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Commission Decision of 5 April 2006 amending Decision 2005/432/EC laying down the animal and public health conditions and model certificates for imports of meat products for human consumption from third countries and repealing Decisions 97/41/EC, 97/221/EC and 97/222/EC (notified under document number C(2006) 1319) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/330/EC)

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ANNEXU.K.

ANNEX I

1.Meat products originating in the third countries or parts of third countries referred to in Article 4(a) shall contain meat eligible for import into the Community as fresh meat and/or meat products derived from one or more of the species or animals which have undergone a non-specific treatment as set out in Part 4 of Annex II.U.K.

2.Meat products originating in the third countries or parts of third countries referred to in Article 4(b) shall comply with the following conditions set out in (a), (b) or (c).U.K.

(a)

the meat products must:

(i)

contain meat and/or meat products derived from a single species or animal as set out under the relevant column in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II indicating the species or animal concerned; and

(ii)

have undergone at least the specific treatment required for meat of that species or animal as set out in Part 4 of Annex II; or

(b)

the meat products must:

(i)

contain fresh, processed or partly processed meat of more than one species or animal as set out under the relevant column of Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II which are mixed prior to undergoing their final treatment as set out in Part 4 of Annex II; and

(ii)

the final treatment referred to in (i) must be at least as severe as the most severe treatment set out in Part 4 of Annex II for meat of the species or animals concerned as set out under the relevant column in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II; or

(c)

the final meat products must:

(i)

be prepared by mixing previously treated meat of more than one species or animal; and

(ii)

the previous treatment referred to in (i) which each meat component of the meat product has undergone must have been at least as severe as the relevant treatment set out in Part 4 of Annex II for the species or animal concerned as set out under the relevant column.

3.The treatments set out in Part 4 of Annex II shall constitute the minimum acceptable processing conditions for animal health purposes for meat derived from the relevant species or animal originating in the third countries or parts of third countries listed in Annex II. However, in cases where offal is not authorised owing to animal health restrictions, it may be used in a meat product provided the relevant treatment referred to in Part 2 of Annex II is carried out. In addition, an establishment may be authorised to produce meat products that have undergone treatments B, C or D as referred to in Part 4 of Annex II, even where that establishment is located in a third country or part of a third country that is not authorised for imports into the Community of fresh meat.U.K.

ANNEX II

PART 1U.K.Regionalised territories for the countries listed in Parts 2 and 3

a

Only applicable until this Acceding State becomes a Member State of the European Union.

CountryTerritoryDescription of territory
ISO codeVersion
ArgentinaAR01/2004Whole country
AR-101/2004The whole country, except the Provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego for the species covered by Decision 79/542/EEC (as last amended)
AR-201/2004The Provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego for the species covered by Decision 79/542/EEC (as last amended)
BulgariaaBG01/2004Whole country
BG-101/2004As described in Annex II, Part I, to Decision 79/542/EEC (as last amended)
BG-201/2004As described in Annex II, Part I, to Decision 79/542/EEC (as last amended)
BrazilBR01/2004Whole country
BR-101/2005States of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul
BR-201/2005

Part of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul (except for the municipalities of Sonora, Aquidauana, Bodoqueno, Bonito, Caracol, Coxim, Jardim, Ladario, Miranda, Pedro Gomes, Porto Murtinho, Rio Negro, Rio Verde of Mato Grosso and Corumbá);

State of Paraná;

State of Sao Paulo;

part of the State of Minas Gerais (except the regional delegations of Oliveira, Passos, São Gonçalo de Sapucai, Setelagoas and Bambuí);

State of Espíritu Santo;

State of Rio Grande do Sul;

State of Santa Catarina;

State of Goias;

part of the State of Mato Grosso comprising:

the regional unit of Cuiaba (except for the municipalities of San Antonio de Leverger, Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Pocone and Barão de Melgaço); the regional unit of Caceres (except for the municipality of Caceres); the regional unit of Lucas do Rio Verde; the regional unit of Rondonopolis (except for the municipality of Itiquiora); the regional unit of Barra do Garça and the regional unit of Barra do Burgres

BR-301/2005States of Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo
MalaysiaMY01/2004Whole country
MY-101/2004Peninsular (Western) Malaysia only
NamibiaNA01/2005Whole country
NA-101/2005South of the cordon fences which extend from Palgrave Point in the west to Gam in the east
South AfricaZA01/2005Whole country
ZA-101/2005

The whole country except:

the part of the foot-and-mouth disease control area situated in the veterinary regions of Mpumalanga and Northern provinces, the district of Ingwavuma in 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 KwaZulu-Natal

PART 2U.K.Third countries or parts thereof from which imports of meat products into the Community are authorised

a

See Part 3 of this Annex for the minimum treatment requirements applicable to pasteurised meat products and biltong.

b

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

c

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 subject in the United Nations.

d

Serbia and Montenegro are Republics with individual customs territories that together form a State Union and therefore have to be listed separately.

e

Only applicable until this Acceding State becomes a Member State of the Community.

f

Not including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

XXX

No certificate laid down and meat products containing meat of this species are not authorised.

