2007/736/EC: Commission Decision of 9 November 2007 amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards the list of third countries and parts thereof from which imports into the Community of certain fresh meat is authorised (notified under document number C(2007) 5365) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, disease prevention, fresh meat, health control, import (EU), import restriction, third country

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 November 2007

amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards the list of third countries and parts
thereof from which imports into the Community of certain fresh meat is authorised

(notified under document number C(2007) 5365)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/736/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

That Annex indicates the time periods for which impor-
tation into the Community is
authorised or not
in relation to dates of slaughter or killing
authorised,
of
the animals from which the meat was obtained.
Those periods are indicated in order to allow the impor-
tation of fresh meat produced before the animal health
restrictions were applied to certain third countries or
parts thereof.

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991
laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from
third
89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article
18(7) thereof,

amending Directives

countries

and

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (2), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,

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 (3), and in particular the introductory phrase of
Article 8, the first subparagraph of Article 8(1) and Article
8(4) thereof,

products

animal

origin

for

of

of

Whereas:

(1)

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 (4) sets out a list of third countries
and parts
from which Member States are
authorised to import fresh meat of certain animals.

thereof

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352).

(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

(3) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15. Decision as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

it

However, to guarantee a high level of health protection
in the Community,
is appropriate to provide that
imports of fresh meat obtained in a third country from
animals slaughtered on or before the date of application
of restrictive measures are only allowed for a limited
period of time, namely 90 days. In case of consignments
certified on or before the date of application of an
the
import ban and transported on high seas at
moment
that
into force,
period should be 40 days.

in which the ban enters

The date from which imports into the Community of
fresh meat
from a certain third country or parts
thereof are authorised, or banned, should be inserted in
Annex II
to Decision 79/542/EEC in order to avoid
imports of fresh meat produced in a period in which
an animal health risk was present in such country or
part thereof.

The existing indications of time periods in that Annex
have also created practical problems, both as regards the
Community border inspection posts when checking the
health certificates for imports of such meat and for the
competent services in the exporting third countries when
preparing those certificates.

As a consequence,
in order to achieve a high level of
protection of health and in order to ensure clarity,
coherence and transparency as regards the list of third
countries from which imports of fresh meat into the
Community are authorised,
it is appropriate to amend
to Decision 79/542/EEC and to delete the
Annex II
references
entries
periods.
concerning certain countries, in particular Paraguay and
Brazil, should be updated.

In addition,

those

to

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(7)

(8)

In order to allow the imports of stocks of fresh meat
currently authorised to be imported into the Community
from certain third countries or parts
thereof under
Decision 79/542/EEC, but which no longer will be
authorised after the date of application of the present
Decision,
it is appropriate to provide for a transitional
period of 90 days.

importation of bovine

Due to two outbreaks of
foot-and-mouth disease in
Argentina in February 2006, Commission Decision
2006/259/EC of 27 March 2006 amending Annex II
to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards regionali-
sation for Argentina and the model certificates relating
to the
from
Argentina (1) prohibited imports of de-boned and
matured bovine meat
from eight departments in the
province of Corrientes. A recent Community inspection
the current animal health
in Argentina showed that
restrictions
in
particular as regards foot and mouth disease, are no
longer necessary. Those restrictions should therefore no
longer apply to those areas of Argentina, as requested by
that country.

in the eight departments concerned,

fresh meat

(9)

The inspection also showed that the production of de-
boned and matured deer meat in Argentina fulfils the
animal health requirements provided for in Decision
79/542/EEC.
is therefore appropriate to authorise
imports into the Community of de-boned and matured
deer meat from Argentina.

It

(10) Due to two outbreaks of

foot-and-mouth disease in
Botswana in April 2006, Council Decision 79/542/EEC,
as amended by Commission Decision 2006/463/EC (2),
prohibited imports of de-boned and matured bovine
meat
from a part of Botswana. The documentation
received from Botswana and the favourable outcome of
a Community inspection carried out in that country in
March 2007 show that the measures taken by Botswana
have been effective in controlling and eliminating the
disease. Accordingly,
health
restrictions in the concerned part of Botswana should
no longer apply.

current

animal

the

(11)

the Community inspection considered
In addition,
favourably two other regions of Botswana that have
been recognised by the OIE as free of FMD without
is therefore opportune to allow these
vaccination.
to the EU de-boned and matured
areas
bovine, ovine and farmed and wild game meat.

to export

It

are authorised. However, Colombia has not submitted
any residue monitoring plan for fresh bovine meat in
accordance with Commission Decision 2004/432/EC of
29 April 2004 on the approval of residue monitoring
plans submitted by third countries in accordance with
Council Directive 96/23/EC (3).
In addition, no estab-
to
lishments are authorised for export of
the Community. Therefore imports of
fresh bovine
meat from Colombia should no longer be authorised
and the necessary amendment made to Part 1 of
Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC.

fresh meat

(13)

In order to give the possibility to the relevant stake-
holders to adapt to the new import regime it is appro-
priate to provide that the present Decision applies from
1 December 2007.

