Transit through the Community of Live Ungulates Rules, 2010

L.N. 359 of 2010

MALTA VETERINARY SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 437)

Animal Health Requirements for the Importation into and

Transit through the Community of Live Ungulates Rules, 2010

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 10 of the

Veterinary Services Act, the Minister for Resources and Rural

Affairs after consultation with the Minister for Health, the Elderly

and the Community Care, has made the following rules:-

(1) The title of these rules is Animal Health Title, scope and

commencement.

Requirements for the Importation into and Transit through the

Community of Live Ungulates Rules, 2010.

(2) The scope of these rules is to transpose Directive

2004/68/EC laying down animal health requirements for the

importation into and transit through the Community of live

ungulates and shall apply without prejudice to the provisions

adopted pursuant to other regulations and Community rules which

may apply in this regard.

(3) These rules are being made for the safeguarding

of the public interest and public safety. Any requirements and

safeguard measures contained therein including those relating to

authorisations are made for overriding reasons relating to public

interest.

(4) These rules shall come into force on the 16th July,

2010.

(1) Unless stated otherwise in these rules, the Interpretation.

definitions in the Act and those contained in the Animal Health Cap. 437.

Requirements Governing Trade and Imports into the Community of

Animals, Semen, Ova and Embryos not Subject to Animal Health

Requirements laid down in Specific Community Acts, Rules 2009 L.N. 351 of 2009.

shall apply.

(2) For the purposes of these rules and unless the

context otherwise requires the following definitions shall apply

“the Act” means the Veterinary Services Act;

“authorisation” means any authorisation granted under

these rules and in relation to authorised providers and services

means a permit, licence, warrant, appointment, concession

or any decision concerning access to a service activity or the

exercise thereof;

“authorised provider” shall have the same meaning

as that provided under the Animal Health Requirements

Governing Trade and Imports into the Community of

Animals, Semen, Ova and Embryos not Subject to Animal

Health Requirements laid down in Specific Community Acts,

Rules 2009;

“authorised third country” means a third country, or a

part of a third country, from which the importation into the

Community of live ungulate animals listed in Schedule I to

these rules is authorised as provided for in sub-rule (1) of rule

4 of these rules;

“the Competent Authority” means the Veterinary

Services Authority in Malta as established by the Act;

“ the Commission” means the European Commission;

“the Community” means the European Community as

established by the Treaty which establishes the European

Community;

“the Director” means the Director General of the

Competent Authority or a veterinary officer nominated by

him;

“final consumer” shall have the same meaning as that

provided under the Animal Health Requirements Governing

Trade and Imports into the Community of Animals, Semen,

Ova and Embryos not Subject to Animal Health Requirements

laid down in Specific Community Acts, Rules 2009;

“Member State” means a state which is a member to the

European Union;

“Member State of destination” means such member state

to which ungulates are imported or transported either from

the place or Member State of origin if transmitted through the

Community or from a third country;

“OEI” means the Office of Evaluation and Inspections

to which a third country is a member;

“official veterinarian” shall have the same meaning

as that provided under the Animal Health Requirements

Governing Trade and Imports into the Community of

Animals, Semen, Ova and Embryos not Subject to Animal

Health Requirements laid down in Specific Community Acts,

Rules 2009;

“the product” means any product of animal origin

subject to trade and trading purposes;

“Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal

Health” means a Committee made up of Member States’

representatives named committee members, who assist and

consult the Commission by delivering an Opinion regarding

safety measures with respect to animal health issues to be

then formally adopted by the Commission in accordance

with the appropriate procedure. Such committee procedure

covers the entire food supply chain, ranging from animal

health issues on the farm to the product which arrives to the

final consumer, therefore significantly enhancing its ability to

target risks to health wherever they arise in the production of

food;

“third country” means a country which is not a member

state of the European Union;

“trade” means trade between Member States or between

a third country and a Member State in animals and their

products, a business or occupation to make profit or gain,

particularly in wholesale or retail sales and includes dealings

in a particular business activity;

“ungulates” means the animals listed in Schedule I to

these rules.

