2006/259/EC: Commission Decision of  27 March 2006  amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards regionalisation for Argentina and the model certificates relating to the importation of bovine fresh meat from Brazil  (notified under document number C(2006) 896)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, Brazil, beef, boned meat, foot-and-mouth disease, fresh meat, health certificate, health control, import restriction

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 March 2006

amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards regionalisation for Argentina and the
model certificates relating to the importation of bovine fresh meat from Brazil

(notified under document number C(2006) 896)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/259/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16
animal health rules
December 2002 laying down the
governing the production, processing, distribution and intro-
duction
human
consumption (1), and in particular points (1) and (4) of Article
8 and Article 9(4) thereof,

products

animal

origin

for

of

of

4

the

after

January

slaughtered

The first notification of a suspicion of foot and mouth
disease to the Argentinean veterinary authorities was on
the veterinary authorities
4 February 2006. However,
have suspended certification of exports of meat from
animals
2006.
Consignments of such meat from bovines slaughtered
on or after 4 January 2006 from those Departments
should be suspended. However by way of derogation
from that suspension consignments with a certification
signed between 4 January to 4 February 2006 for de-
boned and matured meat
slaughtered
during the period from 4 January 2006 to 4 February
2006 and already dispatched to the Community should
be permitted to be imported into the Community.

from bovines

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Decision 79/542/EEC of 21 December 1976
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) provides that
those animals
and meat are to meet the requirements set out in the
appropriate model certificates drawn up under
that
Decision.

imports of

Argentina has confirmed an outbreak of foot and mouth
disease (type O)
in the Province of Corrientes in the
Department of San Luís del Palmar and has immediately
informed the Commission on 8 February 2006.

It is necessary, in order to protect the health status of the
Community, to take regionalisation measures temporarily
suspending imports of de-boned meat coming from
bovines originating from that Department and the
surrounding Departments of Berón de Astrada, Capital,
Itati, Mbucuruyá and San
General Paz, Empedrado,
Cosme.

(5)

it
Following a recent Commission mission to Brazil
appears
that although the traceability systems have
been substantially improved, some further improvements
are necessary in order to avoid possible contacts between
animals of different status. It is also necessary to improve
the efficacy of foot and mouth disease vaccination and
the ability to demonstrate lack of circulation of foot and
mouth disease virus taking into account that only de-
boned and matured bovine meat is imported into the
Community.

(6)

It is appropriate as an additional measure to provide for
supplementary guarantees concerning animal contacts,
vaccination and surveillance.

(7)

Account needs to be taken of the non-vaccination foot
and mouth policy in the State of Santa Catarina.

(8)

Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC should therefore be
amended accordingly.

(1) OJ L 18, 23.1.2002, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15. Decision as

last amended by

Commission Decision 2006/9/EC (OJ L 7, 12.1.2006, p. 23).

(9)

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 3

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

The Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Decision:

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2006.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 31 March 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

In Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC, Part I and the list of Models of veterinary certificates and the Model ‘BOV’ in Part II
are replaced by the following:

‘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

AR — Argentina

AL-0

Whole country

AR-0

Whole country

AR-1

The Provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Corrientes
(except
the departments of Berón de Astrada, Capital,
Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and
San Luís del Palmar), 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

AR-10

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

Chaco, Formosa, Salta,
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

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

Part of the Province of Corrientes: the departments of Berón
Itati,
de Astrada, Capital,
Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar

Empedrado, General

Paz,

AU — Australia

AU-0

Whole country

BA — Bosnia
Herzegovina

BA-0

Whole country

Model(s)

4

—

EQU

BOV

BOV

BOV

BOV, OVI,
RUW, RUF

BOV

BOV

BOV

BOV

—

Veterinary certificate

SG

5

Specific
conditions

6

A

1 and 2

A

A

A

A

A

A

1 and 2

1 and 2

1

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

1 and 2

BOV

A

1 and 2

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

—

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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, Kardjali and the 20-km-wide corridor on the
border with Turkey

BH — Bahrain

BH-0

Whole country

BR — Brazil

BR-0

Whole country

5

6

4

EQU

BOV, OVI,
RUW, RUF

—

—

EQU

BR-1

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

BOV

A and H

1 and 2

State of Espíritu Santo;

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

BOV

A and H

1 and 2

BR-3

BR-4

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

BOV

A and H

1 and 2

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

BOV

A and H

1 and 2

BR-5

State of Paraná,

—

—

1

State of Mato Grosso do Sul and

State of Sao Paulo.

BR-6

State of Santa Catarina

BOV

A and H

1 and 2

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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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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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

—

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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

BOV, OVI,
EQU, RUF,
RUW

—

—

BOV, OVI,
EQU, RUF,
RUW

—

EQU

—

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

MK-0

Whole country

OVI, EQU

MU — Mauritius

MU-0

Whole country

MX — Mexico

MX-0

Whole country

NA — Namibia

NA-0

Whole country

—

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

PY — Paraguay

PA-0

Whole country

PY-0

PY-1

Whole country

Chaco central and San Pedro areas

RO — Romania a

RO-0

Whole country

RU — Russia

SV — El Salvador

RU-0

RU-1

SV-0

Whole country

Region of Murmansk, Yamolo-Nemets autonomous area

Whole country

BOV, RUF,
RUW

—

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

BOV, EQU

EQU

BOV

BOV, OVI,
EQU, RUW,
RUF

—

RUF

—

A

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SZ — Swaziland

TH — Thailand

TN — Tunisia

TR — Turkey

2

SZ-0

SZ-1

SZ-2

TH-0

TN-0

TR-0

TR-1

3

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,

4

EQU, EQW

BOV, RUF,
RUW

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

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

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

—

—

—

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:

Code of
Territory

AR-1

Veterinary certificate

Model

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

After and including 18 March 2005

AR-10

BOV

A

Before and including 3 January 2006

After and including 4 January 2006 except for consignments
already on their way before the 4 February to the
Community certified between 4 January and 4 February
2006.

