2004/857/EC: Commission Decision of 8 December 2004 amending Decision 97/222/EC laying down the list of third countries from which the Member States authorise the importation of meat products (notified under document number C(2004) 4563)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-12-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: health certificate, health legislation, import, meat product, originating product, third country

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 8 December 2004

amending Decision 97/222/EC laying down the list of third countries from which the Member
States authorise the importation of meat products

(notified under document number C(2004) 4563)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/857/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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 Articles 3(1) and 16 in conjunction with the
first indent of Article 21a(1) thereof,

governing

Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17
December 1992 laying down animal health and public health
into the
requirements
Community of products not subject to the said requirements
laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A
(I)
to
to Directive 89/662/EEC and as regards pathogens,
Directive 90/425/EEC (2), and in particular Article 10(2)(a) and
(3)(a) thereof,

in and imports

trade

(3)

(4)

(5)

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16
animal health rules
December 2002 laying down the
governing the production, processing, distribution and intro-
duction
human
consumption (3), and in particular Article 8(1) and (4) thereof,

products

animal

origin

for

of

of

Whereas:

To ensure transparency and harmonisation of the codes
for certain treatment regimes as laid down in the tables
in Part II and III of the Annex to Decision 97/222/EC, it
is necessary to amend and clarify some of the footnotes
with reference to the origin and provenance of
fresh
meat.

In the description of regionalised territories in Part I of
the Annex to Decision 97/222/EC, there are outdated
references to legislation that has now been repealed
and replaced by new acts. It is therefore necessary to
update those references. The corresponding codes of
territories and treatment
the
Annex to Decision 97/222/EC should also be updated
accordingly.

in Part

regimes

II of

Therefore, Part I, II and IV of the Annex to Decision
97/222/EC should be amended accordingly.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Commission Decision 97/222/EC is amended as follows:

(1)

Commission Decision 97/222/EC (4) establishes a list of
third countries or parts of third countries from which the
importation of meat products are authorised.

(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 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49. Directive as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 445/2004 (OJ L 72, 11.3.2004,
p. 60).

(3) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 39. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/245/EC (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 62).

1. Part I of the Annex is replaced by the text in Annex I to this

Decision;

2. Part II of the Annex is replaced by the text in Annex II to

this Decision;

3. Part IV of the Annex is replaced by the text in Annex III to

this Decision.

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This Decision shall apply from 23 December 2004.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 8 December 2004.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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‘Description of regionalised territories as laid down for the countries listed in parts II and III

ANNEX I

Country

Argentina

Bulgaria

Brazil

AR

AR-1

AR-2

BG

BG-1

BG-2

BR

BR-1

Serbia and Montenegro CS

Malaysia

MY

MY-1

(1) OJ L 146, 14.6.1976, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 378, 31.12.1994, p. 11.’

Territory

Code

Version

Description of territory

Whole country

1/2004

The whole country except the Provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz
and Tierra del Fuego

1/2004

The Provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego

—

—

—

Whole country

As described in Part I of Annex II to Council Decision
79/542/EEC (1) (as last amended)

As described in Part I of Annex II to Council Decision
79/542/EEC (1) (as last amended)

Whole country

As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 94/984/EC (2)
(as last amended)

Whole country as described in Part I of Annex II to Council
Decision 79/542/EEC (1) (as last amended)

Whole country

95/1

Peninsular (western) Malaysia only

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ANNEX III

‘PART IV

Interpretation of codes used in tables in parts II and III

Non-specific treatment regime:

A =

No minimum specified temperature or other treatment is established for animal health purposes for the meat
product. However, to qualify as a “meat product”, the meat must have undergone a treatment such that its cut
surface shows that it no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat and the fresh meat used must also satisfy the
animal health rules applicable to the export of fresh meat to the European Community.

Specific treatment regimes — listed in descending order of severity:

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Treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an Fo value of three or more.

C = A Minimum temperature of 80 °C which must be reached throughout the meat during the processing of the meat

product.

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products, or for raw ham, a treatment consisting of natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine
months and resulting in the following characteristics:
— Aw value of not more than 0,93,
— pH value of not more than 6,0.
In the case of “biltong”-type products, a treatment to achieve:
— Aw value of not more than 0,93,
— pH value of not more than 6,0.

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F = A Heat treatment ensuring that a centre temperature of at least 65 °C is reached for a period of time as necessary to

achieve a pasteurisation value (pv) equal to or above 40.’