
Article 1 
The plans provided for in Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC submitted to the Commission by the third countries listed in the table set out in the Annex are approved for the animals and animal products that are intended for human consumption and marked with an ‘X’ in that table.
Article 2 

1. Third countries using raw material imported from other third countries approved for production of food of animal origin in accordance with this Decision or from Member States to be exported to the European Union and which are unable to provide a residue monitoring plan equivalent to that required by Article 7 of Directive 96/23/EC for such raw material shall complement the plan with the following statement:'The competent authority of [third country] ensures that animal products for human consumption exported to the European Union, in particular products produced from raw material imported into [third country], shall only come from establishments approved in accordance to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 and having reliable procedures in place to guarantee that raw material of animal origin used in such food originates only from Member States of the European Union or third countries listed for the respective raw material in the Annex to Commission Decision 2011/163/EU without a restrictive footnote as provided for in Article 2(2) of the Decision.'.
2. The entry in the Annex to this Decision of a third country exporting animal products for human consumption produced only with raw material of animal origin obtained from Member States of the Union or from third countries that provided a plan in accordance with Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC shall be complemented with the following restrictive footnote:'Third countries using only raw material either from other third countries approved for imports of such raw material to the Union or from Member States, in accordance with Article 2.'.
Article 3 

1. For a transitional period until 30 April 2011, Member States shall accept consignments from Uruguay of rabbit and farmed game and consignments of equine animal products from Ukraine provided that the importer can demonstrate that such consignments were certified and dispatched from Uruguay or Ukraine to the Union prior to 15 March 2011 in accordance with Decision 2004/432/EC.
2. For a transitional period until 25 March 2011, Member States shall accept consignments from former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Russia or Ukraine of equidae for slaughter provided that the importer of such animals can demonstrate that they were certified and dispatched from former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Russia and Ukraine to the Union prior to 15 March 2011 in accordance with Decision 2004/432/EC.
Article 4 
Decision 2004/432/EC is repealed.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
It shall apply from 15 March 2011.
Done at Brussels, 16 March 2011.
For the Commission
John DALLI
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Code ISO2 Country Bovine Ovine/caprine Porcine Equine Poultry Aqua-culture Milk Eggs Rabbit Wild game Farmed game Honey
AD Andorra X X  X        
AE United Arab Emirates      X X     
AL Albania  X    X  X    
AR Argentina X X  X X X X X X X X X
AU Australia X X  X  X X   X X X
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina      X      
BD Bangladesh      X      
BN Brunei      X      
BR Brazil X   X X X      X
BW Botswana X   X       X 
BY Belarus    X  X X X    
BZ Belize      X      X
CA Canada X X X X X X X X X X X X
CH Switzerland X X X X X X X X X X X X
CL Chile X X X  X X X   X  X
CM Cameroon            X
CN China     X X  X X   X
CO Colombia      X      
CR Costa Rica      X      
CU Cuba      X      X
CW Curaçao       X     
EC Ecuador      X      
ET Ethiopia            X
FK Falklands Islands X X          
FO Faeroe Islands      X      
GL Greenland  X        X X 
GT Guatemala      X      X
HK Hong Kong     X X      
HN Honduras      X      
HR Croatia X X X X X X X X X X X X
ID Indonesia      X      
IL Israel     X X X X   X X
IN India      X  X    
IS Iceland X X X X  X X    X 
IR Iran      X      
JM Jamaica      X      X
JP Japan      X      
KG Kyrgyzstan            X
KR South Korea      X      
LK Sri Lanka      X      
MA Morocco      X      
MD Moldova            X
ME Montenegro X X X  X X  X    X
MG Madagascar      X      
MK former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia X X X  X X X X  X  X
MU Mauritius     X X      
MX Mexico    X  X  X    X
MY Malaysia     X X      
MZ Mozambique      X      
NA Namibia X X        X X 
NC New Caledonia X     X    X X X
NI Nicaragua      X      X
NZ New Zealand X X  X  X X   X X X
PA Panama      X      
PE Peru     X X      
PF French Polynesia            X
PH Philippines      X      
PN Pitcairn Islands            X
PY Paraguay X           
RS Serbia X X X X X X X X  X  X
RU Russia X X X  X  X X   X X
SA Saudi Arabia      X      
SG Singapore X X X  X X X     
SM San Marino X  X         X
SR Suriname      X      
SV El Salvador            X
SX Sint Maarten       X     
SZ Swaziland X           
TH Thailand     X X      X
TN Tunisia     X X    X  
TR Turkey     X X X     X
TW Taiwan      X      X
TZ Tanzania      X      X
UA Ukraine     X X X X    X
UG Uganda      X      X
US United States X X X  X X X X X X X X
UY Uruguay X X  X  X X   X  X
VE Venezuela      X      
VN Vietnam      X      
YT Mayotte      X      
ZA South Africa          X X 
ZM Zambia            X
ZW Zimbabwe      X     X 






