Document ID: 32002D0349

Commission Decision
of 26 April 2002
laying down the list of products to be examined at border inspection posts under Council Directive 97/78/EC
(notified under document number C(2002) 1527)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/349/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 3(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) For reasons of clarity the products of animal origin referred to in Article 2(2)(a) of Directive 97/78/EC should be brought together in one single list alongside the appropriate Animo code, with the appropriate CN heading (combined nomenclature) also listed for indicative purposes and ease of use.
(2) However, this listing should not concern nor affect the plant products that are also included within the scope of veterinary checks as referred to in Article 19 of Directive 97/78/EC, nor to the products exempted from veterinary checks and referred to in Article 16 of the same Directive.
(3) It is also important that composite products, in which there is only a limited percentage of products of animal origin, should be included in the scope of the checks procedures with a view to avoid differences in interpretation between border inspection posts and thus distortions in trade; however, given the complexity of this matter, and the need for a risk-based assessment, if necessary by an appropriate scientific committee to address it at Community level, in the meantime national rules must remain in force.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Products of animal origin listed in the Annex shall be subjected to a veterinary check at border inspection posts in accordance with the provisions of Directive 97/78/EC.
Article 2
The list of products of animal origin included in the Annex is without prejudice to the exemptions referred to in Article 16, or to the list of plant products referred to in Article 19, of Directive 97/78/EC.
Article 3
By way of derogation from Article 1, composite food products listed in the Annex, which include only a limited percentage of products of animal origin, shall continue to be subject to national rules.
The first paragraph shall apply only until such time as a risk based assessment of the composite products that should fall within the scope of the veterinary checks regime has been conducted.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 April 2002.

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