2003/733/EC: Commission Decision of 10 October 2003 amending Decision 97/222/EC as regards imports of meat products from Estonia, Lithuania and Slovakia (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 3566)
Date: 2003-10-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Lithuania, Slovakia, health certificate, health legislation, import, meat product, originating product

L 264/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.10.2003

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 October 2003

amending Decision 97/222/EC as regards imports of meat products from Estonia, Lithuania and
Slovakia

(notified under document number C(2003) 3566)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/733/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 21a(2) thereof,

(4)

(5)

(6)

The opportunity has been taken to update the names of
certain countries and add additional footnotes. For the
sake of clarity, Parts I and II of the Annex to Decision
97/222/EC should be replaced in their entirety.

Decision 97/222/EC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 97/222/EC (3), as last amended by
Decision 2002/464/EC (4), established a list of
third
countries or parts of third countries from which the
importation of meat products is authorised.

The epidemiological situation concerning classical swine
fever in Estonia, Lithuania, and Slovakia has recently
been assessed so that Member States should authorise
the importation of fresh pigmeat from those third coun-
tries into the Community.

The list of third countries or parts of third countries
from which the Member States authorise the importation
of meat products, as laid down in Decision 97/222/EC,
should be updated with a view to including those third
countries, taking into account the health situation in
order to be consistent with Community rules for the
importation of fresh meat as relevant for the different
treatment categories of meat products.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 97/222/EC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 10 October 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36.
(3) OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 39.
(4) OJ L 161, 19.6.2002, p. 16.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 264/33

Parts I and II of the Annex to Decision 97/222/EC are replaced by the following:

ANNEX

Description of regionalised territories as laid down for the countries listed in parts II and III

‘PART I

Territory

Code

Version

Description of territory

Country

Argentina

Bulgaria

Brazil

Czech Republic

AR-1

AR-3

BG

BG-1

BG-2

BG-3

BR

BR-1

CZ

CZ-1

CZ-2

Serbia and Montenegro

YU

YU-1

YU-2

MY

MY-1

SK

SK-1

Malaysia

Slovakia

1/2002

1/2002

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 93/402/
EC (1) (as last amended)

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 93/402/EC
(as last amended)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Whole country

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 98/371/
EC (2) (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)

Whole country

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 94/984/
EC (3) (as last amended)

Whole country

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)

Whole country

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)

Whole country

95/1

Peninsular (Western) Malaysia only

Whole country

1/2003

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

SK-2

1/2003

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

(1) OJ L 179, 22.7.1993, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 110, 28.4.1999, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 378, 31.12.1994, p. 11.

Third countries or parts thereof from where meat products are authorised for importation into the European Community

PART II

Code ISO

Country of origin or part
thereof

1. Domestic
bovine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game-
(excluding
swine)

Domestic
ovine/caprine

1. Domestic
porcine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(swine)

Domestic
soliped

1. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed

feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit and
farmed
leporidae

Wild cloven
hoofed game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine

Wild soliped

Wild lepor-
idae (rabbits
and hares)

Wild game
birds

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

AR

Argentina AR-1 (1)

C

C

Argentina AR-3 (1)

A (4)

A (4)

AU

BG

BH

BR

Australia

Bulgaria BG

Bulgaria BG-1

Bulgaria BG-2

Bulgaria BG-3

Bahrain

Brazil

Brazil BR-1

BW

Botswana

BY

CA

CH

CL

CN

Belarus

Canada

Switzerland

Chile

People's Republic
China

of

CO

Colombia

A

D

A

A

D

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

A

B

B

A

D

A

A

D

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

A

B

B

C

C

A

D

D

D

D

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

A

B

B

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

A

A

B

B

A

A

A

B

B

A

A

A

D

D

D

D

—

D

A

—

—

A

A

A

B

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

C

C

A

D

A

A

D

C

C

C

B

C

A

A

B

B

B

C

C

A

D

D

D

D

C

C

C

B

C

A

D

B

B

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

D

D

A

D

D

D

D

—

D

A

—

—

A

A

A

B

—

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

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bovine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game-
(excluding
swine)

Domestic
ovine/caprine

1. Domestic
porcine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(swine)

Domestic
soliped

1. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed

feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit and
farmed
leporidae

Wild cloven
hoofed game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine

Wild soliped

Wild lepor-
idae (rabbits
and hares)

