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Member States shall ensure that consignments of meat preparations for human consumption, introduced onto the territory of the Community and which are destined for a third country either by transit immediately or after storage in accordance with Articles 12 (4) or 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, and not intended for importation into the European Community shall comply with the following requirements:
they shall come from the territory of a third country or a part thereof listed in Annex II part 1 of Decision 79/542/EEC for the import of fresh meat of those species or listed in Annex I to [F2Commission Decision 2006/696/EC] (1) for the import of fresh poultry meat or listed in Annex I to Decision 2000/585/EC for the import of rabbit and game meat;
they shall meet the specific animal health conditions for the species concerned set out in one of the corresponding model animal health certificate drawn up in Annex II part 2 of Decision 79/542/EEC for the import of fresh meat of that species in Annex I part 1 to [F2Decision 2006/696/EC] for the import of poultry meat, or in Annex III to Decision 2000/585/EC for the import of rabbit and game meat;
they shall be accompanied by an animal healthcertificate established in accordance with the model laid down in Annex III, signed by an official veterinarian of the competent veterinary services of the third country concerned;
they are certified as acceptable for transit or storage (as appropriate) on the Common Veterinary Entry Document by the Official Veterinarian of the Border Inspection Post of introduction.]
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F1 Inserted by Commission Decision of 29 April 2004 amending Decision 2000/572/EC as regards the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for meat preparations transiting or being temporarily stored in the Community (notified under document number C(2004) 1672) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/437/EC).
F2 Substituted by Commission Decision of 3 July 2008 amending Decision 2000/572/EC laying down the animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions for imports of meat preparations into the Community from third countries (notified under document number C(2008) 3301) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/592/EC).
[F1 [F2 OJ L 295, 25.10.2006, p. 1 .] ]
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F1 Inserted by Commission Decision of 29 April 2004 amending Decision 2000/572/EC as regards the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for meat preparations transiting or being temporarily stored in the Community (notified under document number C(2004) 1672) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/437/EC).
F2 Substituted by Commission Decision of 3 July 2008 amending Decision 2000/572/EC laying down the animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions for imports of meat preparations into the Community from third countries (notified under document number C(2008) 3301) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/592/EC).
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