98/648/EC: Commission Decision of 5 November 1998 amending Decision 97/217/EC establishing groups of third countries which are able to use the veterinary certification for imports of wild game meat, farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries (notified under document number C(1998) 3332) (Text with EEA relevance)
L 308/42 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 11. 98 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 5 November 1998 amending Decision 97/217/EC establishing groups of third countries which are able to use the veterinary certification for imports of wild game meat, farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries (notified under document number C(1998) 3332) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/648/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas the same regionalisation should be applicable to imports of wild boar meat from the Czech Republic; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992 on public health and animal health problems relating to the killing of wild game and the placing on the market of wild game meat (1), as last amended by Council Directive 97/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 16(3) thereof, Whereas Commission Decision 97/217/EC (3) lays down groups of third countries, or parts thereof, which are able to use the veterinary certification for imports of wild game meat, farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries; imports of domestic animals of Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the bovine and porcine species from certain European coun- tries, were established by Commission Decision 98/ 372/EC (4), as last amended by Commission Decision 98/ 505/EC (5); Whereas due to classical swine fever persistence in the feral pig population some restrictions are established for imports of the Czech live pigs from some parts of Republic; (1) OJ L 268, 14. 9. 1992, p. 35. (2) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31. (3) OJ L 88, 3. 4. 1997, p. 201. (4) OJ L 170, 16. 6. 1998, p. 34. (5) OJ L 226, 13. 8. 1998, p. 50. Whereas health restrictions were applied by the European Community to some zones of Croatia due to certain prob- lems concerning the veterinary controls in those parts; whereas veterinary mission, it appears that the Croatian veterinary services control satisfactorily the whole country; recent Community following a Whereas, as a result, it is approriate to make possible the importation of game meat from the whole of Croatia; Whereas the control of animal health diseases in some zones of Zimbabwe is satisfactory; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to make possible the importation of cloven- hoofed and wild soliped game meat from these parts of Zimbabwe; Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Commission Decision 97/217/EC; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The Annex to Decision 97/217/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision. 18. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 308/43 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Article 2 Done at Brussels, 5 November 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission ANNEX Groups of third countries which are able to utilise the veterinary certification as laid down in Decisions 97/218/EC, 97/219/EC and 97/220/EC Cloven-hoofed game, excluding wild swine Wild swine Column A Column B Column C Column D ISO code Country ISO code Country ISO code Country ISO code Country AR-1 Argentina (3) AR-3 +4 Argentina (3) (11) AU Australia (1) HU Hungary AU Australia (1) BW Botswana (4) CA Canada (1) BG CA Bulgaria NA Namibia (5) CH Switzerland Canada (1) SZ Swaziland (6) CY Cyprus (1) Farmed rabbits and wild leporidae Column E Third countries ap- pearing on the list of the the first part of to Decision Annex 79/542/EEC, last as amended Game birds Wild solipeds Other wild land mammals Column F Column G Column H Column I ISO code Country ISO code Country ISO code Country ISO code Country AU Australia (1) AR Argentina (1) BW Botswana AU Australia (1) BR Brazil (1) (9) TH Thailand NA Namibia CA Canada (1) (9) BG Bulgaria CA Canada (1) SZ Swaziland EE Estonia ZA South Africa GL Greenland (1) CH Switzerland ZA South Africa (7) CL Chile (1) ZW Zimbabwe (8) US NZ New CH Switzerland ZW Zimbabwe LI Lithuania Zealand (1) United States of America (1) CL Chile (1) LV Latvia CZ Czech Republic (2) CY Cyprus (1) CZ Czech Republic EE Estonia GL Greenland HR Croatia (2) HU Hungary LI LV Lithuania Latvia NZ New Zealand (1) CY Cyprus (1) CZ GL Czech Republic Greenland (10) HR Croatia HU Hungary IL LI Israel (1) Lithuania NZ New Zealand (1) PL Poland NZ New Zealand RO Romania RU Russia L 3 0 8 / 4 4 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s 1 8. 1 1. 9 8 Cloven-hoofed game, excluding wild swine Wild swine Column A Column B Column C Column D ISO code Country ISO code Country ISO code Country ISO code Country Farmed rabbits and wild leporidae Column E Game birds Wild solipeds Other wild land mammals Column F Column G Column H Column I ISO code Country ISO code Country ISO code Country ISO code Country RO Romania SL SK Slovenia Slovak Republic TN Tunisia (1) (10) US United States of America (1) PL Poland RO Romania SL Slovenia SK Slovak Republic UY Uruguay US United States of America (1) (1) Excluding unplucked/unskinned and uneviscarated unless transported by aeroplane. (2) The regionalisation as laid down in Decision 92/371/EEC (as last amended) applies. (3) The regionalisation as laid down in Decision 93/402/EEC (as last amended) applies. (4) The regionalisation as laid down in Decision 92/22/EEC (as last amended) applies. (5) The regionalisation as laid down in Decision 92/24/EEC (as last amended) applies. (6) The regionalisation as laid down in Decision 92/23/EEC (as last amended) applies. (7) The regionalisation as laid down in Decision 92/21/EEC (as last amended) applies. (8) The regionalisation as laid down in Decision 92/25/EEC (as last amended) applies. (9) The regionalisation as laid down in Decision 94/984/EC (as last amended) applies. (10) Only wild game meat. (11) Only farmed game meat. 1 8. 1 1. 9 8 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s L 3 0 8 / 4 5