2004/542/: 2004/542/EC:#Commission Decision of 25 June 2004 amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards the list of third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of fresh meat (notified under document number C(2004) 1954) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fresh meat, health certificate, import, import licence, originating product, third country, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 June 2004

amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards the list of third countries from
which the Member States authorise imports of fresh meat

(notified under document number C(2004) 1954)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/542/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 14(3)(c) and (d) and Article 15 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 intro-
human
duction
consumption (2), and in particular Article 8(1) and (4) thereof,

products

animal

origin

for

of

of

Whereas

(1)

(2)

Council Decision 79/542/EEC of 21 December 1979
drawing up a list of third countries or parts of third
countries, and laying down animal and public health
and veterinary certification conditions, for importation
into the Community of certain live animals and their
fresh meat (3), has been recently amended by Commission
Decision 2004/212/EC (4). Pursuant to this amendment,
new models of health certificates will come into force on
1 May 2004.

Commission Decision 93/402/EEC of 10 June 1993
concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certi-
ficate for imports of fresh meat from South American
countries (5),
to Argentina, Brazil, Chile,

still applies

(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 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/372/EC (OJ L 118, 23.4.2004, p. 45).

(4) OJ L 73, 11.3.2004, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 179, 22.7.1993, p. 11.

Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay and has recently been
amended by Decision 2003/758/EC (6), which modified
the regionalisation of Argentina; this Decision will be
repealed on the 1 May 2004 by Decision 2004/212/EC.

Commission Decision 1999/283/EC of 12 April 1999
concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certi-
ficate for imports of
fresh meat from certain African
countries (7), has recently been amended by Decision
2003/571/EC (8), which modified the regionalisation of
Swaziland; this Decision will be repealed on the 1 May
2004 by Decision 2004/212/EC.

Commission Decision 2000/585/EC of 7 September
2000 drawing up a list of third countries from which
Member States authorise imports of rabbit meat and
certain wild and farmed game meat, and laying down
the animal and public health and the veterinary certifi-
cation conditions for such imports (9), has recently been
amended by Decision 2004/245/EC (10), which authorised
Iceland for export of farmed and wild game meat of
cloven-hoofed animals excluding swine.

the

account

regionalisation and

Therefore Decision 79/542/EEC must be updated to take
certification
into
requirements concerning Argentina as
laid down in
Decision 2003/758/EC, concerning Swaziland as laid
down in Decision 2003/571/EC and concerning Iceland
as laid down in Decision 2004/245/EC.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6) OJ L 272, 23.10.2003, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 110, 28.4.1999, p. 16.
(8) OJ L 194, 1.8.2003, p. 79.
(9) OJ L 251, 6.10.2000, p. 1.
(10) OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 62.

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(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

ISO codes relating to some third countries listed in part
1 of Annex II
to Decision 79/542/EEC should be
updated.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

It should be clarified that the use of the model certificates
laid down in Decision 79/542/EEC is required without
prejudice to specific certification requirements based on
Community agreements with third countries.

Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 79/542/EC is replaced by the
Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 May 2004.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC should be
amended accordingly.

Done at Brussels, 25 June 2004.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

For the Commission

David BYRNE
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX
‘ANNEX II (FRESH MEAT)

PART 1

List of third countries or parts thereof (*)

Country

1

Code of
territory

2

Description of territory

3

AL — Albania

AR — Argentina

AL-0

Whole country

AR-0

Whole country

AR-1

The Provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Corrientes, Entre
Ríos, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio
Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, and
Tucuman.

AR-2

La Pampa and Santiago del Estero

AR-3

Cordoba

Veterinary certificate

Model(s)

4

—

EQU

BOV

BOV

BOV

AR-4

Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego

BOV, OVI

AR-5

AR-6

AR-7

Formosa (only the territory of Ramon Lista) and Salta (only the
department of Rivadavia)

Salta (only the departments of General Jose de San Martin, Oran,
Iruya, and Santa Victoria)

Chaco, Formosa (except
(except
the departments of General
Rivadavia, Oran, Iruya, and Santa Victoria), Jujuy

the territory of Ramon Lista), Salta
Jose de San Martin,

BOV

BOV

BOV

AU — Australia

AU-0

Whole country

BA — Bosnia

and
Herzegovina

BA-0

Whole country

BG — Bulgaria

BG-0

Whole country

BOV, OVI, POR,
EQU, RUF, RUW,
SUF, SUW

—

EQU

Specific
conditions

6

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

SG

5

A

A

A

A

A

A

BG-1

BG-2

The provinces of Varna, Dobrich, Silistra, Choumen, Targo-
vitchte, Razgrad, Rousse, V.Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Pleven, Lovetch,
Plovdic, Smolian, Pasardjik, Sofia district, Sofia city, Pernik,
Kustendil, Blagoevgrad, Vratza, Montana and Vidin

BOV, OVI RUW,
RUF

Starazagora,
The provinces of Bourgas,
Hasskovo, Kardjaliand and the 20-km-wide corridor on the
border with Turkey

Jambol,

Sliven,

—

—

EQU

BOV

A

1 and 2

BH — Bahrain

BR — Brazil

BH-0

Whole country

BR-0

BR-1

Whole country

States of Paraná, Minas Gerais (except regional delegations of
Oliveira, Passos, São Gonçalo de Sapucai, Sete Lagoas and
Bambuí), São Paulo, Espíritu Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul
(except for the municipalities of Sete Quedas, Sonora, Aqui-
dauana, Bodoqueno, Bonito, Caracol, Coxim,
Jardim, Ladario,
Miranda, Pedro Gomes, Porto Murtinho, Rio Negro, Rio Verde
of Mato Grosso and Corumbá), Santa Catarina, Goias and the
regional units of Cuiaba (except for the municipalities of San
Antonio de Leverger, Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Pocone and
Barão de Melgaço), Caceres (except
for the municipality of
Caceres), Lucas do Rio Verde, Rondonopolis (except for the
municipality of Itiquiora), Barra do Garça and Barra do Burges
in Mato Grosso.

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2

3

BR-2

State of Rio Grande do Sul

BR-3

State of Mato Grosso do Sul, municipality of Sete Quedas

BW — Botswana

BW-0

Whole country

BW-1

The veterinary disease control zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 18

BW-2

The veterinary disease control zones 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14

BY — Belarus

BZ — Belize

CA — Canada

BY-0

Whole country

BZ-0

Whole country

CA-0

Whole country

CH — Switzerland

CH-0

Whole country

CL — Chile

CL-0

Whole country

CN — China (People’s

Republic of)

CN-0

Whole country

CO — Colombia

CO-0

Whole country

4

BOV

BOV

EQU, EQW

BOV, OVI, RUF,
RUW

BOV, OVI, RUF,
RUW

—

BOV, EQU

BOV, OVI, POR,
EQU, RUF, RUW,
SUF, SUW

BOV, OVI, POR,
EQU, RUF, RUW,
SUF, SUW

BOV, OVI, POR,
EQU, RUF, RUW

—

EQU

BOV

5

A

A

F

F

6

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

A

2

The zone included within the borderlines from the point where
the Murri River flows into the Atrato River, downstream along
the Atrato River to where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean; from
to the Panamanian border following the Atlantic
this point
coastline to Cabo Tiburón;
to the Pacific
Ocean following the Columbian-Panamanian border; from this
point to the mouth of the Valle River along the Pacific coast and
from this point along a straight line to the point where the
Murri River flows into the Atrato River.

from this point

CO-1

CO-2

CO-3

The municipalities of Arboletas, Necocli, San Pedro de Urah,
Turbo, Apartado, Chigorodo, Mutata, Daheiba, Uramita,
Murindo, Riosucio (right bank of the Atrato river) and Frontino.

EQU

The zone included within the borderlines from the mouth of the
Sinu River on the Atlantic Ocean, upstream along the Sinu River
to its headwaters of Alto Paramillo; from this point to Puerto
Rey on the Atlantic Ocean, following the borderline between the
Department of Antiquia and Córdoba, and from this point to
the mouth of the Sinu River along the Atlantic coast.

BOV

A

2

CS-1

Whole country except the region of Kosovo and Metohija

BOV, OVI, EQU

CR — Costa Rica

CR-0

Whole country

CS-0

Whole country

CS — Serbia

and
Montenegro

CU — Cuba

DZ — Algeria

ET — Ethiopia

CU-0

Whole country

DZ-0

Whole country

ET-0

Whole country

FK — Falkland Islands

FK-0

Whole country

GL — Greenland

GL-0

Whole country

BOV, EQU

—

BOV, EQU

—

—

BOV, OVI, EQU

BOV, OVI, EQU,
RUF, RUW

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2

3

4

5

6

GT — Guatemala

HK — Hong Kong

HN — Honduras

HR — Croatia

IL — Israel

IN — India

IS — Iceland

GT-0

Whole country

HK-0

Whole country

HN-0

Whole country

HR-0

Whole country

IL-0

IN-0

IS-0

Whole country

Whole country

Whole country

KE — Kenya

MA — Morocco

KE-0

Whole country

MA-0

Whole country

MG — Madagascar

MG-0

Whole country

MK — Former

MK-0

Whole country

Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia (**)

MU — Mauritius

MX — Mexico

NA — Namibia

MU-0

Whole country

MX-0

Whole country

NA-0

Whole country

BOV, EQU

—

BOV, EQU

BOV, OVI, EQU,
RUF, RUW

—

—

BOV, OVI, EQU,
RUF, RUW

—

EQU

—

OVI, EQU

—

BOV, EQU

EQU, EQW

NA-1

South of the cordon fences which extend from Palgrave Point in
the west to Gam in the east