ISO codeCountry of origin or part thereof1. Domestic bovine2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game-(excluding swine)Domestic ovine/caprine1. Domestic porcine2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine)Domestic soliped1. Domestic poultry2. Farmed feathered game (except ratites)Farmed ratitesDomestic rabbit and farmed leporidaeWild cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine)Wild swineWild solipedWild leporidae (rabbits and hares)Wild game birdsWild land mammalian game (excluding ungulates, solipeds and leporidae)
ARArgentina ARCCCAAAACCXXXADXXX
Argentina AR-1aCCCAAAACCXXXADXXX
Argentina AR-2aAbAbCAAAACCXXXADXXX
AUAustraliaAAAADDAAAXXXADA
BGBulgariaeBGDDDAAAADDXXXAAXXX
Bulgaria BG-1AADAAAAADXXXAAXXX
Bulgaria BG-2DDDAAAADDXXXAAXXX
BHBahrainBBBBXXXXXXACCXXXAXXXXXX
BRBrazilXXXXXXXXXADDAXXXXXXXXXADXXX
Brazil BR-1XXXXXXXXXAXXXAAXXXXXXXXXAAXXX
Brazil BR-2CCCADDACXXXXXXADXXX
Brazil BR-3XXXXXXXXXAAXXXAXXXXXXXXXADXXX
BWBotswanaBBBBXXXAABBAAXXXXXX
BYBelarusCCCBXXXXXXACCXXXAXXXXXX
CACanadaAAAAAAAAAXXXAAA
CHSwitzerlandAAAAAAAAAXXXAAXXX
CLChileAAAAAAABBXXXAAXXX
CNChinaBBBBBBABBXXXABXXX
COColombiaBBBBXXXAABBXXXAXXXXXX
ETEthiopiaBBBBXXXXXXABBXXXAXXXXXX
GLGreenlandXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXAXXXXXXXXXAAA
HKHong KongBBBBDDABBXXXAXXXXXX
HRCroatiaAADAAAAADXXXAAXXX
ILIsraelBBBBAAABBXXXAAXXX
INIndiaBBBBXXXXXXABBXXXAXXXXXX
ISIcelandBBBAAAABBXXXAAXXX
KEKenyaBBBBXXXXXXABBXXXAXXXXXX
KRSouth KoreaXXXXXXXXXXXXDDAXXXXXXXXXADXXX
MAMoroccoBBBBXXXXXXABBXXXAXXXXXX
MGMadagascarBBBBDDABBXXXADXXX
MKFormer Yugoslav Rep. of MacedoniacAABAXXXXXXABBXXXAXXXXXX
MUMauritiusBBBBXXXXXXABBXXXAXXXXXX
MXMexicoADDADDADDXXXADXXX
MYMalaysia MYXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Malaysia MY-1XXXXXXXXXXXXDDAXXXXXXXXXADXXX
NANamibiaaBBBBDAABBAADXXX
NZNew ZealandAAAAAAAAAXXXAAA
PYParaguayCCCBXXXXXXACCXXXAXXXXXX
RORomaniaeAADAAAAADXXXAAA
RURussiaCCCBXXXXXXACCXXXAXXXA
SGSingaporeBBBBDDABBXXXAXXXXXX
SZSwazilandBBBBXXXXXXABBAAXXXXXX
THThailandBBBBAAABBXXXADXXX
TNTunisiaCCBBAAABBXXXADXXX
TRTurkeyXXXXXXXXXXXXDDAXXXXXXXXXADXXX
UAUkraineXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXAXXXXXXXXXAXXXXXX
USUnited StatesAAAAAAAAAXXXAAXXX
UYUruguayCCBADAAXXXXXXXXXADXXX
XMMontenegrodAADADDADDXXXAXXXXXX
XSSerbiad fAADADDADDXXXAXXXXXX
ZASouth AfricaaCCCADAACCAADXXX
ZWZimbabweaCCBADAABBXXXADXXX

PART 3U.K.Third countries or parts thereof not authorised under the non-specific treatment regime (A) but from where imports into the Community of biltong/jerky and pasteurised meat products are authorised

ISO codeCountry of origin or part thereof1. Domestic bovine2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine)Domestic ovine/caprine1. Domestic porcine2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine)Domestic soliped1. Domestic poultry2. Farmed feathered gameRatitesDomestic rabbit and farmed leporidaeWild cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine)Wild swineWild solipedWild leporidae (rabbits and hares)Wild game birdsWild land mammalian game (excluding ungulates, solipeds and leporidae)
ARArgentina ARFFXXXXXXXXXXXXAXXXXXXXXXAXXXXXX
NANamibiaXXXXXXXXXXXXEEAXXXXXXAAEXXX
Namibia NA-1EEXXXXXXEEAXXXXXXAAE
ZASouth AfricaXXXXXXXXXXXXEEAXXXXXXAAEXXX
South Africa ZA-1EEXXXXXXEEAXXXXXXAAE
ZWZimbabweXXXXXXXXXXXXEEAXXXXXXEAEXXX

PART 4U.K.Interpretation of codes used in tables in Parts 2 and 3

TREATMENTS REFERRED TO IN ANNEX IU.K.

Non-specific treatment:U.K.
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 exports of fresh meat into the Community.

Specific treatments listed in descending order of severity:U.K.
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.

ANNEX III

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