Council Decision of 21 December 1976 drawing up a list of third countries or parts of third countries, and laying down animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions, for importation into the Community of certain live animals and their fresh meat (79/542/EEC) (repealed)

[F1 [F2 [F3 ANNEX II U.K. FRESH MEAT

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Decision of 6 January 2004 on Community health conditions on imports of animals and fresh meat including minced meat from third countries and amending Decisions 79/542/EEC, 2000/572/EC and 2000/585/EC (notified under document number C(2003) 5248) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/212/EC).

F2 Substituted by Commission Decision of 27 March 2006 amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards regionalisation for Argentina and the model certificates relating to the importation of bovine fresh meat from Brazil (notified under document number C(2006) 896) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/259/EC).

F3 Substituted by Commission Decision of 9 November 2007 amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards the list of third countries and parts thereof from which imports into the Community of certain fresh meat is authorised (notified under document number C(2007) 5365) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/736/EC).

PART 1 U.K.

LIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES OR PARTS THEREOF ^a

a Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for by Community agreements with third countries.
b Meat from animals slaughtered on or before the date indicated in column 7 can be imported into the Community for 90 days from that date. Consignments on the high seas can be imported into the Community if certified before the date indicated in column 7 for 40 days from that date. (N.B.: no date in column 7 means that there are no time restrictions).
c Only meat from animals slaughtered on or after the date indicated in column 8 can be imported into the Community (no date in column 8 means that there are no time restrictions).
d The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subjet in the United Nations.
e Not including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999 .
• = Certificates in accordance with the agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132 . — = No certificate laid down and fresh meat imports are prohibited (except for those species where indicated in the line for the whole country). ‘ 1 ’ Category restrictions: No offal authorised (except, in the case of bovine species, diaphragm and masseter muscles).]
Country	Code of Territory	Description of territory	Veterinary certificate		Specific conditions	Closing date b	Opening date c
			Model(s)	SG
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
AL — Albania	AL-0	Whole country	—
AR — Argentina	AR-0	Whole country	EQU
	AR-1	The Provinces of: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Corrientes (except the departments of Berón de Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar), Entre Ríos, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Tucuman, Cordoba, La Pampa, Santiago del Estero, Chaco Formosa, Jujuy and Salta, excluding the buffer area of 25 km from the border with Bolivia and Paraguay that extends from the Santa Catalina District in the Province of Jujuy, to the Laishi District in the Province of Formosa	BOV	A	1		18 March 2005
			RUF	A	1		1 December 2007
	AR-2	Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego	BOV, OVI, RUW, RUF				1 March 2002
	AR-3	Corrientes: the departments of Berón de Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar	BOV, RUF	A	1		1 December 2007
AU — Australia	AU-0	Whole country	BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW
BA — Bosnia Herzegovina	BA-0	Whole country	—
BH — Bahrain	BH-0	Whole country	—
BR — Brazil	BR-0	Whole country	EQU
	BR-1	Part of the State of Minas Gerais (except regional delegations of Oliveira, Passos, São Gonçalo de Sapucai, Setelagoas and Bambuí), State of Espíritu Santo, State of Goias, Part of the State of Mato Grosso comprising the regional units of: Cuiaba (except for the municipalities of San Antonio de Leverger, Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Pocone and Barão de Melgaço), Caceres (except for the municipality of Caceres), Lucas do Rio Verde, Rondonopolis (except for the municipality of Itiquiora), Barra do Garça, Barra do Burgres, State of Rio Grande do Sul	BOV	A and H	1		1 November 2002
