2006/801/EC: Commission Decision of 17 November 2006 amending Decision 2005/432/EC 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 (notified under document number C(2006) 5444)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: health certificate, import licence, meat product, originating product, third country, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 November 2006

amending Decision 2005/432/EC 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

(notified under document number C(2006) 5444)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/801/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

governing

Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17
December 1992 laying down animal health and public health
requirements
into the
Community of products not subject to the said requirements
laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex
A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to
Directive 90/425/EEC (1), and in particular Article 10(2)(c)
thereof,

in and imports

trade

foodstuffs, Regulation

of
the European Parliament and of

Since Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on
(EC) No
the
hygiene
the
853/2004 of
Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene
rules for food of animal origin and Regulation (EC) No
854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the
organisation of official controls on products of animal
origin intended for human consumption, are now
to amend and update
applicable,
Community
certification
requirements for the importation into the Community
of meat products derived from domestic bovines,
porcines, ovines, caprines,
farmed
game, domestic rabbits and wild game.

is necessary
health

solipeds, poultry,

conditions

and

it

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 (2), and in particular Article 8(4), Article 9(2)(b)
and Article 9(4)(b) and (c) thereof,

products

animal

origin

for

of

of

Whereas:

(1)

Certain references to definitions in Commission Decision
2005/432/EC (3) should be updated.

(1) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49. Directive as last amended by Directive
2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33; corrected by OJ L 195, 2.6.2004, p. 12).

(2) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 151, 14.6.2005, p. 3. Decision as amended by Decision

2006/330/EC (OJ L 121, 6.5.2006, p. 43).

(3)

The model health certificate should be amended in order
to facilitate the operation of Traces established in
accordance with Commission Decision 2003/623/EC of
19 August 2003 concerning the development of an inte-
grated
system known as
veterinary
Traces (4).

computerised

(4)

It
is appropriate to provide for a transitional period
during which certificates issued under the former rules
may continue to be used.

(5)

Decision 2005/432/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

(4) OJ L 216, 28.8.2003, p. 58.

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(6)

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

Decision 2005/432/EC is amended as follows:

(c)

farmed game and domestic rabbits as defined in point
1.6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(d) wild game as defined in point 1.5 of Annex I to Regu-

lation (EC) No 853/2004.’

2. Annex III is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Decision.

1. Articles 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:

3. Annex IV is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Decision.

‘Article 2

Definition of meat products

For the purposes of this Decision, the definition of meat
products as laid down in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation
(EC) No 853/2004 shall apply.

Article 3

Conditions concerning species and animals

Member States shall ensure that consignments of meat
products imported into the Community are derived from
meat or meat products
from the following species or
animals:

(a) domestic poultry of the following species: domestic fowl,

turkeys, guinea fowl, geese and ducks;

(b) domestic animals of

the

animals,
swine, sheep, goats and solipeds;

including Bubalus bubalis

following species: bovine
and Bison bison,

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 March 2007.

However, animal and public health certificates issued before the
date of application of this Decision may be used until 1 June
2007.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 November 2006

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX III

(Model animal and public health certificate for meat products intended for consignment to the European
Community from third countries)

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX IV

(Transit and/or storage)

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