(1) These rules shall apply in order to protect animal

health and should be extended to cover other ungulate animals

that may present a similar risk of disease transmission. In the

interests of animal welfare, the protection of animal health and the

consistency of Community legislation, the general requirements of

the Animals Transport (Protection) Regulations, 2003, in particular

as regards watering and feeding, and the Principles Governing

the Organisation of Veterinary Checks on Animals Entering the

Community from Third Countries via Border Inspection Posts of

Malta Regulations, 2003 should be taken into account.

(2) The Director of the Competent Authority shall

apply all such necessary administrative measures conforming to

the requirements of the Food Chain and Animal Health according

to the requirements of these rules, to ensure that there is no breach

of these rules and also to reduce the risk for final consumers and

any additional risk to animals and to the environment.

(3) These measures include the direct confiscation

of the product, the suspension of the activities carried out by

the authorised provider when these are creating a risk to final

consumers and to the environment, and the forfeiture of any

authorisation, licence or permit in terms of Article 60 of the Act in

addition to the application of any other administrative penalty in

terms of article 61 of the Act.

(1) The importation of live ungulates and their transit

into the Community shall only be authorised from authorised third

countries that appear on a list or lists to be drawn up or amended

in accordance with the procedure referred to in the definition

“Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health” in

sub-rule (2) of rule 2 hereof.

(2) Taking into account the health situation and the

guarantees provided by the authorised third country for the animals

listed in Schedule I to these rules, it may be decided according

to the procedure mentioned in sub-rule (1) hereof, that the

authorisation provided for in sub-rule (1) hereof shall apply to the

whole territory of an authorised third country or to only part of its

territory.

(3) For such purpose and on the basis of the relevant

international standards, account shall be taken of how the

authorised third country applies and implements such standards, in

particular the principle of regionalisation within its own territory

and in relation to its sanitary requirements for importation from

other third countries and from the Community.

(4) The authorisation for importation of live ungulates

or their transit into the Community as provided for in sub-rule (1)

hereof and the specific animal health conditions provided for in

sub-rule (3) of rule 6 of these rules may be suspended or withdrawn

according to the procedure mentioned in sub-rule (1) hereof, where

the animal health situation in the authorised third country justifies

such suspension or withdrawal.

When the lists of authorised third countries are drawn up

or amended, particular account shall be taken of

(a) the health status of livestock, other domestic

animals and wildlife in the third country, with particular

regard to exotic animal diseases and any aspects of the general

health and the environmental situation in the third country

which may pose a risk to the health and the environmental

status of the Community;

(b) the legislation of the third country in relation to

animal health and welfare;

(c) the organisation of the competent authority of

the authorised third country and its inspection services, the

powers of those services, the supervision to which they are

subject, and the means at their disposal, including staff and

laboratory capacity, to apply national legislation effectively;

(d) the assurances which the competent authority of

the authorised third country can give regarding compliance

or equivalence with the relevant animal health conditions

applicable in the Community;

(e) whether the third country is a member of the OIE

and the regularity and rapidity of the information supplied

by the third country relating to the existence of infectious or

contagious animal diseases in its territory, in particular those

diseases listed by the OIE;

(f) the guarantees given by the third country directly to

inform the Commission and the Member States

(i) within 24 hours of the confirmation of the

occurrence of any of the diseases listed in Schedule II to

these rules and of any change in the vaccination policy

concerning such diseases;

(ii) within an appropriate period, of any proposed

changes in the national health rules concerning live

ungulate animals, in particular regarding importation;

(iii) at regular intervals, of the animal health

status of its territory;

(g) any experience of previous imports of live animals

from the third country and the results of any import controls

carried out;

(h) the results of inspections and, or audits carried

out in the third country by veterinary officials in Malta, in

particular the results of the assessment of the Competent

Authority or, where the Commission so requests, the report

submitted by the Competent Authority on the inspections

which they have carried out;

(i) the rules on the prevention and control of infectious

or contagious animal diseases in force in the third country and

their implementation, including rules on the importation from

other third countries.

(1) Specific animal health conditions for the importation

and transit of live ungulates from authorised third countries into the

Community shall be laid down in accordance with the procedure

referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 4 of these rules, taking into

consideration the following

(a) the animal species concerned;

(b) the age and sex of the animals;

(c) the intended destination or purpose of the animals;

(d) the measures to be applied after importation of the

animals into the Community; and

(e) any special provisions applicable in the framework

of intra-Community trade.

(2) The specific animal health conditions provided

for in sub-rule (1) hereof shall be based on the rules laid down in

Community legislation for the diseases to which the animals are

susceptible.

(3) However, where the equivalence of the official

health guarantees provided for by the third country concerned can

be formally recognised by the Community, the specific animal

health conditions may be based on such guarantees.

Imports of live ungulates into the Community shall be Guarantees from

allowed only if the authorised third country provides the following country regarding

guarantees

(a) the animals must come from a disease-free

territory, in accordance with the basic general criteria listed in

Schedule II to these rules and into which the entry of animals

vaccinated against the diseases listed in such Schedule shall

be prohibited;

(b) the animals must comply with the specific animal

health conditions provided for in rule 6 hereof;

(c) before the day of loading for shipment to the

Community, the animals must have remained in the territory

of the authorised third country for a period of time to be set

out in the specific animal health conditions referred to in rule

6 hereof;

(d) before shipment to the Community, the animals

must have undergone a check by an official veterinarian

to ensure that they are healthy and that the transport

conditions provided for in the Animals Transport (Protection)

Regulations, 2003 are complied with, in particular as regards

watering and feeding;

(e) the animals must be accompanied by a veterinary

certificate which complies with rule 11 of these rules and with

a specimen veterinary certificate established in accordance

with the procedure referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 4 hereof.

Provisions may be made for the use of electronic documents

under the same procedure; and

(f) upon arrival in the Community, the animals must

be checked at an agreed border inspection post in accordance

with regulation 4 of the Principles Governing the Organisation

of Veterinary Checks on Animals Entering the Community

from Third Countries via Border Inspection Posts of Malta

Regulations, 2003.

By way of derogation from rules 6 and 7 of these rules, Derogation from

specific provisions, including model veterinary certificates, may guarantees

be laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in sub- authorised third

rule (1) of rule 4 of these rules for the importation or transit of live countries.

ungulates from authorised third countries if such animals

(a) are intended exclusively for grazing or draught

purposes, on a temporary basis, in the vicinity of the

Community frontiers;

(b) are related to sporting events, circuses, shows and

exhibitions but not related to commercial transactions of the

animals themselves;

(c) are intended for a zoo, an amusement park, an

experimental laboratory, or an approved body, approved

institute or approved centre as defined in the definition

“approved body, institute or centre” under sub-rule (2) of rule

2 of the Animal Health Requirements Governing Trade and

Imports into the Community of Animals, Semen, Ova and

Embryos not Subject to Animal Health Requirements laid

down in Specific Community Acts, Rules 2009;

(d) exclusively transit the territory of the Community

through approved Community border inspection posts

under custom officials and official veterinary approval and

supervision, with no stop in the Community other than those

necessary for animal welfare purposes;

(e) accompany their owners as pet animals;

(f) are presented at an approved Community border

inspection post after they have left the Community

(i) within a period of 30 days for one of the

purposes referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) of this

rule; or

(ii)

transiting a third country; or

(g) which belong to endangered species.

By way of derogation from rule 7(a) hereof, and in

accordance with the procedure referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule

4 of these rules, conditions may be established for the importation

or transit of live ungulates into the Community from an authorised

third country where certain diseases listed in Schedule II to these

rules are present and, or vaccinations against those diseases are

carried out. Such derogations shall be established country by

country.

(1) By way of derogation from rule 7(a) hereof, and Suspension or

in accordance with the procedure referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule imports or transit

4 of these rules, a specific period may be determined after which from authorised third

the importation or transit of live ungulates from an authorised

third country may be resumed after the suspension or prohibition

of importation or transit due to any change in the health situation,

together with any additional conditions to be fulfilled after such

resumption.

