2006/463/EC: Commission Decision of  27 June 2006  amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards imports of fresh meat from Botswana  (notified under document number C(2006) 2880)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-06-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Botswana, fresh meat, health control, import (EU), import restriction, third country

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 June 2006

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

(notified under document number C(2006) 2880)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/463/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

measures in the affected zone, including suspending the
movement of susceptible animals and their products
within and out of
the zone and closing down two
export establishments approved for imports into the
Community.

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 thereof,

products

animal

origin

for

of

of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Part 1 of Annex II to 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) sets out a list of third countries
and parts of third countries from which Member States
are authorised to import fresh meat of animals as defined
in that Decision.

Under that Decision, parts of the territory of Botswana
are authorised for
into the Community of
from domestic bovine
deboned and matured meat
animals, sheep, goats and wild or farmed non-domestic
animals other than suidae and solipeds.

imports

veterinary

However an outbreak of
foot-and-mouth disease in
Botswana within the territory of BW-1 was reported by
the
the
to
Commission. The first clinical
that disease
were seen by the veterinary authorities on 20 April
2006 and they took immediate and appropriate control

authorities

Botswana

signs of

of

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

from Botswana

In order to take into account those measures introduced
by Botswana, the list of authorised third countries and
parts thereof, as set out out in Part I of Annex II to
Decision 79/542/EEC, should be amended. Accordingly
imports
into the Community of
from
consignments of deboned and matured meat
domestic animals and farmed game slaughtered or wild
game hunted prior to 20 April 2006 originating from
the territory of BW-1 should be indicated as authorised.
from such
However, all consignments of such meat
animals slaughtered or hunted on or after that date origi-
nating from that territory should be indicated as not
authorised.

Part 1 of Annex II
therefore be amended accordingly.

to Decision 79/542/EEC should

This Decision is to be reviewed in the light of infor-
mation obtained from Botswana.

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

last amended by
Commission Decision 2006/360/EC (OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 34).

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

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This Decision shall apply from the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 27 June 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
(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
Jose de San Martin,
(except
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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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

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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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 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 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 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 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

—

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 — Panamá

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-Neeets 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

1 and 2

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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” fence 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:

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

After and including 18 March 2005

AR-10

BOV

A

Before and including 3 January 2006

Authorised

Authorised

After and including 4 January 2006 except for consignments
already on their way before 4 February to the Com-
munity certified between 4 January and 4 February 2006

Not authorised

BR-1

BR-2

BOV

BOV

A

A

After 1 December 2001

Authorised

Before and including 30 November 2001

Not authorised

After and including 1 December 2001

BR-3

BOV

A

Before and including 31 October 2002

Authorised

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

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

A

A

A

A

A

A

After and including 30 September 2005

Not authorised

After 1 December 2001

Before 20 April 2006

After and including 20 April 2006

Before and including 6 March 2002

Authorised

Authorised

Not authorised

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).’