1.2.1994
EN
Official Journal of the European Communities
L 27/53
COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 January 1994
concerning the animal health condition and veterinary certification for the importation of meat products from Bahrain and amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC and Commission Decision 91/449/EEC
(Text with EEA relevance)
(94/59/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 animal health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries ( 1 ) , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 ( 2 ) , and in particular Articles 21a and 22 thereof,
Whereas Council Decision 79/542/EEC ( 3 ) , as last amended by Commission Decision 93/507/EEC ( 4 ) , draws up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorize imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products;
Whereas Commission Decision 91/449/EEC ( 5 ) , as last amended by Decision 93/504/EEC ( 6 ) , lays down the specimen animal health certificates in respect of meat products imported from third countries;
Whereas, following a Community veterinary mission, it appears that notwithstanding the animal health situation, Bahrain is covered by sufficiently well-structured and organized veterinary services; whereas the production of certain heat-treated meat products for export to the Community will be supervised by an official veterinarian appointed by the Department of Veterinary Services;
Whereas animal health conditions and veterinary certification must be adapted to the animal health situation of the third country concerned;
Whereas guarantees have been given that the fresh meat to be processed in Bahrain derives from establishments approved under the provisions of Directive 72/462/EEC;
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
1. Member States shall authorize the importation from Bahrain of meat products which have undergone either:
—
a heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an F o value of three or more, or
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a heat treatment so that a centre temperature of at least 80 o C has been achieved.
2. Member States shall not authorize the importation from Bahrain of meat products other than those referred to in paragraph 1.
Article 2
In Part I of the Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC, the following line is inserted in accordance with the alphabetic order of the ISO-code:
‘BH
Bahrain
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
(3) (4)
o
BH’
Article 3
Decision 91/449/EEC is amended as follows:
1.
In Part II of Annex B, the list of countries approved to use the model animal health certificate is hereby amended by the insertion of the following country:
‘Bahrain’.
2.
In Part II of Annex C, the list of countries approved to use the model animal health certificate is hereby amended by the insertion of the following country:
‘Bahrain’.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 January 1994.
For the Commission
Rene STEICHEN
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 13 .
( 3 ) OJ No L 146, 14. 6. 1979, p. 15 .
( 4 ) OJ No L 237, 22. 9. 1993, p. 36 .
( 5 ) OJ No L 240, 29. 8. 1991, p. 28 .
( 6 ) OJ No L 236, 21. 9. 1993, p. 16 .