2003/616/EC: Commission Decision of 11 August 2003 approving on behalf of the European Community amendments to the Annexes to the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: New Zealand, animal product, health certificate, live animal, trade agreement (EU), veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 August 2003

approving on behalf of the European Community amendments to the Annexes to the Agreement
between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in
live animals and animal products

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/616/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 97/132/EC of 17 December
the Agreement between the
1996 on the conclusion of
European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures
applicable to trade in live animals and animal products (1), as
amended by Decision 1999/837/EC (2), and in particular Article
3, third paragraph thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Decision 2002/957/EC of 28 November 2002
on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters concerning the amendment to the
Annexes
to the Agreement between the European
Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures
and animal
in live
applicable
products (3), provided for the possibility of recognising
the equivalence of the New Zealand certification systems
for fresh meat and meat-based products and for other
animal products.

to trade

animals

The Joint Management Committee for the Agreement
(the Committee), at its meeting on 27 and 28 February
2003, issued a recommendation concerning the determi-
nation of equivalence of certification systems for the
following animal products: animal casings, hides and
skins, pet food, bones and bone products, processed
animal protein, blood and blood products,
lard and
rendered fats, raw materials for feedingstuffs, pharma-
ceutical or technical use and products obtained from
poultrymeat. As a result of this recommendation it is
appropriate to amend Annex V to the Agreement.

(1) OJ L 57, 26.2.1997, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 332, 23.12.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 333, 10.12.2002, p. 13.

The Committee at
that same meeting issued further
recommendations concerning amendments of certain
Annexes to the Agreement to take account of changes in
the administrative structure of the responsible authorities
and the contact point of New Zealand, and of changes
relating to New Zealand legislation. The Committee also
recommended amendment of Annex V with respect to
BSE-related measures in accordance with the current
legislation of both Parties.

(4)

(5)

Those amendments should be approved on behalf of the
Community.

The measure provided for in this Decision is in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Pursuant to the recommendations made by the Joint Manage-
ment Committee established under Article 16 of the Agreement
between the European Community and New Zealand on sani-
tary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal
products the amendments to Annexes II, V and X to the said
Agreement are hereby approved on behalf of the European
Community. The text of the Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters, including the amendments to the Annexes
to the Agreement, is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Director-General for Health and Consumer Protection is
hereby empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.

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This Decision shall apply from the first day of the month following the month in which New Zealand noti-
fies the Commission in writing that its internal procedures for the approval of the amendments referred to
in Article 1 have been completed.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 11 August 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission