Annex II is amended as follows:
Part 1 is replaced by the following:
PART 1
<Strong>List of third countries, territories and parts thereof</Strong>
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Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in agreements between the Union and third countries.
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Meat from animals slaughtered on or before the date set out in column 7 may be imported into the Union for 90 days from that date. However, consignments carried on vessels on the high seas may be imported into the Union if certified before the date set out in column 7 for 40 days from that date. (Where there is no date set out in column 7, no time restrictions shall apply).
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Only meat from animals slaughtered on or after the date set out in column 8 may be imported into the Union. Where there is no date set out in column 8, no time restrictions shall apply.
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The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject in the United Nations.
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Not including Kosovo which is at present under international administration pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.
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| * Requirements as in accordance with the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132). |
| — No certificates are laid down and fresh meat imports shall be prohibited, except for those species where indicated in the line comprising the entry for the whole country. |
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“1” Category restrictions:
No offal is authorised for introduction into the Union except for bovine species, diaphragm and masseter muscles.
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| ISO code and name of third country | Code of Territory | Description of third country, territory or part thereof | Veterinary certificate | Specific conditions | Closing date
| Opening date
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| Model(s) | SG |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| AL – Albania | AL-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| AR – Argentina | AR-0 | Whole country | EQU | | | | |
| AR-1 |
The Provinces of:
Buenos Aires,
Catamarca,
Corrientes (except the departments of Berón de Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar)
Entre Ríos,
La Rioja,
Mendoza,
Misiones,
Part of Neuquén (excluding territory included in AR-4),
Part of Río Negro (excluding territory included in AR-4),
San Juan,
San Luis,
Santa Fe,
Tucuman,
Cordoba,
La Pampa,
Santiago del Estero,
Chaco, Formosa, Jujuy and Salta, excluding the buffer area of 25 Km from the border with Bolivia and Paraguay that extends from the Santa Catalina District in the Province of Jujuy, to the Laishi District in the Province of Formosa
| BOV | A | 1 | | 18 March 2005 |
| RUF | A | 1 | | 1 December 2007 |
| RUW | A | 1 | | 1 August 2010 |
| AR-2 | Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego | BOV, OVI, RUW, RUF | | | | 1 March 2002 |
| AR-3 | Corrientes: the departments of Berón de Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar | BOV, RUF | A | 1 | | 1 December 2007 |
| AR-4 |
Part of Río Negro (except: in Avellaneda the zone located north of the Provincial road 7 and east of the Provincial road 250, in Conesa the zone located east of the Provincial road 2, in El Cuy the zone located north of the Provincial road 7 from its intersection with the Provincial road 66 to the border with the Department of Avellaneda, and in San Antonio the zone located east of the Provincial roads 250 and 2)
Part of Neuquén (except in Confluencia the zone located east of the Provincial road 17, and in Picun Leufú the zone located east of the Provincial road 17)
| BOV, OVI, RUW, RUF | | | | 1 August 2008 |
| AU – Australia | AU-0 | Whole country | BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW | | | | |
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BA –
Bosnia and Herzegovina
| BA-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| BH – Bahrain | BH-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| BR – Brazil | BR-0 | Whole country | EQU | | | | |
| BR-1 |
State of Minas Gerais
State of Espírito Santo;
State of Goiás;
State of Mato Grosso
State of Rio Grande do Sul, State of Mato Grosso do Sul (except for the designated high surveillance zone of 15 Km from the external borders in the municipalities of Porto Murtinho, Caracol, Bela Vista, Antônio João, Ponta Porã, Aral Moreira, Coronel Sapucaia, Paranhos, Sete Quedas, Japorã, and Mundo Novo and the designated high surveillance zone in the municipalities of Corumbá and Ladário).
