2005/156/EC: Commission Decision of 18 February 2005 amending Decision 1999/710/EC as regards the inclusion of establishments in Bulgaria in provisional lists of third-country establishments from which Member States authorise imports of minced meat and meat preparations (notified under document number C(2005) 364) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, import, meat processing industry, meat product

L 51/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.2.2005

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 February 2005

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

(notified under document number C(2005) 364)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/156/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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).

Bulgaria has sent a list of establishments producing
minced meat and meat preparations
for which the
competent authority provided satisfactory guarantees
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
Council Directive 97/78/EC (3).

to Article 10 of

Decision 1999/710/EC should therefore 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

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 3 March 2005.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17. Decision as last amended by Directive
2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33).

(2) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 82. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/381/EC (OJ L 144, 30.4.2004, p. 8).

(3) 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).

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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: Bulgaria/Země: Bulharsko/Land: Bulgarien/Land: Bulgarien/Riik: Bulgaaria/Χώρα: Βουλγαρία/Country:
Bulgaria/Pays: Bulgarie/Paese: Bulgaria/Valsts: Bulgārija/Šalis: Bulgarija/Ország: Bulgária/Pajjiż: Bulgarija/
Land: Bulgarije/Państwo: Bułgaria/País: Bulgária/Krajina: Bulharsko/Država: Bolgarija/Maa: Bulgaria/Land:
Bulgarien

1

2

3

4

BG 1602071

Brezovo Ltd

Brezovo

BG 2701013

Rodopa-Shumen Ltd

Shumen

Plovdiv

Shumen

BG 2304002

Nikas-Bulgaria Ltd

Botevgrad

Sofia

5

MP

MP

MP

6

7

7

7’