2002/464/EC: Commission Decision of 13 June 2002 amending Decision 97/222/EC laying down the list of third countries from which the Member States authorise the importation of meat products, as regards Argentina, Chile and Uruguay (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2100)
Date: 2002-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: health legislation, import, meat product, originating product, third country

L 161/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

19.6.2002

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 June 2002
amending Decision 97/222/EC laying down the list of third countries from which the Member
States authorise the importation of meat products, as regards Argentina, Chile and Uruguay

(notified under document number C(2002) 2100)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/464/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 Decem-
ber 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 (2), and in
particular Article 21a (2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 97/222/EC (3), as last amended by
Decision 2002/184/EC (4),
lays down the list of third
countries from which the Member States authorise the
importation of meat products.

The epidemiological situation of foot-and-mouth disease
in Argentina has been clarified in respect of the pro-
vinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego and
Commission Decision 93/402/EEC (5), as last amended
by Decision 2002/338/EC (6), authorises the importation
of bone-in ovine, caprine and bovine fresh meat from
animals originating from these provinces.

The list of third countries from which the Member States
authorise the importation of meat products laid down in
Commission Decision 97/222/EC must be updated with
a view to introduce the relevant territories regionalised
in Argentina, and in addition for Argentina, Chile and
Uruguay to take into account the health situation in or-

der to be consistent with the EC rules for import of fresh
meat as relevant for the different treatment categories of
meat products. Decision 97/222/EC should be amended
accordingly.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex Part I to Decision 97/222/EC is replaced by Annex

1.
I to this Decision.

Annex Part II to Decision 97/222/EC is replaced by An-

2.
nex II to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 13 June 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 89, 4.4.1997, p. 39.
(4) OJ L 61, 2.3.2002, p. 61.
(5) OJ L 179, 22.7.1993, p. 11.
(6) OJ L 116, 3.5.2002, p. 60.

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ANNEX I

‘PART I

Description of regionalised territories as laid down for the countries listed in parts II — III

Country

Argentina

Bulgaria

Brazil

Czech Republic

Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia

Malaysia

Code

AR-1

AR-3

BG

BG-1

BG-2

BG-3

BR

BR-1

CZ

CZ-1

CZ-2

YU

YU-1

YU-2

MY

Territory

Version

Description of territory

01/2002

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision 93/402/EC (1) (as last amended)

01/2002

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision 93/402/EC (as last amended)

Whole country

—

—

—

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision 98/371/EC (2) (at last amended)

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision 98/371/EC (at last amended)

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision 98/371/EC (at last amended)

Whole country

—

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision 94/984/EC (3) (at last amended)

—

—

—

—

Whole country

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision 98/371/EC (at last amended)

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision 98/371/EC (at last amended)

Whole country

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision 98/371/EC (at last amended)

As described in Annex I of Commission Decision 98/371/EC (at last amended)

Whole country

MY-1

95/1

Peninsular (Western) Malaysia only

(1) OJ L 179, 22.7.1993, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 110, 28.4.1999, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 378, 31.12.1994, p. 11.’

Third countries or parts thereof from where meat products are authorised for importation into the European Community

ANNEX II

‘PART II

Code
ISO

Country of origin
or part thereof

Domestic
ovine/caprine

1. Domestic
bovine
2. Farmed

cloven-hoofed
game (exclu-
ding swine)

1. Domestic
porcine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(swine)

Domestic
soliped

1. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed

feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit and
farmed
leporidae

Wild cloven
hoofed game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine

Wild soliped Wild leporidae

(rabbits and
hares)

Wild game
birds

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

AR

Argentina AR-1 (1)

Argentina AR-3 (1)

C

A (4)

C

A (4)

AU

Australia

BG

Bulgaria BG

Bulgaria BG-1

Bulgaria BG-2

Bulgaria BG-3

BH

Bahrain

BR

Brazil

Brazil BR-1

BW Botswana

BY

Belarus

CA

Canada

CH

Switzerland

CL

Chile

CN

People's Republic of
China

CO

Colombia

A

D

A

A

D

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

A

B

B

A

D

A

A

D

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

A

B

B

C

C

A

D

D

D

D

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

A

B

B

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

A

A

B

B

A

A

A

B

B

A

A

A

D

D

D

D

—

D

A

—

—

A

A

A

B

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

C

C

A

D

A

A

D

C

C

C

B

C

A

A

B

B

B

C

C

A

D

D

D

D

C

C

C

B

C

A

D

B

B

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

D

D

A

D

D

D

D

—

D

A

—

—

A

A

A

B

—

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—

A

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—

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ISO

Country of origin
or part thereof

Domestic
ovine/caprine

1. Domestic
bovine
2. Farmed

cloven-hoofed
game (exclu-
ding swine)

1. Domestic
porcine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(swine)

Domestic
soliped

1. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed

feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit and
farmed
leporidae

Wild cloven
hoofed game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine

Wild soliped Wild leporidae

(rabbits and
hares)

Wild game
birds

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

.

.

1
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6
2
0
0
2

CY

CZ

Cyprus

Czech Republic CZ

Czech Republic
CZ-1

Czech Republic
CZ-2

EE

ET

Estonia

Ethiopia

C

A

A

A

C

B

C

A

A

A

C

B

C

A

A

A

C

B

A

A

A

A

A

B

GL

Greenland

—

—

—

—

HK

Hong Kong

HR

Croatia

HU

Hungary

IL

IN

IS

Israel

India

Iceland

KE

Kenya

KR

Korea

LT

LV

Lithuania

Latvia

MA

Morocco

MG

Madagascar

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

C

B

B

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

C

B

B

B

D

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

C

B

B

B

A

A

B

B

A

B

—

A

A

B

B

A

A

A

A

—

—

—

D

A

A

D

—

—

—

D

D

D

—

D

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

C

A

A

A

C

B

C

D

A

D

C

B

—

—

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

C

B

B

B

D

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

C

B

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

—

A

—

A

A

D

—

—

—

D

D

—

—

D

—

—

—

—

A

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

A

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Code
ISO

Country of origin
or part thereof

Domestic
ovine/caprine

1. Domestic
bovine
2. Farmed

cloven-hoofed
game (exclu-
ding swine)

1. Domestic
porcine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(swine)

Domestic
soliped

1. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed

feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit and
farmed
leporidae

Wild cloven
hoofed game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine

Wild soliped Wild leporidae

(rabbits and
hares)

Wild game
birds

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

MK

Former Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia

MT

Malta

MU

Mauritius

MX

Mexico

MY

Malaysia MY

Malaysia MY-1

NA

Namibia (1)

NZ

New Zealand

PL

Poland

PY

Paraguay

RO

Romania

RU

Russia

SG

Singapore

SI

Slovenia

SK

Slovak Republic

SZ

Swaziland

TH

Thailand

TN

Tunisia

A

—

B

A

—

—

B

A

A

C

A

C

B

A

A

B

B

C

A

—

B

D

—

—

B

A

A

C

A

C

B

A

A

B

B

C

B

—

B

D

—

—

B

A

A (2)
D (3)

C

D

C

B

D

D

B

B

B

A

—

B

A

—

—

B

A

A

B

A

B

B

A

A

B

B

B

—

A

—

D

—

D

D

A

A

—

A

—

D

D

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

—

B

D

—

—

B

A

A

C

A

C

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

—

B

D

—

—

B

A

D

C

D

C

B

D

D

B

B

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

—

A

A

A

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

—

—

D

—

D

D

A

A

—

A

—

—

D

A

—

D

D

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

—

A

A

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Code
ISO

Country of origin
or part thereof

Domestic
ovine/caprine

1. Domestic
bovine
2. Farmed

cloven-hoofed
game (exclu-
ding swine)

1. Domestic
porcine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(swine)

Domestic
soliped

1. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed

feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit and
farmed
leporidae

Wild cloven
hoofed game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine

Wild soliped Wild leporidae

(rabbits and
hares)

Wild game
birds

TR

UA

US

UY

YU

Turkey

Ukraine

United States of
America

Uruguay

Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia YU

Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia YU 1

Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia YU 2

ZA

South Africa (1)

ZW Zimbabwe (1)

—

—

A

C

D

A

D

C

C

—

—

A

C

D

A

D

C

C

—

—

A

B

D

D

D

C

B

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

D

—

A

D

D

D

D

D

D

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

—

A

—

C

A

C

C

B

—

—

A

—

C

D

C

C

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

D

—

A

D

—

—

—

D

D

(1) See Part III for minimum treatment requirements for pasteurised meat products and biltong.
(2) For meat products prepared from fresh meat of domestic porcines in accordance with Decision 98/371/EC as amended by Decision 2001/849/EC in case of meat of Polish origin.
(3) For meat products prepared from fresh meat of farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine).
(4) For meat products prepared from fresh meat obtained from animals slaughtered after 1 March 2002.’

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

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