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Document 02011D0163-20220811
Commission Decision of 16 March 2011 on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC (notified under document C(2011) 1630) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/163/EU)Text with EEA relevance
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Commission Decision of 16 March 2011 on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC (notified under document C(2011) 1630) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/163/EU)Text with EEA relevance
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COMMISSION DECISION of 16 March 2011 on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC (notified under document C(2011) 1630) (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 070 17.3.2011, p. 40) |
Amended by:
COMMISSION DECISION
of 16 March 2011
on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC
(notified under document C(2011) 1630)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/163/EU)
Article 1
The plans provided for in Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC submitted to the Commission by the third countries listed in the table set out in the Annex are approved for the animals and animal products that are intended for human consumption and marked with an ‘X’ in that table.
Article 2
For the production of casings intended for export to the Union, third countries may use raw material imported from other third countries, which are authorised for the entry into the Union of fresh meat, or of certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines in Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/404 and (EU) 2021/405.
The third country intending to export casings to the Union shall be listed in Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/404 and (EU) 2021/405 for casings, as well as in the Annex to Decision 2011/163/EU (for casings). In addition, the establishments from which the casings are to be exported to the Union shall be listed in accordance with Article 5 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625.
The entry in the Annex to this Decision of a third country exporting animal products for human consumption produced only with raw material of animal origin obtained from Member States of the Union or from third countries that provided a plan in accordance with Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC shall be complemented with the following restrictive footnote:
‘Third countries using only raw material either from other third countries approved for imports of such raw material to the Union or from Member States, in accordance with Article 2.’.
Article 2a
Third countries not having presented a residue-monitoring plan for animals and animal products but, based on third country’s request, intending to export to the Union animal products prepared by using raw material of animal origin obtained from a Member State or third country that has provided a residue monitoring plan in accordance with Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC are marked with ‘Δ’ in the table in the Annex to this Decision for triangular trade.
Article 2b
Third countries not having presented a residue-monitoring plan for bovine, ovine/caprine, porcine, equine or poultry animals but, based on third country’s request, intending to export composite products to the Union, using processed animal products from those species, obtained from a Member State or an approved third country are marked with an ‘O’ in the column only for the relevant animal species in the table in the Annex.
Article 2c
Based on third country’s request, third countries marked with an ‘X’ in either of the categories aquaculture products, milk or eggs in the table of the Annex are marked with an ‘O’ in that table for the remaining of those categories.
Article 2d
All third countries listed for live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in Annex VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 are marked with an ‘M’ in the table in the Annex to this Decision for molluscs.
Article 2e
All third countries producing composite products from processed products derived from molluscs, insofar as the processed bivalve molluscs either originate from Member States or third countries listed in Annex VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 are marked with a ‘P’ in the column ‘Aquaculture’ in the table in the Annex to this Decision for processed products derived from molluscs.
Article 3
Article 4
Decision 2004/432/EC is repealed.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
It shall apply from 15 March 2011.
ANNEX
Code ISO2 |
Country (1) |
Bovine |
Ovine/caprine |
Porcine |
Equine |
Poultry |
Aquaculture (17) |
Milk |
Eggs |
Rabbit |
Wild game |
Farmed game |
Honey |
Casings |
AD |
Andorra |
X |
X |
Δ |
X |
|
P |
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
AE |
United Arab Emirates |
|
|
|
|
|
Δ P |
X (2) O |
O |
|
|
|
X (3) |
|
AL |
Albania |
|
X |
|
|
|
X (14) P |
O |
X |
|
|
|
|
X |
AM |
Armenia |
|
|
|
|
|
X (14) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
X |
|
AR |
Argentina |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X (14) P |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
AU |
Australia |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
X M |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
BA |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
X (14) P |
X |
X |
|
|
|
X |
|
BD |
Bangladesh |
|
|
|
|
|
X P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
BF |
Burkina Faso |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
BJ |
Benin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
BN |
Brunei |
|
|
|
|
|
X (15) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
BR |
Brazil |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
X P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
X |
X |
BW |
Botswana |
X |
|
|
|
|
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BY |
Belarus |
|
|
|
X (8) |
|
X (14) P |
X |
X |
|
|
|
X |
X |
BZ |
Belize |
|
|
|
|
|
X (15) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
CA |
Canada |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X M |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
CH |
Switzerland |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X (14) M |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
CL |
Chile |
X |
X (5) |
X |
|
X |
X (14) M |
X |
O |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
CM |
Cameroon |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
CN |
China |
|
|
|
|
X |
X P |
O |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
CO |
Colombia |
|
|
|
|
|
X P |
X |
Δ |
|
|
|
|
X |
CR |
Costa Rica |
|
|
|
|
|
X P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
CU |
Cuba |
|
|
|
|
|
X (15) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
X |
|
DO |
Dominican Republic |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
EC |
Ecuador |
|
|
|
|
|
X P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
EG |
Egypt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
ET |
Ethiopia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
