
Article 1 

1. This Decision lays down animal and public health rules for the importation into the Community of consignments of certain meat products, including the lists of third countries and parts of third countries from which the importation of such products shall be authorised, the model public and animal health certificates and rules on treatments required for those products.
2. This Decision shall apply without prejudice to Decision 2004/432/EC.
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Decision, the definition of meat products as laid down in Article 2(a) of Directive 77/99/EEC shall apply.
Article 3 
Member States shall ensure that consignments of meat products imported into the Community are derived from meat or meat products from the following species or animals:

((a)) domestic poultry of the following species: domestic fowl, turkeys, guinea fowl, geese and ducks;
((b)) domestic animals of the following species: bovine animals, including Bubalus bubalis, Bison bison, swine, sheep, goats and solipeds;
((c)) farmed game and domestic rabbits as defined in Article 2(3) of Council Directive 91/495/EEC;
((d)) wild game as defined in Article 2(1)(a) of Council Directive 92/45/EEC.
Article 4 
Subject to compliance with the conditions concerning the origin and treatment of the meat products, as set out in Annex I, Member States shall authorise the importation of meat products originating in the following third countries or parts of third countries:

((a)) the third countries listed in Part 2 of Annex II, or parts of third countries set out in Part 1 of that Annex;
((b)) the third countries listed in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II or parts of third countries set out in Part 1 of that Annex.
Article 5 
Member States shall authorise import of meat products obtained from fresh meat that complies with the Community public health requirements for the importation of such meat into the Community.
Article 6 
Consignments of meat products shall comply with the requirements of the model public and animal health certificate set out in Annex III.
That certificate shall accompany the consignment of meat products and be duly completed and signed by the official veterinarian of the third country of dispatch.
Article 7 
Member States shall ensure that consignments of meat products, introduced into the Community and which are destined for a third country either by transit immediately or after storage in accordance with Article 12(4) or 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, and not intended for importation into the 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 and shall have undergone the minimum treatment for the import of meat products of the species concerned foreseen therein;
((b)) they shall meet the specific animal health conditions for the species concerned set out in the model animal and public health certificate drawn up under Annex III;
((c)) they shall be accompanied by an animal health certificate established in accordance with the model set out in Annex IV, signed by an official veterinarian of the competent veterinary services of the third country concerned;
((d)) they shall be 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 into the Community.
Article 8 

1. By way of derogation from Article 7, Member States shall authorise the transit by road or by rail through the Community, between designated Community border inspection posts listed in Annex to Decision 2001/881/EC, of consignments of meat products coming from and destined to Russia directly or via another third country provided that they comply with the following requirements:
(a) the consignment shall be sealed with a serially numbered seal by the official veterinarian of the competent authority at the border inspection post of introduction to the Community;
(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 of the border inspection post of introduction to the Community;
(c) the procedural requirements provided for in Article 11 of Directive 97/78/EC shall be complied with;
(d) the consignment shall be certified as acceptable for transit on the common veterinary entry document by the official veterinarian of the competent authority of the border inspection post of introduction to the Community.
2. Member States shall not authorise the unloading or storage, as defined in Article 12(4) or Article 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, in the Community of such consignments.
3. Member States shall ensure that the competent authority makes regular audits to ensure that the number of consignments and the quantities of products leaving the Community matches the number and quantities entering.
Article 9 
Member States shall authorise the importation into the Community of consignments of meat products certified in accordance with the model veterinary certificates laid down in Decisions 97/41/EEC or 97/221/EEC for a period of six months from 17 June 2005.
Article 10 
Decisions 97/41/EC, 97/221/EC and 97/222/EC are repealed.
Article 11 
This Decision shall apply from 17 June 2005.
Article 12 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 June 2005.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
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 importation 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.

2. 

((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 been subjected to at least the specific treatment regime 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 from 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 equal to the most severe treatment as set out in Part 4 of Annex II, for any of the individual meat constituents for the species or animal 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 the mixing of previously treated meat from more than one species or animal; and
((ii)) the previous treatment referred to in (i) which each constituent meat underwent must have been at least equal to the relevant treatment as set out in Part 4 of Annex II for the species or animal of the meat concerned as set out under the relevant column.

3. The treatments set out in Part 4 of Annex II shall be the minimum acceptable processing conditions for animal health purposes for meat derived from the species or animal concerned originating in the third countries or parts of third countries listed in Annex II.

ANNEX II
PART 1

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/EEC (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/EC (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 2

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-1 C C C A A A C C XXX A D XXX
Argentina AR-2 A A 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 Namibia 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 Africa C C C A D A C C A A D XXX
ZW Zimbabwe C C B A D A B B XXX A D XXX


(Δ)Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the negotiations currently taking place in the United Nations.XXXNo certificate laid down and meat products containing meat of this species are not authorised.

PART 3

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 4
ANo 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.

BTreatment in a hermetically sealed container to an Fo value of three or more.CA minimum temperature of 80 °C which must be reached throughout the meat during the processing of the meat product.DA 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.EIn 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.FA 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

ANNEX IV
