# Council Decision of 21 December 1976 drawing up a list of third countries or parts of third countries, and laying down animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions, for importation into the Community of certain live animals and their fresh meat (79/542/EEC) (repealed) EU Decision 1979/542 ยท adopted 21 December 1976 Council Decision of 21 December 1976 drawing up a list of third countries or parts of third countries, and laying down animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions, for importation into the Community of certain live animals and their fresh meat (79/542/EEC) (repealed) ## Introductory text Council Decision of 21 December 1976 drawing up a list of third countries or parts of third countries, and laying down animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions, for importation into the Community of certain live animals and their fresh meat (79/542/EEC) (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Subject matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Conditions for importation of live animals into the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Place of origin of live animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Specific conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Transport of live animals for importation into the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Conditions to be applied following importation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Conditions for importation of fresh meat into the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Place of origin of fresh meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Specific conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Presentation of fresh meat at a Community border inspection post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Conditions to be applied following importation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Article14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: LIVE ANIMALS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Specific conditions (see footnotes in each certificate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Models of Veterinary Certificates ## Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## SG (Supplementary guarantees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Specific animal health attestation for animals quarantined in St. Pierre and Miquelon prior to export to the European Community ## A โ€” Addendum for transport of animals by sea (To be completed and attached to the veterinary certificate when transport to the European Community frontier includes, even for part of the journey, transportation by ship.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B โ€” Conditions for the authorisation of assembly centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division C โ€”: Protocols for the standardisation of materials and testing procedures ## Tuberculosis (TBL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Brucellosis (Brucella abortus) (BRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Brucellosis (Brucella melitensis) (BRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Enzootic Bovine Leukosis (EBL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Bluetongue (BTG) ## A The blocking or competitive ELISA test shall be carried out according to the following protocol: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Material and reagents: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Test format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Test protocol: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Analysis of results: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Preparation of BTV ELISA antigen: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Titration of BTV ELISA antigen: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division B: The agar gel immuno-diffusion test shall be carried out according to the following protocol: ## Antigen: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Test serum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Antigen: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Known positive control serum: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Test serum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR)/infectious pustular vulvo-vaginitis (IPV) ## A The serum neutralisation test shall be carried out according to the following protocol: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) ## A Collecting oesophageal/pharyngeal samples and testing shall be carried out according to the following protocol: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B The virus neutralisation test shall be carried out according to the following protocol: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## C The detection and quantification of antibody by ELISA shall be carried out according to the following protocol: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Aujeszky's disease (AJD) ## A The serum neutralisation test shall be carried out according to the following protocol: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Swine vesicular disease (SVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Classical swine fever (CSF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Animal species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Animal species ### Division Chapter 1: Residence and quarantine ## 1 Animals imported into St Pierre and Miquelon must reside in an authorised quarantine station for a minimum period of 60 days preceding export to the European Community. This period may be increased due to testing requirements for individual species. In addition the animals must comply with the following requirements: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 The quarantine premises must at least meet the minimum standards laid down in Annex B to Directive 91/496/EEC, and the following conditions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division Chapter 2: Animal health tests ## 1 General requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 2: Specific requirements ### Division 2.1: Camelids ## 2.1.1 Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1.2 Brucellosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1.3 Bluetongue and epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1.4 Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1.5 Rinderpest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1.6 Vesicular stomatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1.7 Rift Valley Fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1.8 Lumpy skin disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1.9 Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1.10 Surra (Trypanosoma evansi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1.11 Malignant catarrhal fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1.12 Rabies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1.13 Bovine leucosis. (only in the case the animals are destined to a free region) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: FRESH MEAT ## 2 Models of veterinary certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Model(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## SG (Supplementary guarantees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III (Transit and/or storage) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1979/542 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1979-542 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.