	BR-2	State of Santa Catarina	BOV	A and I	1		1 November 2002
BW — Botswana	BW-0	Whole country	EQU, EQW
	BW-1	The veterinary disease control zones 3c, 4b, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 18	BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW	F	1		1 December 2007
	BW-2	The veterinary disease control zones 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14	BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW	F	1		7 March 2002
BY — Belarus	BY-0	Whole country	—
BZ — Belize	BZ-0	Whole country	BOV, EQU
CA — Canada	CA-0	Whole country	BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, SUF, SUW, RUF, RUW	G
CH — Switzerland	CH-0	Whole country	•
CL — Chile	CL-0	Whole country	BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF
CN — China (People’s Republic of)	CN-0	Whole country	—
CO — Colombia	CO-0	Whole country	EQU
CR — Costa Rica	CR-0	Whole country	BOV, EQU
CU — Cuba	CU-0	Whole country	BOV, EQU
DZ — Algeria	DZ-0	Whole country	—
ET — Ethiopia	ET-0	Whole country	—
FK — Falkland Islands	FK-0	Whole country	BOV, OVI, EQU
GL — Greenland	GL-0	Whole country	BOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW
GT — Guatemala	GT-0	Whole country	BOV, EQU
HK — Hong Kong	HK-0	Whole country	—
HN — Honduras	HN-0	Whole country	BOV, EQU
HR — Croatia	HR-0	Whole country	BOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW
IL — Israel	IL-0	Whole country	—
IN — India	IN-0	Whole country	—
IS — Iceland	IS-0	Whole country	BOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW
KE — Kenya	KE-0	Whole country	—
MA — Morocco	MA-0	Whole country	EQU
ME — Montenegro	ME-0	Whole country	BOV, OVI, EQU
MG — Madagascar	MG-0	Whole country	—
MK — Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia d	MK-0	Whole country	OVI, EQU
MU — Mauritius	MU-0	Whole country	—
MX — Mexico	MX-0	Whole country	BOV, EQU
NA — Namibia	NA-0	Whole country	EQU, EQW
	NA-1	South of the cordon fences which extend from Palgrave Point in the west to Gam in the east	BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW	F	1
NC — New Caledonia	NC-0	Whole country	BOV, RUF, RUW
NI — Nicaragua	NI-0	Whole country	—
NZ — New Zealand	NZ-0	Whole country	BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW
PA — Panama	PA-0	Whole country	BOV, EQU
PY — Paraguay	PY-0	Whole country	EQU
RS — Serbia e	RS-0	Whole country	BOV, OVI, EQU
RU — Russia	RU-0	Whole country	—
	RU-1	Region of Murmansk, Yamolo-Nenets autonomous area	RUF
SV — El Salvador	SV-0	Whole country	—
SZ — Swaziland	SZ-0	Whole country	EQU, EQW
	SZ-1	Area west of the ‘ red line ’ fences which extends northwards from the river Usutu to the frontier with South Africa west of Nkalashane	BOV, RUF, RUW	F	1
	SZ-2	The veterinary foot and mouth surveillance and vaccination control areas as gazetted as a Statutory Instrument under legal notice number 51 of 2001	BOV, RUF, RUW	F	1		4 August 2003
TH — Thailand	TH-0	Whole country	—
TN — Tunisia	TN-0	Whole country	—
TR — Turkey	TR-0	Whole country	—
	TR-1	The provinces of Amasya, Ankara, Aydin, Balikesir, Bursa, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Izmir, Kastamonu, Kutahya, Manisa, Usak, Yozgat and Kirikkale	EQU
UA — Ukraine	UA-0	Whole country	—
US — United States	US-0	Whole country	BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, SUF, SUW, RUF, RUW	G
UY — Uruguay	UY-0	Whole country	EQU
			BOV	A	1		1 November 2001
			OVI	A	1
ZA — South Africa	ZA-0	Whole country	EQU, EQW
	ZA-1	The whole country except: the part of the foot-and-mouth disease control area situated in the veterinary regions of Mpumalanga and Northern provinces, in the district of Ingwavuma of the veterinary region of Natal and in the border area with Botswana east of longitude 28°, and the district of Camperdown, in the province of KwaZuluNatal	BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW	F	1
ZW — Zimbabwe	ZW-0	Whole country	—

PART 2 U.K.

Models of veterinary certificates U.K.

Model(s): U.K.

‘ BOV ’

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Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of domestic bovine animals (Bos taurus, Bison bison, Bubalus bubalis and their cross-breeds).

