
Article 1 

1. This Decision lays down animal and public health rules for imports into the Community and the transit and storage in the Community, of consignments of:
(a) meat products, as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; and
(b) treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, as defined in point 7.9 of that Annex, which have undergone one of the treatments laid down in Annex II part 4 to this Decision.Those rules shall include the lists of third countries and parts thereof from which such imports shall be authorised and the model public and animal health certificates and rules on the origin and treatments required for those imports.
2. This Decision shall apply without prejudice to Decision 2004/432/EC and Decision 2003/779/EC.
Article 2 
Member States shall ensure that only consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, derived from meat or meat products from the following species or animals, are imported into the Community:

((a)) poultry including fowl, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, geese, quails, pigeons, pheasants and partridges reared or kept in captivity for breeding, the production of meat or eggs for consumption or for restocking supplies of game;
((b)) domestic animals of the following species: bovine animals, including Bubalus bubalis and Bison bison, swine, sheep, goats and solipeds;
((c)) rabbits and hares, and farmed game, as defined in point 1.6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((d)) wild game, as defined in point 1.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
Article 3 
Member States shall authorise imports into the Community of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines that:

((a)) comply with the conditions concerning origin and treatment set out in Annex I(1) and (2); and
((b)) originate in the following third countries and parts thereof:

((i)) in the case of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines not subject to a specific treatment as referred to in point 1(b) of Annex I, the third countries listed in Part 2 of Annex II and the parts thereof listed in Part 1 of that Annex;
((ii)) in the case of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines subject to a specific treatment as referred to in point 2(a)(ii) of Annex I, the third countries listed in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II and the parts thereof listed in Part 1 of that Annex.
Article 4 
Member States shall ensure that:

((a)) only consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines that are obtained from fresh meat, as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 that complies with the Community public health requirements, are imported into the Community;
((b)) only consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines complying with the requirements of the model public and animal health certificate set out in Annex III are imported into the Community;
((c)) that certificate accompanies such consignments and is duly completed and signed by the official veterinarian of the third country of dispatch.
Article 5 
Member States shall ensure that consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, introduced into the Community and which are destined for a third country either by transit immediately or following storage, in accordance with Article 12(4) or Article 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, and not intended for importation into the Community, shall comply with the following requirements:

((a)) they come from the territory of a third country or a part thereof listed in Annex II and have undergone the minimum treatment for the import of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines of the species provided for therein;
((b)) they comply with the specific animal health conditions for the species concerned set out in the model animal and public health certificate in Annex III;
((c)) they are accompanied by an animal health certificate drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Annex IV, duly signed by an official veterinarian 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 into the Community.
Article 6 

1. By way of derogation from Article 5, Member States shall authorise the transit by road or by rail through the Community, between designated Community border inspection posts listed in the Annex to Decision 2001/881/EC, of consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines 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 of 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 meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, coming from or destined to Russia, leaving the Community matches the number and quantities entering the Community.
Article 7 
Consignments for which veterinary certificates were issued before 1 May 2008 in accordance with the models established by Decision 2005/432/EC shall be accepted for import into the Community until 1 June 2008.
Article 8 
Decision 2005/432/EC is repealed.
Article 9 
This Decision shall apply from 1 December 2007.
Article 10 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 November 2007.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
1. 

((a)) contain meat eligible for import into the Community as fresh meat, as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; and
((b)) be derived from one or more of the species or animals which have undergone a non-specific treatment as set out in point A Part 4 of Annex II to this Decision.

2. 

((a)) the meat products and/or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines 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;
((b)) the meat products and/or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines 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)) have undergone the final treatment referred to in (i) that 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;
((c)) the final meat products and/or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must:

((i)) be prepared by mixing previously treated meat or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines of more than one species or animal; and
((ii)) have undergone the previous treatment referred to in (i) that 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 in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II for each meat component of the meat product and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines.

3. 
However, in cases where import of offal is not authorised under Decision 79/542/EEC owing to Community animal health restrictions, it may be imported as a meat product or treated stomach, intestine or bladder or used in a meat product provided the relevant treatment referred to in Part 2 of Annex II is carried out and the Community public health requirements are fulfilled.

In addition, an establishment from a country listed in Annex II may be authorised to produce meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines 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 thereof that is not authorised for imports into the Community of fresh meat under the condition that the Community public health requirements are fulfilled.

