2004/629/EC: Commission Decision of 1 September 2004 repealing Decision 2002/794/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to poultrymeat, poultrymeat products and poultrymeat preparations intended for human consumption and imported from Brazil (notified under document number C(2004) 3297)(Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-09-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Brazil, EC Decision, foodstuffs legislation, human nutrition, import, meat product, originating product, poultrymeat, repeal, veterinary inspection

L 284/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.9.2004

COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 September 2004

repealing Decision 2002/794/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to poul-
trymeat, poultrymeat products and poultrymeat preparations intended for human consumption
and imported from Brazil

(notified under document number C(2004) 3297)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/629/EC)

rapid alert system, has not received any further notifi-
cation of nitrofurans and their metabolites in poul-
trymeat from Brazil.

Decision 2002/794/EC should therefore be repealed.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(4)

(5)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2002/794/EC is repealed.

Article 2

Member States shall amend the measures they apply to imports
in order to bring them into line with this Decision. They shall
immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from 10 September 2004.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 September 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE
Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down
the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing
the European Food Safety Authority
and laying down
food safety (1), and in particular
procedures in matters of
Article 53(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (2), and in particular Article 22(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant to Commission Decision 2002/794/EC (3), all
consignments of poultrymeat, poultrymeat products
and poultrymeat preparations
imported
from Brazil were to be chemically tested in order to
demonstrate the absence of nitrofurans and their meta-
bolites.

(poultrymeat)

The number of consignments of poultrymeat from Brazil
subject to testing was reduced from 100 % to 20 % by
Decision 2002/794/EC, as amended by Commission
Decision 2004/198/EC. That amendment was made on
the basis of the guarantees offered by Brazil, the results
of the chemical tests carried out by the Member States
and the results of a mission to Brazil by the Food and
Veterinary Office.

Since that reduction in the number of consignments
through the
subject

the Commission,

to the testing,

(1) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 1642/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 4).

(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 276, 12.10.2002, p. 66. Decision as amended by Decision

2004/198/EC (OJ L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 39).