CELEX: 32008R0132
Language: en
Date: 2008-02-14
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 132/2008 of 14 February 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 laying down measures with regard to imports of products of animal origin for personal consumption (Text with EEA relevance)

15.2.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 41/7
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 132/2008
   of 14 February 2008
   amending Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 laying down measures with regard to imports of products of animal origin for personal consumption
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (1), and in particular the third indent of Article 8(5) thereof,
   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 Articles 3(5), 16(3) and 17(7) thereof,
   Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (3), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 (4) lays down measures with regard to imports of meat and meat products and of milk and milk products for personal consumption. Those products are defined by reference to some of the products listed in the Annex to Commission Decision 2002/349/EC of 26 April 2002 laying down the list of products to be examined at border inspection posts under Council Directive 97/78/EC (5).
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Following the repeal of Decision 2002/349/EC as from 17 May 2007 by Commission Decision 2007/275/EC of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (6) and in order to ensure clarity, coherence, and transparency, it is necessary to list in Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 the products falling within its scope.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 is amended as follows:
   
               1.
            
            
               in Article 1, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
               ‘1.   For the purposes of this Regulation, “meat and meat products” and “milk and milk products” mean the products listed in Annex V.’
            
         
               2.
            
            
               the text in the Annex to this Regulation is added as Annex V.
            
         Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 14 February 2008.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Markos KYPRIANOU
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
   
      (2)  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).
   
      (3)  OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).
   
      (4)  OJ L 122, 26.4.2004, p. 1.
   
      (5)  OJ L 121, 8.5.2002, p. 6.
   
      (6)  OJ L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 9.
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX V
            Meat and meat products and milk and milk products referred to in Article 1(1)
            
                        CN code
                     
                     
                        Description
                     
                     
                        Qualification and explanation
                     
                  
                        ex Chapter 2
                        (0201-0210)
                     
                     
                        Meat and edible offal
                     
                     
                        Excludes frogs' legs
                        (CN code 0208 90 70)
                     
                  
                        0401-0406
                     
                     
                        Dairy produce
                     
                     
                        All
                     
                  
                        0504 00 00
                     
                     
                        Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
                     
                     
                        All
                     
                  
                        1501 00
                     
                     
                        Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503
                     
                     
                        All
                     
                  
                        1502 00
                     
                     
                        Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503
                     
                     
                        All
                     
                  
                        1503 00
                     
                     
                        Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared
                     
                     
                        All
                     
                  
                        1506 00 00
                     
                     
                        Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
                     
                     
                        All
                     
                  
                        1601 00
                     
                     
                        Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products
                     
                     
                        All
                     
                  
                        1602
                     
                     
                        Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood
                     
                     
                        All
                     
                  
                        1702 11 00
                        1702 19 00
                     
                     
                        Lactose and lactose syrup
                     
                     
                        All
                     
                  
                        ex 1901
                     
                     
                        Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less that 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included
                     
                     
                        Only those preparations containing milk
                     
                  
                        ex 1902
                     
                     
                        Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared
                     
                     
                        Only those preparations containing meat
                     
                  
                        ex 2004
                     
                     
                        Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 2006
                     
                     
                        Only those preparations containing meat
                     
                  
                        ex 2005
                     
                     
                        Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006
                     
                     
                        Only those preparations containing meat
                     
                  
                        ex 2103
                     
                     
                        Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard
                     
                     
                        Only those preparations containing meat or milk
                     
                  
                        ex 2104
                     
                     
                        Soups and broths and preparations therefore; homogenised composite food preparations
                     
                     
                        Only those preparations containing meat or milk
                     
                  
                        ex 2105 00
                     
                     
                        Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa
                     
                     
                        Only those preparations containing milk
                     
                  
                        ex 2106
                     
                     
                        Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
                     
                     
                        Only those preparations containing meat or milk
                     
                  
                        ex 2309
                     
                     
                        Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding
                     
                     
                        Only petfood, dog chews and mixtures of meals containing meat or milk
                     
                  
                        Notes:
                        
                                    Column 1
                                 
                                 
                                    :
                                 
                                 
                                    Where only certain products under any code are required to be examined under veterinary checks and no specific subdivision under this code exists in the goods nomenclature, the code is marked “ex” (for example ex 1901: only those preparations containing milk should be included).
                                 
                              
                                    Column 2
                                 
                                 
                                    :
                                 
                                 
                                    The description of the goods is as laid down in the description column of Annex 1 to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87. For further explanation of the exact coverage of the Common Customs Tariff please refer to the latest amendment to that Annex.
                                 
                              
                                    Column 3
                                 
                                 
                                    :
                                 
                                 
                                    This column gives details of the products covered.’