ANNEX II
PART 1

Country Territory Description of territory
ISO 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 for the species covered by Decision 79/542/EEC (as last amended)
AR-2 01/2004 The Provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego for the species covered by Decision 79/542/EEC (as last amended)
Brazil BR 01/2004 Whole country
BR-1 01/2005 States of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul
BR-2 01/2005 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-3 01/2005 States of Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo
Malaysia MY 01/2004 Whole country
MY-1 01/2004 Peninsular (Western) Malaysia only
Namibia NA 01/2005 Whole country
NA-1 01/2005 South of the cordon fences which extend from Palgrave Point in the west to Gam in the east
South Africa ZA 01/2005 Whole country
ZA-1 01/2005 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 KwaZuluNatal.

PART 2

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. Poultry2. Farmed feathered game(except ratites) Farmed ratites 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 A C C XXX A D XXX
Argentina AR-1 C C C A A A A C C XXX A D XXX
Argentina AR-2 A A C A A A A C C XXX A D XXX
AU Australia A A A A D D A A A XXX A D A
BH Bahrain B B B B XXX XXX A C C XXX A XXX XXX
BR Brazil XXX XXX XXX A D D A XXX XXX XXX A D XXX
Brazil BR-1 XXX XXX XXX A XXX A A XXX XXX XXX A A XXX
Brazil BR-2 C C C A D D A C XXX XXX A D XXX
Brazil BR-3 XXX XXX XXX A A XXX A XXX XXX XXX A D XXX
BW Botswana B B B B XXX A A B B A A XXX XXX
BY Belarus C C C B XXX XXX A C C XXX A XXX XXX
CA Canada A A A A A A A A A XXX A A A
CH Switzerland             
CL Chile A A A A A A A B B XXX A A XXX
CN China B B B B B B A B B XXX A B XXX
CO Colombia B B B B XXX A A B B XXX A XXX XXX
ET Ethiopia B B B B XXX XXX A B B XXX A XXX XXX
GL Greenland XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX A XXX XXX XXX A A A
HK Hong Kong B B B B D D A B B XXX A XXX XXX
HR Croatia A A D A A A A A D XXX A A XXX
IL Israel B B B B A A A B B XXX A A XXX
IN India B B B B XXX XXX A B B XXX A XXX XXX
IS Iceland A A B A A A A A B XXX A A XXX
KE Kenya B B B B XXX XXX A B B XXX A XXX XXX
KR South Korea XXX XXX XXX XXX D D A XXX XXX XXX A D XXX
MA Morocco B B B B XXX XXX A B B XXX A XXX XXX
ME Montenegro A A D A D D A D D XXX A XXX XXX
MG Madagascar B B B B D D A B B XXX A D XXX
MK Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia A A B A XXX XXX A B B XXX A XXX XXX
MU Mauritius B B B B XXX XXX A B B XXX A XXX XXX
MX Mexico A D D A D D A D D XXX A D XXX
MY Malaysia MY XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
Malaysia MY-1 XXX XXX XXX XXX D D A XXX XXX XXX A D XXX
NA Namibia B B B B D A A B B A A D XXX
NZ New Zealand A A A A A A A A A XXX A A A
PY Paraguay C C C B XXX XXX A C C XXX A XXX XXX
RS Serbia A A D A D D A D D XXX A XXX XXX
RU Russia C C C B XXX XXX A C C XXX A XXX A
SG Singapore B B B B D D A B B XXX A XXX XXX
SZ Swaziland B B B B XXX XXX A B B A A XXX XXX
TH Thailand B B B B A A A B B XXX A D XXX
TN Tunisia C C B B A A A B B XXX A D XXX
TR Turkey XXX XXX XXX XXX D D A XXX XXX XXX A D XXX
UA Ukraine XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX A XXX XXX XXX A XXX XXX
US United States A A A A A A A A A XXX A A XXX
UY Uruguay C C B A D A A XXX XXX XXX A D XXX
ZA South Africa C C C A D A A C C A A D XXX
ZW Zimbabwe C C B A D A A B B XXX A D XXX





XXXNo certificate laid down and meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines 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. Poultry2. Farmed feathered game Ratites 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 F F XXX XXX XXX XXX A XXX XXX XXX A XXX XXX
NA Namibia XXX XXX XXX XXX E E A XXX XXX A A E XXX
Namibia NA-1 E E XXX XXX E E A XXX XXX A A E
ZA South Africa XXX XXX XXX XXX E E A XXX XXX A A E XXX
South Africa ZA-1 E E XXX XXX E E A XXX XXX A A E 
ZW Zimbabwe XXX XXX XXX XXX E E A XXX XXX E A E XXX

PART 4
Non-specific treatment:

ANo minimum specified temperature or other treatment is established for animal health purposes for meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines. However, the meat of such meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines 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:

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 and/or stomachs, bladders and intestines during the processing of the meat product and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines.DA minimum temperature of 70 °C which must be reached throughout the meat and/or stomachs, bladders and intestines during the processing of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, 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
