2002/338/EC: Commission Decision of 2 May 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 to Argentina (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 1582)
Date: 2002-05-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, South America, foot-and-mouth disease, fresh meat, health certificate, health control, import, originating product

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3.5.2002

COMMISSION DECISION

of 2 May 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 to Argentina

(notified under document number C(2002) 1582)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/338/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The animal health conditions and veterinary certification
for imports into the Community 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 American countries (3), as last
amended by Decision 2002/198/EC (4).

Since the adoption of Decision 2002/198/EC, the epide-
miological situation of foot-and-mouth disease in Argen-
tina has been clarified in respect of the provinces of
Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego.

The Argentinian authorities have provided the documen-
tation concerning the serology testing plan and interim
results. The Office International des Epizoties has
proposed that those provinces should be granted the
status of foot-and-mouth disease ‘free without vaccina-
tion’.

(4)

It is therefore appropriate to allow the importation into
the Community of bone-in ovine, caprine and bovine

(5)

(6)

(7)

fresh meat from animals originating from those prov-
inces which were slaughtered after 1 March 2002.

It is also opportune to update some footnotes in Annex
II while not affecting the conditions.

Decision 93/402/EEC 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 93/402/EEC is amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by the corresponding text in Annex I to

this Decision;

2. Annex II is replaced by the corresponding text in Annex II

to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 2 May 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(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 66, 8.3.2002, p. 21.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

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

Country

Argentina

Code

AR

Territory

Version

01/2001

Whole country

Description of territory

AR-1

04/2002

The provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos,
Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San
Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán

Brazil

AR-3

BR

BR-1

01/2002

Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego

01/93

Whole country

02/2001

The States of Rio Grande do Sul; Paraná, 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 municipalities of Sonora, Aquidauana, Bodo-
quena, 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 munici-
pality of Caceres) Lucas do Rio Verde, Rondonopolis (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

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 coastline
to Cabo Tiburon; from this point to the Pacific Ocean following the Columbian-Pana-
manian border: from this point to the mouth of the Valle River along the Pacific coast and
from this point along a straigth line to the point where the Murri River flows into the
Atrato River.

CO-2

01/93

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.

CO-3

01/93

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 in certification (1)

Model certificate for fresh meat excluding offal

Model certificate for offal

Country

Territory

Species

Bovine

Ovine-caprine

Porcine

Soliped

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Paraguay

Uruguay

AR

AR-1

AR-3

BR

BR-1

CL

CO

CO-1

CO-2

CO-3

PY

UY

—

A (4)

B (6)

—

A (3)

B

—

A

—

A

A

—

—

B (6)

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

A (2)

C (2)

—

—

—

—

—

H

—

—

—

—

—

—

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

HC

—

—

1

—

—

of bovine animals

MP

2

—

—

3

—

—

4

—

—

B (6)

B (6)

B (6)

B (6)

B (6)

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

of ovines

HC

—

—

PF

—

—

B (6)

B (6)

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

G

of solipeds

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

PF

—

F (5)

B (6)

—

F (3)

B

—

—

—

—

F

F

(1) The letters (A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H) appearing in the table, refer to the models of animal health guarantees as described in part 2 of Annex III, to be applied for each product and origin in accordance with Article 2; a dash (—) indicates that

L

1
1
6
/
6
2

E
N

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
u
r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

E
u
r
o
p
e
a
n
C
o
m
m
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n
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s

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 deboned meat from animals slaughtered after 1 November 2001.
(3) In the case of Rio Grande do Sul only to be used for deboned meat from bovine animals and offal for pet food from animals slaughtered after 30 November 2001.
(4) Only to be used for deboned meat from bovine animals slaughtered after 31 January 2002, except in the cases of La Pampa and Santiago del Estero for which the date is 8 March 2002 and of Córdoba for which the date is 26 March 2002.
(5) Only to be used for offal for pet food from bovine animals slaughtered after 31 January 2002, except in the cases of La Pampa and Santiago del Estero for which the date is 8 March 2002 and of Córdoba for which the date is 26 March 2002.
(6) Only to be used for fresh meat (including offal) from ovine, caprine and bovine animals slaughtered after 1 March 2002 in the provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz, Rio Negro south of the 42nd parallel and Tierra del Fuego.’

.

.

3
5
2
0
0
2