2002/153/EC: Commission Decision of 20 February 2002 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom, repealing Decision 2001/740/EC and amending for the eighth time Decision 2001/327/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 557)

• CELEX: Decision 2001/740/EC
• Articles: 5

Article 1

1. The United Kingdom shall ensure that meat as defined in paragraph 2 of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates which meets at least one of the conditions specified in paragraph 3 is not dispatched to other Member States.

2. Meats referred to in paragraph 1 includes "fresh meat" as defined in Directives 64/433/EEC and 91/495/EEC, and "minced meat and meat preparations" as defined in Council Directive 94/65/EC.

3. Conditions for meats not eligible for intra-Community trade:

(a) meat not eligible for intra-Community trade in accordance with Community protective measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom which have been in force between the date of 21 February 2001 until coming into force of this Decision,

(b) meat bearing the health mark established by Commission Decision 2001/304/EC.

Article 2

1. The United Kingdom shall ensure that meat products of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and of other biungulates which meet at least one of the conditions specified in paragraph 2 are not dispatched to other Member States.

2. Conditions for meat products not eligible for intra-Community trade:

(a) meat products produced from meat meeting at least one of the conditions set up in Article 1(3),

(b) meat products not eligible for intra-Community trade in accordance with Community protective measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom which have been in force between the date of 21 February 2001 until coming into force of this Decision,

(c) meat products bearing the health mark established by Commission Decision 2001/304/EC.

3. The prohibition provided for in paragraph 1 shall not apply to meat products meeting the public health requirements of Directive 77/99/EEC and which have undergone one of the treatments laid down in Article 4(1) of Council Directive 80/215/EEC, or have been subjected during preparation uniformly throughout the substance to a pH value of less than 6.

Article 3

Commission Decision 2001/740/EC is hereby repealed.

Article 4

The words "and Commission Decision 2001/740/EC" are deleted in the introductory sentence of Article 2(1) of Commission Decision 2001/327/EC.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 February 2002.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

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