(14) Decision 79/542/EEC should therefore be amended

accordingly.

(15)

(16)

Commission Decision 96/367/EC of 13 June 1996
concerning protection measures in relation to foot-and-
mouth disease in Albania (4) and Commission Decision
96/414/EC of 4 July 1996 concerning protective
measures with regard to imports of animals and animal
former Yugoslav Republic of
products
Macedonia
foot-and-mouth
outbreaks
disease (5) are obsolete as the provisions provided for
therein are now laid down in other Community acts.
In the interests of clarity and legal certainty,
those
Decisions should be expressly repealed.

from the
to
due

of

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

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

Article 2

Decisions 96/367/EC and 96/414/EC are repealed.

(12)

Parts of Colombia are listed in Part 1 of Annex II to
Decision 79/542/EEC as parts of a third country from
which imports of fresh bovine meat into the Community

(1) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 65.
(2) OJ L 183, 5.7.2006, p. 20.

(3) OJ L 154, 30.4.2004, p. 44. Corrected version (OJ L 189,
amended by Decision

27.5.2004, p. 33). Decision as
2007/362/EC (OJ L 138, 30.5.2007, p. 18).

last

(4) OJ L 145, 19.6.1996, p. 17. Decision as amended by Decision

98/373/EC (OJ L 170, 16.6.1998, p. 62).

(5) OJ L 167, 6.7.1996, p. 58. Decision as amended by Decision

98/373/EC.

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Article 3

Article 5

Imports of fresh meat to the EU which were authorised under
Decision 79/542/EEC which are no longer authorised by the
application of
the present Decision shall continue to be
authorised for a transitional period of 90 days following the
date of application.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 9 November 2007.

Article 4

This Decision shall apply from 1 December 2007.

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 (*)

Veterinary certificate

Model(s)

4

—

EQU

BOV

RUF

SG

5

A

A

Specific
conditions

Closing
date (**)

Opening date (***)

6

7

8

1

1

18 March 2005

1 December 2007

Country

Code of
Territory

Description of territory

1

2

3

AL — Albania

AL-0 Whole country

AR — Argentina

AR-0 Whole country

AR-1

of:

Buenos

Palmar),

Provinces

Neuquen,

Entre Ríos,

Corrientes
Berón
of

Aires,
The
(except
the
Catamarca,
de Astrada,
departments
Capital, Empedrado, General Paz,
Itati,
Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís
La Rioja,
del
Mendoza, Misiones,
Rio
Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe,
Tucuman, Cordoba, La Pampa, Santiago
del Estero, Chaco Formosa,
Jujuy and
Salta, excluding the buffer area of 25
km from the border with Bolivia and
Paraguay that extends from the Santa
in the Province of
Catalina District
Jujuy,
in the
Province of Formosa

to the Laishi District

AR-2

Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego

BOV, OVI,
RUW, RUF

1 March 2002

AR-3

Corrientes: the departments of Berón de
Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz,
Itati, Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San
Luís del Palmar

BOV, RUF

A

1

1 December 2007

AU — Australia

AU-0 Whole country

BA — Bosnia
Herzegovina

BA-0 Whole country

BH — Bahrain

BH-0 Whole country

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

—

—

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1

1

1

1

7

8

1 November 2002

1 November 2002

1 December 2007

7 March 2002

1

2

3

4

5

EQU

BOV

A and
H

BR — Brazil

BR-0 Whole country

BR-1

Part of the State of Minas Gerais (except
regional delegations of Oliveira, Passos,
São Gonçalo de Sapucai, Setelagoas and
Bambuí), State of Espíritu Santo, State of
Goias, Part of the State of Mato Grosso
comprising the regional units of:
— Cuiaba (except for the municipalities
of San Antonio de Leverger, Nossa
Senhora do Livramento, Pocone and
Barão de Melgaço),

— Caceres (except for the municipality

of Caceres),

— Lucas do Rio Verde,
— Rondonopolis (except for the munici-

pality of Itiquiora),

— Barra do Garça,
— Barra do Burgres, State of Rio Grande

do Sul

BR-2

State of Santa Catarina

BOV

A and
I

BW — Botswana

BW-0 Whole country

EQU, EQW

F

F

G

BW-1

The veterinary disease control zones 3c,
4b, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 18

