2005/432/EC: Commission Decision of 3 June 2005 laying down the animal and public health conditions and model certificates for imports of meat products for human consumption from third countries and repealing Decisions 97/41/EC, 97/221/EC and 97/222/EC (notified under document number C(2005) 1616)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-06-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Malaysia, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, health certificate, health control, import, import licence, meat product, veterinary inspection

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 June 2005

laying down the animal and public health conditions and model certificates for imports of meat
products for human consumption from third countries and repealing Decisions 97/41/EC,
97/221/EC and 97/222/EC

(notified under document number C(2005) 1616)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/432/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

regard

92/118/EEC

Council Directive

of
Having
to
17 December 1992,
laying down animal health and public
health requirements governing trade in and imports into the
Community of products not subject to the said requirements
laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex
A(1) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to
Directive 90/425/EEC (1), and in particular Article 10(2)(c)
thereof,

to

regard

2002/99/EC

Council Directive

Having
of
16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules
governing the production, processing, distribution and intro-
human
duction
consumption (2), and in particular the introductory phrase of
Article 8,
the first paragraph of Article 8(1), Article 8(4),
Article 9(2)(b), Article 9(4)(b) and (c) thereof,

products

animal

origin

for

of

of

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 97/41/EC of 18 December 1996
establishing health conditions and a public health certi-
ficate for the importation from third countries of meat
products obtained from poultry meat, farmed game meat,
wild game meat, and rabbit meat (3) lays down public

(1) 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).

(2) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 17, 21.1.1997, p. 34.

health
Community of certain meat products.

conditions

the

for

importation

into

the

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Decision 97/221/EC of 28 February 1997
laying down the animal health conditions and model
veterinary certificates in respect of
imports of meat
products from third countries and revoking Decision
91/449/EEC (4) lays down animal health conditions and
the
the
certification
Community of certain meat products.

importation

rules

into

for

Commission Decision 97/222/EC of 28 February 1997
laying down the list of third countries from which the
importation of meat
Member States
products (5) provides
importation into the
Community of certain meat products provided that
appropriate
such
treatment and comply with Community veterinary certi-
fication requirements.

authorise
for

undergone

products

the
the

have

the

Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on
health and veterinary inspection problems upon impor-
tation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine,
fresh meat or meat products from third countries (6) lays
down animal health requirements for the importation
into the Community of certain meat products. Council
Directive 2004/68/EC (7) provides
the repeal of
Directive 72/462/EEC from 1 January 2006.

for

(4) OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 32. Decision as amended by Decision

2004/427/EC (OJ L 154, 30.4.2004, p. 8).

(5) OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 39. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/857/EC (OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 65).

(6) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(7) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 320.

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Directive 2002/99/EC lays down the animal health rules
governing the production, processing, distribution and
introduction of products of animal origin for human
consumption. That Directive is to be implemented by
the Member States before 1 January 2005.

on the approval of residue monitoring plans submitted
by
in accordance with Directive
third
96/23/EC (2).

countries

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Council Directive 77/99/EEC of 21 December 1976 on
health problems affecting the production and marketing
of meat products and certain other products of animal
origin (1) will be in force till 1 January 2006 when it will
be repealed and any definition of meat based products in
to
acts adopted before 1 January 2006 must
Directive 77/99/EEC.

refer

health

animal

In view of the entry into force of Directive 2002/99/EC,
it is necessary to amend and update Community public
and
certification
requirements for the importation into the Community
of meat products derived from domestic bovines,
porcines, ovines,
farmed
game, domestic rabbits and wild game.

equidae, poultry,

conditions

caprines,

and

In addition, in the interests of clarity and consistency of
Community legislation, it is appropriate to lay down the
public and animal health conditions in a single model
health certificate for importation of meat products into
the Community.

Due to differences in the animal health situation in third
countries, it is appropriate to lay down rules concerning
treatments for meat products from third countries or
parts of third countries prior to their importation into
the Community.

(10)

In the interests of clarity and consistency of Community
legislation, it is appropriate to repeal Decisions 97/41/EC,
97/221/EC and 97/222/EC and replace them by this
Decision. Accordingly, this Decision should contain the
animal and public health conditions and certification
requirements, together with the list of third countries
and the treatments
the importation of
required for
various categories of meat products into the Community.

(11) Health conditions and veterinary certification should
apply without
of
Commission Decision 2004/432/EC of 29 April 2004

requirement

prejudice

the

to

(1) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36).

