2002/574/EC: Commission Decision of 10 July 2002 amending Decision 94/278/EC drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC, with respect to imports of egg products, snails, frogs' legs, honey and royal jelly (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2555)
Date: 2002-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, animal product, egg product, health control, honey, import, meat product, third country, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 July 2002

amending Decision 94/278/EC drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States
authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC, with respect to
imports of egg products, snails, frogs’ legs, honey and royal jelly

(notified under document number C(2002) 2555)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/574/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 in and imports into the Commu-
nity of products not subject to the said requirements laid down
in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Direc-
tive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/
425/EEC (1), as last amended by Commission Decision 2001/7/
EC (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The third countries from which the Member States
authorise imports of eggs intended for human consump-
tion are set out in the list contained in paragraph A of
Part VIII of the Annex to Commission Decision 94/278/
EC of 18 March 1994 drawing up a list of third coun-
tries from which Member States authorise imports of
certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/
EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 2002/337/EC (4).
That list consists of a cross-reference to the Annex to
Commission Decision 94/85/EC of 16 February 1994
drawing up a list of third countries from which the
Member States authorise imports of
fresh poultry-
meat (5), as last amended by Decision 2001/733/EC (6).

The third countries from which the Member States
authorise imports of egg products intended for human
consumption are set out in the list contained in para-
graph B of Part VIII, of the Annex to Decision 94/278/
EC. That list consists of a cross-reference to the Annex to
Council Decision 79/542/EEC of 21 December 1976
drawing up a list of third countries from which the
Member States authorise imports of bovine animals,
swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat
products (7), as last amended by Commission Decision
2001/731/EC (8).

(1) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 120, 11.5.1994, p. 44.
(4) OJ L 116, 3.5.2002, p. 58.
(5) OJ L 44, 17.2.1994, p. 31.
(6) OJ L 275, 18.10.2001, p. 17.
(7) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15.
(8) OJ L 274, 17.10.2001, p. 22.

referring

exclusively

The cross-reference, where egg products are concerned,
to Decision 79/542/EEC,
to
mammals, appears confusing. A cross-reference to the
Annex to Decision 94/85/EC drawing up a list as regards
fresh poultrymeat would also be more consistent from a
veterinary point of view. As egg products undergo a
heat-treatment while fresh poultrymeat remains raw, the
criteria of approval for imports from third countries are
less demanding and a complementary list can therefore
be drawn up to maintain the existing imports.

(4)

(5)

(6)

The third countries from which the Member States
intended for human
snails
authorise
consumption are set out in the list contained in Part XI
of the Annex to Decision 94/278/EC.

imports of

The third countries from which the Member States
authorise imports of
legs intended for human
consumption are set out in the list contained in part XII
of the Annex to Decision 94/278/EC.

frogs’

The specific public health conditions applicable to snails
and frogs’ legs are laid down respectively in Annex II,
Chapter 3, Part I and II to Directive 92/118/EEC. Those
conditions consist in several cross-references to Council
Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the
health conditions for the production and the placing on
the market of fishery products (9). The third countries
from which the Member States authorise imports of
fishery products intended for human consumption are
set out in the list contained in the Annex to Commission
Decision 97/296/EC of 22 April 1997 drawing up the
list of third countries from which the import of fishery
products is authorised for human consumption (10), as
last amended by Decision 2002/28/EC (11).

(7)

A cross-reference to the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC
would simplify the updating of the lists of third countries
from which the Member States respectively authorise
imports of snails and frogs’ legs and would also be more
consistent from a public health point of view.

(9) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15.
(10) OJ L 122, 14.5.1997, p. 21.
(11) OJ L 11, 15.1.2002, p. 44.

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(8)

(9)

(10)

A complementary list of third countries should be drawn
up respectively for snails and frogs’
legs in order to
maintain the existing imports from third countries,
which are already authorised according to the relevant
criteria of Directive 91/493/EEC, but are not on the list
of Decision 97/296/EC.

The third countries from which the Member States
authorise imports of honey are set out
in the list
contained in Part XIV of the Annex to Decision 94/278/
EC.

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 (1), as
last amended by Decision 2002/336/EC (2), specifies in
its Annex the third countries which have submitted a
plan, setting out the guarantees which it offers as regards
the monitoring of the groups of residues and substances
referred to in Annex I to Council Directive 96/23/EC of
certain
to monitor
29 April 1996 on measures
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 (3),
for the animals or primary animal products
mentioned.

(11)

It is appropriate to authorise imports of honey from
those third countries, which comply with Directive 96/
23/EC. Therefore, the content of Part XIV of the Annex
to Decision 94/278/EC should be replaced by a cross-
reference to Decision 2000/159/EC.

(12) As royal

jelly intended for human consumption is
obtained in the same conditions as honey, the same
import requirements should apply to that product. The

title of Part XIV of the Annex to Decision 94/278/EC
should be amended accordingly.

(13)

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

Decision 94/278/EC is amended as follows:

(a) Part VIII of the Annex is replaced by the text in Annex I to

this Decision;

(b) Part XI of the Annex is replaced by the text in Annex II to

this Decision;

(c) Part XII of the Annex is replaced by the text in Annex III to

this Decision;

(d) Part XIV of the Annex is replaced by the text in Annex IV

to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 10 July 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 30.
(2) OJ L 116, 3.5.2002, p. 51.
(3) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10.

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

ANNEX I

‘Part VIII

A. List of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of eggs intended for human consumption

All third countries listed in the Annex to Decision 94/85/EC drawing up a list of third countries from which the
Member States authorise imports of fresh poultrymeat.

B. List of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of egg products intended for human consump-

tion

All third countries listed in the Annex to Decision 94/85/EC and the following countries:

(AL) Albania

(EE) Estonia

(GL) Greenland

(HK) Hong Kong

(IN) India

(MK (1)) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

(MX) Mexico

(NC) New Caledonia

(RU) Russia

(SG) Singapore

(YU) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.’

(1) Provisional code which does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the

conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject at the United Nations.

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

ANNEX II

List of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of snails intended for human consumption

All third countries in the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC and the following countries:

‘Part XI

(BA) Bosnia and Herzegovina

(HU) Hungary

(MD) Moldova

(MK (1)) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

(SK) Slovakia

(SY) Syria

(UA) Ukraine.’

(1) Provisional code which does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the

conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject at the United Nations.

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

ANNEX III

List of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of frogs’

legs intended for human

consumption

All third countries in the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC and the following countries:

‘Part XII

(BA) Bosnia and Herzegovina

(HU) Hungary

(MK (1)) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.’

(1) Provisional code which does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the

conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject at the United Nations.

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

ANNEX IV

‘Part XIV

List of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of honey and royal jelly intended for
human consumption

The third countries appearing in the list of the Annex to Commission Decision 2000/159/EC with an “X” in the column
concerning honey.’