| BOV | A and H | 1 | | 1 December 2008 |
| BR-2 | State of Santa Catarina | BOV | A and H | 1 | | 31 January 2008 |
| BR-3 | States of Paraná and São Paulo | BOV | A and H | 1 | | 1 August 2008 |
| BW – Botswana | BW-0 | Whole country | EQU, EQW | | | | |
| BW-1 | The veterinary disease control zones 3c, 4b, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 18 | BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW | F | 1 | | 1 December 2007 |
| BW-2 | The veterinary disease control zones 10, 11, 13 and 14 | BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW | F | 1 | | 7 March 2002 |
| BW-3 | The veterinary disease control zone 12 | BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW | F | 1 | 20 October 2008 | 20 January 2009 |
| BY – Belarus | BY-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| BZ – Belize | BZ-0 | Whole country | BOV, EQU | | | | |
| CA – Canada | CA-0 | Whole country | BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, SUF, SUW RUF, RUW, | G | | | |
| CH – Switzerland | CH-0 | Whole country | * | | | | |
| CL – Chile | CL-0 | Whole country | BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF | | | | |
| CN – China | CN-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| CO – Colombia | CO-0 | Whole country | EQU | | | | |
| CR – Costa Rica | CR-0 | Whole country | BOV, EQU | | | | |
| CU – Cuba | CU-0 | Whole country | BOV, EQU | | | | |
| DZ – Algeria | DZ-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| ET – Ethiopia | ET-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
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FK –
Falkland Islands
| FK-0 | Whole country | BOV, OVI, EQU | | | | |
| GL – Greenland | GL-0 | Whole country | BOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW | | | | |
| GT – Guatemala | GT-0 | Whole country | BOV, EQU | | | | |
| HK – Hong Kong | HK-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| HN – Honduras | HN-0 | Whole country | BOV, EQU | | | | |
| HR – Croatia | HR-0 | Whole country | BOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW | | | | |
| IL – Israel | IL-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| IN – India | IN-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| IS – Iceland | IS-0 | Whole country | BOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW | | | | |
| KE – Kenya | KE-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| MA – Morocco | MA-0 | Whole country | EQU | | | | |
| ME – Montenegro | ME-0 | Whole country | BOV, OVI, EQU | | | | |
| MG – Madagascar | MG-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
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MK –
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
| MK-0 | Whole country | OVI, EQU | | | | |
| MU – Mauritius | MU-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| MX – Mexico | MX-0 | Whole country | BOV, EQU | | | | |
| NA – Namibia | NA-0 | Whole country | EQU, EQW | | | | |
| NA-1 | South of the cordon fences which extend from Palgrave Point in the west to Gam in the east | BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW | F and J | 1 | | |
| NC – New Caledonia | NC-0 | Whole country | BOV, RUF, RUW | | | | |
| NI – Nicaragua | NI-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| NZ – New Zealand | NZ-0 | Whole country | BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW | | | | |
| PA – Panama | PA-0 | Whole country | BOV, EQU | | | | |
| PY – Paraguay | PY-0 | Whole country | EQU | | | | |
| PY-1 | Whole country except for the designated high surveillance zone of 15 Km from the external borders | BOV | A | 1 | | 1 August 2008 |
| RS – Serbia
| RS-0 | Whole country | BOV, OVI, EQU | | | | |
| RU – Russia | RU-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| RU-1 | Region of Murmansk, Yamalo-Nenets autonomous area | RUF | | | | |
| SV – El Salvador | SV-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| SZ – Swaziland | SZ-0 | Whole country | EQU, EQW | | | | |
| SZ-1 | Area west of the “red line” fences which extends northwards from the river Usutu to the frontier with South Africa west of Nkalashane | BOV, RUF, RUW | F | 1 | | |
| SZ-2 | The veterinary foot and mouth disease surveillance and vaccination control areas as gazetted as a Statutory Instrument under legal notice number 51 of 2001 | BOV, RUF, RUW | F | 1 | | 4 August 2003 |
| TH – Thailand | TH-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| TN – Tunisia | TN-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| TR – Turkey | TR-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| TR-1 | The provinces of Amasya, Ankara, Aydin, Balikesir, Bursa, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Izmir, Kastamonu, Kutahya, Manisa, Usak, Yozgat and Kirikkale | EQU | | | | |
| UA – Ukraine | UA-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
| US – United States | US-0 | Whole country | BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, SUF, SUW, RUF, RUW | G | | | |
| UY – Uruguay | UY-0 | Whole country | EQU | | | | |
| BOV | A | 1 | | 1 November 2001 |
| OVI | A | 1 | | |
| ZA – South Africa | ZA-0 | Whole country | EQU, EQW | | | | |
| ZA-1 |
The whole country except:
the part of the foot-and-mouth disease control area situated in the veterinary regions of Mpumalanga and Northern provinces, in the district of Ingwavuma of the veterinary region of Natal and in the border area with Botswana east of longitude 28°, and
the district of Camperdown, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal
| BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW | F | 1 | | |
| ZW – Zimbabwe | ZW-0 | Whole country | — | | | | |
Part 2 is amended as follows:
the introductory list is replaced by the following:
PART 2
<Strong>Models of veterinary certificates</Strong>
<Emphasis>Model(s):</Emphasis>
“BOV”
Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, including minced meat, of domestic bovine animals (including Bison and Bubalus species and their cross-breeds).
