2005/234/EC: Commission Decision of 14 March 2005 amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards imports of fresh meat from Argentina (notified under document number C(2005) 602) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, foot-and-mouth disease, fresh meat, import licence, import policy

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 March 2005

amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards imports of fresh meat from
Argentina

(notified under document number C(2005) 602)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/234/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 the second subparagraph of Articles 3(1)
and 16(1) 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
of
duction
consumption (2), and in particular Article 8(1) and (4),

products

animal

origin

for

of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Part 1 of Annex II to 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) sets out a list of third countries
and parts of third countries from which Member States
are authorised to import certain live animals and their
fresh meat.

Following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (‘FMD’)
that occurred in September 2003 in Argentina in the
province of Salta, in the north of the country close to
Paraguay, Commission Decision
the
93/402/EEC of 10 June 1993 concerning animal health
conditions and veterinary certification for imports of
from South American countries (4) was
fresh meat

border with

(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
Commission Decision 2004/620/EC (OJ L 279, 28.8.2004, p. 30).

(4) OJ L 179, 22.7.1993, p. 11.

Decisions

2003/658/EC (5)

amended
by
and
2003/758/EC (6),
in order to suspend importation of
deboned and matured bovine meat from the Argentinean
provinces of Salta, Jujuy, Chaco and Formosa. Decision
93/402/EEC
Decision
2004/212/EC (7) and its provisions have been incor-
porated in Decision 79/542/EEC.

repealed

been

has

by

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The outbreak has been closed for more than 12 months
and no new outbreaks have been detected in the territory
of Argentina.
inspection missions
carried out in 2004 have shown that the situation in
Argentina has improved in regard to both animal and
public health.

In the meantime,

The Commission requested Argentina to provide for a
buffer zone along its borders with Bolivia and Paraguay
in order to avoid the risk of
introduction of FMD.
Argentina proposed a zone with a width of 25 kilo-
(‘the
metres along its border with those countries
buffer
in
particular concerning control measures in place in the
buffer
the
now been
zone,
Commission.
Importation into the Community from
the buffer zone of fresh meat from species susceptible
to FMD should be prohibited.

zone’). Detailed maps

and information,

provided

have

to

is therefore appropriate to resume importation of
It
from the
deboned and matured bovine fresh meat
provinces of Salta, Jujuy, Chaco and Formosa with the
exception of the buffer zone.

Decision 79/542/EEC has been amended by Decision
2004/212/EC inter
to exclude meat
products from its scope. It is therefore appropriate to
delete in Article 1 the erroneous reference to meat
products.

in order

alia

(7)

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

(5) OJ L 232, 18.9.2003, p. 59.
(6) OJ L 272, 23.10.2003, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 73, 11.3.2004, p. 11.

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(8)

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 3

This Decision shall apply from 18 March 2005.

Article 4

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

In Article 1 to Decision 79/542/EEC the words ‘and meat
products’ are deleted.

Done at Brussels, 14 March 2005.

Article 2

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

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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Country

1

AL — Albania

AR — Argentina

ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

FRESH MEAT

Part 1

Code of
Territory

2

AL-0

AR-0

AR-1

AR-2

AR-3

AR-4

AR-5

AR-6

AR-7

AR-8

AR-9

LIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES OR PARTS THEREOF (*)

Veterinary certificate

Description of territory

3

Whole country

Whole country

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

La Pampa and Santiago del Estero

Cordoba

Model(s)

4

—

EQU

BOV

BOV

BOV

Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego

BOV, OVI

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 the territory of Ramon Lista), Salta
(except
Jose de San Martin,
Rivadavia, Oran, Iruya and Santa Victoria), Jujuy

the departments of General

Jujuy, with the exception of

the
Chaco, Formosa, Salta,
buffer area of 25 km from the border with Bolivia and
Paraguay that extends from the Santa Catalina District in
the Province of Jujuy, to the Laishi District in the Province
of Formosa

The buffer area of 25 km from the border with Bolivia and
Paraguay that extends from the Santa Catalina District in the
Province of Jujuy to the Laishi District in the Province of
Formosa

BOV

BOV

BOV

BOV

—

SG

5

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

Specific
conditions

6

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

AU — Australia

AU-0

Whole country

BA — Bosnia
Herzegovina

BG — Bulgaria

BA-0

Whole country

BG-0

BG-1

BG-2

Whole country

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

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

BH — Bahrain

BH-0

Whole country

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

—

EQU

BOV, OVI
RUW, RUF

—

—

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BR — Brazil

2

BR-0

BR-1

BR-2

BR-3

3

Whole country

States of Paraná, Minas Gerais (except regional delegations of
Oliveira, Passos, São Gonçalo de Sapucai, Setelagoas 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.

State of Rio Grande do Sul

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

BZ-0

Whole country

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

CO-1

CO-3

The zone included within the borderlines from the point
where the Murri River flows into the Atrato River, down-
stream along the Atrato River to where it flows into the
Atlantic Ocean from this point to the Panamanian border
following the Atlantic coast-line to Cabo Tiburón; from this
point to the Pacific Ocean following the Columbian-Pana-
manian 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.

