L 290/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 12.11.1999 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 28 October 1999 amending Annex II to Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC (notified under document number C(1999) 3493) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/724/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(D) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425[EEC ('), as last amended by Directive 97/ 79/EC (3, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 15, (1)  Whereas specific rules applicable to the preparation of gelatine intended for pharmaceutical, cosmetic or other technical use and medical devices are under preparation; whereas, therefore, the regulation of these products may be excluded from the scope of this Decision; (2)  Whereas the specific public health conditions applicable to the preparation of gelatine intended for human consumption should be laid down; whereas, provided that these conditions are the same for gelatine intended for human consumption and gelatine not intended for human consumption and provided that hygiene condi- tions are also the same, both types of gelatine may be produced andfor stored in the same establishment; (3)  Whereas the autorisation and registration, inspection and hygiene requirements which establishments preparing gelatine must meet should be determined; () O] L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49. () O] L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31. N N ( ( ( ’) vl ’) 0] 0] 0] whereas certain health conditions contained in Council Directive 77/99/EEC of 21 December 1976 on health problems affecting the production and marketing of meat products and certain other products of animal origin (%), as last amended by Directive 97/76/EC (%), and in Council Directive 93/43/EEC of 14 June 1993 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (°), are relevant for the prepara- tions of gelatine; Whereas the Scientific Steering Committee adopted an opinion on safety of gleatine on 26 and 27 March 1998 which was updated on 18 and 19 February 1999; whereas this opinion addresses the questions under which conditions of sourcing of the material andfor of type of material used and/or production process gelatine destined for human consumption can be considered free of bovine spongiform encephalapathy (BSE) infectivity; whereas in this opinion, the Scientific Steering Committee distinguishes the recommended measures between different categories of geographical risk; whereas a final implementation can only follow after classification of countries and regions; whereas on 21 May 1999, at the general session of the International Oftfice of Epizootics (IOE) Committee, a proposal of the IOE International Animal health Code Commission concerning the criteria for the determination of the BSE status of a country or zone was adopted; whereas in L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85. L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 25. L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 1.