2006/295/EC: Commission Decision of  18 April 2006  amending Annex I to Decision 2004/438/EC as regards raw milk and raw-milk based products from Chile and updating the entry in that Annex for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  (notified under document number C(2006) 1546)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Chile, North Macedonia, health control, import (EU), raw milk

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 April 2006

amending Annex I to Decision 2004/438/EC as regards raw milk and raw-milk based products from
Chile and updating the entry in that Annex for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

(notified under document number C(2006) 1546)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/295/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down
specific rules
the organisation of official controls on
products of animal origin intended for human consumption (2),
and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,

for

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 2004/438/EC of 29 April 2004
laying down animal and public health and veterinary
certification
the
for
Community of heat-treated milk, milk-based products

introduction

conditions

in

(1) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206, corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004,
p. 83. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2076/2005 (OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 83).

and raw milk intended for human consumption (3) sets
out a list in Annex I to that Decision of third countries
from which Member States are authorised to import raw
milk and raw-milk based products.

Following an inspection mission to Chile by experts from
the Commission, the competent veterinary services of
Chile confirmed that that third country should not be
listed in 2004/438/EC for import into the Community of
raw milk and raw-milk based products for technical and
sanitary reasons.

The entry for Chile for raw milk and raw- milk based
products
to Decision
2004/438/EC should be amended accordingly.

in column A of Annex I

In addition, it is appropriate to update a footnote in that
Annex for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Annex I
accordingly.

to Decision 2004/438/EC shall be amended

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(3) OJ L 154, 30.4.2004, p. 72, corrected by OJ L 92, 12.4.2005, p. 47.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 3

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Annex I to Decision 2004/438/EC, is replaced by the text in the
Annex to this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 18 April 2006.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 21 April 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

“+” = country is authorised.
“0” = country is not authorised.

ISO code of
third country

Third country

Column A

Column B

Column C

AD

AL

AN

AR

AU

BG

BR

Andorra

Albania

Netherlands Antilles

Argentina

Australia

Bulgaria

Brazil

BW

Botswana

BY

BZ

BH

CA

CH

CL

CN

CO

CR

CU

DZ

ET

GL

GT

HK

HN

HR

IL

IN

IS

KE

MA

MG

MK

Belarus

Belize

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Canada

Switzerland

Chile

People's Republic of China

Columbia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Algeria

Ethiopia

Greenland

Guatemala

Hong Kong

Honduras

Croatia

Israel

India

Iceland

Kenya

Morocco

Madagascar

Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia (*)

+

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

+

+

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

+

0

0

0

0

+

0

0

0

+

+

0

0

0

0

0

+

+

+

0

0

0

0

0

0

+

0

0

0

+

0

0

+

0

0

0

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

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ISO code of
third country

Third country

Column A

Column B

Column C

MR

MU

MX

NA

NI

NZ

PA

PY

RO

RU

SG

SV

SZ

TH

TN

TR

UA

US

UY

ZA

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Namibia

Nicaragua

New Zealand

Panama

Paraguay

Romania

Russia

Singapore

El Salvador

Swaziland

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

United States of America

Uruguay

South Africa

ZW

Zimbabwe

0

0

0

0

0

+

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

+

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

+

0

0

+

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

+

0

0

0

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

(*) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudice in any way the definitive nomenclature for that
Country, which is to be agreed following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject in the United Nations.’