2002/573/EC: Commission Decision of 10 July 2002 amending Decision 2002/69/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2558)
Date: 2002-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, animal product, fishery product, health control, import, public health, veterinary inspection

11.7.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 181/21

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 July 2002

amending Decision 2002/69/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to the
products of animal origin imported from China

(notified under document number C(2002) 2558)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/573/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (1), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,

appropriate to authorise imports of these products from
China.

(4)

(5)

Decision 2002/69/EC,
accordingly.

therefore should be amended

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2002/69/EC of 30 January 2002
concerning certain protective measures with regard to
the products of animal origin imported from China (2),
last amended by Decision 2002/441/EC (3), was
as
adopted following the identification during a Community
inspection visit
to China of serious shortcomings as
regards veterinary medicines regulation and the residue
control system in live animals and animal products, and
following the presence of harmful residues,
including
chloramphenicol,
in products intended for human or
animal consumption, presenting a risk to their health.

Decision 2002/69/EC was to be reviewed on the basis of
the information provided by the Chinese competent
authorities, of any results from the increased monitoring
and testing carried out by Member States on consign-
ments arriving before 14 March 2002 and, if necessary,
of
inspection visit by
Community experts.

the results of an on-the-spot

In view of the information provided by the Chinese
authorities and the favourable results of the tests carried
out on certain fishery products of some fish species, it is

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II to Decision 2002/69/EC is replaced by the text in the
Annex to this Decision.

This Decision shall apply from 14 July 2002.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 10 July 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 30, 31.1.2002, p. 50.
(3) OJ L 151, 11.6.2002, p. 16.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

List of products of animal origin intended for human consumption or animal feed use authorised to be
imported into the Community, subject to a chemical test under the conditions of Article 3

— Entire fish, fish de-headed and gutted, and fish fillets from the following species caught at sea:

— Alaska Pollack (Theragra chalcogramma)
— Cod (Gadus spp.)
— Redfish (Sebastes spp.)
— Blue Whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)
— Halibut (Reinhardtius spp.)
— Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
— Herring (Clupea spp.)
— Yellowfin sole (Limanda spp.)
— Cephalopods (Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae, Octopodidae)
— Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
— Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta, O. kisutch, O. nerka, O. gorbuscha)

— Fillets of Salmon (Salmon salar)

— Casings’