2006/360/EC: Commission Decision of  28 February 2006  amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards the entries for Brazil, Montenegro and Serbia  (notified under document number C(2006) 579)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-02-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fresh meat, health certificate, import restriction, third country, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 February 2006

amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards the entries for Brazil, Montenegro
and Serbia

(notified under document number C(2006) 579)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/360/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Following outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Brazil,
Decision 79/542/EEC was amended by Commission
Decision 2005/753/EC (4) in order to amend Part I of
thereby
Annex
suspended imports of bovine de-boned meat from the
States of Mato Grosso do Sul, Parana and Sao Paulo.

to Decision 79/542/EEC and

II

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 the introductory phrase of
Article 8, the first paragraph of point (1) of Article 8 and
point (4) of Article 8 thereof,

products

animal

origin

for

of

of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

third countries or parts of

Part 1 of Annexes
to Council Decision
I and II
79/542/EEC of 21 December 1979 drawing up a list
of
third countries, and
laying down animal and public health and veterinary
the
certification
into
for
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.

importation

conditions,

Commission Decision 2005/432/EC 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 (3). That
Decision lists the third countries and parts of
third
countries from which imports of meat products are to
be authorised. That Decision also lays down the model
public and animal health certificates and rules on
treatments required for those products.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

In order to ensure clarity, coherence and transparency in
the regionalisation provided for in Decision 79/542/EEC
concerning fresh meat and in Decision 2005/432/EC
is necessary to amend
concerning meat products it
certain of
the regionalisation descriptions and timing
restrictions for Brazil.

In addition, Serbia and Montenegro are Republics with
their own customs territories which together form a State
Union. They should therefore be entered separately on
the lists of third countries and parts of third countries
from which imports of meat products are authorised.

Decision 79/542/EEC 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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(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 2005/753/EC (OJ L 282, 26.10.2005, p. 22).

(3) OJ L 151, 14.6.2005, p. 3.

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

(4) OJ L 282, 26.10.2005, p. 22.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

(FRESH MEAT)

Part 1

LIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES OR PARTS THEREOF (*)

Country

Code of
Territory

Description of territory

1

2

3

AL — Albania

AL-0

Whole country

AR — Argentina

AR-0

Whole country

AR-1

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

AR-2

La Pampa and Santiago del Estero

AR-3

Cordoba

AR-4

Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego

AR-5

AR-6

AR-7

AR-8

AR-9

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

AU — Australia

AU-0

Whole country

BA — Bosnia and
Herzegovina

BA-0

Whole country

Specific
conditions

6

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1

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

—

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1

2

3

BG — Bulgaria a

BG-0

Whole country

BG-1

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

BG-2

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

BR — Brazil

BR-0

Whole country

BR-1

Part of the State of Minas Gerais (except regional delegations
of Oliveira, Passos, São Gonçalo de Sapucai, Setelagoas and
Bambuí);

State of Espíritu Santo;

State of Santa Catarina;

State of Goias and;

Part of the State of Mato Grosso comprising the regional
unit of Cuiaba (except for the municipalities of San Antonio
de Leverger, Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Pocone and
Barão de Melgaço), the regional unit of Caceres (except for
the municipality of Caceres), the regional unit of Lucas do
Rio Verde, the regional unit of Rondonopolis (except for the
municipality of
the regional unit of Barra do
Garça and the regional unit of Barra do Burgres

Itiquiora),

BR-2

State of Rio Grande do Sul

BR-3

BR-4

Part of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul comprising the
municipality of Sete Quedas

Part of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul
(except for the
municipalities of: Sonora, Aquidauana, Bodoqueno, Bonito,
Caracol, Coxim,
Jardim, Ladario, Miranda, Pedro Gomes,
Porto Murtinho, Rio Negro, Rio Verde of Mato Grosso
and Corumbá),

