2002/219/EC: Commission Decision of 7 March 2002 amending Decision 1999/283/EC laying down the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries and in particular as regards Botswana and amending Decision 2000/585/EC laying down the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of wild and farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 892)
Date: 2002-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fresh meat, game meat, health certificate, health control, import, rabbit meat, third country

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 March 2002

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 in particular as regards
Botswana and amending Decision 2000/585/EC laying down the animal health conditions and
veterinary certification for imports of wild and farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third
countries

(notified under document number C(2002) 892)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/219/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

are laid down by Commission Decision 1999/283/EC (7),
as last amended by Decision 2001/736/EC (8).

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 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 African countries

(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.

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The animal and public health conditions and veterinary
certification for import of wild and farmed game meat
and rabbit meat from third countries are laid down by
Commission Decision 2000/585/EC (9), as last amended
by Decision 2001/793/EC (10).

foot-and-mouth disease has been
An outbreak of
reported in Botswana in the approved EC zone number
7 on 7 February 2002 and the Competent Veterinary
Authority of Botswana immediately suspended exports
of de-boned fresh meat to the European Community
from the whole of the country.

The Competent Veterinary Authority have provided
information and guarantees concerning regionalisation
of certain zones (10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) in Botswana
which therefore should be authorised for importation
into the Community of de-boned fresh meat of bovine,
and farmed and wild
ovine
ungulates.

and caprine

species

Decisions 1999/283/EC and 2000/585/EC must be
amended accordingly, however Member States shall
allow consignments of de-boned fresh meat
from
bovine, ovine, caprine species and farmed and wild
ungulates slaughtered before 7 February 2002 to be
imported from the previously authorised EC zones.

(7) OJ L 110, 28.4.1999, p. 16.
(8) OJ L 275, 18.10.2001, p. 32.
(9) OJ L 251, 6.10.2000, p. 1.
(10) OJ L 297, 15.11.2001, p. 12.

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(6)

(7)

The present Decision shall be reviewed in the light of the
evolution of the disease situation.

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

Article 2

Annexes I and II to Decision 2000/585/EC are replaced by
Annexes III and IV to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Decision 1999/283/EC are replaced by
Annexes I and II to this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 7 March 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX I

Description of territories of certain African countries established for animal health certification purposes

Country

Code of territory

Version

Description of territory

Botswana

BW

01/99

The whole country

BW-01

01/99

Veterinary disease control zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14 and 18.

BW-02

01/2002

Veterinary disease control zones: 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.

Morocco

Madagascar

Namibia

MA

MG

NA

01/99

The whole country

01/99

The whole country

01/99

The whole country

NA-01

01/00

South of the cordon fences which extends from Palgrave
Point in the west to Gam in the east

Swaziland

SZ

01/99

The whole country

SZ-01

01/01

Area west of the “red line” fences which extends northwards
from the river Usutu to the frontier with South Africa west
of Nkalashane and excluding the veterinary foot-and-mouth
surveillance and vaccination control areas gazetted as a
Statutory Instrument under legal notice number 51 of 2001.

South Africa

ZA

01/99

The whole country

ZA-01

03/01

Republic of South Africa excluding:

— the part of the foot-and-mouth disease control area situ-
ated in the veterinary regions of Mpumalanga and
Northern provinces, in the district of Ingwavuma of the
veterinary region of Natal and in the border area with
Botswana east of longitude 28°,
and

— the district of Camperdown, in the province of KwaZulu-

Natal

Zimbabwe

ZW

01/99

The whole country

ZW-01

01/99

Veterinary regions of Mashonaland West province, Mashona-
land East province (including Chikomba district), Mashona-
land Central province, Manicaland province (including only
Makoni district), Midlands province (including only the
Gweru, Kwekwe, Shurugwi, Chirimanzu and Zvishavane
districts), Masvingo province (including only the districts of
Gutu and Masvingo), Matabeleland South province (including
only the Insiza, Bullimamangwe, Umzingwamange, Gwanda
and West Nicholson districts) and Matabeleland North prov-
ince (including only the districts of Bubi and Umgusa)’

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ANNEX II

‘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)

Botswana

BW

—

BW-01

A (4)

BW-02

A (5)

Morocco

Madagascar

Namibia

MA

MG

NA

NA-01

Swaziland

SZ

SZ-01

South Africa

ZA

ZA-01

Zimbabwe

ZW

—

—

—

A

—

A

—

A

—

a

a

a

a

a

ZW-01

A (3)

a, c

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

a

a

a

a

—

C (4)

C (5)

—

—

—

C

—

—

—

C

—

—

D

D

D

D

—

D

D

D

D

D

D

—

—

Fresh meat
intended for
purposes other
than human
consumption

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

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

(3) Meat producted from animals slaughtered before 17 August 2001 can be imported into the Community.
(4) Meat produced from animals slaughtered before 7 February 2002 can be imported into the Community.
(5) Meat produced from animals slaughtered after 7 March 2002 can be imported into the Community.’

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ANNEX III

‘ANNEX I

Description of territories of certain third countries established for animal health certification purposes

Country

Code of territory

Version

Description of territory

Bulgaria

Brazil

BG-1

BG-2

BG-3

BR-1

Botswana

BW-01

—

—

—

—

—

As described in Annex I
98/371/EC (1) (as last amended)

to Commission Decision

As described in Annex I
98/371/EC (as last amended)

to Commission Decision

As described in Annex I
98/371/EC (as last amended)

to Commission Decision

As described in Annex I
94/984/EC (2) (as last amended)

to Commission Decision

As described in Annex I
1999/283/EC (3) (as last amended)

to Commission Decision

BW-02

1/2002

As described in Annex I
1999/283/EC (as last amended)

to Commission Decision

Czech Republic

Namibia

Russia

Swaziland

South Africa

CZ-1

CZ-2

NA-01

RU-1

SZ-01

ZA-01

Zimbabwe

ZW-01

Any Country appearing
in the first column of
Annex II

ISO code as indicated
in the first column of
Annex II

(1) OJ L 170, 29.5.1998, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 378, 31.12.1994, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 110, 12.4.1999, p. 16.’

—

—

—

As described in Annex I
98/371/EC (as last amended)

to Commission Decision

As described in Annex I
98/371/EC (as last amended)

to Commission Decision

As described in Annex I
1999/283/EC (as last amended)

to Commission Decision

01/99

The region of Murmansk (Murmanskaya oblast)

—

—

—

As described in Annex I
1999/283/EC (as last amended)

to Commission Decision

As described in Annex I
1999/283/EC (as last amended)

to Commission Decision

As described in Annex I
1999/283/EC (as last amended)

to Commission Decision

The whole country

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