2008/639/EC: Commission Decision of 30 July 2008 amending Decision 2002/994/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to products of animal origin imported from China (notified under document number C(2008) 3882) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, animal nutrition, animal product, health control, human nutrition, import, veterinary inspection

L 207/30

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Official Journal of the European Union

5.8.2008

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 July 2008

amending Decision 2002/994/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to products of
animal origin imported from China

(notified under document number C(2008) 3882)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/639/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

plans submitted by third countries in accordance with
Council Directive 96/23/EC (3).

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 (1), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2002/994/EC of 20 December
2002 concerning certain protective measures with
regard to the products of animal origin imported from
China (2) applies
to all products of animal origin
imported
human
intended
consumption or for animal feed.

from China

and

for

Under Article 2 of that Decision Member States are to
authorise imports of products listed in Part II of the
Annex to that Decision which are accompanied by a
declaration of the Chinese competent authority stating
that
each consignment has been subjected before
dispatch to a chemical test in order to ensure that the
products concerned do not present a danger to human
health. That test must be carried out, in particular, with a
view to detecting the presence of chloramphenicol and
nitrofuran and its metabolites.

residue monitoring

The Chinese competent authority has provided the
appropriate
poultry
intended for export to the Community. That plan has
been approved by Commission Decision 2004/432/EC
of 29 April 2004 on the approval of residue monitoring

plan

for

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

In addition, the Commission has recently verified, on the
spot, the monitoring measures applied to the control of
residues of veterinary medicines in poultry and the
outcome of that verification has been favourable.

By Commission Decision 2007/777/EC (4) the Province
of Shandong in China has been authorised for the im­
portation into the EU of heat
treated poultrymeat
products.

Poultrymeat products should therefore be included in the
list of products set out
the Annex to
Decision 2002/994/EC and that Decision should be
amended accordingly.

in Part

II of

The authorisation to import poultrymeat products from
China into the Community is without prejudice to other
sanitary measures adopted for public or animal health
reasons.

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

In Part II of the Annex to Decision 2002/994/EC, the following
indent is added:

‘— poultrymeat products’

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

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

(2) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 154. Decision as last amended by

Decision 2008/463/EC (OJ L 160, 19.6.2008, p. 34).

(3) OJ L 154, 30.4.2004, p. 44, as corrected by OJ L 189, 27.5.2004,
p. 33. Decision as last amended by Decision 2008/407/EC (OJ
L 143, 3.6.2008, p. 49).
(4) OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 49.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 30 July 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission