2002/793/EC: Commission Decision of 11 October 2002 amending Decision 93/402/EEC as regards imports of fresh meat from Paraguay (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 3690)
Date: 2002-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Paraguay, South America, fresh meat, health certificate, health control, import, meat processing industry

L 276/62

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

12.10.2002

COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 October 2002

amending Decision 93/402/EEC as regards imports of fresh meat from Paraguay

(notified under document number C(2002) 3690)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/793/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)

(4)

(5)

Commission Decision 93/402/EEC of 10 June 1993
concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certi-
fication for imports of fresh meat from South American
countries (3), as last amended by Decision 2002/338/
EC (4), applies to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Paraguay and Uruguay.

A Commission inspection mission to Paraguay from 21
to 31 January 2002 brought to light serious shortcom-
ings.

Paraguayan veterinary

The
immediately
suspended exports of boned and matured bovine meat to
the Community and produced an action plan to remedy
the shortcomings.

authorities

After being notified by the Paraguayan authorities of the
plan's
the Commission carried out
another inspection mission from 15 to 19 July 2002.

implementation,

The findings of that mission and guarantees provided by
the Paraguayan veterinary authorities in August 2002
permit the regionalisation of the country.

(6)

(7)

(8)

The importation of boned and matured bovine meat into
the Community should therefore be authorised from
certain regions after a fixed date.

Decision 93/402/EEC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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 93/402/EEC is amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Decision.

2. Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Community.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 11 October 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 116, 3.5.2002, p. 60.

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ANNEX I

‘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 Tucuman.

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; Parana, Minas Gerais (except regional delegations of
Oliveira, Passos, São Gonçalo de Sapucai, Setelagoas and Bambuí), São Paulo, Espirito
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 António de Leverger, Nossa
Senhora do Livramento, Pocone and Barão de Melgaço), Cáceres (except for the munici-
pality of Cáceres) Lucas do Rio Verde, Rondonópolis (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: fom 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 straight 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 headwaters 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

PY-1

UY

01/93

Whole country

01/2002

Chaco central and San Pedro areas

01/2001

Whole country’

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX II

Animal health guarantees requested on certification (1)

Model certificate for fresh meat
excluding offal

Model certificate for offal

Country

Territory

Species

of bovine animals

of ovines

MP

soliped

Bovine

Ovine-caprine

Porcine

Soliped

HC

Argentina

AR

—

AR-1

A (4)

—

—

AR-3

B (6)

B (6)

Brazil

BR

—

BR-1

A (3)

Chile

Colombia

CL

CO

CO-1

CO-2

CO-3

Paraguay

PY

B

—

A

—

A

—

PY-1

A (7)

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

Uruguay

UY

A (2)

C (2)

—

—

—

—

—

H

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

1

—

—

2

—

—

3

—

—

4

—

—

—

—

B (6)

B (6)

B (6)

B (6)

B (6)

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

PF

—

F (5)

B (6)

—

F (3)

B

—

—

—

—

F

F

HC

—

—

PF

—

—

B (6)

B (6)

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

G

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

L

2
7
6
/
6
4

E
N

O

f
f
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a
l

J
o
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n
a
l

o
f

t
h
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.

1
2
1
0
2
0
0
2

.

(1) The letter (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

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 boned meat from animals slaughtered after 1 November 2001.
(3) In the case of Rio Grande do Sul only to be used for boned meat from bovine animals and offal for pet food from animals slaughtered after 30 November 2001.
(4) Only to be used for boned 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, and Tierra del Fuego.
(7) Only to be used for boned meat from bovine animals slaughtered after 1 September 2002’.

.

1
2
1
0
2
0
0
2

.

E
N

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
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r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

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

L

2
7
6
/
6
5