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

Authorised

Authorised

Not authorised

BR-1

BR-2

BOV

BOV

A+H

After 1 December 2001

Authorised

A+H

Before and including 30 November 2001

Not authorised

After and including 1 December 2001

BR-3

BOV

A+H

Before and including 31 October 2002

Authorised

Authorised

After and including 1 November 2002

Not authorised

BR-4

BOV

A+H

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

Authorised

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Veterinary certificate

Model

SG

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

Code of
Territory

BR 5

BR-6

BW-1

BOV

BOV

BOV, OVI,
RUW, RUF

BW-2

BOV, OVI,
RUW, RUF

PY-1

BOV

SZ-2

BOV, RUF,
RUW

UY-0

BOV, OVI

“2”: Category restrictions:

A

A

A

A

A

A

After and including 30 September 2005

Not authorised

After 1 December 2001

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

No offal authorised (except, in the case of bovine species, diaphragm and masseter muscles).

Part 2

MODELS OF VETERINARY CERTIFICATES

Model(s):

“BOV”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of domestic bovine animals (Bos taurus, Bison bison, Bubalus bubalis and their cross-breeds).

“POR”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of domestic porcine animals (Sus scrofa).

“OVI”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and goats (Capra hircus).

“EQU”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of domestic equine animals (Equus caballus, Equus asinus and their cross-breeds).

“RUF”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of farmed non-domestic animals other than suidae and solipeds.

“RUW”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of wild non-domestic animals other than suidae and solipeds.

“SUF”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of farmed non-domestic suidae.

“SUW”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of wild non-domestic suidae.

“EQW”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of wild non-domestic solipeds.

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SG (Supplementary guarantees)

“A”: guarantees regarding the maturation, pH measurement and boning of fresh meat, excluding offal, certified according to the models of certificates

BOV (point 10.6), OVI (point 10.6), RUF (point 10.7) and RUW (point 10.4).

“B”: guarantees regarding matured trimmed offal as described in the model of certificate BOV (point 10.6).

“C”: guarantees regarding laboratory test for classical-swine-fever in the carcases from which fresh meat certified according to the model of certificate

SUW (point 10.3 bis) was obtained.

“D”: guarantees regarding swill feed on holding(s) of animals from which fresh meat certified according to models of certificate POR (point 10.3 d)) was

obtained.

“E”: guarantees regarding tuberculosis test in the animals from where fresh meat certified according to the model of certificate BOV (point 10.4 d)) was

obtained.

“F”: guarantees regarding the maturation and de-boning of fresh meat, excluding offal, certified according to the models of certificates BOV (point

10.6), OVI (point 10.6), RUF (point 10.7) and RUW (point 10.4).

“G”: guarantees regarding 1, exclusion of offals and spinal cord; and 2, testing and origin of cervid animals in relation to chronic wasting disease as

referred to in the models of certificates RUF (point 9.2.1) and RUW (point 9.3.1).

“H”: supplementary guarantees required for Brazil concerning animal contacts, vaccination programmes and surveillance. However as the State of Santa
Catarina in Brazil does not vaccinate against foot and mouth disease the reference to a vaccination programme is not applicable for meat coming
from animals originating and slaughtered in that State.

Notes

(a) Veterinary certificates shall be produced by the exporting country, based on the models appearing in Part 2 of Annex II, according to the layout of
the model that corresponds to the meats concerned. They shall contain, in the numbered order that appears in the model, the attestations that are
required for any third country and, as the case may be, those supplementary guarantees that are required for the exporting third country or part
thereof.

(b) A separate and unique certificate must be provided for meat that is exported from a single territory appearing in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of

Annex II which is consigned to the same destination and transported in the same railway wagon, lorry, aircraft or ship.

(c) The original of each certificate shall consist of a single page, both sides, or, where more text is required, it shall be in such a form that all pages

needed are part of an integrated whole and indivisible.

(d) It shall be drawn up in at least one of the official languages of the EU Member State in which the inspection at the border post shall be carried out
and of the EU Member State of destination. However, these Member States may allow other languages, if necessary, accompanied by an official
translation.

(e)

If for reasons of identification of the items of the consignment (schedule in point 8.3 of the model of certificate), additional pages are attached to
the certificate, these pages shall also be considered as forming part of the original of the certificate by the application of the signature and stamp of
the certifying official veterinarian, in each of the pages.

(f) When the certificate, including additional schedules referred to in (e), comprises more than one page, each page shall be numbered — (page number)
of (total number of pages) — at the bottom and shall bear the code number of the certificate that has been designated by the competent authority at
the top.

(g) The original of the certificate must be completed and signed by an official veterinarian. In doing so, the competent authorities of the exporting
country shall ensure that the principles of certification equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 96/93/EC are followed. The colour of the
signature shall be different to that of the printing. The same rule applies to stamps other than those embossed or watermarked.

(h) The original of the certificate must accompany the consignment at the EU border inspection post.

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