2004/381/EC:Commission Decision of 26 April 2004 amending Decision 1999/710/EC as regards the inclusion of establishments in Iceland in provisional lists of third-country establishments from which Member States authorise imports of minced meat and meat preparations (Text with EEA relevance) [notified under document number C(2004) 1521]
Date: 2004-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Iceland, health legislation, import, meat product, originating product

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COMMISSION DECISION 

of 26 April 2004 

amending Decision 1999/710/EC as regards the inclusion of establishments in Iceland in 
provisional lists of third-country establishments from which Member States authorise 
imports of minced meat and meat preparations 

(notified under document number C(2004) 1521) 

(Text with EEA relevance) 

(2004/381/EC) 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 

Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing 
up,  for  an  interim  period,  provisional  lists  of  third-country  establishments  from  which 
Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or 
live bivalve molluscs 1, and in particular Article 2(4) thereof, 

Whereas: 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

1

2

Provisional  lists  of  establishments  in  third  countries  from  which  the  Member  States 
authorise  imports  of  minced  meat  and  meat  preparations  have  been  drawn  up  by 
Commission Decision 1999/710/EC 2. 

Iceland has sent a list of establishments producing minced meat and meat preparations 
for  which  the  competent  authority  certifies  that  the  establishments  comply  with 
Community rules. 

Those  establishments  should  be  included  in  the  lists  drawn  up  by  Decision 
1999/710/EC. 

As  on-the-spot  inspections  have  not  yet  been  carried  out,  imports  from  such 
establishments  are  not  eligible  for  reduced  physical  checks  pursuant  to  Article  10  of 
Council Directive 97/78/EC 3. 

OJ  L  243,  11.10.1995,  p.  17.  Decision  as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 
16.5.2003, p. 1). 
OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 82. Decision as last amended by the Act concerning the conditions of accession 
of  the  Czech  Republic,  the  Republic  of  Estonia,  the  Republic  of  Cyprus,  the  Republic  of  Latvia,  the 
Republic  of  Lithuania,  the  Republic  of  Hungary,  the  Republic  of  Malta,  the  Republic  of  Poland,  the 
Republic  of  Slovenia  and  the  Slovak  Republic  and  the  adjustments  to  the  Treaties  on  which  the 
European Union is founded (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 381). 

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(5)

(6)

Decision 1999/710/EC should therefore 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: 

The  Annex  to  Decision  1999/710/EC  is  amended  in  accordance  with  the  Annex  to  this 
Decision. 

Article 1 

This Decision shall apply from 7 May 2004.

Article 2 

This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 

Article 3 

Done at Brussels, 26 April 2004. 

For the Commission 
David BYRNE 
Member of the Commission

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3

OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. 

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ANNEX 

In the Annex to Decision 1999/710/EC, the following text is inserted in accordance with the 
alphabetical order of the country ISO code: 

‘País: Islandia / Land: Island / Land: Island / Χώρα: Iσλάνδια / Country: Iceland / Pays: 
Islande / Paese: Islanda / Land: Ijsland / País: Islandia / Maa: Islanti / Land: Island. 

1 

22 

50 

2 

3 

4 

Kaupfelag V-
Hunvetninga 

Kaupfelag 
Skagfirdinga 

Hvammstangi 

Saudarkrokur 

________ 

5 

MP 

MP 

6 

7 

7’