2006/854/EC: Commission Decision of 26 July 2006 approving on behalf of the European Community amendments to Annexes V and VIII to the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products (notified under document number C(2006) 3327)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: New Zealand, animal product, health legislation, live animal, trade agreement (EU), veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 July 2006

approving on behalf of the European Community amendments to Annexes V and VIII to the
Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to
trade in live animals and animal products

(notified under document number C(2006) 3327)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/854/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 97/132/EC of 17 Decem-
ber 1996 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the Euro-
pean Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures
applicable to trade in live animals and animal products (1), and
in particular the third paragraph of Article 3 thereof,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

The Agreement between the European Community and
New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in
live animals and animal products (2) (the Agreement) pro-
vided for the possibility of recognising the equivalence of
the New Zealand control and certification systems for
fresh meat and meat-based products and for other animal
products.

(1)

(2)

To follow the recommendations of the Joint Management
Committee it is appropriate to amend Annexes V and VIII
to the Agreement.

and of

Annex V to the Agreement also needs to be updated fol-
lowing the entry into force of Directive 2004/41/EC of
the Council of
the European Parliament
21 April 2004 repealing certain directives concerning food
hygiene and health conditions for the production and
placing on the market of certain products of animal ori-
gin intended for human consumption and amending
Council Directives 89/662/EEC and 92/118/EEC and
Council Decision 95/408/EC (3). Annex V and VIII need
to be updated due to the introduction of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005 of 14 October 2005
implementing Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council as regards special
guarantees concerning salmonella for consignments to
Finland and Sweden of certain meat and eggs (4).

The Joint Management Committee for the Agreement
established under Article 16 of the Agreement (the Com-
mittee), at its meeting on 20 October 2005, issued a rec-
ommendation
of
equivalence of sanitary requirements for live bees and
bumble bees. The Committee also recommended the
determination of equivalence of certification systems and
suggested appropriate procedures to conduct physical
checks at the import of these commodities.

determination

concerning

the

(5)

Those amendments should be approved on behalf of the
Community.

(6)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the
Food Chain and Animal Health,

(1) OJ L 57, 26.2.1997, p. 4. Decision as amended by Decision

1999/837/EC (OJ L 332, 23.12.1999, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 57, 26.2.1997, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33, corrected by OJ L 195, 2.6.2004, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 271, 15.10.2005, p. 17.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 3

Article 1

Pursuant to the recommendations made by the Joint Manage-
ment Committee established under Article 16 of the Agreement
between the European Community and New Zealand on sani-
tary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal prod-
ucts the amendments to Annexes V and VIII to that Agreement
are hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of an Exchange of Letters constituting an Arrangement
with New Zealand, including the amendments to Annexes V
and VIII to the Agreement, is attached to this Decision.

This Decision shall apply from the first day of the month follow-
ing the month in which New Zealand Notifies the Commission
in writing that its internal procedures for the approval of the
amendments referred to in Article 1 have been completed.

The Commission shall inform the Council and the Member States
of the Notification referred to in the first paragraph without
delay.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 26 July 2006.

The Director-General for Health and Consumer Protection is
hereby empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.

For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission