2000/2/EC: Commission Decision of 17 December 1999 amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC 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 and repealing Decision 1999/301/EC (notified under document number C(1999) 4844) (Text with EEA relevance)

• Coming into Force: 15 February 2000,17 December 1999
• End of Effective Date: 08 April 2010
• Celex Number: 32000D0002
• ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2000/2(1)/oj
• Published date: 04 January 2000
• Date: 17 December 1999
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 1, 04 January 2000

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2000/2/EC: Commission Decision of 17 December 1999 amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC 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 and repealing Decision 1999/301/EC (notified under document number C(1999) 4844) (Text with EEA relevance)

Official Journal L 001 , 04/01/2000 P. 0017 - 0019

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 December 1999

amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC 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 and repealing Decision 1999/301/EC

(notified under document number C(1999) 4844)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/2/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat product from third countries(1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof.

Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC(3), and in particular Article 29 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Member States can only import fresh meat including offal from third countries or parts of third countries appearing on a list established by the Council on a proposal from the Commission;

(2) the list of these third countries or parts thereof is contained in Council Decision 79/542/EEC(4), as last amended by Commission Decision 1999/301/EC(5);

(3) inclusion and retention of a third country on the lists of third countries provided for in Community legislation from which Member States are authorised to import products of animal origin covered by Council Directive 96/23/EC is subject to submission by the third country concerned of a plan setting out the guarantees which it offers as regards the monitoring of the groups of residues and substances referred to in Annex I of the Directive referred to; this plan must be updated at the request of the Commission, particularly when the checks...