2002/337/EC: Commission Decision of 25 April 2002 amending Decision 94/278/EC as regards imports of honey (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 1523)
Date: 2002-04-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: honey, import, originating product, third country

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Official Journal of the European Communities

3.5.2002

COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 April 2002

amending Decision 94/278/EC as regards imports of honey

(notified under document number C(2002) 1523)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/337/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 (1), as last amended by Commission
Decision 1999/724/EC (2), and in particular Article 10(2)(a)
thereof,

in and imports

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 94/278/EC of 18 March 1994
drawing up a list of third countries from which Member
States authorise imports of certain products subject to
Council Directive 92/118/EEC (3), as last amended by
Decision 2001/700/EC (4), specifies from which third
countries Member States shall authorise imports of
honey.

Tanzania has provided the Commission with the neces-
sary guarantees with regard to the monitoring of resi-
dues and contaminants covered by 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 (5), and was given provisional approval
under 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 (6), as last amended by Decision 336/2002/EC (7).
Tanzania should therefore be included in the list
contained in the Annex to Decision 94/278/EC.

As a result of Commission Decision 2002/69/EC of 30
January 2002 concerning certain protective measures
with regard to the products of animal origin imported
from China (8), China should be removed from the list
contained in the Annex to Decision 94/278/EC.

Decision 94/278/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

(3)

(4)

(5)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 94/278/EC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 25 April 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 290, 12.11.1999, p. 32.
(3) OJ L 120, 11.5.1994, p. 44.
(4) OJ L 256, 25.9.2001, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10.

(6) OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 30.
(7) See page 51 of this Official Journal.
(8) OJ L 30, 31.1.2002, p. 50.

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Part XIV of the Annex to Decision 94/278/EC is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

List of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of honey

‘PART XIV

(AR) Argentina

(AU) Australia

(BG) Bulgaria

(BR) Brazil

(CA) Canada

(CL) Chile

(CU) Cuba

(CY) Cyprus

(CZ) Czech Republic

(EE) Estonia

(GT) Guatemala

(HR) Croatia

(HU) Hungary

(IL) Israel

(IN) India

(LT) Lithuania

(MT) Malta

(MX) Mexico

(MD) Moldova

(NI) Nicaragua

(NZ) New Zealand

(NO) Norway (1)

(PL) Poland

(RO) Romania

(SI) Slovenia

(SK) Slovakia

(SM) San Marino (2)

(SV) El Salvador

(TR) Turkey

(TZ) Tanzania

(US) United States

(UY) Uruguay

(VN) Vietnam

(ZM) Zambia

(1) Approved in accordance with Decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority No 223/96/COL of 4 December 1996.
(2) Approved in accordance with Decision No 1/94 of the EC-San Marino Cooperation Committee of 28 June 1994.’