2008/640/EC: Commission Decision of 30 July 2008 amending Decision 2005/692/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to avian influenza in several third countries (notified under document number C(2008) 3883) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, animal disease, disease prevention, import, infectious disease, meat product, originating product, poultry, third country, veterinary inspection

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Official Journal of the European Union

5.8.2008

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 July 2008

amending Decision 2005/692/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to avian
influenza in several third countries

(notified under document number C(2008) 3883)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/640/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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
89/662/EEC,
third
particular
90/425/EEC
Article 18(7) thereof,

amending Directives

90/675/EEC (1),

countries

and

and

and

in

(5)

(6)

is

therefore

appropriate

to derogate

It
from the
suspension of importation of meat products consisting
laid down in Decision
of, or containing poultrymeat
to allow imports of such poultrymeat
2005/692/EC,
products provided that
they have undergone heat
treatment in accordance with Decision 2007/777/EC.

Decision 2005/692/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Following the outbreak of avian influenza, caused by a
in south-eastern
highly pathogenic H5N1 virus strain,
Asia starting in December 2003,
the Commission
adopted several protection measures in relation to avian
influenza.
particular
Commission Decision 2005/692/EC of 6 October 2005
concerning certain protection measures in relation to
avian influenza in several third countries (3).

Those measures

include

in

animal

Commission Decision 2007/777/EC of 29 November
2007 laying down the
and public health
conditions and model certificates for imports of certain
meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and
intestines for human consumption from third countries
and repealing Decision 2005/432/EC (4) authorised the
importation into the Community of poultrymeat
products
from the Province of Shandong in China
which have been heat treated to a minimum temperature
of 70 °C.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Article 2 of Decision 2005/692/EC is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

1. Member States shall suspend the importation from
China of:

(a)

fresh poultrymeat;

(b) meat preparations and meat products consisting of, or

containing poultrymeat;

(c) raw pet food and unprocessed feed material containing

any parts of poultry;

(3)

Such heat treatment is sufficient to inactivate the avian
influenza virus and the animal health risk posed by the
heat
treated products may therefore be regarded as
negligible.

(d) eggs for human consumption; and

(e) non-treated game trophies from any birds.

(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 263, 8.10.2005, p. 20. Decision as last amended by Decision

2007/869/EC (OJ L 340, 22.12.2007, p. 104).

(4) OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 49.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States
2.
shall authorise the importation of meat products consisting
of, or containing meat of poultry, provided that such meat
has undergone one of the specific treatments referred to in
points B, C or D of Part 4 of Annex II
to Decision
2007/777/EC.’

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The Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish
those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 30 July 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission