
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 
Consignments of fresh de-boned and matured bovine meat from the territory of Brazil with code BR-1, as set out in Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC, as amended by Commission Decision 2008/642/EC, from animals slaughtered on or before 1 December 2008 may continue to be imported into the Community until 30 June 2009.
Article 3 
This Decision shall apply from 1 December 2008.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX

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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, Part of Neuquén (excluding territory included in AR-4), part of Río Negro (excluding territory included in AR-4), 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 BOVRUF A 1  1 December 2007
AR-4 Part of Río Negro (except: in Avellaneda the zone located north of the Provincial road 7 and east of the Provincial road 250, in Conesa the zone located east of the Provincial road 2, in El Cuy the zone located north of the Provincial road 7 from its intersection with the Provincial road 66 to the border with the Department of Avellaneda, and in San Antonio the zone located east of the Provincial roads 250 and 2), part of Neuquén (except in Confluencia the zone located east of the Provincial road 17, and in Picun Leufú the zone located east of the Provincial road 17) BOV, OVI, RUW, RUF    1 August 2008
AU — Australia AU-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW    
BA — Bosnia and Herzegovina BA-0 Whole country —    
BH — Bahrain BH-0 Whole country —    
BR — Brazil BR-0 Whole country EQU    
BR-1 State of Minas Gerais, State of Espírito Santo, State of Goiás, State of Mato Grosso, State of Rio Grande Do Sul, State of Mato Grosso Do Sul (except for the designated high surveillance zone of 15 km from the external borders in the municipalities of Porto Mutinho, Bela Vista, Ponta Porã, Aral Moreira, Coronel Sapucaia, Paranhos, Sete Quedas, Japorã and Mundo Novo and the designated high surveillance zone in the municipalities of Corumbá and Ladário). BOV A and H 1  1 December 2008
BR-2 State of Santa Catarina BOV A and H 1  31 January 2008
BR-3 States of Paraná and São Paulo BOV A and H 1  1 August 2008
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 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    
PY-1 Whole country except for the designated high surveillance zone of 15 km from the external borders BOV A 1  1 August 2008
RS — Serbia RS-0 Whole country BOV, OVI, EQU    
RU — Russian Federation 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 No 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).1Category restrictions:
No offal authorised (except, in the case of bovine species, diaphragm and masseter muscles).'
