2004/245/EC: Commission Decision of 9 March 2004 amending Decisions 2000/585/EC and 97/222/EC as regards imports of wild and farmed game meat and certain game meat products from Iceland (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 701)
Date: 2004-03-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Iceland, game meat, health certificate, import, veterinary inspection

L 77/62

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.3.2004

COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 March 2004

amending Decisions 2000/585/EC and 97/222/EC as regards imports of wild and farmed game meat
and certain game meat products from Iceland

(notified under document number C(2004) 701)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/245/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),
and in particular Article 21b(4)(b) thereof,

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 (2), and in particular Articles 9(1) and 11(1)(a) thereof.

Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17
December 1992 laying down animal health and public health
requirements governing trade in and imports into the Com-
munity of products not subject to the said requirements laid
down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(1) to
Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive
90/425/EEC (3), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/45/EEC 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 (4), and in particular Article 16(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16
December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing
the production, processing, distribution and introduction of
products of animal origin for human consumption (5), and in
particular Article 8(1) and (4) thereof,

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28. Directive as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36).

(2) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 35. Directive as last amended by Directive

1999/89/EC (OJ L 300, 23.11.1999, p. 17).

(3) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49. Directive as last amended by Commis-

sion Decision 2003/721/EC (OJ L 260, 11.10.2003, p. 21).

(4) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 35. Directive as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(5) OJ L 18, 23.1.2001, p. 11.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Commission Decision 2000/585/EC (6) lays down animal
and public health conditions and veterinary certifications
for import of wild and farmed game meat and rabbit
meat from third countries.

Iceland has requested to be authorised by Member States
for the importation of farmed and wild game meat and
meat products thereof.

Iceland has a satisfactory animal health situation and is
authorised for importation of meat from bovine, ovine,
caprine and porcine species and meat from solipeds and
is already listed in the Annex to Commission Decision
94/85/EC (7) for fresh poultry meat.

Commission Decision 97/222/EC (8) establishes a list of
third countries or parts of third countries from which
the importation of meat products is authorised.

Iceland should be authorised so that Member States can
import farmed and wild game meat and meat products
thereof.

In addition the ISO-code for Serbia and Montenegro
needs to be updated where relevant.

Therefore, Decisions 2000/585/EC and 97/222/EC
should be amended accordingly.

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

Annex II to Decision 2000/585/EC is replaced by Annex I to
this Decision.

(6) OJ L 251, 6.10.2000, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/118/EC (OJ 36, 7.2.2004, p. 34).

(7) OJ L 44, 17.2.1994, p. 31. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/118/EC.

(8) OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 39. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/118/EC.

13.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 77/63

Article 2

Article 4

Part II of the Annex to Decision 97/222/EC is replaced by
Annex II to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 9 March 2004.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from 20 March 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

amending Decision 2000/585/EC

‘ANNEX II

Animal health guarantees to be requested on certification of wild and farmed game meat and rabbit meat

Country

Code of terri-
tory

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild solipeds

Wild

Domestic
rabbit

Other wild
landmammals

Cloven-hoofed game, excluding
wild swine

Wild swine

Game birds

Leporidae (rabbit and hare)

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

AU

BG

Argentina

Australia

Bulgaria

BR

Brazil

BW

Botswana

AR

AU

BG

BG-1

BG-2

BG-3

BR

BR-1

BW

—

A

—

A

A

—

—

—

—

9

—

F

—

F

F

—

—

—

—

BW-01

A (y)

1, 2

F (y)

2, 3

BW-02

A (x)

1, 2

F (x)

2, 3

CA

CH

CL

Canada

Switzerland

Chile

CY (*)

Cyprus (*)

CZ (*)

Czech Republic (*)

CA

CH

CL

CY

CZ

9

9

A

A

A

A

A

F

F

F

F

F

—

J

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

J

J

—

J

J

9

9

7

—

G

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

G

G

—

G

G

D

D

D

D

D

D

—

D

—

—

—

D

D

D

D

D

8

8

8

8

8

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

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

—

E

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

E

—

—

E

E

L

7
7
/
6
4

E
N

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
u
r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

E
u
r
o
p
e
a
n
U
n
o
n

i

.

