2004/229/EC: Commission Decision of 5 March 2004 on the list of establishments in Latvia approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 662)
Date: 2004-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, fresh meat, health control, import, veterinary inspection

9.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 70/39

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 March 2004

on the list of establishments in Latvia approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the
Community

(notified under document number C(2004) 662)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/229/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 par-
ticular Article 4(1) and Article 18(1)(a) and (b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Establishments in third countries may only be authorised
to export fresh meat to the Community if they satisfy
the general and special conditions laid down in Directive
72/462/EEC.

Following a Community mission,
it appears that the
animal health situation in Latvia compares favourably
with that in the Member States, particularly as regards
disease transmission through meat, and that the opera-
tion of controls over the production of fresh meat is
satisfactory.

For the purpose of Article 4(3) of Directive 72/462/EEC,
Latvia has forwarded details of the establishments that
should be authorised to export fresh meat to the Com-
munity.

The establishments put forward by Latvia meet all the
requirements laid down in Directive 72/462/EC in order
slaughterhouses and approved
to be designated as
cutting plants from which imports into the European
Union may be permitted in accordance with Article 18
of the Directive.

(5)

(6)

A Community inspection has shown that the hygiene
standards of those establishments are satisfactory and
that they may therefore be included on the first list of
to be drawn up in accordance with
establishments,
Directive 72/462/EEC,
fresh
from which imports of
meat may be authorised.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The establishments in Latvia as listed in the Annex are hereby
approved for the purposes of exporting fresh meat to the Com-
munity pursuant to the conditions laid down in Directive 72/
462/EEC, including points (a) and (b) of Article 18(1) thereof.

This Decision shall apply from 12 March 2004.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 5 March 2004.

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.

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Official Journal of the European Union

9.3.2004

ANNEX

Country: Latvia

Approval number

Establishment

Town/region

A009143

JSC ‘Ruks’

Cesis, Cesis district

A000917

Farm ‘Lankalni’

Dzeldas village, Nikraces, Kuldigas district

Category (*)

SL

CP

CS

x

x

x

x

S/G

B

x

x

P

x

x

SR

SP

(*) SL:

Slaughterhouse

CP: Cutting premises
CS: Cold store
B:

Bovine meat

Pigmeat

S/G: Sheepmeat/goatmeat
P:
SP: Meat from solipeds
SR: Special remarks