
Article 1 
Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
Decisions 96/367/EC and 96/414/EC are repealed.
Article 3 
Imports of fresh meat to the EU which were authorised under Decision 79/542/EEC which are no longer authorised by the application of the present Decision shall continue to be authorised for a transitional period of 90 days following the date of application.
Article 4 
This Decision shall apply from 1 December 2007.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 November 2007.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


‘ANNEX II 
Country Code of Territory Description of territory Veterinary certificate Specific conditions Closing date Opening date
Model(s) SG
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
AL — Albania AL-0 Whole country —    
AR — Argentina AR-0 Whole country EQU    
AR-1 The Provinces of: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Corrientes (except the departments of Berón de Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar), Entre Ríos, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Tucuman, Cordoba, La Pampa, Santiago del Estero, Chaco Formosa, Jujuy and Salta, excluding the buffer area of 25 km from the border with Bolivia and Paraguay that extends from the Santa Catalina District in the Province of Jujuy, to the Laishi District in the Province of Formosa BOV A 1  18 March 2005
RUF A 1  1 December 2007
AR-2 Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego BOV, OVI, RUW, RUF    1 March 2002
AR-3 Corrientes: the departments of Berón de Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar BOV, RUF A 1  1 December 2007
AU — Australia AU-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW    
BA — Bosnia Herzegovina BA-0 Whole country —    
BH — Bahrain BH-0 Whole country —    
BR — Brazil BR-0 Whole country EQU    
BR-1 Part of the State of Minas Gerais (except regional delegations of Oliveira, Passos, São Gonçalo de Sapucai, Setelagoas and Bambuí), State of Espíritu Santo, State of Goias, Part of the State of Mato Grosso comprising the regional units of:
— Cuiaba (except for the municipalities of San Antonio de Leverger, Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Pocone and Barão de Melgaço),
— Caceres (except for the municipality of Caceres),
— Lucas do Rio Verde,
— Rondonopolis (except for the municipality of Itiquiora),
— Barra do Garça,
— Barra do Burgres, State of Rio Grande do Sul BOV A and H 1  1 November 2002
BR-2 State of Santa Catarina BOV A and I 1  1 November 2002
BW — Botswana BW-0 Whole country EQU, EQW    
BW-1 The veterinary disease control zones 3c, 4b, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 18 BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW F 1  1 December 2007
BW-2 The veterinary disease control zones 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW F 1  7 March 2002
BY — Belarus BY-0 Whole country —    
BZ — Belize BZ-0 Whole country BOV, EQU    
CA — Canada CA-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, SUF, SUW, RUF, RUW G   
CH — Switzerland CH-0 Whole country •    
CL — Chile CL-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF    
CN — China (People’s Republic of) CN-0 Whole country —    
CO — Colombia CO-0 Whole country EQU    
CR — Costa Rica CR-0 Whole country BOV, EQU    
CU — Cuba CU-0 Whole country BOV, EQU    
DZ — Algeria DZ-0 Whole country —    
ET — Ethiopia ET-0 Whole country —    
FK — Falkland Islands FK-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, EQU    
GL — Greenland GL-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW    
GT — Guatemala GT-0 Whole country BOV, EQU    
HK — Hong Kong HK-0 Whole country —    
HN — Honduras HN-0 Whole country BOV, EQU    
HR — Croatia HR-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW    
IL — Israel IL-0 Whole country —    
IN — India IN-0 Whole country —    
IS — Iceland IS-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW    
KE — Kenya KE-0 Whole country —    
MA — Morocco MA-0 Whole country EQU    
ME — Montenegro ME-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, EQU    
MG — Madagascar MG-0 Whole country —    
MK — Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MK-0 Whole country OVI, EQU    
MU — Mauritius MU-0 Whole country —    
MX — Mexico MX-0 Whole country BOV, EQU    
NA — Namibia NA-0 Whole country EQU, EQW    
NA-1 South of the cordon fences which extend from Palgrave Point in the west to Gam in the east BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW F 1  
NC — New Caledonia NC-0 Whole country BOV, RUF, RUW    
NI — Nicaragua NI-0 Whole country —    
NZ — New Zealand NZ-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW    
PA — Panama PA-0 Whole country BOV, EQU    
PY — Paraguay PY-0 Whole country EQU    
RS — Serbia RS-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, EQU    
RU — Russia RU-0 Whole country —    
RU-1 Region of Murmansk, Yamolo-Nenets autonomous area RUF    
SV — El Salvador SV-0 Whole country —    
SZ — Swaziland SZ-0 Whole country EQU, EQW    
SZ-1 Area west of the “red line” fences which extends northwards from the river Usutu to the frontier with South Africa west of Nkalashane BOV, RUF, RUW F 1  
SZ-2 The veterinary foot and mouth surveillance and vaccination control areas as gazetted as a Statutory Instrument under legal notice number 51 of 2001 BOV, RUF, RUW F 1  4 August 2003
TH — Thailand TH-0 Whole country —    
TN — Tunisia TN-0 Whole country —    
TR — Turkey TR-0 Whole country —    
TR-1 The provinces of Amasya, Ankara, Aydin, Balikesir, Bursa, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Izmir, Kastamonu, Kutahya, Manisa, Usak, Yozgat and Kirikkale EQU    
UA — Ukraine UA-0 Whole country —    
US — United States US-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, SUF, SUW, RUF, RUW G   
UY — Uruguay UY-0 Whole country EQU    
BOV A 1  1 November 2001
OVI A 1  
ZA — South Africa ZA-0 Whole country EQU, EQW    
ZA-1 The whole country except:
— the part of the foot-and-mouth disease control area situated in the veterinary regions of Mpumalanga and Northern provinces, in the district of Ingwavuma of 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 BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW F 1  
ZW — Zimbabwe ZW-0 Whole country —    





•Certificates in accordance with the agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132.—No certificate laid down and fresh meat imports are prohibited (except for those species where indicated in the line for the whole country).“1”Category restrictions:
No offal authorised (except, in the case of bovine species, diaphragm and masseter muscles).’