State of Paraná, and

State of Sao Paulo

5

6

4

EQU

BOV, OVI
RUW, RUF

—

—

EQU

BOV

BOV

BOV

BOV

A

1 and 2

A

A

A

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

BR-5

State of Paraná,

—

—

1

State of Mato Grosso do Sul and

State of Sao Paulo

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

EQU, EQW

BOV, OVI,
RUF, RUW

BOV, OVI,
RUF, RUW

F

F

1 and 2

1 and 2

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2

3

BY — Belarus

BZ — Belize

CA — Canada

BY-0

Whole country

BZ-0

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

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6

5

G

A

2

4

—

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

BOV

A

2

CR — Costa Rica

CR-0

Whole country

CU — Cuba

DZ — Algeria

ET — Ethiopia

CU-0

Whole country

DZ-0

Whole country

ET-0

Whole country

FK — Falkland Islands

FK-0

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

BOV, EQU

BOV, EQU

—

—

BOV, OVI,
EQU

BOV, OVI,
EQU, RUF,
RUW

BOV, EQU

—

BOV, EQU

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1

2

3

4

5

6

HR — Croatia

HR-0

Whole country

IL — Israel

IN — India

IL-0

Whole country

IN-0

Whole country

IS — Iceland

IS-0

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

MX-0

Whole country

NA — Namibia

NA-0

Whole country

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 — Panama

PA-0

Whole country

PY — Paraguay

PY-0

Whole country

PY-1

Chaco central and San Pedro areas

RO — Romania a

RO-0

Whole country

RU — Russia

RU-0

Whole country

RU-1

Region of Murmansk, Yamolo-Nemets autonomous area

SV — El Salvador

SV-0

Whole country

BOV, RUF,
RUW

—

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

BOV, EQU

EQU

BOV

BOV, OVI,
EQU, RUW,
RUF

—

RUF

—

A

1 and 2

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1

2

3

SZ — Swaziland

SZ-0

Whole country

4

EQU, EQW

BOV, RUF,
RUW

SZ-1

SZ-2

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

TH — Thailand

TH-0

Whole country

TN — Tunisia

TR — Turkey

TN-0

Whole country

TR-0

Whole country

TR-1

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

XM — Montenegro

XM-0

Whole custom territory (****)

XS — Serbia (**)

XS-0

Whole custom territory (****)

UY — Uruguay

UY-0

Whole country

ZA — South Africa

ZA-0

Whole country

ZA-1

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 KwaZu-

luNatal

—

—

—

EQU

—

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

BOV, OVI,
EQU

BOV, OVI,
EQU

EQU

BOV

OVI

EQU, EQW

BOV, OVI,
RUF, RUW

5

F

F

G

A

A

F

6

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.
(***) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed

following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subjet in the United Nations.

(****) Serbia and Montenegro are Republics with individual customs territory forming a State Union and therefore have to be listed separately.
— = No certificate laid down and fresh meat imports are prohibited (except for those species where indicated in the line for the whole country).
a

= Only applicable until this Acceding State becomes a Member States of the European Union.

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Specific conditions referred to in column 6

“1”: Geographic and timing restrictions:

Veterinary certificate

Code of
Territory

Model

AR-1

BOV

SG

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

AR-2

BOV

A

Before and including 8 March 2002

Not authorised

After and including 9 March 2002

Authorised

AR-4

BOV, OVI,
RUW, RUF

—

Before and including 28 February 2002

Not authorised

After and including 1 March 2002

Authorised

AR-5

BOV

A

From 1 February 2002 to 10 July 2003 (inclusive)

Authorised

After and including 11 July 2003

Not authorised

AR-6

BOV

A

From 1 February 2002 to 4 September 2003 (inclusive)

Authorised

After and including 5 September 2003

Not authorised

AR-7

BOV

A

From 1 February 2002 to 7 October 2003 (inclusive)

Authorised

After and including 8 October 2003

Not authorised

AR-8

BOV

A

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

BR-1

BOV

BR-2

BOV

A

A

After and including 18 March 2005

Authorised

After 1 December 2001

Authorised

Before and including 30 November 2001

Not authorised

After and including 1 December 2001

Authorised

BR-3

BOV

A

Before and including 31 October 2002

Authorised

After and including 1 November 2002

Not authorised

BR-4

BOV

A

After and including 1 December 2001 until and including
29 September 2005

Authorised

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Veterinary certificate

Code of
Territory

BR-5

BW-1

Model

BOV

BOV, OVI,
RUW, RUF

BW-2

BOV, OVI,
RUW, RUF

PY-1

BOV

SZ-2

BOV, RUF,
RUW

UY-0

BOV, OVI

SG

—

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

After and including 30 September 2005

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

Before and including 6 March 2002

Not authorised

After and including 7 March 2002

Authorised

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).’