‘ POR ’

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Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of domestic porcine animals (Sus scrofa).

‘ OVI ’

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Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and goats (Capra hircus).

‘ EQU ’

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Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of domestic equine animals (Equus caballus, Equus asinus and their cross-breeds).

‘ RUF ’

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Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of farmed non-domestic animals other than suidae and solipeds.

‘ RUW ’

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Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of wild non-domestic animals other than suidae and solipeds.

‘ SUF ’

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Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of farmed non-domestic suidae.

‘ SUW ’

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Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of wild non-domestic suidae.

‘ EQW ’

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Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat of wild non-domestic solipeds.

SG (Supplementary guarantees) U.K.

‘ A ’

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guarantees regarding the maturation, pH measurement and boning of fresh meat, excluding offal, certified according to the models of certificates BOV (point 10.6), OVI (point 10.6), RUF (point 10.7) and RUW (point 10.4).

‘ B ’

:

guarantees regarding matured trimmed offal as described in the model of certificate BOV (point 10.6).

‘ C ’

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guarantees regarding laboratory test for classical-swine-fever in the carcases from which fresh meat certified according to the model of certificate SUW (point 10.3 bis) was obtained.

‘ D ’

:

guarantees regarding swill feed on holding(s) of animals from which fresh meat certified according to models of certificate POR (point 10.3 d)) was obtained.

‘ E ’

:

guarantees regarding tuberculosis test in the animals from where fresh meat certified according to the model of certificate BOV (point 10.4 d)) was obtained.

‘ F ’

:

guarantees regarding the maturation and de-boning of fresh meat, excluding offal, certified according to the models of certificates BOV (point 10.6), OVI (point 10.6), RUF (point 10.7) and RUW (point 10.4).

‘ G ’

:

guarantees regarding 1, exclusion of offals and spinal cord; and 2, testing and origin of cervid animals in relation to chronic wasting disease as referred to in the models of certificates RUF (point 9.2.1) and RUW (point 9.3.1).

‘ H ’

:

supplementary guarantees required for Brazil concerning animal contacts, vaccination programmes and surveillance. However as the State of Santa Catarina in Brazil does not vaccinate against foot and mouth disease the reference to a vaccination programme is not applicable for meat coming from animals originating and slaughtered in that State.

Notes U.K.

(a) Veterinary certificates shall be produced by the exporting country, based on the models appearing in Part 2 of Annex II, according to the layout of the model that corresponds to the meats concerned. They shall contain, in the numbered order that appears in the model, the attestations that are required for any third country and, as the case may be, those supplementary guarantees that are required for the exporting third country or part thereof. U.K.

(b) A separate and unique certificate must be provided for meat that is exported from a single territory appearing in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Annex II which is consigned to the same destination and transported in the same railway wagon, lorry, aircraft or ship. U.K.

(c) The original of each certificate shall consist of a single page, both sides, or, where more text is required, it shall be in such a form that all pages needed are part of an integrated whole and indivisible. U.K.

(d) It shall be drawn up in at least one of the official languages of the EU Member State in which the inspection at the border post shall be carried out and of the EU Member State of destination. However, these Member States may allow other languages, if necessary, accompanied by an official translation. U.K.

(e) If for reasons of identification of the items of the consignment (schedule in point 8.3 of the model of certificate), additional pages are attached to the certificate, these pages shall also be considered as forming part of the original of the certificate by the application of the signature and stamp of the certifying official veterinarian, in each of the pages. U.K.

(f) When the certificate, including additional schedules referred to in (e), comprises more than one page, each page shall be numbered — (page number) of (total number of pages) — at the bottom and shall bear the code number of the certificate that has been designated by the competent authority at the top. U.K.

(g) The original of the certificate must be completed and signed by an official veterinarian. In doing so, the competent authorities of the exporting country shall ensure that the principles of certification equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 96/93/EC are followed. The colour of the signature shall be different to that of the printing. The same rule applies to stamps other than those embossed or watermarked. U.K.

(h) The original of the certificate must accompany the consignment at the EU border inspection post.] U.K.

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