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

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 (3)
lays down rules concerning
veterinary checks on animal products introduced into
the Community from third countries for the importation
and transit of products of
animal origin in the
Community, including certain certification requirements.

the

spread of

animal diseases

In the interests of animal and public health and in order
to prevent
in the
Community, a new specific model public and animal
health certificate should be established in this Decision.
In addition, it should be provided that transit through the
Community of consignments of meat products is only
permitted where
from third
those products
come
countries or parts of
third countries whose products
are not prohibited for introduction into the Community.

It is necessary to lay down specific conditions for transit
via the Community of consignments of meat products to
and from Russia due to the geographical situation of
Kaliningrad and taking into account climatic problems
impeding the use of some ports at certain times of the
year.

Commission Decision 2001/881/EC of 7 December
inspection posts
2001 drawing up a list of border
agreed for veterinary checks on animals and animal
products from third countries and updating the detailed
rules concerning the checks to be carried out by the
experts of
the Border
the transit of
Inspection Posts authorised to control
consignments of meat products to and from Russia via
the Community

the Commission (4),

specifies

(16)

The treatments provided for poultry meat products origi-
nating in Bulgaria and Israel and for wild swine meat
products originating in Switzerland should be reviewed
in order to bring them into line with the current import
conditions for fresh meat of the concerned species from
those countries.

(2) OJ L 154, 30.4.2004, p. 43. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/233/EC (OJ L 72, 18.3.2005, p. 30).

(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).

(4) OJ L 326, 11.12.2001, p. 44. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/102/EC (OJ L 33, 5.2.2005, p. 30).

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(17)

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

products originating in the following third countries or parts
of third countries:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(a)

the third countries listed in Part 2 of Annex II, or parts of
third countries set out in Part 1 of that Annex;

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

(b) the third countries listed in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II or
parts of third countries set out in Part 1 of that Annex.

1.
This Decision lays down animal and public health rules
for the importation into the Community of consignments of
certain meat products, including the lists of third countries and
parts of third countries from which the importation of such
products shall be authorised,
the model public and animal
health certificates and rules on treatments required for those
products.

This Decision shall apply without prejudice to Decision

2.
2004/432/EC.

Article 2

Definition of meat products

the purposes of

For
the definition of meat
this Decision,
products as laid down in Article 2(a) of Directive 77/99/EEC
shall apply.

Article 3

Conditions concerning species and animals

Member States shall ensure that consignments of meat products
imported into the Community are derived from meat or meat
products from the following species or animals:

Article 5

Public health conditions concerning the fresh meat used in
the production of the meat products to be imported into
the Community

Member States shall authorise import of meat products obtained
from fresh meat
that complies with the Community public
health requirements for the importation of such meat into the
Community.

Article 6

Animal and public health certificates

comply with the
Consignments of meat products
requirements of the model public and animal health certificate
set out in Annex III.

shall

That certificate shall accompany the consignment of meat
products and be duly completed and signed by the official
veterinarian of the third country of dispatch.

Article 7

(a) domestic poultry of the following species: domestic fowl,

turkeys, guinea fowl, geese and ducks;

Consignments of meat products in transit or storage in the
Community

(b) domestic animals of the following species: bovine animals,
including Bubalus bubalis, Bison bison, swine, sheep, goats
and solipeds;

(c)

farmed game and domestic rabbits as defined in Article 2(3)
of Council Directive 91/495/EEC (1);

(d) wild game as defined in Article 2(1)(a) of Council Directive

92/45/EEC (2).

Article 4

Member States shall ensure that consignments of meat products,
introduced into the Community and which are destined for a
third country either by transit immediately or after storage in
accordance with Article 12(4) or 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, and
not intended for importation into the Community, shall comply
with the following requirements:

(a)

they shall come from the territory of a third country or a
part thereof listed in Annex II and shall have undergone the
minimum treatment for the import of meat products of the
species concerned foreseen therein;

Animal health conditions concerning the origin and
treatment of the meat products

(b) they shall meet the specific animal health conditions for the
species concerned set out in the model animal and public
health certificate drawn up under Annex III;

Subject to compliance with the conditions concerning the origin
and treatment of the meat products, as set out in Annex I,
importation of meat
Member States

authorise

shall

the

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 41.
(2) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 35.

(c)

they shall be accompanied by an animal health certificate
established in accordance with the model set out in Annex
IV, signed by an official veterinarian of
the competent
veterinary services of the third country concerned;

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(d) they shall be certified as acceptable for transit or storage (as
appropriate) on the common veterinary entry document by
the official veterinarian of the border inspection post of
introduction into the Community.