BOV, OVI,
RUF, RUW

BW-2

The veterinary disease control zones 10,
11, 12, 13 and 14

BOV, OVI,
RUF, RUW

BY — Belarus

BY-0 Whole country

BZ — Belize

BZ-0 Whole country

CA — Canada

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

—

BOV, EQU

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

(cid:127)

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

—

EQU

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

CR — Costa Rica

CR-0 Whole country

CU — Cuba

CU-0 Whole country

DZ — Algeria

DZ-0 Whole country

ET — Ethiopia

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

HR — Croatia

HR-0 Whole country

IL — Israel

IL-0

Whole country

IN — India

IN-0

Whole country

IS — Iceland

IS-0

Whole country

KE — Kenya

KE-0 Whole country

MA — Morocco

MA-0 Whole country

ME — Montenegro

ME-0 Whole country

MG — Madagascar

MG-0 Whole country

BOV, EQU

BOV, EQU

—

—

BOV, OVI,
EQU

BOV, OVI,
EQU, RUF,
RUW

BOV, EQU

—

BOV, EQU

BOV, OVI,
EQU, RUF,
RUW

—

—

BOV, OVI,
EQU, RUF,
RUW

—

EQU

BOV, OVI,
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

—

BOV, EQU

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F

F

F

6

1

1

1

7

8

4 August 2003

1

2

3

4

NA — Namibia

NA-0 Whole country

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

NC — New
Caledonia

NC-0 Whole country

NI — Nicaragua

NI-0

Whole country

NZ — New Zealand

NZ-0 Whole country

PA — Panama

PA-0 Whole country

PY — Paraguay

PY-0

Whole country

RS — Serbia (*****)

RS-0 Whole country

RU — Russia

RU-0 Whole country

RU-1

Region of Murmansk, Yamolo-Nenets
autonomous area

SV — El Salvador

SV-0 Whole country

SZ — Swaziland

SZ-0 Whole country

SZ-1

SZ-2

Area west of the “red line” fences which
extends northwards from the river Usutu
to the frontier with South Africa west of
Nkalashane

veterinary
and
gazetted

The
surveillance
areas
as
Instrument under
51 of 2001

foot
vaccination

and mouth
control
Statutory
legal notice number

as

a

TH — Thailand

TH-0 Whole country

TN — Tunisia

TN-0 Whole country

TR — Turkey

TR-0 Whole country

TR-1

The provinces of Amasya, Ankara, Aydin,
Balikesir, Bursa, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli,
Izmir, Kastamonu, Kutahya, Manisa,
Usak, Yozgat and Kirikkale

BOV, RUF,
RUW

—

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

BOV, EQU

EQU

BOV, OVI,
EQU

—

RUF

—

EQU, EQW

BOV, RUF,
RUW

BOV, RUF,
RUW

—

—

—

EQU

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2

3

UA — Ukraine

UA-0 Whole country

US — United States

US-0 Whole country

UY — Uruguay

UY-0 Whole country

ZA — South Africa

ZA-0 Whole country

ZA-1

The whole country except:
— the part of

foot-and-mouth
the
disease control area situated in the
veterinary regions of Mpumalanga
in the
and Northern provinces,
district
the
of
veterinary region of Natal and in the
border area with Botswana east of
longitude 28°, and

Ingwavuma

of

4

—

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

EQU

BOV

OVI

EQU, EQW

BOV, OVI,
RUF, RUW

5

G

A

A

F

6

7

8

1 November 2001

1

1

1

— the district of Camperdown,
province of KwaZuluNatal

in the

ZW — Zimbabwe

ZW-0 Whole country

—

(*) Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for by Community agreements with third countries.
(**) Meat from animals slaughtered on or before the date indicated in column 7 can be imported into the Community for 90 days from that date.

Consignments on the high seas can be imported into the Community if certified before the date indicated in column 7 for 40 days from that date.
(N.B.: no date in column 7 means that there are no time restrictions).

(***) Only meat from animals slaughtered on or after the date indicated in column 8 can be imported into the Community (no date in column 8 means that there are no

time restrictions).

(****) 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.

(*****) Not including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.
(cid:127) = Certificates in accordance with the agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, OJ L 114, 30.4.2002,

p. 132.

— = No certificate laid down and fresh meat imports are prohibited (except for those species where indicated in the line for the whole country).
“1”

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