2003/573/EC: Commission Decision of 31 July 2003 amending Decision 94/85/EC on the importation of fresh poultry meat and Decision 2000/609/EC concerning the health conditions for the importation of fresh ratite meat with respect to Botswana (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2755)
Date: 2003-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Botswana, fresh meat, health certificate, import, originating product, poultrymeat, veterinary inspection

1.8.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 194/89

COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 July 2003

amending Decision 94/85/EC on the importation of fresh poultry meat and Decision 2000/609/EC
concerning the health conditions for the importation of fresh ratite meat with respect to
Botswana

(notified under document number C(2003) 2755)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/573/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/494/EEC of 26 June
1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in and imports from third countries of fresh poultry
meat (1), as last amended by Directive 1999/89/EC (2), and in
particular Article 9(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Commission Decision 94/85/EC (3), as last amended by
Decision 2001/733/EC (4), established a list of
third
countries from which importation of fresh poultry meat
is authorised.

Commission Decision 2000/609/EC (5), as last amended
by 2000/782/EC (6), establishes animal and public health
conditions and veterinary certification for imports of
farmed ratite meat.

An inspection carried out by the Commission in Bots-
wana in May 2001 has shown that sufficiently well
structured and organised veterinary services are in place
in Botswana regarding the animal health status for
ratites. However, the legislation in Botswana did not
fully include the requirement for official notification of
avian influenza.

Botswana has now amended its legislation to ensure that
avian influenza is to be notified to the competent
authority.

Commission Decision 94/85/EC should therefore be
amended to include Botswana in the list in the Annex
thereto. For the sake of clarity the Annex should be
replaced in its entirety.

The Annex to Decision 94/85/EC must clearly state that
Botswana is authorised for ratite meat only.

(7)

(8)

(9)

to Decision 2000/609/EC should also be
Annex I
amended to include Botswana in the list of authorised
countries that are allowed to export farmed ratite meat
into the European Union. For the sake of clarity the
Annex should be replaced in its entirety.

Due to the health status of Botswana in regard to
Newcastle disease, Annex I to Decision 2000/609/EC
should clearly specify that Model Certificate ‘B’ must be
used for imports of farmed ratite meat from Botswana.

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 94/85/EC is replaced by Annex I to this
Decision.

Article 2

Annex I to Decision 2000/609/EC is replaced by Annex II to
this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 31 July 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 35.
(2) OJ L 300, 23.11.1999, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 44, 17.2.1994, p. 31.
(4) OJ L 275, 18.10.2001, p. 17.
(5) OJ L 258, 12.10.2000, p. 49.
(6) OJ L 309, 9.12.2000, p. 37.

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX

Imports from countries on this list must fulfil the relevant animal and public health requirements

ISO code

Country

Fresh poultry meat

Special remarks

AR

AU

BG

BR

BW

CA

CH

CL

CN

CY

CZ

HR

HU

IL

IS

KR

LV

LI

MG

MT

MY

NA

NZ

PL

RO

SI

SK

TH

TN

TR

US

UY

ZA

ZW

Argentina

Australia

Bulgaria

Brazil

Botswana

Canada

Switzerland

Chile

China (People's Republic)

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Croatia

Hungary

Israel

Iceland

Korea (Republic)

Latvia

Lithuania

Madagascar

Malta

Malaysia

Namibia

New Zealand

Poland

Romania

Slovenia

Slovak Republic

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

United States of America

Uruguay

South Africa

Zimbabwe

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

Ratite meat only

Western Peninsular only

Ratite meat only

Ratite meat only

Ratite meat only’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX I

List of third countries or parts of third countries which are allowed to export farmed ratite meat to the
European Union

ISO code

Country

Parts of the territory

Model certificate
to be used
(A or B)

The States of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa
Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso
do Sul

AR

AU

BG

Argentina

Australia

Bulgaria

BR-1

Brazil

BW

CA

CH

CL

CY

CZ

HR

HU

IL

LI

NA

NZ

PL

RO

SI

SK

TH

TN

US

ZA

ZW

Botswana

Canada

Switzerland

Chile

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Croatia

Hungary

Israel

Lithuania

Namibia

New Zealand

Poland

Romania

Slovenia

Slovakia

Thailand

Tunisia

United States of America

South Africa

Zimbabwe

A

A

A

A

B

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

B’