11.7.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 181/23 COMMISSION DECISION of 10 July 2002 amending Decision 94/278/EC drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC, with respect to imports of egg products, snails, frogs’ legs, honey and royal jelly (notified under document number C(2002) 2555) (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/574[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 Commu- nity of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(l) to Direc- tive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/ 425[EEC ('), as last amended by Commission Decision 2001/7/ EC (3, and in particular Article 10 thereof, Whereas: 1 The third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of eggs intended for human consump- tion are set out in the list contained in paragraph A of Part VIII of the Annex to Commission Decision 94/278/ EC of 18 March 1994 drawing up a list of third coun- tries from which Member States authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/ EEC (°), as last amended by Decision 2002/337/EC (. That list consists of a cross-reference to the Annex to Commission Decision 94/85/EC of 16 February 1994 drawing up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of fresh poultry- meat (°), as last amended by Decision 2001/733/EC (°). The third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of egg products intended for human consumption are set out in the list contained in para- graph B of Part VIII, of the Annex to Decision 94/278| EC. That list consists of a cross-reference to the Annex to Council Decision 79/542[/EEC of 21 December 1976 drawing up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products (), as last amended by Commission Decision 2001/731[EC (). 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49. L L 2,5.1.2001, p. 27. L 120, 11.5.1994, p. 44. L 116, 3.5.2002, p. 58. L 44,17.2.1994, p. 31. L 275, 18.10.2001, p. 17. L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15. L 274,17.10.2001, p. 22. 3) () (**) () 0 o] 0 The cross-reference, where egg products are concerned, to Decision 79/542[EEC, referring exclusively to mammals, appears confusing. A cross-reference to the Annex to Decision 94/85/EC drawing up a list as regards fresh poultrymeat would also be more consistent from a veterinary point of view. As egg products undergo a heat-treatment while fresh poultrymeat remains raw, the criteria of approval for imports from third countries are less demanding and a complementary list can therefore be drawn up to maintain the existing imports. The third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of snails intended for human consumption are set out in the list contained in Part XI of the Annex to Decision 94/278EC. The third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of frogs legs intended for human consumption are set out in the list contained in part XII of the Annex to Decision 94/278EC. The specific public health conditions applicable to snails and frogs’ legs are laid down respectively in Annex II, Chapter 3, Part I and II to Directive 92/118/EEC. Those conditions consist in several cross-references to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (). The third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of fishery products intended for human consumption are set out in the list contained in the Annex to Commission Decision 97/296/EC of 22 April 1997 drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption (*), as last amended by Decision 2002/28/EC (*)). A cross-reference to the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC would simplify the updating of the lists of third countries from which the Member States respectively authorise imports of snails and frogs’ legs and would also be more consistent from a public health point of view. L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15. J L 122, 14.5.1997, p. 21. J L 11, 15.1.2002, p. 44.