2005/620/EC: Commission Decision of 18 August 2005 amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards imports of fresh meat from Argentina and Russia (notified under document number C(2005) 3147)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-08-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, Russia, foot-and-mouth disease, fresh meat, health control, import licence, originating product

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 August 2005

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

(notified under document number C(2005) 3147)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/620/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

is authorised for that territory. However, the list of third
countries and parts thereof in Part 1 of Annex II to that
Decision as shown in the row relevant to the territory of
AR-4 is not consistent with that. Therefore RUW and
RUF should be inserted in that row for clarity and
consistency.

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-
duction
human
consumption (1), and in particular Article 8(1) and (4) thereof,

products

animal

origin

for

of

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 (2) 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.

The territory of AR-4 in Argentina is free from foot-and-
mouth disease without vaccination. That
is correctly
reflected under the specific conditions listed in Part 1
of Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC under which the
use of veterinary certificates BOV, OVI, RUW and RUF

(1) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15. Decision as

last amended by
Commission Decision 2005/234/EC (OJ L 72, 18.3.2005, p. 35).

(3)

(4)

(5)

The date of application relevant to the geographic and
timing restrictions concerning the territory of AR-8 has
been incorrectly stated and may lead to confusion. For
the sake of clarity the date of application in the specific
conditions table for the unauthorised period should be
corrected to 17 March 2005.

The Murmansk region of Russia is authorised for impor-
tation to the Community meat of farmed non-domestic
animals other than suidae and solipeds. Russia has asked
the
Yamalo-Nenets
include
autonomous area in the list of third countries or parts
thereof from which the fresh meat of farmed reindeer
may be imported into the Community.

Commission

the

to

that mission is

Following that request a mission was carried out in the
Yamalo-Nenets autonomous area by the Food and
from 22 to 26 November
Veterinary Office (FVO)
2004. The conclusion of
the
animal health situation in the area is satisfactory and
that the competent veterinary authority provides appro-
priate guarantees as regards compliance with Community
legislation, in particular the items mentioned in Article 8
paragraph 1 of Directive 2002/99/EC. Furthermore,
Russia provided an action plan addressing all the recom-
mendations of the mission report in a satisfactory way.

that

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(6)

(7)

(8)

is therefore appropriate to list

the Yamalo-Nenets
It
autonomous area as being authorised to import
into
the Community the fresh meat of farmed non-domestic
animals other than suidae and solipeds.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the 30th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

It shall apply immediately.

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

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

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU

Member of the Commission

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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 (*)

Description of territory

3

Whole country

Whole country

The Provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Corrientes, Entre
Ríos, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Río Negro, San
Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe y Tucumán

La Pampa and Santiago del Estero

Córdoba

Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego

Formosa (only the territory of Ramón Lista) and Salta (only
the department of Rivadavia)

Salta (only the departments of General José de San Martín,
Orán, Iruya, and Santa Victoria)

Chaco, Formosa (except the territory of Ramón Lista), Salta
(except
José de San Martín,
Rivadavia, Orán, 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

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

Specific
conditions

6

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

Veterinary certificate

SG

5

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

Model(s)

4

—

EQU

BOV

BOV

BOV

BOV, OVI,
RUW, RUF

BOV

BOV

BOV

BOV

—

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 Murrí River flows into the Atrató River, down-
stream along the Atrató River to where it flows into the
Atlantic Ocean from this point to the Panamanian border
following the Atlantic coastline 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 Murrí River flows into
the Atrató River

The zone included within the borderlines from the mouth of
the Sinú River on the Atlantic Ocean, upstream along the
Sinú River to its headwaters 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 Sinú
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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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 — Russia

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, Yamalo-Nenets autonomous area

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

KwaZuluNatal

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

—

(*) 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,
RUW, RUF

AR-5

BOV

AR-6

BOV

AR-7

BOV

AR-8

BOV

BR-2

BOV

BR-3

BOV

BW-1

BOV, OVI,
RUW, 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 17 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,
RUW, 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).’