.

1
3
3
2
0
0
4

Country

Code of terri-
tory

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Cloven-hoofed game, excluding
wild swine

Wild swine

Game birds

Leporidae (rabbit and hare)

Wild solipeds

Wild

Domestic
rabbit

Other wild
landmammals

.

.

1
3
3
2
0
0
4

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

HR

Greenland

Croatia

HU (*) Hungary (*)

IL

IS

Israel

Iceland

LT (*)

Lithuania (*)

LV (*)

Latvia (*)

MT (*) Malta (*)

NA

Namibia

NC

NZ

New Caledonia

New Zealand

PL (*)

Poland (*)

RO

RU

Romania

Russia

SI (*)

Slovenia (*)

SK (*)

Slovak Republic (*)

EE

GL

HR

HU

IL

IS

LT

LV

MT

NA

NA-01

NC

NZ

PL

RO

RU

RU-1

SI

SK-1

SK-2

A

A

A

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

F

F

F

J

—

—

J

—

—

J

J

J

—

—

—

J

J

—

—

J

—

J

7

7

—

7

7

9

7

7

7

G

—

—

G

—

—

G

G

G

—

—

—

G

G

—

—

—

G

—

G

2, 3

—

5

1, 2

9

—

D

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

8

8

—

—

I

I

I

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

B

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

C

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

H

H

E

E

—

E

—

—

E

E

E

—

—

—

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E
N

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
u
r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

E
u
r
o
p
e
a
n
U
n
o
n

i

L

7
7
/
6
5

Country

Code of terri-
tory

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild

Farmed

Wild solipeds

Wild

Domestic
rabbit

Other wild
landmammals

Cloven-hoofed game, excluding
wild swine

Wild swine

Game birds

Leporidae (rabbit and hare)

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)

SZ

Swaziland

TH

TN

US

UY

ZA

Thailand

Tunisia

United
America

Uruguay

States

of

South Africa

ZW

Zimbabwe

SZ

SZ-01

TH

TN

US

UY

ZA

ZA-01

ZW

ZW-01

—

A

—

—

A

—

—

A

—

—

1, 2

9

1, 2

—

F

—

—

F

—

—

F

—

—

2, 3

2, 3

—

—

—

—

J

—

—

—

—

—

9

—

—

—

—

G

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

D

D

D

—

—

—

8

8

8

—

—

I

I

I

—

—

—

B

B

—

—

—

—

B

B

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

than those

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(*) Only applicable until this Acceding State becomes a Member State of 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 the present Decision, to be applied for each category of fresh meat

and origin in accordance with Article 2 of this Decision. A dash “—” indicates that imports are not authorised.

(2) SC: 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 of certificate set down in Annex III.

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.’

L

7
7
/
6
6

E
N

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
u
r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

E
u
r
o
p
e
a
n
U
n
o
n

i

.

.

1
3
3
2
0
0
4

ANNEX II

amending Decison 97/222/EC

‘PART II

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

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 lepor-
idae

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

Belarus

Canada

Switzerland

A

D

A

A

D

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

A

D

A

A

D

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

C

C

A

D

D

D

D

B

C

C

B

C

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

A

A

B

B

A

A

A

A

D

D

D

D

D

—

D

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

C

C

A

D

D

D

D

C

C

C

B

C

A

D

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

—

D

A

—

—

A

A

—

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

.

.

