2002/336/EC: Commission Decision of 25 April 2002 amending Decision 2000/159/EC on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries according to Council Directive 96/23/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 1520)
Date: 2002-04-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, animal product, application of EU law, hormone, third country, veterinary legislation

3.5.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 116/51

COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 April 2002

amending Decision 2000/159/EC on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries
according to Council Directive 96/23/EC

(notified under document number C(2002) 1520)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/336/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996
on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof
in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives
85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and
91/664/EEC (1), and in particular Article 29 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems
upon importation of bovine and swine and fresh meat from
third countries (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1452/2001 (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 2000/159/EC of 8 February 2000
on the provisional approval of residue plans of third
countries according to Council Directive 96/23/EC (4),
lists the third countries which have submitted a plan,
setting out the guarantees offered by the third country as
regards the monitoring of the groups of residues and
substances referred to in Annex I to Directive 96/23/EC.
Consequently, when these guarantees are not provided,
the lists laid down by virtue of Council Decision 95/
408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing
third
up,
country establishments from which Member States are
authorised to import certain products of animal origin,
fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (5), as last
amended by Decision 2001/4/EC (6), should be amended
in parallel with the modifications to the Annex to
Decision 2000/159/EC. The public health concerns in
relation to residues in products of animal origin make it
necessary to approve and regularly update residue plans
for such products.

for an interim period, provisional

lists of

Under Council Directive 96/23/EC third countries must
each year forward to the Commission the monitoring
plans for the current year and the results of the previous
year.

(3) When the guarantees foreseen under Directive 96/23/EC
are not provided, lists laid down by virtue of Decision
95/408/EC should be suspended in parallel with the
modifications to the Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC.

(4) With regard to China, the Annex to Decision 2000/
159/EC should be brought in line with Commission
Decision 2002/69/EC of 30 January 2002 concerning
certain protective measures with regard to the products
of animal origin imported from China (7).

(5)

(6)

(7)

Some third countries have presented residue monitoring
plans including results thereof to the Commission, but
further evaluation, information or clarification is needed.
Pending further evaluation, those third countries should
be maintained in the Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC
for the products concerned.

Certain third countries submitted their monitoring plan
after Decision 2000/159/EC was updated by Commis-
sion Decision 2001/487/EC (8). Pending further evalu-
ation, those third countries should be included in the
Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC for
the products
concerned.

The situation of some other third countries regarding
monitoring plans for certain species has changed since
the adoption of Decision 2001/487/EC. Pending further
evaluation, those third countries should be included in
the Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC for the products
concerned.

(1) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 30.
(5) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17.
(6) OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 21.

(8)

Decision 2000/159/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

(7) OJ L 30, 31.1.2002, p. 50.
(8) OJ L 176, 29.6.2001, p. 68.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

3.5.2002

(9)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Done at Brussels, 25 April 2002.

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

The residue monitoring plans of the following third countries are provisionally approved on the basis of Council Directive 96/23/EC for the animals or primary animal products appearing with an “X” in the table.

ANNEX

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Equine

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed
game

Honey

E
N

Code
ISO2

Country

AD

AE

AF

AG

AL

AM

AN

AO

AR

AU

AZ

BA

BD

BG

BH

BJ

BR

BS

BW

BY

BZ

CA

CH

CI

CL

CM

Andorra (1)

United Arab Emirates

Afghanistan

Antigua and Barbuda

Albania

Armenia

Netherlands Antilles

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Azerbaijan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bangladesh

Bulgaria

Bahrain

Benin

Brazil

Bahamas

Botswana

Belarus

Belize

Canada

Switzerland

Côte d'Ivoire

Chile

Cameroon

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X (2)

X

X (2)

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X (3)

X

X (3)

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

O

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ISO2

Country

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

Swine

Equine

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed
game

Honey

CN

CO

CR

CU

CV

CY

CZ

DZ

EC

EE

EG

ER

ET

FJ

FK

FO

GA

GD

GH

GL

GM

GN

GT

HK

HN

HR

HU

ID

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cape Verde

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Algeria

Ecuador

Estonia

Egypt

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Fiji

Falklands Islands

Faeroe Islands

Gabon

Grenada

Ghana

Greenland

Gambia

Guinea

Guatemala

Hong Kong (4)

Honduras

Croatia

Hungary

Indonesia

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X

X (3)

X (3)

X

X (3)

X

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X (2)

X

X (3)

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X (3)

X (3)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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ISO2

Country

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

Swine

Equine

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

IL

IN

IR

IS

JM

JP

KE

KR

Israel

India

Iran

Iceland

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

South Korea

KW

Kuwait

Lebanon

Sri Lanka

Lithuania

Latvia

Morocco

Moldova

Madagascar

LB

LK

LT

LV

MA

MD

MG

MK

MM

MN

MR

MT

MU

MV

MX

MY

MZ

NA

NC

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (3)

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X (2)

X (2)

X

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X

X (2)

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (5)

X

X

X (3)

Myanmar

Mongolia

Mauritania

Malta

Mauritius

Maldives

Mexico

Malaysia

Mozambique

Namibia

New Caledonia

X (2)

X

X

X (3)

X

X (2)

X

X

X (6)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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X

Honey

X

X

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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Code
ISO2

Country

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

Swine

Equine

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed
game

Honey

NG

NI

NO

NZ

OM

PA

PE

PF

PG

PH

PK

PL

PM

PY

RO

RU

SB

SC

SG

SH

SI

SK

SM

SN

SR

SV

SY

SZ

TG

Nigeria

Nicaragua

Norway (7)

New Zealand

Oman

Panama

Peru

French Polynesia

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Pakistan

Poland

St Pierre and Miquelon

Paraguay

Romania

Russia

Solomon Islands

Seychelles

Singapore (4)

St Helena

Slovenia

Slovakia

San Marino (9)

Senegal

Suriname

El Salvador

Syria

Swaziland

Togo

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (3)

X (3)

X (3)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (2)

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X

X (2)

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X (2)

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (8)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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O

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ISO2

Country

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

Swine

Equine

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed
game

Honey

TH

TM

TN

TR

TW

TZ

UA

UG

US

UY

UZ

VC

VE

VN

YE

YT

YU

ZA

ZM

ZW

Thailand

Turkmenistan

Tunisia

Turkey

Taiwan

Tanzania

Ukraine

Uganda

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

St Vincent and Grenadines

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Mayotte

Former Republic of Yugoslavia

South Africa

Zambia

Zimbabwe

X (2)

X (2)

X (2)

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (3)

X (3)

X

X

X (3)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

(1) Initial residue monitoring plan approved by veterinary sub-group EC/Andorra (in accordance with Decision 2/1999 of EC/Andorra Joint Committee of 22 December 1999 — OJ L 31, 5.2.2000, p. 84).
(2) Only casings.
(3) Exports of live horses for slaughter (food producing animals only).
(4) Third country using only raw material from other approved third countries for food production.
(5) Appropriate denomination still under discussion at UN.
(6) Peninsular (western) Malaysia only.
(7) Monitoring plan approved in accordance with Decision of EFTA Surveillance Authority No 223/96/COL of 4 December 1996 (OJ L 78, 20.3.1997, p. 38).
(8) Only for reindeer from Murmansk region.
(9) Monitoring plan provided in accordance with Decision No 1/94 of the EC-San Marino Cooperation Committee of 28 June 1994 (OJ L 238, 13.9.1994, p. 25).’

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