CELEX: 51978PC0368
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Date: 1978-07-19
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on health protection measures in respect of the Republic of Botswana (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                           COM(78)368 final
                                                           Brussels , 19 July 1978
                                           Proposal for a
                                          COUNCIL DECISION
         on health protection measures in respect of the Republic of
                                             Botswana
                           ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
             \
COM ( 78 ) 368 final
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 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY      NOTE
 Following the appearance of exotic foot - and-mouth disease in the Republic of
 Botswana imports of fresh meat into the Community from the entire country
.have been prohibited by direct application of Article . 14 of the Council 's
 " Third Countries " Directive 72 / 462 / EEC of 12 December 1972 .:
 Article 15 of the Directive provides the possibility , using the Standing
 Veterinary Committee procedure , of limiting the prohibition to part of the
territory of the country .
This Decision defines those areas of Botswana that are-free of foot - and- mouth
disease , are protected from the infected area by an intermediate zone free of
the disease and other health guarantees that are good enough to allow their
meat to be exported to the Member States .
As , however , the health requirements which under Article '16 of the above-
mentioned Directive the Member States must demand to be met for meat imported
from Botswana have not yet been formulated by the Community and as once
formulated they will not enter into force until two years after the date of
their adoption it remains open to the Member States to prohibit meat imports
from that country ;   if they authorise importation it will be on the terms of
this Decision .                                      "
This draft Decision has been put to the vote in the Standing Veterinary
 Committee ; no opinion has been delivered . Under Article 29 of the said
 Directive it is thus transmitted as a Commission proposal to the Council .
 ---pagebreak---                                         Council Décision
          .^• aLth protection measures' in respect of the Republic of Botswana
   r>--' COUNCIL OF THE EUORPEAN COMMUNITIES ,         '  -
    i?:v 4 ng regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
     .. . mg regard to Council Directive 72 / 462 / EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and
   ■viTerinary inspection problems upon importation of bovir.e animals , and swine and
                                         1     . .
   fresromeat from third countries , and in particular Article 15 thereof ,        '
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                \
. Whereas there have been outbreaks of exotic foot - and - mouth disease in certain
  areas in the north of the Republic of Botswana ; whereas , however , other parts
  of the country have been free of the disease for a number of years ; „
  Whereas strict measures , in particular the prohibition of movements 't>f live-
  stock'from contaminated regions to disease-free areas , are applied in the
  country ; whereas the contaminated regions are clearly demarcated and sepa­
  rated from the disease-free areas by a system of barriers and quarantining ;
  whereas measures are applied throughout the country to monitor the move­
  ments of livestock and detect any outbreak of the disease ;
  Whereas contaminated regions and areas adjacent to them must not beallowed
  to export fresh meat to Member States ; whereas , having regard to the present
  location of the disease /., the measures adopted by the authorities' of, the
  Republic of Botswana against the disease , the information obtained by
  Community veterinary experts who visited the country , relating to the              ■
  organization of veterinary services and animal health controls , the country
  may be authorized to export to the Community fresh meat obtained from animals
  originating in regions which have been free of foot - and- mouth disease for a
  number - of years ; -                      -
  1.      OJ No L 302, 31.12.1972 , p. 28
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Whereas the particular animal health requirements of Member States pursuant
to Article 16 of the abovementioned Directive in respect of meat imported
from the Republic of Botswana have not yet been laid down at Community
level and only enter into force two years after their adoption ;   whereas ,
pending the entry into force of such requirements . Member States are ,
however , free to prohibit imports of fresh meat from the said country;
Whereas , since the Standing Veterinary Committee has not- given its assent ,
the Commission is unable to adopt the provisions it had envisaged on this
matter under the procedure provided for in Article 29 of the Directive
referred to above .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 ---pagebreak---                                  Article 1
  ;rii3 prohibition provided for in Article 14 of                 Directive 72/462/EEC
   shall not apply to the following districts of the Republic of Botswana:'
  i<WENENG / KGATLEND , SOUTH-EAST , SOUTHERN and KGALAGADI . '
                                Article 2                       .        .
  xx 3* Member Sts/t© s-irfcliDrizes the imports/ticsi into its own territory of "fresh
  de-boned meat from carcasses of animals of the bovine species originating in
  the districts referred to in Article 1 and slaughtered in one of these
  distriots , the following conditions shall "be applieds
                     Λ
  - the meat shall satisfy the conditions indicated in the Health Certificate
     annexed hereto . This Certificate shall accompany the meat during transport
     to the importing Member State ;                                             ,
. - the meat shall not enter the importing Member State 's territory within a peri-od
      21 days from the date of slaughter ;
  - the compet - .nt authority of the Republic of Botswana shall give assurances that
      it will notify the importing Member State and the Commission immediately , of
      any outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the country.
