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Document 32004D0857

2004/857/EC: Commission Decision of 8 December 2004 amending Decision 97/222/EC laying down the list of third countries from which the Member States authorise the importation of meat products (notified under document number C(2004) 4563)Text with EEA relevance

JO L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 65–72 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 16/06/2005; abrogare implicită prin 32005D0432

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2004/857/oj

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Official Journal

16.12.2004

Official Journal of the European Union

L 369/65

COMMISSION DECISION

of 8 December 2004

amending Decision 97/222/EC laying down the list of third countries from which the Member States authorise the importation of meat products

(notified under document number C(2004) 4563)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/857/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), and in particular Articles 3(1) and 16 in conjunction with the first indent of Article 21a(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC (2), and in particular Article 10(2)(a) and (3)(a) thereof,

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 (3), and in particular Article 8(1) and (4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Commission Decision 97/222/EC (4) establishes a list of third countries or parts of third countries from which the importation of meat products are authorised.

(2)	To ensure transparency and harmonisation of the codes for certain treatment regimes as laid down in the tables in Part II and III of the Annex to Decision 97/222/EC, it is necessary to amend and clarify some of the footnotes with reference to the origin and provenance of fresh meat.

(3)

In the description of regionalised territories in Part I of the Annex to Decision 97/222/EC, there are outdated references to legislation that has now been repealed and replaced by new acts. It is therefore necessary to update those references. The corresponding codes of territories and treatment regimes in Part II of the Annex to Decision 97/222/EC should also be updated accordingly.

(4)	Therefore, Part I, II and IV of the Annex to Decision 97/222/EC should be amended accordingly.

(5)	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

Commission Decision 97/222/EC is amended as follows:

1.	Part I of the Annex is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Decision;

2.	Part II of the Annex is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Decision;

3.	Part IV of the Annex is replaced by the text in Annex III to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 23 December 2004.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 December 2004.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36).

(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49. Directive as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 445/2004 (OJ L 72, 11.3.2004, p. 60).

(3) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.

(4) OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 39. Decision as last amended by Decision 2004/245/EC (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 62).

ANNEX I

‘Description of regionalised territories as laid down for the countries listed in parts II and III

Country	Territory		Description of territory
Country	Code	Version	Description of territory
Argentina	AR		Whole country
	AR-1	1/2004	The whole country except the Provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego
	AR-2	1/2004	The Provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego
Bulgaria	BG		Whole country
	BG-1	—	As described in Part I of Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC (1) (as last amended)
	BG-2	—	As described in Part I of Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC (1) (as last amended)
Brazil	BR		Whole country
Brazil	BR-1	—	As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 94/984/EC (2) (as last amended)
Serbia and Montenegro	CS		Whole country as described in Part I of Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC (1) (as last amended)
Malaysia	MY		Whole country
Malaysia	MY-1	95/1	Peninsular (western) Malaysia only’

(1) OJ L 146, 14.6.1976, p. 15.

(2) OJ L 378, 31.12.1994, p. 11.

ANNEX II

‘PART II

Third countries or parts thereof from where meat products are authorised for importation into the European Community

Code ISO

Country of origin or part thereof

1.	Domestic bovine

2.	Farmed cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine)

Domestic ovine/caprine

1.	Domestic porcine

2.	Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine)

Domestic soliped

1.	Domestic poultry

2.	Farmed feathered game

Domestic rabbit and farmed leporidae

Wild cloven hoofed game (excluding swine)

Wild swine

Wild soliped

Wild leporidae (rabbits and hares)

Wild game birds

Wild land mammalian game (excluding ungulates, solipeds and leporidae)

Argentina AR

XXX

Argentina AR-1 (1)

XXX

Argentina AR-2 (1)

A (2)

XXX

Australia

XXX

Bulgaria BG

XXX

Bulgaria BG-1

XXX

Bulgaria BG-2

XXX

Bahrain

XXX

Brazil

XXX

Brazil BR-1

XXX

Botswana

XXX

Belarus

XXX

Canada

XXX

Switzerland

XXX

Chile

XXX

People’s Republic of China

XXX

Colombia

XXX

Serbia and Montenegro

XXX

Ethiopia

XXX

Greenland

XXX

Hong Kong

XXX

Croatia

XXX

Israel

XXX

India

XXX

Iceland

XXX

Kenya

XXX

South Korea

XXX

Morocco

XXX

Madagascar

XXX

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (3)

XXX

Mauritius

XXX

Mexico

XXX

Malaysia MY

XXX

Malaysia MY-1

XXX

Namibia (1)

XXX

New Zealand

XXX

Paraguay

XXX

Romania

XXX

Russia

XXX

Singapore

XXX

Swaziland

XXX

Thailand

XXX

Tunisia

XXX

Turkey

XXX

Ukraine

XXX

United States of America

XXX

Uruguay

XXX

South Africa (1)

XXX

Zimbabwe (1)

XXX

XXX’

XXX: Meat products containing meat of these species are not authorised.

(1) See Part III of the present Annex for minimum treatment requirements applicable to pasteurised meat products and biltong.

(2) For meat products prepared from fresh meat obtained from animals slaughtered after 1 March 2002.

(3) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the negotiations currently taking place in the United Nations.

ANNEX III

‘PART IV

Interpretation of codes used in tables in parts II and III

Non-specific treatment regime:

No minimum specified temperature or other treatment is established for animal health purposes for the meat product. However, to qualify as a “meat product”, the meat must have undergone a treatment such that its cut surface shows that it no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat and the fresh meat used must also satisfy the animal health rules applicable to the export of fresh meat to the European Community.

Specific treatment regimes — listed in descending order of severity:

B =

Treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an Fo value of three or more.

C = A

Minimum temperature of 80 °C which must be reached throughout the meat during the processing of the meat product.

D = A

Minimum temperature of 70 °C which must be reached throughout the meat during the processing of meat products, or for raw ham, a treatment consisting of natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine months and resulting in the following characteristics:

—	Aw value of not more than 0,93,

—	pH value of not more than 6,0.

E =

In the case of “biltong”-type products, a treatment to achieve:

—	Aw value of not more than 0,93,

—	pH value of not more than 6,0.

F = A

Heat treatment ensuring that a centre temperature of at least 65 °C is reached for a period of time as necessary to achieve a pasteurisation value (pv) equal to or above 40.’

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