FK |
Falkland Islands |
X |
X (5) |
|
|
|
X (14) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
FO |
Faroes Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
X (14) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
GB |
United Kingdom (6) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X (14) Δ M |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
GE |
Georgia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
GG |
Guernsey |
|
|
|
|
|
O M |
X |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
GL |
Greenland |
|
X (5) |
|
|
|
M |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
GT |
Guatemala |
|
|
|
|
|
X (15) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
X |
|
HK |
Hong Kong |
|
|
|
|
|
Δ P |
|
Δ |
|
|
|
|
|
HN |
Honduras |
|
|
|
|
|
X P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
ID |
Indonesia |
|
|
|
|
|
X P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
IL |
Israel (4) |
|
|
|
|
X |
X (14) P |
X |
X |
|
|
|
X |
|
IM |
Isle of Man |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
X (14) M |
X |
O |
|
|
|
X |
|
IN |
India |
|
|
|
|
O |
X P |
O |
X |
|
|
|
X |
X |
IR |
Iran |
|
|
|
|
|
X (15) X (16) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
X |
JE |
Jersey |
X |
|
|
|
|
M |
X |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
JM |
Jamaica |
|
|
|
|
|
M |
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
JP |
Japan |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
X (14) M |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Δ |
X |
KE |
Kenya |
|
|
|
|
|
X (14) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
KR |
South Korea |
|
|
|
|
X |
X M |
O |
O |
|
|
|
Δ |
|
LB |
Lebanon |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
LK |
Sri Lanka |
|
|
|
|
|
X P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
MA |
Morocco |
|
|
|
|
X |
X (14) Δ M |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
X |
MD |
Moldova |
|
|
|
|
X |
X (14) P |
X |
X |
|
|
|
X |
|
ME |
Montenegro |
X |
X (5) |
X |
|
X |
X (14) P |
X |
X |
|
|
|
X |
|
MG |
Madagascar |
|
|
|
|
|
X P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
X |
|
MK |
North Macedonia |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
X (14) P |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
MM |
Myanmar |
|
|
|
|
|
X P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
X |
|
MN |
Mongolia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
MU |
Mauritius |
|
|
|
|
|
X (14) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
Δ |
|
MX |
Mexico |
|
|
Δ |
|
|
X P |
O |
X |
|
|
|
X |
|
MY |
Malaysia |
|
|
|
|
Δ |
X P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
MZ |
Mozambique |
|
|
|
|
|
X (15) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
NA |
Namibia |
X |
X (5) |
|
|
|
P |
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
NC |
New Caledonia |
|
|
|
|
|
X (15) P |
O |
O |
|
|
X |
X |
|
NG |
Nigeria |
|
|
|
|
|
X (15) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
NI |
Nicaragua |
|
|
|
|
|
X (15) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
X |
|
NZ |
New Zealand |
X |
X |
O |
X |
O |
X (14) M |
X |
O |
O |
X |
X |
X |
X |
PA |
Panama |
|
|
|
|
|
X P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
PE |
Peru |
|
|
|
|
|
X M |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
PH |
Philippines |
|
|
|
|
|
X P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
PK |
Pakistan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
PM |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
|
|
|
|
X |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PN |
Pitcairn Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
PY |
Paraguay |
X |
|
|
|
|
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
RS |
Serbia (7) |
X |
X |
X |
X (8) |
X |
X (14) P |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
RU |
Russia |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
O P |
X |
X |
|
|
X (9) |
X |
X |
RW |
Rwanda |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
SA |
Saudi Arabia |
|
|
|
|
|
X P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
SG |
Singapore |
Δ |
Δ |
Δ |
X (10) |
Δ |
X (14) P |
Δ |
Δ |
|
X (10) |
X (10) |
|
|
SM |
San Marino |
X |
|
Δ |
|
|
O P |
X |
O |
|
|
|
X |
|
SV |
El Salvador |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
SY |
Syria |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
SZ |
Eswatini |
X |
|
|
|
|
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TG |
Togo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
TH |
Thailand |
O |
|
O |
|
X |
X M |
O |
Δ |
|
|
|
X |
|
TN |
Tunisia |
|
|
|
|
|
X (14) M |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
X |
TR |
Turkey |
|
|
|
|
X |
X (14) M |
X |
X |
|
|
|
X |
X |
TW |
Taiwan |
|
|
|
|
|
X P |
O |
X |
|
|
|
X |
|
TZ |
Tanzania |
|
|
|
|
|
X (15) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
X |
|
UA |
Ukraine |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
X (14) M |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
UG |
Uganda |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
US |
United States |
X |
X (11) |
X |
|
X |
X M |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
UY |
Uruguay |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
X (14) M |
X |
O |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
UZ |
Uzbekistan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
VE |
Venezuela |
|
|
|
|
|
X (15) P |
O |
O |
|
|
|
|
|
VN |
Vietnam |
|
|
|
|
|
X M |
O |
O |
|
|
|
X |
|
WF |
Wallis and Futuna |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
XK |
Kosovo (12) |
|
|
|
|
Δ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ZA |
South Africa |
|
|
|
|
|
P |
|
|
|
X |
X (13) |
|
|
ZM |
Zambia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
(1)
List of countries and territories (not limited to countries recognised by the Union).
(2)
Camel milk only.
(3)
Only the region of Ras al Khaimah.
(4)
Does not include the geographic areas that came under the administration of the State of Israel after 5 June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank.
(5)
Ovine species only.
(6)
In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of Annexes II to XXII, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.
(7)
Does not include Kosovo (this designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence).
(8)
Export to the Union of live equidae intended for slaughter (food producing animals only).
(9)
Reindeer only.
(10)
Only for commodities of fresh meat originating from New Zealand, destined to the Union and being unloaded, reloaded and transited with or without storage through Singapore.
(11)
Caprine species only.
(12)
This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
(13)
Ratites only.
(14)
Finfish only.
(15)
Crustaceans only.
(16)
Roes and caviar only.
(17)
Aquaculture covers finfish, including eels, and products of finfish (such as roes and caviar) and crustaceans. |
( 1 ) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 of 4 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to requirements for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption (OJ L 131, 17.5.2019, p. 18).