2008/772/EC: Commission Decision of 1 October 2008 amending Decision 2004/432/EC on the approval of residue monitoring plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Council Directive 96/23/EC (notified under document number C(2008) 5531) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, animal product, import policy, third country, veterinary legislation, waste

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 October 2008

amending Decision 2004/432/EC on the approval of residue monitoring plans submitted by third
countries in accordance with Council Directive 96/23/EC

(notified under document number C(2008) 5531)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/772/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

plan for wild and farmed game, other than ostriches. In
particular, sampling was being performed, but laboratory
analyses have not been carried out.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996
on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof
in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives
85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and
91/664/EEC (1), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of
Article 29(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Directive 96/23/EC lays down measures to monitor the
substances and groups of residues listed in Annex I
thereto. Pursuant to Directive 96/23/EC, the inclusion
and retention on the lists of
from
which Member States are authorised to import animals
and primary products of animal origin covered by that
Directive, are subject
to the submission by the third
countries concerned of a plan setting out the guarantees
which they offer as regards the monitoring of the groups
of residues and substances listed in that Annex.

third countries

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 (2) approves
the residue monitoring plans
submitted by certain third countries listed in the Annex
to that Decision for the animals and primary products
indicated in that list.

As regards the entry for South Africa, imports of wild
and farmed game meat, other
than ostriches, were
deleted from the list of authorised imports set out in
the Annex to Decision 2004/432/EC, as amended by
Commission Decision 2008/407/EC (3), as South Africa
failed to provide evidence of the implementation of the

(1) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 154, 30.4.2004, p. 44, as corrected by OJ L 189, 27.5.2004,

p. 33.

(3) OJ L 143, 3.6.2008, p. 49.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

A Commission inspection to South Africa carried out
from 2 to 7 July 2008 revealed that the 2007 to 2008
residues monitoring plan for both wild and farmed game
has been implemented in that third country and that
sampling in accordance with the residues monitoring
completed and the
plan for 2007 to 2008 was
sampling in accordance with the residues monitoring
plan for 2008 to 2009 is underway. Therefore, as the
approved plans covering the years 2006 to 2007, 2007
the laboratory
to 2008 were implemented and as
situation
analyses
regarding residue controls in farmed and wild game is
satisfactory. On that basis, it is appropriate to amend the
in the Annex to Decision 2004/432/EC so that
list
authorised into the Community from
imports
including
South Africa of wild and farmed game,
ostriches, as provided for in the approved plans.

results were adequate,

the overall

are

Israel has submitted a residue monitoring plan to the
Commission for farmed game. The evaluation of that
information obtained by the
plan and the additional
guarantees, on the
Commission provide
farmed game.
residue monitoring plan in respect of
That product should therefore be included in the entry
for
in the Annex to Decision
Israel
2004/432/EC.

sufficient

in the

list

China has submitted a residue monitoring plan to the
Commission for eggs. The evaluation of this plan and the
additional
information obtained by the Commission
provide sufficient guarantees, on the residue monitoring
plan in respect of eggs. That product should therefore be
included in the entry for China in the list in the Annex
to Decision 2004/432/EC.

Ukraine has submitted a residue monitoring plan to the
Commission for poultry, equidae and aquaculture. The
information
evaluation of that plan and the additional
obtained by the Commission provide sufficient guar­
antees, on the residue monitoring plan in respect for
those products. They should therefore be included in
the entry for Ukraine in the list
in the Annex to
Decision 2004/432/EC.

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Some mistakes concerning the numbering of certain
footnotes
in the Annex to Decision 2008/407/EC
should be corrected.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 30 September 2008.

Decision 2004/432/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

(8)

(9)

(10)

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

The Annex to Decision 2004/432/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 1 October 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

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