2003/571/EC: Commission Decision of 31 July 2003 amending Decisions 1999/283/EC and 2000/585/EC as regards imports of fresh meat from Botswana and Swaziland (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2743)
Date: 2003-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Botswana, Eswatini, fresh meat, health certificate, import, originating product, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 July 2003

amending Decisions 1999/283/EC and 2000/585/EC as regards imports of

fresh meat from

Botswana and Swaziland

(notified under document number C(2003) 2743)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/571/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas:

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 807/2003 (2), and in parti-
cular 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 Regulation (EC) No 806/
2003 (4), and in particular Article 16(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC (5) 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 as last amended by Commission Decision 2003/42/
EC (6), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36.
(3) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 35.
(4) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(6) OJ L 13, 18.1.2003, p. 24.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The animal health and veterinary certification conditions
for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries
are laid down by Commission Decision 1999/283/EC (7),
as last amended by Decision 2003/163/EC (8).

The animal and public health veterinary certification
conditions for import of wild and farmed game meat
and rabbit meat from third countries are laid down by
Commission Decision 2000/585/EC (9), as last amended
by Decision 2003/163/EC.

Following outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Bots-
wana, Decisions 1999/283/EC and 2000/585/EC were
amended by Commission Decision 2003/74/EC (10) to
suspend exports to the Community from the whole of
the country of boned and matured fresh meat of bovine,
ovine and caprine species and farmed and wild ungulates
infection,
produced after the presumed date of
pending further information required to support regio-
nalisation.

first

Additional
information and guarantees were received
from the Botswanan veterinary authorities and Decisions
1999/283/EC and 2000/585/EC were amended by Deci-
sion 2003/163/EC to regionalise the country to allow
imports into the Community of such boned and matured
meat from zones 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.

(7) OJ L 110, 28.4.1999, p. 16.
(8) OJ L 66, 11.3.2003, p. 41.
(9) OJ L 251, 6.10.2000, p. 1.
(10) OJ L 28, 4.2.2003, p. 45.

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(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

No further cases of foot-and-mouth disease have been
observed throughout the country since January 2003, all
vaccinated animals have been destroyed and intensive
surveillance including serological surveillance is being
carried out with negative results for foot-and-mouth
disease.

The Botswanan authorities have given the necessary
guarantees
the veterinary
control zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 18 may again be consid-
ered free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination.

to the Commission that

Accordingly, the importation into the Community of
boned and matured fresh meat
(excluding offal) of
bovine, ovine and caprine species and farmed and wild
ungulates should be allowed from zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
and 18 provided that slaughter took place after 7 June
2003.

Following outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Swazi-
land, Decision 1999/283/EC was amended by Commis-
sion Decision 2001/297/EC (1) to suspend exports to the
Community from the whole of the country of boned
and matured fresh meat of bovine species produced after
first infection, pending further
the presumed date of
information required to support regionalisation.

Additional
information and guarantees were received
from the Swaziland veterinary authorities and Decision
2000/585/EC was amended by Decision 2001/661/
EC (2) to regionalise the country to allow imports into
the Community of such boned and matured meat from
certain zones.

(10) No further cases of foot-and-mouth disease have been
observed throughout the country, the last vaccination
was carried out in May 2001, all vaccinated animals
have been identified and intensive surveillance including
serological surveillance is being carried out with negative
results for foot-and-mouth disease.

(11)

The Swaziland authorities have given the necessary guar-
antees to the Commission that the territory excluding
the area west of the ‘red line’ fences which extend north-
wards from the river Usutu to the frontier with South
Africa west of Nkalashane may again be considered free
of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination.

(12) Accordingly, the importation into the Community of
(excluding offal) of

boned and matured fresh meat
bovine species should be allowed from this zone.

(13) Decisions 1999/283/EC and 2000/585/EC should there-

fore be amended accordingly.

(14)

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 I to Decision 1999/283/EC is replaced by the text in
Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

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

Article 3

Annex I to Decision 2000/585/EC is replaced by the text in
Annex III to this Decision.

Article 4

Annex II to Decision 2000/585/EC is replaced by the text in
Annex IV to this Decision.

This Decision shall apply from 4 August 2003.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 6

Done at Brussels, 31 July 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 61.
(2) OJ L 232, 30.8.2001, p. 25.

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX I

Description of territories of certain African countries established for animal health certification purposes

Country

Territory code

Version

Description of territory

Botswana

Morocco

Madagascar

Namibia

Swaziland

South Africa

BW

BW-01

BW-02

MA

MG

NA

1/1999

The whole country

1/2003

Veterinary disease control zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 18.

1/2003

Veterinary disease control zones 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.

1/1999

The whole country

1/1999

The whole country

1/1999

The whole country

NA-01

1/2000

South of the cordon fence which extends from Palgrave
Point in the west to Gam in the east

SZ

SZ-01

ZA

ZA-01

1/1999

The whole country

1/2003

Area west of the “red line” fence which extends northwards
from the river Usutu to the frontier with South Africa west
of Nkalashane

1/1999

The whole country

3/2001

Republic of South Africa excluding:
— the part of the foot-and-mouth disease control area
situated in the veterinary regions of Mpumalanga and
Northern provinces,
in the district of Ingwavuma of
the veterinary region of Natal and in the border area
with Botswana east of longitude 28°

— the district of Camperdown,

in the province of

KwaZulu-Natal

Zimbabwe

ZW

1/1999

The whole country

ZW-01

1/1999

Veterinary regions of Mashonaland West province, Masho-
naland East province (including Chikomba district), Masho-
naland Central province, Manicaland province (including
only Makoni district), Midlands province (including only
the Gweru, Kwekwe, Shurugwi, Chirimanzu and Zvisha-
vane districts), Masvingo province (including only the
districts of Gutu and Masvingo), Matabeleland South
province
Insiza, Bullimamangwe,
Umzingwamange, Gwanda and West Nicholson districts)
and Matabeleland north province (including only the
districts of Bubi and Umgusa)’

(including only the

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX II

Models of animal health certificates to be requested

Fresh meat for human consumption

Bovine

Swine

Ovine/Caprine

Solipeds

Country

Code

MC (1)

SG (2)

MC (1)

SG (2)

MC (1)

SG (2)

MC (1)

SG (2)

Botswana

BW

—

BW-01

A (3)

BW-02

A (4)

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 (3)

C (4)

—

—

—

C

—

—

—

C

—

—

D

D

D

D

—

D

D

D

D

D

D

—

—

Fresh
meat
intended
for
purposes
other
than
human
consum-
ption

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1) MC: model certificate to be completed: the letters (A, B, C, D) appearing on the tables refer to the models of animal health guaran-
tees 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.
supplementary guarantees: the letters (a, b, c, d) appearing on the tables refer 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 section V of each model certificate laid down in Annex III.

(2) SG:

(3) Meat produced from animals slaughtered after 7 July 2002 and before 23 December 2002 and meat produced from animals slaugh-

tered after 7 June 2003 can be imported into the Community.

(4) Meat produced from animals slaughtered after 7 March 2002 can be imported into the Community.’

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ANNEX III

‘ANNEX I

Description of territories of certain third countries established for animal health certification purposes

Country

Territory code

Version

Description of territory

Bulgaria

Brazil

BG-1

BG-2

BG-3

BR-1

—

—

—

—

Botswana

BW-01

2/2003

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 98/371/
EC (as last amended) (1)

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 98/371/
EC (as last amended)

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 98/371/
EC (as last amended)

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 94/984/
EC (as last amended) (2)

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 1999/
283/EC (as last amended) (3)

BW-02

2/2003

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 1999/
283/EC (as last amended)

—

—

—

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 98/371/
EC (as last amended)

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 98/371/
EC (as last amended)

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 1999/
283/EC (as last amended)

1/1999

The region of Murmansk (Murmanskaya oblast)

1/2003

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 1999/
283/EC (as last amended)

—

—

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 1999/
283/EC (as last amended)

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 1999/
283/EC (as last amended)

The whole country

Czech Republic

Namibia

Russia

Swaziland

CZ-1

CZ-2

NA-01

RU-1

SZ-01

South Africa

ZA-01

Zimbabwe

ZW-01

country
Any
appearing in the first
column of Annex II

ISO code as
indicated in the
first column of
Annex II

(1) OJ L 170, 29.5.1998, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 378, 31.12.1994, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 110, 12.4.1999, p. 16.’

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‘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

Argentina

AU

Australia

BG

Bulgaria

BR

Brazil

AR

AU

BG

BG–1

BG–2

BG–3

BR

BR–1

BW Botswana

BW

—

A

—

A

A

—

—

—

—

9

—

F

—

F

F

—

—

—

—

BW–01

A (y)

BW–02

A (x)

1,2

1,2

F (y)

F (x)

2,3

2,3

CA

Canada

CH

Switzerland

CL

CY

CZ

Chile

Cyprus

Czech
Republic

9

9

9

CA

CH

CL

CY

CZ

CZ–1

CZ–2

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

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

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

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

—

E

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

E

—

—

—

—

—

—

L

1
9
4
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8
4

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f
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i
a
l

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o
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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)

EE

Estonia

GL

Greenland

HR

Croatia

HU

Hungary

IL

LI

Israel

Lithuania

LV

Latvia

NA

Namibia

NC

NZ

New Cale-
donia

New
Zealand

PL

Poland

RO

Romania

RU

Russia

SL

Slovenia

SK

Slovak
Republic

EE

GL

HR

HU

IL

LI

LV

NA

NA–01

NC

NZ

PL

RO

RU

RU–1

SL

SK

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

—

7

—

—

—

—

J

—

—

—

—

—

J

—

—

—

G

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

9

G

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

2.3

—

5

—

D

D

D

D

D

—

—

—

—

D

D

D

—

—

D

D

I

—

I

I

I

I

—

—

—

—

I

I

I

8

8

—

—

I

I

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

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

E

E

—

—

—

E

E

—

—

—

E

—

E

E

E

—

—

.

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2
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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)

—

A

—

—

A

—

—

A

—

—

1,2

9

1,2

—

F

—

—

F

—

—

F

—

—

2,3

2,3

—

—

—

—

J

—

—

—

—

—

9

—

—

—

—

G

—

—

—

—

—

8

8

8

—

—

D

D

D

—

—

—

—

—

I

I

I

—

—

—

B

B

—

—

—

—

B

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Country

code of
Territory

SZ

Swaziland

SZ

TH

TN

US

UY

ZA

Thailand

Tunisia

United
States
America

Uruguay

South
Africa

of

SZ–01

TH

TN

US

UY

ZA

ZA–01

ZW Zimbabwe

ZW

ZW–01

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

the first part of

NB:
(y) Meat produced from animals slaughtered after 7 July 2002 and before 23 December 2002 and meat produced from animals slaughtered after 7 June 2003 can be imported into the Community.
(x) Meat produced from animals slaughtered after 7 March 2002 can be imported into the Community.
(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 this decision, to be applied for each category of fresh meat and

(2) SC:

origin in accordance with Article 2 of this decision. A dash “—” indicates that imports are not authorised.
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 certificate set out in Annex III.’

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