Decision 1992/245

law://eu/dec/1992/245@2026-11-14

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THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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^note, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91^note, and in particular Articles 21a and 22 thereof,

Whereas Council Decision 79/542/EEC^note, as last amended by Commission Decision 92/162/EEC^note, draws up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorize imports of bovine animals, swine and equidae, fresh meat and meat products; whereas this list was supplemented by Commission Decision 91/361/EEC^note by the addition, inter alia, of Tunisia for the purpose of allowing importation of meat products which have been treated in a hermetically sealed container to an F_o value of three or more;

Whereas Commission Decision 91/449/EEC^note, as last amended by Decision 91/244/EEC^note, 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, Tunisia 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 according to the animal health situation of the third country concerned;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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1.Member States shall authorize the importation from Tunisia of meat products which have undergone:

—either a treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an F_o value of three or more,

—or 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 Tunisia of meat products other than those referred to in paragraph 1.

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1.Decision 79/542/EEC is amended as follows:

(a)in the Annex under the column headed ‘special remarks’ concerning meat products, the figure ‘(4)’ is inserted in the line corresponding to Tunisia after the figure (3);

(b)at the end of the list of countries under the footnote heading ‘Special remarks’, the following last sentence is added:

(4)Notwithstanding any restrictions indicated in the above list, meat products which have undergone a heat treatment so that a centre temperature of at least 80 ^oC has been achieved are authorized.’

2.In Part II of Annex C to Decision 91/449/EEC the list of countries approved to use the model animal health certificate is hereby amended by the insertion of the following country:‘Tunisia’.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

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