1
3
3
2
0
0
4

E
N

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
u
r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

E
u
r
o
p
e
a
n
U
n
o
n

i

L

7
7
/
6
7

Code ISO

Country of origin or
part thereof

CL

CN

Chile

People's Republic
of China

CO

Colombia

CY (*)

Cyprus (*)

CZ (*)

Czech Republic
CZ (*)

EE (*)

Estonia (*)

ET

GL

HK

HR

Ethiopia

Hong Kong

Croatia

HU (*)

Hungary (*)

IL

IN

IS

KE

KR

Israel

India

Iceland

Kenya

Korea (Republic)

LT (*)

Lithuania (*)

LV (*)

Latvia (*)

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 lepor-
idae

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

B

B

A

A

A

B

A

B

B

A

A

A

B

A

B

B

A

A

A

B

A

B

B

A

A

A

B

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

—

A

A

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

—

A

A

B

D

A

B

B

B

B

—

A

A

B

A

A

B

B

A

B

—

A

A

A

B

—

A

A

A

—

—

D

A

A

D

—

A

—

D

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

A

A

A

B

B

B

B

A

A

A

B

—

—

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

—

A

A

B

D

A

B

B

B

B

—

A

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

—

A

A

A

—

A

—

A

A

D

—

A

—

D

A

A

—

—

—

A

A

A

—

A

—

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

A

A

Greenland

—

—

—

—

L

7
7
/
6
8

E
N

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
u
r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

E
u
r
o
p
e
a
n
U
n
o
n

i

.

.

1
3
3
2
0
0
4

Code ISO

Country of origin or
part thereof

MA

MG

MK

Morocco

Madagascar

Former Yugoslav
Rep. of Mace-
donia (**)

MT (*)

Malta (*)

MU

MX

MY

NA

NZ

Mauritius

Mexico

Malaysia MY

Malaysia MY-1

Namibia (1)

New Zealand

PL (*)

Poland (*)

PY

RO

RU

SC

Paraguay

Romania

Russia

Serbia and Monte-
negro

Serbia and Monte-
negro SC-1

Serbia and Monte-
negro SC-2

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 lepor-
idae

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)

.

.

1
3
3
2
0
0
4

B

B

A

A

B

A

—

—

B

A

A

C

A

C

D

D

D

B

B

A

A

B

D

—

—

B

A

A

C

A

C

D

D

D

B

B

B

A

B

D

—

—

B

A

A

C

D

C

D

D

D

B

B

A

A

B

A

—

—

B

A

A

B

A

B

A

A

A

—

D

—

A

—

D

—

D

D

A

A

—

A

—

D

D

D

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

A

B

D

—

—

B

A

A

C

A

C

C

C

C

B

B

B

A

B

D

—

—

B

A

A

C

D

C

C

D

C

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

—

D

—

A

—

D

—

D

D

A

A

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

A

—

—

—

—

—

A

A

—

A

A

—

—

—

E
N

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
u
r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

E
u
r
o
p
e
a
n
U
n
o
n

i

L

7
7
/
6
9

Code ISO

Country of origin or
part thereof

SG

SI (*)

Singapore

Slovenia (*)

SK (*)

Slovak (*) Republic

Slovak Republic
SK-1 (*)

Slovak Republic
SK-2 (*)

Swaziland

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

United States of
America

Uruguay

South Africa (1)

Zimbabwe (1)

SZ

TH

TN

TR

UA

US

UY

ZA

ZW

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 lepor-
idae

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)

B

A

A

A

A

B

B

C

—

—

A

C

C

C

B

A

A

A

A

B

B

C

—

—

A

C

C

C

B

A

—

D

A

B

B

B

—

—

A

B

C

B

B

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

—

—

A

A

A

A

D

A

A

A

A

—

A

A

D

—

A

D

D

D

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

—

—

A

—

C

B

B

A

—

D

A

B

B

B

—

—

A

—

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

—

A

A

A

A

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(*) Only applicable until this Acceding State becomes a Member State of the Community.
(**) 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 negotiations currently taking place in the United Nations.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
— No certificate laid down and meat products are not authorised.’

See Part III for minimum treatment requirements for pasteurised meat products and biltong.
For meat products prepared from fresh meat of domestic porcines in accordance with Decision 98/371/EC as last amended.
For meat products prepared from fresh meat of farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine).
For meat products prepared from fresh meat obtained from animals slaughtered after 1st of March 2002.

L

7
7
/
7
0

E
N

O

f
f
i
c
i
a
l

J
o
u
r
n
a
l

o
f

t
h
e

E
u
r
o
p
e
a
n
U
n
o
n

i

.

.

1
3
3
2
0
0
4