The zone included within the borderlines from the mouth of
the Sinu River on the Atlantic Ocean, upstream along the
Sinu River to its head-Waters 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.

4

EQU

BOV

BOV

BOV

EQU, EQW

BOV, OVI,
RUF, RUW

BOV, OVI,
RUF, RUW

—

BOV, EQU

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

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

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

—

EQU

BOV

6

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

5

A

A

A

F

F

G

A

2

BOV

A

2

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1

2

3

4

5

6

CR — Costa Rica

CS — Serbia and
Montenegro (**)

CU — Cuba

DZ — Algeria

ET — Ethiopia

FK — Falkland Islands

CR-0

Whole country

CS-0

Whole country

CU-0

Whole country

DZ-0

Whole country

ET-0

FK-0

Whole country

Whole country

GL — Greenland

GL-0

Whole country

GT — Guatemala

GT-0

Whole country

HK — Hong Kong

HK-0

Whole country

HN — Honduras

HN-0

Whole country

HR — Croatia

HR-0

Whole country

IL — Israel

IN — India

IS — Iceland

IL-0

IN-0

IS-0

Whole country

Whole country

Whole country

KE — Kenya

KE-0

Whole country

MA — Morocco

MA-0

Whole country

MG — Madagascar

MG-0

Whole country

MK — Former Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia (***)

MK-0

Whole country

MU — Mauritius

MU-0

Whole country

MX — Mexico

NA — Namibia

MX-0

Whole country

NA-0

Whole country

BOV, EQU

BOV, OVI,
EQU

BOV, EQU

—

—

BOV, OVI,
EQU

BOV, OVI,
EQU, RUF,
RUW

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 — Panamá

PA-0

Whole country

BOV, RUF,
RUW

—

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

BOV, EQU

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PY — Paraguay

2

PY-0

PY-1

3

Whole country

Chaco central and San Pedro areas

RO — Romania

RO-0

Whole country

RU — Russian
Federation

SV — El Salvador

SZ — Swaziland

TH — Thailand

TN — Tunisia

TR — Turkey

RU-0

RU-1

SV-0

SZ-0

SZ-1

SZ-2

TH-0

TN-0

TR-0

TR-1

Whole country

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

The veterinary foot and mouth surveillance and vaccination
control areas as gazetted as a Statutory Instrument under
legal notice number 51 of 2001

BOV, RUF,
RUW

Whole country

Whole country

Whole country

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

ZA-1

Whole country

The whole country except:
— the part of

the foot-and-mouth disease control area
situated in the veterinary regions of Mpumalanga and
Northern provinces, in the district of Ingwavuma of the
veterinary region of Natal and in the border area with
Botswana east of longitude 28°, and

— the district of Camperdown,

in the province of

4

EQU

BOV

BOV, OVI,
EQU, RUW,
RUF

—

RUF

—

EQU, EQW

BOV, RUF,
RUW

—

—

—

EQU

—

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

EQU

BOV

OVI

EQU, EQW

BOV, OVI,
RUF, RUW

5

A

F

F

G

A

A

F

6

1 and 2

2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

2

ZW — Zimbabwe

ZW-0

Whole country

—

KwaZuluNatal

(*) Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for by Community agreements with third countries.
(**)
(***)

Not including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.
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 (except for those species where indicated in the line for the whole country)

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Specific conditions referred to in column 6

“1”: Geographic and timing restrictions

Veterinary certificate

Code of
Territory

AR-1

Model

BOV

AR-2

BOV

AR-3

BOV

AR-4

BOV, OVI,
RUM, RUF

AR-5

BOV

AR-6

BOV

AR-7

BOV

AR-8

BOV

BR-2

BOV

BR-3

BOV

BW-1

BOV, OVI,
RUM, RUF

SG

A

A

A

—

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 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

Not authorised

After and including 27 March 2002

Authorised

Before and including 28 February 2002

Not authorised

After and including 1 March 2002

Authorised

From 1 February 2002 to 10 July 2003 (inclusive)

Authorised

After and including 11 July 2003

Not authorised

From 1 February 2002 to 4 September 2003 (inclusive)

Authorised

After and including 5 September 2003

Not authorised

From 1 February 2002 to 7 October 2003 (inclusive)

Authorised

After and including 8 October 2003

Not authorised

Before and including 18 March 2005

see AR-5, AR-6 and AR-7 for periods when
the
area
referred to in AR-8 were not authorised

territories within the

specific

After and including 18 March 2005

Authorised

Before and including 30 November 2001

Not authorised

After and including 1 December 2001

Before and including 31 October 2002

Authorised

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

BW-2

BOV, OVI,
RUM, RUF

A

Before and including 6 March 2002

Not authorised

After and including 7 March 2002

Authorised

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Veterinary certificate

Code of
Territory

PY-1

Model

BOV

SZ-2

BOV, RUF,
RUW

UY-0

BOV, OVI

SG

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 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, in the case of bovine species, diaphragm and masseter muscles).’