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28.3.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
90/99
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 11 March 2013
amending Decision 2011/163/EU on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in
accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC
(notified under document C(2013) 1279)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2013/161/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
The entries for Bosnia and Herzegovina for poultry, milk,
eggs and honey should therefore be included in the list.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(5) Japan
has
submitted
a
plan
for
bovine
to
the
Commission. That plan provides sufficient guarantees
and should be approved. An entry for Japan for bovine
should therefore be included in the list.
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
(6) Moldova
has
submitted
a
plan
for
poultry,
aquaculture
85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and
and eggs to the Commission. That plan provides
91/664/EEC ( 1 ), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of
sufficient guarantees and should be approved. The
Article 29(1) and Article 29(2) thereof,
entries for Moldova for poultry, aquaculture and eggs
should therefore be included in the list.
Whereas:
(7)
Pitcairn Islands are currently included in the list for
honey. However, Pitcairn Islands have not provided a
plan as required by Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC.
(1) Directive
96/23/EC
lays
down
measures
to
monitor
the
Pitcairn Islands should therefore be removed from the
substances and groups of residues listed in Annex I
list.
thereto. That Directive requires that third countries
from which Member States are authorised to import
animals and animal products covered by that Directive
(8) Vietnam
has
submitted
a
plan
for
honey
to
the
submit a residue monitoring plan providing required
Commission. That plan provides sufficient guarantees
guarantees. That plan should at least include the groups
and should be approved. An entry for Vietnam for
of residues and substances listed in that Annex I.
honey should therefore be included in the list.
(2) Commission
Decision
2011/163/EU
( 2 ) approves the
(9)
In order to avoid any disruption to trade, a transitional
plans provided for in Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC
period should be laid down to cover the relevant
(‘the plans’) submitted by certain third countries listed in
consignments from Pitcairn Islands, which were
the Annex thereto for the animals and animal products
certified and dispatched to the Union before the date
indicated in that list.
of application of this Decision.
(10) Decision
2011/163/EU should therefore be amended
(3)
In the light of the recent plans submitted by certain third
accordingly.
countries and additional information obtained by the
Commission, it is necessary to update the list of third
countries from which Member States are authorised to
import certain animals and animal products, as provided
(11) The
measures provided for in this Decision are in
for in Directive 96/23/EC and currently listed in the
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Annex to Decision 2011/163/EU (‘the list’).
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
(4) Bosnia
and
Herzegovina
has
submitted
a
plan
for
poultry,
milk, eggs and honey to the Commission. That plan
provides sufficient guarantees and should be approved.
Article 1
( 1 ) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10.
The Annex to Decision 2011/163/EU is replaced by the text set
( 2 ) OJ L 70, 17.3.2011, p. 40.
out in the Annex to this Decision.

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Article 2
For a transitional period until 16 May 2013, Member States shall accept consignments from Pitcairn Islands
of honey provided that the importer demonstrates that the products had been certified and dispatched to
the Union prior to 1 April 2013.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 March 2013.
For the Commission
Tonio BORG
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX
‘ANNEX
Code ISO2 Country Bovine Ovine/caprine Porcine Equine Poultry Aquaculture Milk Eggs Rabbit Wild
game Farmed
game Honey
EN
AD Andorra
X
X
X

AE United
Arab
X X
(1 )
Emirates
AL Albania
X
X
X
AR Argentina
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
AU Australia
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
icial
BA Bosnia
and
X
X
X
X
X
Jour
Herzegovina
nal
of
BD Bangladesh
X
the
European
BN Brunei
X
BR Brazil
X
X
X
X
X
Union
BW Botswana
X
X
X
BY Belarus X
(2 )
X
X
X
BZ Belize
X
CA Canada
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
CH Switzerland
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
CL Chile
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
CM Cameroon
X
L
CN China
X
X
X
X
X
90/101
CO Colombia
X

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L 90/102
Code ISO2 Country Bovine Ovine/caprine Porcine Equine Poultry Aquaculture Milk Eggs Rabbit Wild
game Farmed
game Honey
CR Costa
Rica
X
CU Cuba
X
X
EC Ecuador
X
EN

ET Ethiopia
X
FK Falkland
Islands
X
X
FO Faeroe
Islands
X
GH Ghana
X
Off
icial
GM Gambia
X
Jour
GL Greenland
X
X
X
nal
of
GT Guatemala
X
X
the
European
HN Honduras
X
HR Croatia
X
X
X X
(2 )
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Union
ID Indonesia
X
IL Israel
X
X
X
X
X
X
IN India
X
X
X
IR Iran
X
JM Jamaica
X
JP Japan
X
X
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KE Kenya
X (1 )
KG Kyrgyzstan
X

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Code ISO2 Country Bovine Ovine/caprine Porcine Equine Poultry Aquaculture Milk Eggs Rabbit Wild
game Farmed
game Honey
KR South
Korea
X
LB Lebanon
X
LK Sri
Lanka
X
EN

MA Morocco
X
MD Moldova
X
X
X
X
ME Montenegro
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
MG Madagascar
X
X
MK former
Yugoslav
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
icial
Republic of
Macedonia (4 )
Jour
nal
MU Mauritius
X
of
the
MX Mexico
X
X
X
X
European
MY Malaysia X
(3 )
X
Union
MZ Mozambique
X
NA Namibia
X
X
X
NC New
Caledonia X
(3 )
X
X
X
X
NI Nicaragua
X
X
NZ New
Zealand
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
PA Panama
X
PE Peru
X
X
PF French
Polynesia
X
L
90/103
PH Philippines
X

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L 90/104
Code ISO2 Country Bovine Ovine/caprine Porcine Equine Poultry Aquaculture Milk Eggs Rabbit Wild
game Farmed
game Honey
PY Paraguay
X
RS Serbia
(5 )
X
X
X X
(2 )
X
X
X
X
X
X
RU Russia
X
X
X
X
X
X X
(6 )
X
EN

SA Saudi
Arabia
X
SG Singapore X
(3 ) X
(3 ) X
(3 ) X
(3 )
X X
(3 )
SM San
Marino
X
X
SR Suriname
X
Off
icial
SV El
Salvador
X
Jour
SZ Swaziland
X
nal
of
TH Thailand
X
X
X
the
European
TN Tunisia
X
X
X
TR Turkey
X
X
X
X
X
Union
TW Taiwan
X
X
TZ Tanzania
X
X
UA Ukraine
X
X
X
X
X
UG Uganda
X
X
US United
States
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
UY Uruguay
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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VE Venezuela
X
VN Vietnam
X
X

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Code ISO2 Country Bovine Ovine/caprine Porcine Equine Poultry Aquaculture Milk Eggs Rabbit Wild
game Farmed
game Honey
YT Mayotte
X
ZA South
Africa
X
X
ZM Zambia
X
EN

ZW Zimbabwe
X
X
(1 ) Camel milk only.
(2 ) Export to the Union of live equidae for slaughter (food producing animals only).
(3 ) Third countries using only raw material either from Member States or from other third countries approved for imports of such raw material to the Union, in accordance with Article 2.
(4 ) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; the definitive nomenclature for this country will be agreed following current negotiations at UN level.
(5 ) Not including Kosovo (this designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence).
(6 ) Only for reindeer from the Murmansk and Yamalo-Nenets regions.’
icial
Jour
nal
of
the
European
Union
L
90/105

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