BOV, OVI, RUF,
RUW

F

2

NC — New Caledonia

NC-0

Whole country

NI — Nicaragua

NI-0

Whole country

NZ — New Zealand

NZ-0

Whole country

PA — Panama

PY — Paraguay

PA-0

Whole country

PY-0

PY-1

Whole country

Chaco central and San Pedro areas

RO — Romania

RO-0

Whole country

RU — Russian

Federation

SV — El Salvador

SZ — Swaziland

RU-0

Whole country

RU-1

Region of Murmansk (Murmanskaya oblast)

Whole country

Whole country

Area west of the “red line” fences which extends northwards
from the river Usutu to the frontier with South Africa west of
Nkalashane

SV-0

SZ-0

SZ-1

SZ-2

The veterinary foot-and-mouth surveillance and vaccination
control areas as gazetted as a Statutory Instrument under legal
notice No 51 of 2001

BOV, RUF, RUW

TH — Thailand

TN — Tunisia

TH-0

Whole country

TN-0

Whole country

—

—

BOV, RUF, RUW

—

BOV, OVI, POR,
EQU, RUF, RUW,
SUF, SUW

BOV, EQU

EQU

BOV

BOV, OVI, EQU,
RUW, RUF

—

RUF

—

EQU, EQW

BOV, RUF, RUW

A and
F

1 and 2

F

F

2

1 and 2

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2

3

TR — Turkey

TR-0

Whole country

TR-1

The provinces of Amasya, Ankara, Aydin, Balikesir, Bursa,
Cankiri, Corum, Denizli,
Izmir, Kastamonu, Kutahya, Manisa,
Usak, Yozgat and Kirikkale

UA — Ukraine

UA-0

Whole country

US — United States

US-0

Whole country

UY — Uruguay

UY-0

Whole country

ZA — South Africa

ZA-0

Whole country

ZA-1

The whole country except:
— the part of the foot-and-mouth disease control area situated
in the veterinary regions of Mpumalanga and Northern
in the district of Ingwavuma of the veterinary
provinces,
region of Natal and in the border area with Botswana
east of longitude 28o, and

— the district of Camperdown, in the province of KwaZulu-

Natal

4

—

EQU

—

BOV, OVI, POR,
EQU, RUF, RUW,
SUF, SUW

EQU

BOV

BOV, OVI

EQU, EQW

BOV, OVI, RUF,
RUW

5

6

A

B

F

1

1 and 2

2

ZW — Zimbabwe

ZW-0

Whole country

—

(*) Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for by Community agreements with third countries.
(**) 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.
— No certificate laid down and fresh meat imports are prohibited.

Specific conditions referred to in column 6
“1”: Geographic and timing restrictions

Code of territory

Veterinary certificate

AR-1

AR-2

AR-3

AR-4

AR-5

AR-6

AR-7

Model

BOV

BOV

BOV

BOV, OVI,
RUM, RUF

BOV

BOV

BOV

SG

A

A

A

—

A

A

A

Time period/dates for which importation into the Community is authorised or not authorised in
relation to dates of slaughter/killing of animals from which the meat was obtained

Before and including 31 January 2002

Not authorised

After and including 1 February 2002

Authorised

Before and including 8 March 2002

Not authorised

After and including 9 March 2002

Authorised

Before and including 26 March 2002

None

After and including 27 March 2002

Authorised

Before and including 28 February 2002

Not authorised

After and including 1 March 2002

Before and including 10 July 2003

Authorised

Authorised

After and including 11 July 2003

Not Authorised

Before and including 4 September 2003

Authorised

After and including 5 September 2003

Not Authorised

After 1 February 2002 and before and
including 7 October 2003

Authorised

After and including 8 October 2003

Not Authorised

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Code of territory

Veterinary certificate

BR-2

BR-3

BW-1

BW-2

PY-1

SZ-2

UY-0

Model

BOV

BOV

BOV, OVI,
RUM, RUF

BOV, OVI,
RUM, RUF

BOV

BOV,RUF,
RUW

BOV, OVI

SG

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

Time period/dates for which importation into the Community is authorised or not authorised in
relation to dates of slaughter/killing of animals from which the meat was obtained

Before and including 30 November 2001 Not authorised

After and including 1 December 2001

Authorised

Before and including 31 October 2002

Authorised

After and including 1 November 2002

Not authorised

Before and including 7 July 2002

Not authorised

After and including 8 July to 22 December
2002

Authorised

After and including 23 December 2002 to
6 June 2003

Not authorised

After and including 7 June 2003

Authorised

Before and including 6 March 2002

Not authorised

After and including 7 March 2002

Authorised

Before and including 31 August 2002

Not authorised

After and including 1 September 2002 to
19 February 2003

Authorised

After and including 20 February 2003

Not authorised

Before and including 3 August 2003

Not authorised

After and including 4 August 2003

Authorised

Before and including 31 October 2001

Not authorised

After and including 1 November 2001

Authorised

“2”: Category restrictions:

No offal authorised (except bovine diaphragm and masseter muscles).’.