                                Article 3
  The Commission * shall amend this Decision in the light cf any developments in the
  situation .
                                Article 4
  This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
  Done at Brussels ,
                                                                       For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                                                      . ■   ,            ANNEX
                              ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE
For fresh boned carcase ^^ meat ^^ of bovine animals from the Republic of
Botswana
             |                             Reference number of the
                                           publi c -health certificate
Exporting country
Mini s try
Department
Ref                         -                                              ( OPTIONAL )
I.      Identification of meat    :   .
        M . ( 3 ) of,
        Meat
                                                                    ( animal species )
        Nature of cuts
        Nature of packaging
        Number of cuts or packages
        Net weight
II .    Origin of meat :                -
        Address(es ) and veterinary approval number(s ) of the approved
        s laughterhouse(s )
        Address(es ) and veterinary approval number(s ) of the approved cutting
        plant ( s )
III .    Destination of meat   :
         The meat will be sent from :
                                                                 ( place of loading )
                                    to   :
                                              ( country and place of destination )
         by the following means of transpqrt ^
         Name and address of consignor
         Name and address of consignee
 ---pagebreak---                                                                  Annex
Attestation of health :
I , the undersigned , official veterinarian , certify that :
1.   the fresh boned carcase meat described above
      (a)    originates from cattle which
             - were born and reared in the Republic of Botswana and which ,
                since October 1977 or since birth have remained in one or
                more of the following districts : KWENENG , KGATLEND , SOUTH­
                EAST , SOUTHERN , KGALAGADI , those districts having been free
                of exotic foot - and- mouth disease for at least the last 12
                months ;
             - Bore , in accordance with the legal provisions , a mark in­
                dicating their region of origin ;
             - had not been vaccinated against foot - and- mouth disease
                within the last . 12 months ;
             - on the way to the slaughterhouse did not come into contact
                 with animals not satisfying the conditions laid down in the
                 Commission Decision of                 as regards export of
                 their meat to a Member State , and if they were conveyed by .
                 a means of transport , the latter was cleaned and disinfected
                 before loading ;
             - when subjected to an ante-mortem health inspection at the
                 slaughterhouse during the 24 hours preceding slaughter which
                 included examination of the mouth and feet , showed no symptom
                 of foot - and- mouth disease ;
              - we're slaughtered after the entry into force of the aforesaid
                 Deci sion ( give the date of slaughter )                    }
       ( b ) was obtained in a slaughterhouse in which no case of exotic
              foot - and-mouth disease has been detected for at least three
              months ;
       ( c ) has been kept strictly separate from meat not conforming to
              the conditions for export to a Member State laid down in the
              Commission Décision of                  /
       ( d ) has had as many lymphatic glands as possible removed ;
       ( e ) originates from carcases which were matured at an ambient
              teiwerature of more than *2°C for at least 48 hours after
               slaughter and before boning .
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                                                                   Annex
      2.  During the period between arrival of the cattle at the slaughter­
          house and completion of the packing of the meat of the same cattle
          for export to a Member , State in boxes or cartons ,- no animal or
          meat not conforming to the conditions laid down in the Commission
          Decision of              , as regards export of meat to a Member
          State ( with the exception of meat packed in boxes or cartons and
          kept in special storage areas ) was present in the slaughterhouse
          or cutting plant .
                               -        Done at               on
                                        ( signature of official veterinarian ) •
1. CARCASE : means the whole body of a slaughtered an ims I after bleeding ,
   evisceration removal of the limbs at the carpus and tsrsus , removal of
   the head , tail and mammary gland and in addition,' in the case of bovine
   animals , after skinning ,                                  . ■ •
2„ FRESH MEAT : means all parts of domestic bovine animals fir for human
   consumption which have not undergone any preserving process ; however ,
   chilled and frozen meat shall be considered as fresh meat .
3. Only fresh boned carcase meat of bovine animals from which the major
   accessible lymphatic glands have been removed is authorized for impor- . .
   tat ion .
4.  Fresh carcase meat is only authorized for importation if all bones have
   been removed .
5.  For failway wagons or lorries the vehicle registration number should be
   stated , for aircraft the flight number and for ships the name .