2003/74/EC: Commission Decision of 31 January 2003 amending Commission Decisions 1999/283/EC and 2000/585/EC as regards Botswana (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 403)
Date: 2003-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Africa, Botswana, fresh meat, game meat, health certificate, import, pigmeat, rabbit meat, third country, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 January 2003

amending Commission Decisions 1999/283/EC and 2000/585/EC as regards Botswana

(notified under document number C(2003) 403)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/74/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,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/45/EC of 16 June 1992
on public health and animal health problems relating to the
killing of wild game and the placing on the market of wild
game meat (3), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (4), and
in particular Article 16(3) thereof,

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 (5), as last amended by Commission Decision 2003/
42/EC (6), and in particular Article 10,

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 35.
(4) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(5) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(6) OJ L 13, 18.1.2003, p. 24.

The animal health and veterinary certification conditions
for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries
are laid down by Decision 1999/283/EC (7), as last
amended by Decision 2002/646/EC (8).

The animal and public health and veterinary certification
conditions for import of wild and farmed game meat
and rabbit meat from third countries are laid down by
Decision 2000/585/EC (9), as last amended by Decision
2002/646/EC.

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed
in Botswana in the approved EC zone number 6 on 7
January 2003, with the initial infection on the holding
detected on 23 December 2002, and the competent
veterinary authority of Botswana immediately suspended
exports of de-boned fresh meat of bovine, ovine and
caprine species and farmed and wild ungulates to the
Community from the whole of the country.

The Botswanan authorities are carrying out emergency
vaccination and investigations on the outbreak in order
to assess the situation in the country. However, while
the outcome of this assessment is not available it is not
possible to regionalise Botswana to allow importation of
de-boned fresh meat of bovine, ovine and caprine
species and farmed and wild ungulates.

(7) OJ L 110, 28.4.1999, p. 16.
(8) OJ L 211, 7.8.2002, p. 23.
(9) OJ L 251, 6.10.2000, p. 1.

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(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

In this situation, the importation of fresh meat from
Botswana may constitute a risk of introducing foot-and-
mouth disease in the territory of the Community. In
consequence importation of de-boned fresh meat of
bovine, ovine and caprine species and farmed and wild
ungulates should be temporarily suspended from the
previously approved zones of Botswana.

However,
the Botswanan authorities have provided
detailed information on en route consignments of fresh
meat sent to the Community, with guarantees that those
consignments were produced before the date of infec-
tion. Therefore, these consignments and consignments
obtained from animals slaughtered before the date of
infection should be authorised for importation into the
territory of the European Union.

The provisions of this Decision shall be reviewed within
three months in particular in the light of the disease
evolution and further information received from the
authorities of Botswana.

Decisions 1999/283/EC and 2000/585/EC must 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,

In Annex III to Decision 1999/283/EC, footnote 5 of the

2.
health attestation in model A is deleted.

Article 2

Annex II to Decision 2000/585/EC is replaced by the text

1.
in Annex II to this Decision.

2.
In Annex III to Decision 2000/585/EC, footnote 8 of the
health attestation in model A, and footnote 7 of the health
attestation in model F are replaced by ‘Version Number referred
to in the relevant and current Decision for fresh meat of the
corresponding susceptible domestic species must be included.’

Article 3

This Decision shall be reviewed within three months in the
light of the evolution of the foot-and-mouth disease situation
in Botswana.

Article 4

This Decision shall apply from 7 February 2003.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2003.

Article 1

Annex II to Decision 1999/283/EC is replaced by the text

1.
in Annex I to this Decision.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX II

MODELS OF ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATES TO BE REQUESTED

Fresh meat for human consumption

Country

Code

Bovine

Swine

Ovine/Caprine

Solipeds

MC (1)

SG (2)

MC (1)

SG (2)

MC (1)

SG (2)

MC (1)

SG (2)

Fresh meat
intended for
purposes other
than human
consumption

Botswana

BW

—

BW-01

A (4)

BW-02

A (5)

Morocco

Madagascar

Namibia

MA

MG

NA

NA-01

Swaziland

SZ

SZ-01

South Africa

ZA

ZA-01

Zimbabwe

ZW

ZW-01

—

—

—

A

—

A

—

A

—

—

a

a

a

a

a

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

a

a

a

a

—

C (4)

C (5)

—

—

—

C

—

—

—

C

—

—

D

D

D

D

—

D

D

D

D

D

D

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1) MC: Model of certificate to be completed: The letters (A,B,C,D etc.) appearing on the tables are referring to the models of animal health
guarantees as described in Annex III, to be applied for each product category in accordance with Article 2 of this decision; a dash “-”
indicates that imports are not authorised.

