02011D0163 — EN — 11.08.2022 — 021.001

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Amended by:

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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)

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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ANNEX

( 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).