Article 8

Derogation for certain destinations in Russia

By way of derogation from Article 7, Member States shall
1.
authorise the transit by road or by rail through the Community,
between designated Community border inspection posts listed
in Annex to Decision 2001/881/EC, of consignments of meat
products coming from and destined to Russia directly or via
they comply with the
another third country provided that
following requirements:

(a)

the consignment shall be sealed with a serially numbered
seal by the official veterinarian of the competent authority
at
introduction to the
Community;

inspection post of

the border

(b) the documents accompanying the consignment and referred
to in Article 7 of Directive 97/78/EC shall be stamped
‘ONLY FOR TRANSIT TO RUSSIA VIA THE EC’ on each
page by the official veterinarian of the competent authority
of
introduction to the
Community;

inspection post of

the border

(c)

the procedural requirements provided for in Article 11 of
Directive 97/78/EC shall be complied with;

(d) the consignment shall be certified as acceptable for transit
on the common veterinary entry document by the official
veterinarian of
the border
inspection post of introduction to the Community.

the competent authority of

2. Member States
shall not authorise the unloading or
storage, as defined in Article 12(4) or Article 13 of Directive
97/78/EC, in the Community of such consignments.

3. Member States shall ensure that the competent authority
the number of
makes
to ensure
consignments and the quantities of products
leaving the
Community matches the number and quantities entering.

regular

audits

that

Article 9

Transitional provisions

shall

authorise

importation into the
Member States
Community of consignments of meat products certified in
accordance with the model veterinary certificates laid down in
Decisions 97/41/EEC or 97/221/EEC for a period of six months
from 17 June 2005.

the

Article 10

Repeals

Decisions 97/41/EC, 97/221/EC and 97/222/EC are repealed.

Article 11

Date of application

This Decision shall apply from 17 June 2005.

Article 12

Addresses

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 June 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

1. Meat products originating in the third countries or parts of third countries referred to in Article 4(a) shall contain meat
eligible for importation into the Community as fresh meat and/or meat products derived from one or more of the
species or animals which have undergone a non-specific treatment as set out in Part 4 of Annex II.

2. Meat products originating in third countries or parts of third countries referred to in Article 4(b) shall comply with the

following conditions set out in either (a), (b) or (c):

(a)

the meat products must:

(i) contain meat and/or meat products derived from a single species or animal as set out under the relevant

column in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II indicating the species or animal concerned; and

(ii) have been subjected to at least the specific treatment regime required for meat of that species or animal as set

out in Part 4 of Annex II; or

(b) the meat products must:

(i) contain fresh, processed or partly processed meat from more than one species or animal as set out under the
relevant column of Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II which are mixed prior to undergoing their final treatment as set
out in Part 4 of Annex II; and

(ii) the final treatment referred to in (i) must be at least equal to the most severe treatment as set out in Part 4 of
Annex II, for any of the individual meat constituents for the species or animal concerned as set out under the
relevant column in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II; or

(c)

the final meat products must:

(i) be prepared by the mixing of previously treated meat from more than one species or animal; and

(ii) the previous treatment referred to in (i) which each constituent meat underwent must have been at least equal
to the relevant treatment as set out in Part 4 of Annex II for the species or animal of the meat concerned as set
out under the relevant column.

3. The treatments set out in Part 4 of Annex II shall be the minimum acceptable processing conditions for animal health
purposes for meat derived from the species or animal concerned originating in the third countries or parts of third
countries listed in Annex II.

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Description of regionalised territories as laid down for the countries listed in parts 2 and 3

ANNEX II

PART 1

Country

Argentina

Bulgaria

Brazil

Territory

Code

Version

Description of territory

AR

AR-1

AR-2

BG

BG-1

BG-2

BR

BR-1

01/2004

Whole country

01/2004

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

01/2004

The provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego

01/2004

Whole country

01/2004

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

01/2004

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

01/2004

Whole country

01/2004

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

Serbia and Montenegro

CS

01/2004

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

Malaysia

MY

MY-1

01/2004

Whole country

01/2004

Peninsular (Western) Malaysia only

(1) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 378, 31.12.1994, p. 11.

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Interpretation of codes used in tables in parts 2 and 3

TREATMENTS REFERRED TO IN ANNEX I

Non-specific treatment regime:

A = No minimum specified temperature or other treatment is established for animal health purposes for the meat
product. However, 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 Community.

Specific treatment regimes — listed in descending order of severity:

B = 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.

D = A minimum temperature of 70 °C which must be reached throughout the meat during the processing of meat
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.

E = 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.

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.

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ANNEX III

(Model animal and public health certificate for meat products intended for consignment to the European
Community from third countries) (*)

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

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Transit and/or storage

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