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[F1Commission Decision
of 8 September 2000
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(2000) 2533)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/572/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 94/65/EC of 14 December 1994 laying down the requirements for the production and placing on the market of minced meat and meat preparations(1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Specific conditions relating to the requirements of Directive 94/65/EC for the importation into the Community of minced meat and meat preparations must be established in a model of certificate including both the public and the animal health conditions. These conditions may not be less stringent than those laid down in Articles 3 and 5 of that Directive.
(2) Commission Decision 97/29/EC(2) establishes health conditions and public health certification for the importation of minced meat and meat preparations from third countries.
(3) Animal health conditions have not yet been established.
(4) A new model of certificate must be established laying down both the animal and the public health conditions for imports of minced meat and meat preparations.
(5) Decision 97/29/EC must be repealed.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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).
[F1Article 1 U.K.
This Decision lays down the animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions for the importation of meat preparations.]
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).
F2Article 2U.K.
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Textual Amendments
F2 Deleted 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).
[F3Article 3 U.K.
The importation of meat preparations is subject to the following conditions:
1.
they have been produced in accordance with the relevant requirements laid down in Regulations (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) , (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) , (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) and (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) as specified in the health certificate referred to in Article 4(2) of this Decision;
2.
they come from an establishment or establishments implementing a programme based on the hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) principles in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;
3.
they have been frozen at an internal temperature of not more than – 18 °C at the production plant or plants of origin.]
Textual Amendments
F3 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).
Article 4U.K.
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2.Each consignment of meat preparations shall be accompanied by an original, numbered health certificate, completed, signed and dated, composed of a single sheet and conforming to the model laid down in Annex II.
3.The certificates shall be drawn up in at least one of the official languages of the Member State of introduction into the Community.
Textual Amendments
F2 Deleted 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).
[F4Article 4a U.K.
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:
(a)
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 [F3Commission Decision 2006/696/EC] (7) 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;
(b)
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 [F3Decision 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;
(c)
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;
(d)
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.]
Textual Amendments
F3 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).
F4 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).
[F4Article 4b U.K.
1. By way of derogation from Article 4a Member States shall authorise the transit by road or by rail through the Community, between designated Community border inspection posts listed in the Annex of Decision 2001/881/EC, of consignments coming from and destined to Russia directly or via another third country provided that the following conditions are met:
(a) the consignment shall be sealed with a serially numbered seal at the border inspection post of entry to the European Community by the veterinary services of the competent authority;
(b) the documents accompanying the consignment and referred to in Article 7 of Directive 97/78/EC shall be stamped ‘ ONLY FOR TRANSIT TO RUSSIA VIA THE EC ’ on each page by the official veterinarian of the competent authority responsible for the BIP;
(c) the procedural requirements provided for in Article 11 of Directive 97/78/EC shall be complied with;
(d) the consignment is certified as acceptable for transit on the Common Veterinary Entry Document by the Official Veterinarian of the Border Inspection Post of introduction.
2. Unloading or storage, as defined in Article12 (4) or Article 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, on EC territory of such consignments shall not be allowed.
3. Regular audits shall be made by the competent authority to ensure that the number of consignments and the quantities of products leaving the European Community territory matches the number and quantities entering.]
Textual Amendments
F4 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).
Article 5U.K.
This Decision shall apply from 1 October 2000.
F2Article 6U.K.
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Textual Amendments
F2 Deleted 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).
Article 7U.K.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
F2ANNEX IU.K.
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[F3ANNEX II U.K. Model animal and public health certificate for meat preparations intended for consignment to the European Community from third countries
ANNEX III U.K. (TRANSIT AND/OR STORAGE)]
(3)
(4)
[F3 OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1 , as corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 3 .]
(5)
[F3 OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55 , as corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 22 .]
(6)
(7)
[F4 [F3 OJ L 295, 25.10.2006, p. 1 .] ]
Textual Amendments
F3 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).
F4 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).
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