(2) When deciding to resume the importation or transit

of such animals, account shall be taken of

(a)

international standards and, or;

(b) whether an outbreak or a number of

epizootiologically interrelated outbreaks of one of the

diseases listed in Schedule II to these rules occurs within a

geographically limited area in an authorised third country or

region and, or;

(c) whether the outbreak or outbreaks are successfully

eradicated within a limited period of time.

(1) A veterinary certificate complying with the Veterinary

requirements set out in Schedule III to these rules shall be Certificates.

presented with each consignment of animals upon their import or

transit into the Community.

(2) The veterinary certificate shall certify that the

requirements of these rules and other Community legislation

on animal health, or provisions which are equivalent to such

requirements, where such provisions are applicable in accordance

with sub-rule (3) of rule 6 hereof, have been complied with.

(3) The veterinary certificate may include certification

statements required under other Community legislation on public

health, animal health and animal welfare.

(4) The use of the veterinary certificate provided for in

sub-rule (1) hereof may be suspended or withdrawn in accordance

with the procedure referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 4 of these rules

where the animal health situation in the authorised third country

justifies such suspension or withdrawal.

(1) Inspections and, or audits may be carried out in

third countries by experts from the Commission in order to verify

conformity with or equivalence to Community animal health rules.

The experts from the Commission may be accompanied by experts

from the Malta authorised by the Commission to carry out such

inspections and, or audits.

(2) The inspections and, or audits provided for in sub-

rule (1) hereof shall be carried out on behalf of the Community,

and the Commission shall meet the costs incurred.

(3) The procedure for carrying out the inspections and,

or audits in third countries as provided for in sub-rule (1) hereof

may be established or amended in accordance with the procedure

referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 4 of these rules.

(4) If a serious animal health risk is identified during

an inspection and, or audit as provided for in sub-rule (1) hereof,

even if it is not directly related to the objectives of the inspection

or audit, the Commission shall immediately, take the measures

necessary to safeguard animal health, as laid down in regulation 18

of the Principles Governing the Organisation of Veterinary Checks

on Animals Entering the Community from Third Countries via

Border Inspection Posts of Malta Regulations, 2003 including the

suspension or withdrawal of the authorisation provided for in sub-

rule (1) of rule 4 of these rules.

(1) The following may be established in accordance

with the procedure referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 4 of these

rules

(a) detailed rules for the application of these rules;

(b) rules regarding the origin of animals;

(c) the criteria for classifying authorised third countries

or regions thereof with regard to animal diseases;

(d) provisions for the use of electronic documents

relating to model veterinary certificates as provided for in rule

7(e) of these rules;

(e) models of veterinary certificates as provided for in

sub-rule (1) of rule 11 hereof.

(2) The Schedules to these rules may be amended in

accordance with the procedure referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 4

of these rules, with particular account being taken of

(a) scientific opinions and scientific knowledge

particularly concerning new risk assessments;

(b) technical developments and, or amendments to

international standards; and

(c)

the setting of safety targets for animal health.

(1) Any person who fails to abide by these rules shall Offences and

be guilty of an offence in terms of the Act and the provisions and

measures sub-rules (2) and (3) of rule 3 hereof shall apply to such

person.

(2) Any right given to the competent Authority under

these rules to apply all such necessary measures prescribed in sub-

rules (2) and (3) of rule 3 hereof, shall be given to the Authority

without prejudice to other criminal procedures which may be taken

under the Act or any other law when a person commits an offence

by failing to abide by these rules.

The Health and Veterinary Inspection Problems upon

Importation of Bovine Animals, Swine and Fresh Meat from Third

Countries Rules, 2005 are hereby being revoked.

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Schedule I

Animal species as referred to in rule 1

Taxon

Order

Family

Genera/Species

Antilocapridae

Antilocapra ssp.

Addax ssp., Aepyceros ssp.,

Alcelaphus ssp., Ammodorcas ssp.,

Ammotragus ssp., Antidorcas ssp.,

Antilope ssp., Bison ssp., Boss

sp.(including Bibos, Novibos,

Poephagus), Boselaphus ssp., Bubalus

ssp., (including Anoa), Budorcas ssp.,

Capra ssp., Cephalophus ssp.,

Connochaetes ssp., Damaliscus ssp.

Artiodactyla

(including Beatragus), Dorcatragus

ssp., Gazella ssp., Hemitragus ssp.,

Bovidae

Hippotragus ssp., Kobus ssp.,

Litocranius ssp., Madogua ssp.,

Naemorhedus ssp. (including

Nemorhaedus and Capricornis),

Neotragus ssp., Oreamuos ssp.,

Oreotragus ssp., Oryx ssp., Ourebia

ssp., Ovibos ssp., Ovis ssp., Patholops

ssp., Pelea ssp., Procapra ssp.,

Pseudois ssp., Pseudoryx ssp.,

Raphicerus ssp., Redunca ssp.,

Rupicapra ssp., Saiga ssp.,

Sigmoceros-Alecelaphus ssp.,

Sylvicapra ssp., Syncerus ssp.,

Camelidae

Taurotragus ssp., Tetracerus ssp.,

Tragelaphus ssp. (including

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Boocerus).

Camelus ssp., Lama ssp., Vicugna ssp.

Cervidae

Alces ssp., Axis-Hyelaphus ssp.,

Blastocerus ssp., Capreolus ssp.,

Cervus-Rucervus ssp., Dama ssp.,

Elaphurus ssp., Hippocamelus ssp.,

Hydropotes ssp., Mazama ssp.,

Giraffidae

Megamuntiacus ssp., Muntiacus ssp.,

Artiodactyla

Odocoileus ssp., Ozotoceros ssp.,

Hippopotamidae

Pudu ssp., Rangifer ssp.

Giraffa ssp., Okapia ssp.

Moschidae

Hexaprotodon-Choeropsis ssp.,

Suidae

Hippopotamus ssp.

Moschus ssp.

Tayassuidae

Babyrousa ssp., Hylochoerus ssp.,

Phacochoerus ssp., Potamochoerus

Tragulidae

ssp., Sus ssp.

Catagonus ssp., Pecari-Tayassu ssp.

Hyemoschus ssp., Tragulus-Moschiola

ssp.

Perissodactyla

Rhinocerotidae

Ceratotherium ssp., Dicerorhinus ssp.,

Diceros ssp., Rhinoceros ssp.

Tapiridae

Tapirus ssp.

Proboscidae

Elephantidae

Elephas ssp., Loxodonta ssp.

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Schedule II

Diseases referred to in rule 4(f)(i) and the basic general criteria for a territory to be

considered disease-free in accordance with rule 6(a)

Disease

Conditions

Animals concerned

Foot and mouth

No outbreak of disease, no evidence

All species

disease

of virus infection (*) and no

vaccination carried out during the last

12 months

Vesicular stomatitis

No case of disease during the last six

All species

months

Swine vesicular

No case of disease and no

Species of family

disease

vaccination carried out during the last Suidae

24 months

Rinderpest

No case of disease and no

All species

vaccination carried out during the last

12 months

Pest des petits

No case of disease and no

Species of the genera

ruminants

vaccination carried out during the last Ovis and Capra

12 months

Contagious bovine

No case of disease and no

Species of the genera

pleuropneumonia

vaccination carried out during the last Bos

12 months

Lumpy skin disease

No case of disease and no

Species of the genera

vaccination carried out during the last Bos, Bison and Bubalus

36 months

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No case of disease and no

All species other than

vaccination carried out during the last those of family Suidae

12 months

No case of disease and no

All species other than

vaccination carried out during the last those of family Suidae

12 months with appropriate control

of the Culicoides population

No case of disease and no

Species of the genera

vaccination carried out during the last Ovis and Capra

12 months

No case of disease during the last 12

Species of family

months

Suidae

No case of disease and no

Species of family

vaccination carried out during the last Suidae

12 months

(*) In accordance with Chapter 2.1.1 of the OIE Manual

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Schedule III

Requirements for veterinary certificates as referred to in rule 11

1. The representative of the competent authority of dispatch issuing a veterinary

certificate to accompany a consignment of animals must sign the certificate and ensure

that it bears an official stamp. This requirement applies to each sheet of the certificate if it

consists of more than one.