“OVI”
Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, including minced meat, of domestic ovine animals (Ovis aries) and domestic caprine animals (Capra hircus).
“POR”
Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, including minced meat, of domestic porcine animals (Sus scrofa).
“EQU”
Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, excluding minced meat, of domestic solipeds (Equus caballus, Equus asinus and their cross-breeds).
“RUF”
Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of farmed non-domestic animals of the order Artiodactyla (excluding bovine animals (including Bison and Bubalus species and their cross-breeds), Ovis aries, Capra hircus, Suidae and Tayassuidae), and of the families Rhinocerotidae and Elephantidae.
“RUW”
Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of wild non-domestic animals of the order Artiodactyla (excluding bovine animals (including Bison and Bubalus species and their cross-breeds), Ovis aries, Capra hircus, Suidae and Tayassuidae), and of the families Rhinocerotidae and Elephantidae.
“SUF”
Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of farmed non-domestic animals belonging to the Suidae, Tayassuidae, or Tapiridae families.
“SUW”
Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of wild non-domestic animals belonging to the Suidae, Tayassuidae, or Tapiridae families.
“EQW”
Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of wild solipeds belonging to the subgenus Hippotigris (zebra).
<Emphasis>SG (Supplementary guarantees)</Emphasis>
“A”
guarantees regarding the maturation, pH measurement and boning of fresh meat, excluding offal, certified according to the models of veterinary certificates BOV (point II.2.6), OVI (point II.2.6), RUF (point II.2.7) and RUW (point II.2.4).
“C”
guarantees regarding the laboratory test for classical-swine-fever in the carcases from which fresh meat was obtained, certified according to the model of veterinary certificate SUW (point II.2.3 B).
“D”
guarantees regarding swill feed on holding(s) of animals from which fresh meat certified was obtained according to the model of veterinary certificate POR (point II.2.3 d).
“E”
guarantees regarding tuberculosis test in the animals from where fresh meat certified was obtained, according to the model of veterinary certificate BOV (point II.2.4 d).
“F”
guarantees regarding the maturation and de-boning of fresh meat, excluding offal, certified according to the models of veterinary certificates BOV (point II.2.6), OVI (point II.2.6), RUF (point II.2.6) and RUW (point II.2.7).
“G”
guarantees regarding 1, exclusion of offals and spinal cord; and 2, testing and origin of cervid animals in relation to chronic wasting disease as referred to in the models of veterinary certificates RUF (point II.1.7) and RUW (point II.1.8).
“H”
supplementary guarantees required for Brazil. Concerning vaccination programmes, as the State of Santa Catarina in Brazil does not vaccinate against foot and mouth disease, the reference to a vaccination programme is not applicable for meat coming from animals originating and slaughtered in that State.
“J”
guarantees regarding the movement of bovine, ovine and caprine animals from holdings to the slaughterhouse, which allow them to pass via an assembly centre (including markets) before being transported directly to slaughter.
the ‘Model BOV’ is replaced by the following:
<Strong>Model BOV</Strong>
The ‘Model OVI’ is replaced by the following:
<Strong>Model OVI</Strong>