Commission Decision

of 7 March 2006

amending Decision 2004/432/EC on the approval of residue monitoring plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Council Directive 96/23/EC

(notified under document number C(2006) 681)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/208/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on 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/EEC1, and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 29(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Under Directive 96/23/EC inclusion and retention on the lists of third countries, provided for in Community legislation, from which Member States are authorised to import animals and primary products of animal origin covered by that Directive, are subject to submission by the third countries concerned of a plan setting out the guarantees which they offer as regards the monitoring of the groups of residues and substances referred to in that Directive. That Directive also lays down certain requirements concerning time limits for submission of plans.

(2)
Commission Decision 2004/432/EC2 lists the third countries which have submitted a residue monitoring plan, setting out the guarantees offered by them in compliance with the requirements of that Directive.
(3)

Certain third countries have presented residue monitoring plans to the Commission for animals and products not listed in Decision 2004/432/EC. The evaluation of those plans and the additional information requested by the Commission provide sufficient guarantees on the residue monitoring in those countries for the animals and products concerned. Those animals and products should therefore be included in the list for those third countries.

(4)

Certain third countries have not submitted to the Commission the requested guarantees about residue monitoring for animal and products listed in Decision 2004/432/EC. In the absence of these guarantees, those animals and products should therefore be removed from the list for those third countries.

(5)

Decision 2004/432/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2004/432/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 17 March 2006.

Where the modification made by this Decision has the effect of removing products from certain countries from the Annex of Decision 2004/432/EC, the amendment shall not apply to consignments containing those products where the operator importing them into the Community can demonstrate that they had left the country in question en route to the Community before the entry into force of this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 March 2006.

For the Commission

Markos Kyprianou

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Code ISO2

Country of Territory

Bovine

Ovine/caprine

Swine

Equine

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed game

Honey

AD

Andorra3

X

X

X

AE

United Arab Emirates

X

AF

Afghanistan

X4

AL

Albania

X

X

X

AN

Netherlands Antilles

X5

AR

Argentina

X

X

X4

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

AU

Australia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

BD

Bangladesh

X4

X

BG

Bulgaria

X

X

X

X6

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

BH

Bahrain

X4

BR

Brazil

X

X4

X

X

X

X

X

BW

Botswana

X

X

BY

Belarus

X6

BZ

Belize

X

X

CA

Canada

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

CH

Switzerland

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X5

CL

Chile

X

X7

X

X4

X

X

X

X

X

CN

China

X4

X4

X

X

X

X

CO

Colombia

X

X

CR

Costa Rica

X4

X4

X4

X

CU

Cuba

X

X

EC

Ecuador

X

EG

Egypt

X4

ER

Eritrea

X

FK

Falklands Islands

X

FO

Faeroe Islands

X

GL

Greenland

X

X6

X

X

GM

Gambia

X

GT

Guatemala

X

X

HK

Hong Kong

X5

X5

HN

Honduras

X4

X

HR

Croatia

X

X

X

X6

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

ID

Indonesia

X

IL

Israel

X

X

X

X

X

X

IN

India

X4

X4

X

X

X

X

IR

Iran

X4

IS

Iceland

X

X

X

X

X

X

X5

JM

Jamaica

X

X

JP

Japan

X4

X

KE

Kenya

X

KG

Kyrgyzstan

X

KR

South Korea

X

KW

Kuwait

X4

LB

Lebanon

X4

LK

Sri Lanka

X

MA

Morocco

X4

X6

X

MD

Moldova

MG

Madagascar

X

MK

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia8

X

X

X6

X

MN

Mongolia

X4

MU

Mauritius

X5

MX

Mexico

X

X4

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

MY

Malaysia

X9

X

MZ

Mozambique

X

NA

Namibia

X

X

X

X

X

NC

New Caledonia

X

X

X

X

NI

Nicaragua

X4

X4

X

X

NO

Norway10

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

NZ

New Zealand

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

OM

Oman

X4

X4

X

PA

Panama

X

X4

X

PE

Peru

X4

X

X

PH

Philippines

X

PK

Pakistan

X4

X4

PN

Pitcairn

X

PY

Paraguay

X

X4

X

RO

Romania

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

RU

Russia

X

X

X

X6

X

X

X

X11

X

SA

Saudi Arabia

X

SC

Seychelles

X

SG

Singapore

X5

X5

X5

X5

X5

X5

SM

San Marino12

X

X

X

SR

Suriname

X

SV

El Salvador

X

SY

Syria

X4

SZ

Swaziland

X

TH

Thailand

X

X

X

TM

Turkmenistan

X4

TN

Tunisia

X4

X6

X

X

X

X

TR

Turkey

X4

X

X

X

X

TW

Taiwan

X

X

TZ

Tanzania

X

UA

Ukraine

X6

X

UG

Uganda

X

US

United States

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

UY

Uruguay

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

UZ

Uzbekistan

X4

VE

Venezuela

X

VN

Vietnam

X

X

XM

Montenegro1314

X

X

X

X6

X

XS

Serbia1315

X

X

X

X6

X

YT

Mayotte

X

ZA

South Africa

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

ZM

Zambia

X

ZW

Zimbabwe

X

X

X

3

Initial residue monitoring plan approved by veterinary sub-group EC/Andorra (in accordance with Decision No 2/1999 of EC/Andorra Joint Committee of 22 December 1999 (OJ L 31, 5.2.2000, p. 84)).

4

Only casings.

5

Third countries using only raw material from other approved third countries for food production.

6

Exports of live equidae for slaughter (food producing animals only).

7

Only sheep.

8

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code which does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which is currently under discussion at the United Nations.

9

Peninsular (western) Malaysia only.

10

Monitoring plan approved in accordance with Decision of EFTA Surveillance Authority No 223/96/COL of 4 December 1996 (OJ L 78, 20.3.1997, p. 38).

11

Only for reindeer from the Murmansk region.

12

Monitoring plan approved in accordance with Decision No 1/94 of the EC-San Marino Cooperation Committee of 28 June 1994 (OJ L 238, 13.9.1994, p. 25).

13

It is referred to the custom territories of Serbia or Montenegro, both forming a State Union.

14

Provisional situation pending further information on residues.

15

Not including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.’