2. Veterinary certificates shall be drawn up in the official language or languages of the

Member State of destination and those of the Member State in which the border

inspection takes place, or be accompanied by a certified translation into that language or

those languages. However, a Member State may consent to the use of an official

Community language other than its own.

3. The original version of the veterinary certificate must accompany the consignments on

entry into the Community.

4. Veterinary certificates must consist of

(a) a single sheet of paper; or

(b) two or more pages that are part of a single and indivisible sheet of paper; or

(c) a sequence of pages numbered so as to indicate that it is a particular page in a finite

sequence (for example, ‘page 2 of four pages’).

5. Veterinary certificates must bear a unique identifying number. Where the veterinary

certificate consists of a sequence of pages, each page must indicate the unique identifying

number.

6. The veterinary certificate must be issued before the consignment to which it relates

leaves the control of the competent authority of the country of dispatch.

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Schedule IV

List of Decisions

2003/56/EC: Commission Decision of 24 January 2003 on health certificates for the

importation of live animals and animal products from New Zealand (OJ L 22, 25.1.2003,

p. 38);

2002/987/EC: Commission Decision of 13 December 2002 on the list of establishments

in the Falkland Islands approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the

Community (OJ L 344, 19.12.2002, p. 39);

2002/477/EC: Commission Decision of 20 June 2002 laying down public health

requirements for fresh meat and fresh poultrymeat imported from third countries, and

amending Decision 94/984/EC (OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 39);

2001/600/EC: Commission Decision of 17 July 2001 concerning protective measures

with regard to imports of certain animals from Bulgaria due to an outbreak of bluetongue,

repealing Decision 1999/542/EC, amending Decision 98/372/EC concerning the animal

health conditions and veterinary certifications for import of live animals of bovine and

swine species from certain European countries to take into account some aspects in

relation with Bulgaria and amending Decision 97/232/EC drawing up lists of third

countries from which Member States authorise imports of sheep and goats (OJ L 210,

3.8.2001, p. 51);

2000/159/EC: Commission Decision of 8 February 2000 on the provisional approval of

residue plans of third countries according to Council Directive 96/23/EC (OJ L 51,

2.2000, p. 30);

98/8/EC: Commission Decision of 16 December 1997 on the list of establishments in the

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into

the Community (OJ L 2, 6.1.1998, p. 12);

97/222/EC: Commission Decision of 28 February 1997 laying down the list of third

countries from which the Member States authorise the importation of meat products (OJ

L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 39);

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97/221/EC: Commission Decision of 28 February 1997 laying down the animal health

conditions and model veterinary certificates in respect of imports of meat products from

third countries and revoking Decision 91/449/EEC (OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 32);

95/427/EC: Commission Decision of 16 October 1995 on the list of establishments in the

Republic of Namibia approved for the purpose of importing meat products into the

Community (OJ L 254, 24.10.1995, p. 28);

95/45/EC: Commission Decision of 20 February 1995 on the list of establishments in the

former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia approved for the purpose of importing fresh

meat into the Community (OJ L 51, 8.3.1995, p. 13);

94/465/EC: Commission Decision of 12 July 1994 on the list of establishments in

Botswana approved for the purpose of importing meat products into the Community (OJ

L 190, 26.7.1994, p. 25);

94/40/EC: Commission Decision of 25 January 1994 on the list of establishments in

Zimbabwe approved for the purpose of importing meat products into the Community (OJ

L 22, 27.1.1994, p. 50);

93/158/EEC: Council Decision of 26 October 1992 concerning the conclusion of an

Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic

Community and the United States of America concerning the application of the

Community third-country directive, Council Directive 72/462/EEC, and the

corresponding United States of America regulatory requirements with respect to trade in

fresh bovine and porcine meat (OJ L 68, 19.3.1993, p. 1);

93/26/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 December 1992 on the list of establishments in

the Republic of Croatia approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the

Community (OJ L 16, 25.1.1993, p. 24);

90/432/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 July 1990 on the list of establishments in

Namibia approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community (OJ L

223, 18.8.1990, p. 19);

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90/13/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1989 on the procedure to be followed

for amending or supplementing the lists of establishments approved in third countries for

the import of fresh meat into the Community (OJ L 8, 11.1.1990, p. 70);

