom, and,
with Resolution No XVII (Restoration of recognition of
the foot and mouth disease status of Member Countries)
adopted by the OIE International Committee during its
65th General Session (May 1997), recognised on 21
January 2002 that this country has regained its previ-
ously recognised FMD-free status without vaccination.

(10)

It is therefore necessary to repeal Commission Decision
2001/740/EC concerning certain protective measures
with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United
Kingdom.

(11) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64
(12) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 7.
(13) OJ L 368, 31.12.1994, p. 10.
(14) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 41.
(15) OJ L 47, 21.2.1980, p. 4.
(16) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85.
(17) OJ L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 25.

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(11) However, provisions are necessary to ensure that certain
meats and meat products in stock which have been
produced during the epidemic and do not meet the
animal health criteria for intra-Community trade are
marketed only on the territory of Great Britain.

(12)

In order to ensure that the provisions of Decision 2001/
327/EC are applied also to trade in sheep and goats
originating in or coming from Great Britain after the
date Decision 2001/740/EC would be repealed,
it is
necessary to amend Decision 2001/327/EC accordingly.

(13)

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 United Kingdom shall ensure that meat as defined in
1.
paragraph 2 of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species
and other biungulates which meets at least one of the condi-
tions specified in paragraph 3 is not dispatched to other
Member States.

2. Meats referred to in paragraph 1 includes ‘fresh meat’ as
defined in Directives 64/433/EEC and 91/495/EEC, and
‘minced meat and meat preparations’ as defined in Council
Directive 94/65/EC.

Conditions for meats not eligible for intra-Community

3.
trade:
(a) meat not eligible for intra-Community trade in accordance
with Community protective measures with regard to
foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom which have
been in force between the date of 21 February 2001 until
coming into force of this Decision,

(b) meat bearing the health mark established by Commission

Decision 2001/304/EC.

Article 2

1.
The United Kingdom shall ensure that meat products of
animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and
of other biungulates which meet at least one of the conditions

specified in paragraph 2 are not dispatched to other Member
States.

Conditions for meat products not eligible for intra-

2.
Community trade:

(a) meat products produced from meat meeting at least one of

the conditions set up in Article 1(3),

(b) meat products not eligible for intra-Community trade in
accordance with Community protective measures with
regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom
which have been in force between the date of 21 February
2001 until coming into force of this Decision,

(c) meat products bearing the health mark established by

Commission Decision 2001/304/EC.

3.
The prohibition provided for in paragraph 1 shall not
apply to meat products meeting the public health requirements
of Directive 77/99/EEC and which have undergone one of the
treatments laid down in Article 4(1) of Council Directive 80/
215/EEC, or have been subjected during preparation uniformly
throughout the substance to a pH value of less than 6.

Article 3

Commission Decision 2001/740/EC is hereby repealed.

Article 4

The words
‘and Commission Decision 2001/740/EC’ are
deleted in the introductory sentence of Article 2(1) of Commis-
sion Decision 2001/327/EC.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 February 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission