2003/533/EC: Commission Decision of 17 July 2003 amending Decision 98/371/EC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certifications for import of fresh meat from certain European countries to take into account some aspects in relation with Estonia and Lithuania (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2561)
Date: 2003-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, Estonia, Lithuania, fresh meat, health control, import, originating product, veterinary inspection

23.7.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 184/33

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 July 2003

amending Decision 98/371/EC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certifica-
tions for import of fresh meat from certain European countries to take into account some aspects
in relation with Estonia and Lithuania

(notified under document number C(2003) 2561)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/533/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(6)

it

is appropriate to authorise Estonia and
Therefore,
Lithuania to export pig meat to the Community, subject
to certain conditions in relation to the use of catering
waste for the feeding to swine. The Estonian and Lithua-
nian competent veterinary authorities have committed
themselves that, for the purpose of exporting pig meat, a
list of pig holdings kept under regular veterinary super-
visions and where appropriate controls are carried out
to exclude any use of catering waste for feeding to pigs
will be established.

(7)

(8)

Decision 98/371/EC should 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

Annex II to Decision 98/371/EC is replaced by the Annex to
the present Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 July 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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
fresh meat products from third countries (1), as last
swine,
amended by Regulation 1452/2001/EC (2), and in particular
Articles 14, 15 and 16 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The animal health conditions and veterinary certification
for imports of fresh meat from certain European coun-
tries are laid down in Commission Decision 98/371/
EC (3), as last amended by Decision 2002/940/EC (4).

fresh meat

Imports of
for human consumption of
domestic animals of the porcine species from Estonia
and Lithuania were not authorised due to animal health
reasons, concerning in particular the control of classical
swine fever.

The Estonian and Lithuanian competent veterinary
authorities have submitted a request to be authorised to
export pig meat to the Community and have supported
their request with information concerning the health
status of the swine in Estonia and Lithuania and their
control of classical swine fever.

In February 2003 Commission veterinary missions were
carried out
to assess the animal health situation in
Estonia and in Lithuania.

Based on the reports of the missions and the further
information provided by the Estonian and Lithuanian
competent veterinary authorities,
the
health status of the swine in Estonia and Lithuania in
relation to classical swine fever is satisfactory.

it appears that

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 170, 16.6.1998, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 325, 30.11.2002, p. 40.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

Animal health guarantees to be requested on certification of fresh meat

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)

Albania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Belarus

Czech Republic

Estonia

Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia

Croatia

Hungary

Lithuania

Latvia

Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia (3)

Poland

Romania

Russia

Slovenia

Slovak Republic

AL

BA

BG

BG-1

BG-2

BY

CZ

CZ-1

CZ-2

EE

FY

FY-1

FY-2

HR

HU

LT

LV

MK

PL

RO

RU

SI

SK

—

—

—

A

—

—

A

A

A

—

—

A

—

A

A

A

—

—

A

A

—

A

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

B

B

B

—

—

—

—

B

B

—

—

B

—

—

—

B

A

A

A

A

—

—

—

C

—

—

C

C

C

—

—

C

—

C

C

C

—

C

C

C

—

C

C

—

—

D

D

D

—

D

D

D

—

D

D

D

D

D

D

—

D

D

D

—

D

D

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Fresh meat
intended for
purposes
other than
human
consump-
tion

—

—

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

N.B. Imports of fresh meat for human consumption are not allowed unless a programme of control of residues in the exporting third country has been approved by the

Commission.

(1) MC: Model of certificate to be completed. The letters (A, B, C, D...) appearing on the tables refer to the models of animal health guarantees, as described in Annex III to
Decision 98/371/EC, to be applied for each product and origin 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.

(3) Provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the negotiations currently taking place in the

United Nations.’