ANNEX II
PART 1Description of regionalised territories as laid down for the countries listed in parts 2 and 3
Country | Territory | Description of territory | |
|---|---|---|---|
Code | Version | ||
Argentina | AR | 01/2004 | Whole country |
AR-1 | 01/2004 | The whole country except the provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego | |
AR-2 | 01/2004 | The provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego | |
Bulgaria | BG | 01/2004 | Whole country |
BG-1 | 01/2004 | As described in Annex II Part I to Council Decision 79/542/EEC14 (as last amended) | |
BG-2 | 01/2004 | As described in Annex II Part I to Decision 79/542/EEC (as last amended) | |
Brazil | BR | 01/2004 | Whole country |
BR-1 | 01/2004 | As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 94/984/EC15 (as last amended) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | CS | 01/2004 | Whole country as described in Annex II Part I to Decision 79/542/EEC (as last amended) |
Malaysia | MY | 01/2004 | Whole country |
MY-1 | 01/2004 | Peninsular (Western) Malaysia only | |
PART 2Third countries or parts thereof from which meat products are authorised for importation into the Community
Code ISO | Country of origin or part thereof | 1. Domestic bovine2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game-(excluding swine) | Domestic ovine/ caprine | 1. Domestic porcine2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine) | Domestic soliped | 1. Domestic poultry2. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AR | Argentina AR | C | C | C | A | A | A | C | C | XXX | A | D | XXX |
Argentina AR-116 | C | C | C | A | A | A | C | C | XXX | A | D | XXX | |
Argentina AR-216 | A17 | A17 | C | A | A | A | C | C | XXX | A | D | XXX | |
AU | Australia | A | A | A | A | D | A | A | A | XXX | A | D | A |
BG | Bulgaria BG | D | D | D | A | A | A | D | D | XXX | A | A | XXX |
Bulgaria BG-1 | A | A | D | A | A | A | A | D | XXX | A | A | XXX | |
Bulgaria BG-2 | D | D | D | A | A | A | D | D | XXX | A | A | XXX | |
BH | Bahrain | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | C | C | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
BR | Brazil | C | C | C | A | D | A | C | C | XXX | A | D | XXX |
Brazil BR-1 | C | C | C | A | A | A | C | C | XXX | A | A | XXX | |
BW | Botswana | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | A | A | XXX | XXX |
BY | Belarus | C | C | C | B | XXX | A | C | C | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
CA | Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | XXX | A | A | A |
CH | Switzerland | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | XXX | A | A | XXX |
CL | Chile | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | B | XXX | A | A | XXX |
CN | People’s Republic of China | B | B | B | B | B | A | B | B | XXX | A | B | XXX |
CO | Colombia | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
CS | Serbia and Montenegro | A | A | D | A | D | A | D | D | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
ET | Ethiopia | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
GL | Greenland | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | A | A |
HK | Hong Kong | B | B | B | B | D | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
HR | Croatia | A | A | D | A | A | A | A | D | XXX | A | A | XXX |
IL | Israel | B | B | B | B | A | A | B | B | XXX | A | A | XXX |
IN | India | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
IS | Iceland | B | B | B | A | A | A | B | B | XXX | A | A | XXX |
KE | Kenya | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
KR | Korea (Republic) | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | D | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | D | XXX |
MA | Morocco | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
MG | Madagascar | B | B | B | B | D | A | B | B | XXX | A | D | XXX |
MK | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Δ) | A | A | B | A | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
MU | Mauritius | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
MX | Mexico | A | D | D | A | D | A | D | D | XXX | A | D | XXX |
MY | Malaysia MY | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX |
Malaysia MY-1 | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | D | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | D | XXX | |
NA | Namibia16 | B | B | B | B | D | A | B | B | A | A | D | XXX |
NZ | New Zealand | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | XXX | A | A | A |
PY | Paraguay | C | C | C | B | XXX | A | C | C | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
RO | Romania | A | A | D | A | A | A | A | D | XXX | A | A | A |
RU | Russia | C | C | C | B | XXX | A | C | C | XXX | A | XXX | A |
SG | Singapore | B | B | B | B | D | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
SZ | Swaziland | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | A | A | XXX | XXX |
TH | Thailand | B | B | B | B | A | A | B | B | XXX | A | D | XXX |
TN | Tunisia | C | C | B | B | A | A | B | B | XXX | A | D | XXX |
TR | Turkey | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | D | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | D | XXX |
UA | Ukraine | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
US | United States of America | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | XXX | A | A | XXX |
UY | Uruguay | C | C | B | A | D | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | D | XXX |
ZA | South Africa16 | C | C | C | A | D | A | C | C | A | A | D | XXX |
ZW | Zimbabwe16 | C | C | B | A | D | A | B | B | XXX | A | D | XXX |
See Part 3 of this Annex for the minimum treatment requirements applicable to pasteurised meat products and biltong. | |||||||||||||
For meat products prepared from fresh meat obtained from animals slaughtered after 1 March 2002. | |||||||||||||
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PART 3Third countries or parts thereof not authorised under the non specific treatment regime (A) but from where biltong/jerky or pasteurised meat products are authorised for importation into the Community
ISO Code | Country of origin or part thereof | 1. Domestic bovine2. Farmed cloven hoofed game excluding swine | Domestic ovine/caprine | 1. Domestic porcine2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine) | Domestic soliped | 1. Domestic poultry2. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AR | Argentina | F | F | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
NA | Namibia | E | E | XXX | XXX | E | A | XXX | XXX | A | A | E | XXX |
ZA | South Africa | E | E | XXX | XXX | E | A | XXX | XXX | A | A | E | XXX |
ZW | Zimbabwe | E | E | XXX | XXX | E | A | XXX | XXX | E | A | E | XXX |
PART 4Interpretation of codes used in tables in parts 2 and 3
TREATMENTS REFERRED TO IN ANNEX I
Non-specific treatment regime:
- A
No minimum specified temperature or other treatment is established for animal health purposes for the meat product. However, 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 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.