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Official Journal of the European Union
25.5.2013
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 482/2013
of 24 May 2013
amending Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts
thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat
and the veterinary certification requirements
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
disease virus into the veterinary disease control zones 6
and 4a of the territory of that third country cannot be
considered negligible.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(5) Surveillance
identified
the
presence
of
the
foot–and-
mouth disease virus in goats and wild game in the
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December
intensive surveillance zone in veterinary disease control
2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the
zone 6. That intensive surveillance zone is not authorised
production, processing, distribution and introduction of
for export of fresh meat to the Union. However, the
products of animal origin for human consumption (
proximity of that area to the authorised part of veterinary

1 ), and in
particular the introductory phrase of Article 8, the first
disease control zone 6 from which such exports are
subparagraph of Article 8(1) and (4) thereof,
authorised constitutes a risk.
Whereas:
(6)
The veterinary disease control zone 4a borders other
areas of Botswana from which imports of fresh meat
into the Union are not authorised. The Commission
audit identified shortcomings as regards the animal
(1) Commission
Regulation
(EU)
No
206/2010
( 2 ) lays down
health surveillance in veterinary disease control zone
the veterinary certification requirements for the intro
4a. In addition, a number of shortcomings were
duction into the Union of certain consignments of live
identified as regards the delimitation of that zone from
animals or fresh meat. It also lays down the lists of third
the areas from which imports of fresh meat into the
countries, territories or parts thereof from which those
Union are not authorised. Those shortcomings constitute
consignments may be introduced into the Union.
a non-negligible risk as regards foot-and-mouth disease.
(2) Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 provides that (7) The
Commission
audit
also
found
that
the
system
to
consignments of fresh meat intended for human
verify the effectiveness of official controls is well
consumption are to be imported into the Union only if
organised in the rest of the territory of Botswana and
they come from the third countries, territories or parts
it has shown improvements compared with the situation
thereof listed in Part 1 of Annex II to that Regulation for
reported in the previous audit in 2011.
which there is a model veterinary certificate
corresponding to the consignment concerned listed in
that Part.
(8)
In view of the risk of introduction of foot-and-mouth
disease through the import of fresh meat from species
(3)
Four parts of the territory of Botswana are listed in Part 1
susceptible to that disease from veterinary disease control
of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, as regions
zones 6 and 4a of Botswana into the Union, the auth
from which imports of certain fresh meat into the Union
orisation to export into the Union such fresh meat from
are authorised. Those regions consist of a number of
those veterinary disease control zones should however be
veterinary disease control zones.
suspended.
(4) In
March
2013,
a
Commission
audit
was
carried
out
in (9) Regulation
(EU)
No
206/2010
should
therefore
be
Botswana in order to evaluate the animal health control
amended accordingly.
system in place, in particular as regards controls
concerning foot-and-mouth disease. The audit found
that the risk of introduction of the foot-and-mouth
(10) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
( 1 ) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
( 2 ) OJ L 73, 20.3.2010, p. 1.
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

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EN
25.5.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
139/7
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, the entry for Botswana is replaced by the following:
‘BW – Botswana BW-0 Whole
country EQU,
EQW
BW-1 The
veterinary
disease
control
zones
3c,
4b,
5,
8, BOV, OVI,
F
1 11
May
2011 26
June
2012
9 and 18
RUF, RUW
BW-2 The
veterinary
disease
control
zones,
10,
11,
13 BOV, OVI,
F
1 7
March
2002
and 14
RUF, RUW
BW-3 The
veterinary
disease
control
zone
12 BOV,
OVI,
F
1 20
October
2008 20
January
2009
RUF, RUW
BW-4 The veterinary disease control zone 4a, except
BOV
F
1 28
May
2013 18
February
2011
the intensive surveillance buffer zone of 10 km
along the boundary with the foot-and-mouth
disease vaccination zone and wildlife
management areas
BW-5 The
veterinary
disease
control
zone
6,
except
the BOV, OVI,
F
1 28
May
2013 26
June
2012’
intensive surveillance zone in zone 6 between the RUF, RUW
border with Zimbabwe and the highway A1
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 24 May 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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