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26.1.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union
L
26/7
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 71/2013
of 25 January 2013
amending Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 as regards the entry for Uruguay in the list of third
countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction of fresh meat into the
Union and correcting that Regulation as regards the model veterinary certificate for ovine and
caprine animals intended for breeding or production after importation
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
house. This rule excludes many small holdings from
producing for the Union market as their animals
always pass through assembly centres or animal
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
markets before slaughter.
Union,
(4) A
Union
audit
in
March
2012
confirmed
that
Uruguay’s
Having regard to Council Directive 2004/68/EC of 26 April
identification and movement registration system allows
2004 laying down animal health rules for the importation
certifying veterinarians to verify the prior whereabouts of
into and transit through the Community of certain live
the animals. The system thus ensures that animals have
ungulate animals, amending Directives 90/426/EEC and
stayed 40 days on one holding before transport to the
92/65/EEC and repealing Directive 72/462/EEC ( 1 ), and in
slaughterhouse. Uruguay can also guarantee that the
particular Article 6(1), Article 7 point (e), and Article 13(1)
Union animal health import requirements for bovine
thereof,
animals destined for slaughter for export of fresh
deboned and matured bovine meat to the Union are
respected even if those animals pass through assembly
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December
centres and/or markets prior to slaughter due to a system
2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the
that identifies all bovine animals individually so that they
production, processing, distribution and introduction of
can be traced back to their origin.
products of animal origin for human consumption ( 2 ), and in
particular the introductory phrase and points (1) and (4) of
Article 8, thereof,
(5) Uruguay
thus
offers
guarantees
sufficient
to
ensure
that
all bovine animals whose meat is destined for export to
the Union have the same health status when passing
Whereas:
through an assembly centre (including markets) in
Uruguay prior to slaughter. Therefore, the entry
corresponding to this country in the list in Part 1 of
Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 should be
(1) Commission
Regulation
(EU)
No
206/2010
( 3 ) lays down
adapted.
the veterinary certification requirements for the intro
duction into the Union of certain consignments of live
animals or fresh meat. It also establishes lists of third
countries, territories or parts thereof which fulfill
(6) An
error
appeared
in
two
references
to
footnotes
certain criteria and from which therefore consignments
contained in Part II.2 of the model certificate ‘OVI-X’
may be introduced into the Union.
set out in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No
206/2010. Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 should
therefore be amended and corrected accordingly.
(2) Regulation
(EU)
No
206/2010
authorises
the
imports
of
fresh deboned and matured bovine meat from the whole
territory of Uruguay.
(7) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
(3)
Uruguay is free of foot and mouth disease but practices
vaccination. It has thus a general health status for bovine
animals different from that of the Union. As a result
Uruguay is only allowed to export fresh deboned and
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
matured meat of bovine animals. The import
requirements provide that the bovine animals intended
for slaughter for export of fresh meat to the Union are
sent directly from the holding of origin to the slaughter
Article 1
Amending provisions
( 1 ) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004; p. 321.
( 2 ) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
In Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, the row
( 3 ) OJ L 73, 20.3.2010, p. 1.
relating to Uruguay is replaced by the following:

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Official Journal of the European Union
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ISO code and
Description of third
Veterinary certificate
name of third
Code of
country, territory or
Specific
Closing
country
Territory
part thereof
conditions
date (2)
Opening date (3)
Model(s) SG
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
‘UY – Uruguay UY-0 Whole
country EQU
BOV A
and
J
1 1
November
2001’
OVI
A
1
Article 2
Correcting provisions
In Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, Part II of the model certificate ‘OVI-X’, is corrected as
follows:
(a) in point II.2.8, the phrase:
‘ (1) either [II.2.8.2. are
animals
intended
for
production
born
in
and
continuously
reared
on
holdings
in which a case of scrapie has never been diagnosed;]’
is replaced by the following:
‘ (2) either [II.2.8.2. are
animals
intended
for
production
born
in
and
continuously
reared
on
holdings
in which a case of scrapie has never been diagnosed;]’
(b) in point II.2.9, the introductory phrase:
‘they are/were (1) dispatched from their holding(s) of origin, without passing through any market,’
is replaced by the following:
‘they are/were (2) dispatched from their holding(s) of origin, without passing through any market,’
Article 3
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the the twentieth day following that of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 January 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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