Wild game
birds

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

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Code ISO

Country of origin or part
thereof

CY

CZ

Cyprus

Czech Republic CZ

Czech Republic CZ-1

Czech Republic CZ-2

EE

Estonia

C

A

A

A

C

B

C

A

A

A

C

B

ET

GL

HK

HR

HU

IL

IN

IS

KE

KR

LT

LV

Ethiopia

Greenland

—

—

Hong Kong

Croatia

Hungary

Israel

India

Iceland

Kenya

Korea (Republic)

Lithuania

Latvia

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

C

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

C

C

A

A

A

A (2)
D (3)

B

—

B

D

A

B

B

B

B

—

A (2)
D (3)

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

—

B

A

A

B

B

A

B

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

—

—

D

A

A

D

—

—

—

D

D

D

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

C

A

A

A

C

B

C

D

A

D

C

B

—

—

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

C

B

D

A

B

B

B

B

—

C

C

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

—

A

—

A

A

D

—

—

—

D

D

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

A

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Code ISO

Country of origin or part
thereof

1. Domestic
bovine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game-
(excluding
swine)

Domestic
ovine/caprine

1. Domestic
porcine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(swine)

Domestic
soliped

1. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed

feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit and
farmed
leporidae

Wild cloven
hoofed game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine

Wild soliped

Wild lepor-
idae (rabbits
and hares)

Wild game
birds

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

MA

MG

MK

MT

MU

MX

MY

NA

NZ

PL

PY

RO

RU

SG

SI

Yugoslav
of Mace-

Morocco

Madagascar

Former
Republic
donia (*)

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Malaysia MY

Malaysia MY-1

Namibia (1)

New Zealand

Poland

Paraguay

Romania

Russia

Singapore

Slovenia

B

B

A

—

B

A

—

—

B

A

A

C

A

C

B

A

B

B

A

—

B

D

—

—

B

A

A

C

A

C

B

A

B

B

B

—

B

D

—

—

B

A

A (2)
D (3)

C

D

C

B

D

B

B

A

—

B

A

—

—

B

A

A

B

A

B

B

A

—

D

—

A

—

D

—

D

D

A

A

—

A

—

D

D

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

—

B

D

—

—

B

A

A

C

A

C

B

A

B

B

B

—

B

D

—

—

B

A

D

C

D

C

B

D

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

D

—

—

—

D

—

D

D

A

A

—

A

—

—

D

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

—

A

A

—

—

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4
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Code ISO

Country of origin or part
thereof

SK

Slovakia

Slovakia SK-1

Slovakia SK-2

SZ

TH

TN

TR

UA

US

UY

YU

Swaziland

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

United
America

Uruguay

States

of

Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro
YU-1

Serbia and Montenegro
YU-2

ZA

ZW

South Africa (1)

Zimbabwe (1)

1. Domestic
bovine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game-
(excluding
swine)

Domestic
ovine/caprine

A

A

A

B

B

C

—

—

A

C

D

D

D

C

C

A

A

A

B

B

C

—

—

A

C

D

D

D

C

C

1. Domestic
porcine
2. Farmed
cloven-
hoofed
game
(swine)

—

D

A (2)
D (3)

B

B

B

—

—

A

B

D

D

D

C

B

Domestic
soliped

1. Domestic
poultry
2. Farmed

feathered
game

Domestic
rabbit and
farmed
leporidae

Wild cloven
hoofed game
(excluding
swine)

Wild swine

Wild soliped

Wild lepor-
idae (rabbits
and hares)

Wild game
birds

Wild land
mammalian
game
(excluding
ungulates,
solipeds and
leporidae)

A

A

A

B

B

B

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

A

A

D

—

A

D

D

D

D

D

D

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

—

—

A

—

C

C

C

C

B

D

D

D

B

B

B

—

—

A

—

C

D

C

C

B

—

—

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

D

D

D

—

A

D

—

—

—

D

D

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(*) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the negoatiaions currently taking place in the United Nations.
(1) See Part III for minimum treatment requirements for pasteurised meat products and biltong.
(2) For meat products prepared from fresh meat of domestic porcines in accordance with Decision 98/371/EC as last amended.
(3) For meat products prepared from fresh meat of farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine).
(4) For meat products prepared from fresh meat obtained from animals slaughtered after 1 March 2002.

— No certificate laid down and meat products are not authorised.’

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