2003/485/EC: Commission Decision of 27 June 2003 amending Commission 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(2003) 1973)
Date: 2003-06-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, animal product, application of EU law, hormone, third country, veterinary legislation

L 164/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.7.2003

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 June 2003

amending Commission 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(2003) 1973)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/485/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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,

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)

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
last amended by Decision 2003/16/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.

(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 7, 11.1.2003, p. 91.

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
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. These products and species should be added in
the Annex of Decision 2000/159/EC for these countries.

(3)

(4)

(5)

Certain third countries have not presented residue moni-
toring plans or have presented insufficient guarantees in
the area of residue monitoring to the Commission for
products and species originally indicated in the Annex of
Decision 2000/159/EC. These products and species
should be deleted in the Annex of Decision 2000/159/
EC for these countries.

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.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 27 June 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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

The rows concerning Netherlands Antilles, Argentina, Bulgaria, Belize, Chile, Honduras, Kenya, Latvia, Philippines, the United States, Uruguay, Serbia and Montenegro and South Africa are replaced by the
corresponding rows:

ANNEX

L

1
6
4
/
1
6

Code ISO2

Country

Bovine

AN

AR

BG

BZ

CL

HN

KN

LV

PH

US

UY

YU

ZA

Netherlands Antilles (1)

Argentina

Bulgaria

Belize

Chile

Honduras

Kenya

Latvia

Philippines

United States

Uruguay

Serbia and Montenegro

South Africa

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Ovine/
caprine

X

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

Swine

Equine

Poultry

Aqua-
culture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed
game

Honey

E
N

X

X (3)

X (2)

X

X

X (3)

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
u
r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

E
u
r
o
p
e
a
n
U
n
o
n

i

(1) Third country using only raw material from other approved third countries for food production.
(2) Only casings.
(3) Export of live horses for slaughter (food producing animal only).

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7
2
0
0
3