(2) SG: Supplementary guarantees. The letters (a, b, c, d) appearing on the tables are referring to the supplementary guarantees to be
provided by the exporting country as described in Annex IV. These supplementary guarantees must be inserted by the exporting country
in the section V of each model of certificate laid down in Annex III.

(4) Only meat produced from animals slaughtered after 7 July 2002 and before 23 December 2002 can be imported into the Community.
(5) Only meat produced from animals slaughtered after 7 March 2002 and before 23 December 2002 can be imported into the Community.’

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX II

ANIMAL HEALTH GUARANTEES TO BE REQUESTED ON CERTIFICATION OF WILD AND FARMED GAME MEAT AND RABBIT MEAT

Country

Code
of territory

Cloven-hoofed game,
excluding wild swine

Wild swine

Game birds

leporidae (rabbit and hare)

Wild solipeds

Other wild
land-mammals

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Domestic rabbit

MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2)

AR

AU

BG

Argentina

Australia

Bulgaria

BR

Brazil

BW Botswana

AR

AU

BG

BG-1

BG-2

BG-3

BR

BR-1

BW

9

—

A

—

A

A

—

—

—

—

—

F

—

F

F

—

—

—

—

BW-01

A (y)

1, 2

BW-02

A (x)

1, 2

F (y)

F (x)

2, 3

2, 3

CA

CH

CL

CY

CZ

Canada

Switzerland

Chile

Cyprus

Czech Republic

EE

GL

Estonia

Greenland

CA

CH

CL

CY

CZ

CZ-1

CZ-2

EE

GL

9

9

9

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

9

9

9

—

J

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

J

J

—

J

—

J

—

—

—

—

G

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

G

G

—

G

G

G

G

—

—

8

8

8

8

8

8

D

D

D

D

D

D

—

D

—

—

—

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

—

D

I

I

I

I

I

I

—

I

—

—

—

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

B

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

—

E

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

E

—

—

—

—

—

—

E

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Code
of territory

Cloven-hoofed game,
excluding wild swine

Wild swine

Game birds

leporidae (rabbit and hare)

Wild solipeds

Other wild
land-mammals

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Domestic rabbit

MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2)

HR

HU

IL

LI

Croatia

Hungary

Israel

Lithuania

LV

Latvia

NA

Namibia

NC

New Caledonia

NZ

New Zealand

PL

Poland

RO

Romania

RU

Russia

SL

SK

SZ

Slovenia

Slovak Republic

Swaziland

TH

Thailand

TN

Tunisia

US

United States of
America

HR

HU

IL

LI

LV

NA

NA-01

NC

NZ

PL

RO

RU

RU-1

SL

SK

SZ

SZ-01

TH

TN

US

A

A

—

A

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

—

—

A

A

—

A

—

—

A

F

F

—

F

F

—

F

F

F

F

F

—

F

F

F

—

F

—

—

F

1, 2

9

—

1, 2

9

—

J

—

—

—

—

—

—

J

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

J

—

G

—

—

—

—

—

—

G

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

G

7

—

9

9

2, 3

—

5

2, 3

D

D

D

D

—

—

—

—

D

D

D

—

—

D

D

—

—

D

D

D

8

8

8

8

8

I

I

I

I

—

—

—

—

I

I

I

—

—

I

I

—

—

I

I

I

—

—

—

—

—

B

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

B

—

—

—

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

—

—

—

E

E

—

—

—

E

—

E

E

E

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

.

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Code
of territory

Cloven-hoofed game,
excluding wild swine

Wild swine

Game birds

leporidae (rabbit and hare)

Wild solipeds

Other wild
land-mammals

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Domestic rabbit

MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2) MC (1)

SC (2)

UY

ZA

Uruguay

South Africa

ZW Zimbabwe

UY

ZA

ZA-01

ZW

ZW-01

—

—

A

—

—

1, 2

—

—

F

—

—

2, 3

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

B

Third countries, other than those above,
appearing on the list of the first part
of the Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC
as last amended

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

C

C

C

C

C

C

H

H

H

H

H

H

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1) MC: Model certificate to be completed. The letters (A, B, C, D, etc.) appearing in the tables refer to the models of animal health guarantees, as described in Annex III to the present Decision, to be applied for each categories of fresh meat and

origin in accordance with Article 2 of this Decision. A dash “—” indicates that imports are not authorised.

(2) SC: specific conditions. The numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) appearing in the table refer to the special conditions to be provided by the exporting country as described in Annex IV. These supplementary guarantees must be inserted by the exporting

country in section V of each model of certificate set down in Annex III.

NB: (y) Only meat produced from animals slaughtered after 7 July 2002 and before 23 December 2002 can be imported into the Community.

(x) Only meat produced from animals slaughtered after 7 March 2002 and before 23 December 2002 can be imported into the Community.’

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