87/431/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1987 on the list of establishments in the

Kingdom of Swaziland approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the

Community (OJ L 228, 15.8.1987, p. 53);

87/424/EEC: Commission Decision of 14 July 1987 on the list of establishments in the

United Mexican States approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the

Community (OJ L 228, 15.8.1987, p. 43);

87/258/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 April 1987 on the list of establishments in

Canada approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community (OJ L 121,

9.5.1987, p. 50);

87/257/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 April 1987 on the list of establishments in the

United States of America approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the

Community (OJ L 121, 9.5.1987, p. 46);

87/124/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 January 1987 on the list of establishments in

Chile approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community (OJ L 51,

20.2.1987, p. 41);

86/474/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 September 1986 on the implementation of the

on-the-spot inspections to be carried out in respect of the importation of bovine animals

and swine and fresh meat from non-member countries (OJ L 279, 30.9.1986, p. 55);

86/65/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 February 1986 on the list of establishments in

Morocco approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community (OJ L 72,

15.3.1986, p. 40);

85/539/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 November 1985 on the list of establishments in

Greenland approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community (OJ L

334, 12.12.1985, p. 25);

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84/24/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 December 1983 on the list of establishments in

Iceland approved for the purposes of importing fresh meat into the Community (OJ L 20,

1.1984, p. 21);

83/423/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 July 1983 on the list of establishments in the

Republic of Paraguay approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the

Community (OJ L 238, 27.8.1983, p. 39);

83/402/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 July 1983 on the list of establishments in New

Zealand approved for the purposes of importing fresh meat into the Community (OJ L

233, 24.8.1983, p. 24);

83/384/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 July 1983 on the list of establishments in

Australia approved for the purposes of importing fresh meat into the Community (OJ L

222, 13.8.1983, p. 36);

83/243/EEC: Commission Decision of 10 May 1983 on the list of establishments in the

Republic of Botswana approved for the purposes of importing fresh meat into the

Community (OJ L 129, 19.5.1983, p. 70);

83/218/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 April 1983 on the list of establishments in the

Socialist Republic of Romania approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the

Community (OJ L 121, 7.5.1983, p. 23);

82/923/EEC: Commission Decision of 17 December 1982 concerning the establishments

in the Republic of Guatemala from which Member States may authorise the importation

of fresh meat (OJ L 381, 31.12.1982, p. 40);

82/913/EEC: Commission Decision of 16 December 1982 on the list of establishments in

the Republic of South Africa and Namibia approved for the purpose of importing fresh

meat into the Community (OJ L 381, 31.12.1982, p. 28);

82/735/EEC: Council Decision of 18 October 1982 on the list of establishments in the

People’s Republic of Bulgaria approved for the purposes of exporting fresh meat to the

Community (OJ L 311, 8.11.1982, p. 16);

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82/734/EEC: Council Decision of 18 October 1982 on the list of establishments in the

Swiss Confederation approved for the purposes of exporting fresh meat to the

Community (OJ L 311, 8.11.1982, p. 13);

81/713/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1981 on the list of establishments in the

Federative Republic of Brazil approved for the purpose of importing fresh beef and veal

and meat of domestic solipeds into the Community (OJ L 257, 10.9.1981, p. 28);

81/92/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 January 1981 on the list of establishments in the

Republic of Uruguay approved for the purposes of the importation of fresh beef and veal,

sheep meat and meat of domestic solipeds into the Community (OJ L 58, 5.3.1981, p.

43);

81/91/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 January 1981 on the list of establishments in the

Argentine Republic approved for the purposes of the importation of fresh beef and veal,

sheep meat and meat of domestic solipeds into the Community (OJ L 58, 5.3.1981, p.

39);

79/542/EEC: Council Decision of 21 December 1976 drawing up a list of third countries

or parts of third countries, and laying down the animal and public health, and veterinary

certification conditions, for importation into the Community of certain live animals and

their fresh meat. (OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15);

78/685/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 July 1978 establishing a list of epizootic

diseases in accordance with Directive 72/462/EEC (OJ L 227, 18.8.1978, p. 32).

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