Commission Implementing Decision of 13 November 2012 amending Decision 2008/855/EC as regards the dispatch to other Member States of certain meat and meat products from Member States concerned with areas listed in Part III of the Annex thereto (notified under document C(2012) 7977) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/702/EU) (repealed)

Commission Implementing Decision

of 13 November 2012

amending Decision 2008/855/EC as regards the dispatch to other Member States of certain meat and meat products from Member States concerned with areas listed in Part III of the Annex thereto

(notified under document C(2012) 7977)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2012/702/EU) (repealed)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 2008/855/EC of 3 November 2008 concerning animal health control measures relating to classical swine fever in certain Member States(3) lays down certain control measures concerning classical swine fever in the Member States or regions thereof set out in the Annex thereto.

(2) Article 7(1) of Decision 2008/855/EC provides that Member States concerned with areas listed in Part III of the Annex thereto are to ensure that no consignments of fresh pigmeat from holdings located in the areas listed in that Part of that Annex, and meat preparations and meat products consisting of, or containing such meat are dispatched from those areas to other Member States.

(3) Article 8a of Decision 2008/855/EC provides that Member States concerned with areas listed in Part III of the Annex thereto may authorise the dispatch to other Member States of fresh pigmeat and meat preparations and meat products consisting of or containing meat derived from pigs from holdings located outside the areas listed in that Part of the Annex to that Decision under certain conditions.

(4) Article 8c of Decision 2008/855/EC provides that, by way of derogation from Article 7(1) of that Decision, Member States concerned with areas listed in Part III of the Annex thereto may authorise the dispatch to other Member States of fresh pigmeat and meat preparations and meat products consisting of or containing such meat, under certain conditions.

(5) Articles 8a and 8c of Decision 2008/855/EC provide for two channelling systems for fresh pigmeat, meat preparations and meat products consisting of or containing such meat that fulfil certain conditions to ensure that they do not pose a risk as regards the classical swine fever agent. Slaughterhouses, cutting plants and meat processing establishments could therefore work under both systems at the same time without introducing additional risks provided that some further requirements related to the notification of the lists of holdings and establishments are in place. The two provisions governing the two systems can thus be merged and the complying holdings, slaughterhouses, cutting plants and meat processing establishments may be approved accordingly.

(6) In order to ensure a proper monitoring and transparency of the functioning of the channelling system for fresh pigmeat, certain meat preparations and meat products consisting of or containing such meat, it is appropriate that the Member States applying the system keep an updated list of the holdings, slaughterhouses, cutting plants and meat processing establishments approved for the channel system and that this list is timely made available to the Commission and the other Member States.

(7) Decision 2008/855/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8) 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:

(1)

OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.

(2)

OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.

(3)

OJ L 302, 13.11.2008, p. 19.