2003/16/EC: Commission Decision of 10 January 2003 amending Decision 2000/159/EC on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries according to Council Directive 96/23/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 5565)
Date: 2003-01-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, animal product, application of EU law, hormone, third country, veterinary legislation

11.1.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 7/91

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 January 2003

amending Decision 2000/159/EC on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries
according to Council Directive 96/23/EC

(notified under document number C(2002) 5565)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/16/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996
on measures to monitor certain 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 (1), and in particular Article 29 thereof,

(3)

(4)

the additional information requested by the Commission
provided sufficient guarantees on the residue monitoring
in these third countries for the products or species indi-
cated.

Decision 2000/159/EC 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

The Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC is amended as set out in
the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 10 January 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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 (2), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 (3), and in
particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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 (4), as
amended by Decision 2002/336/EC (5),
lists the third
countries which have submitted a plan, setting out the
guarantees offered by the third country as regards the
monitoring of the groups of residues and substances
referred to in Annex I to Directive 96/23/EC.

Certain third countries have presented residue moni-
toring plans to the Commission for products and species
not originally indicated in the Annex of Decision 2000/
159/EC. The evaluation of these monitoring plans and

(1) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 51, 24.2.2000, p. 30.
(5) OJ L 116, 3.5.2002, p. 51.

The Annex to Decision 2000/159/EC is amended as follows:

The rows concerning Belize, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, Taiwan and Venezuela are replaced by the corresponding rows:

ANNEX

ISO
code

BZ

EE

FK

MZ

NA

NC

TW

VE

Country

Bovine

Ovine/
caprine

Swine

Equine

Poultry

Aqua-
culture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed
game

Honey

Belize

Estonia

Falkland Islands

Mozambique

Namibia

New Caledonia

Taiwan

Venezuela

X

X (1)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

(1) Exports of live horses for slaughter (food-producing animals only).

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9
2

E
N

O

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h
e

E
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a
n

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