{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-542/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-542/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2004/542",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 25 June 2004 amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards the list of third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of fresh meat (notified under document number C(2004) 1954) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/542/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-542",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "‘ANNEX II (FRESH MEAT)\nPART 1\nList of third countries or parts thereof\nWithout prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for by Community agreements with third countries.\nFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the negotiations currently taking place in the United Nations.\nNo certificate laid down and fresh meat imports are prohibited.\nCountry\nCode of territory\nDescription of territory\nVeterinary certificate\nSpecific conditions\nModel(s)\nSG\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\nAL — Albania\nAL-0\nWhole country\n—\nAR — Argentina\nAR-0\nWhole country\nEQU\n1 and 2\nAR-1\nThe Provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, and Tucuman.\nBOV\nA\nAR-2\nLa Pampa and Santiago del Estero\nBOV\nA\n1 and 2\nAR-3\nCordoba\nBOV\nA\n1 and 2\nAR-4\nChubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego\nBOV, OVI\nAR-5\nFormosa (only the territory of Ramon Lista) and Salta (only the department of Rivadavia)\nBOV\nA\n1 and 2\nAR-6\nSalta (only the departments of General Jose de San Martin, Oran, Iruya, and Santa Victoria)\nBOV\nA\n1 and 2\nAR-7\nChaco, Formosa (except the territory of Ramon Lista), Salta (except the departments of General Jose de San Martin, Rivadavia, Oran, Iruya, and Santa Victoria), Jujuy\nBOV\nA\n1 and 2\nAU — Australia\nAU-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW\nBA — Bosnia and Herzegovina\nBA-0\nWhole country\n—\nBG — Bulgaria\nBG-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nBG-1\nThe provinces of Varna, Dobrich, Silistra, Choumen, Targovitchte, Razgrad, Rousse, V.Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Pleven, Lovetch, Plovdic, Smolian, Pasardjik, Sofia district, Sofia city, Pernik, Kustendil, Blagoevgrad, Vratza, Montana and Vidin\nBOV, OVI RUW, RUF\nBG-2\nThe provinces of Bourgas, Jambol, Sliven, Starazagora, Hasskovo, Kardjaliand and the 20-km-wide corridor on the border with Turkey\n—\nBH — Bahrain\nBH-0\nWhole country\n—\nBR — Brazil\nBR-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nBR-1\nStates of Paraná, Minas Gerais (except regional delegations of Oliveira, Passos, São Gonçalo de Sapucai, Sete Lagoas and Bambuí), São Paulo, Espíritu Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul (except for the municipalities of Sete Quedas, Sonora, Aquidauana, Bodoqueno, Bonito, Caracol, Coxim, Jardim, Ladario, Miranda, Pedro Gomes, Porto Murtinho, Rio Negro, Rio Verde of Mato Grosso and Corumbá), Santa Catarina, Goias and the regional units of Cuiaba (except for the municipalities of San Antonio de Leverger, Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Pocone and Barão de Melgaço), Caceres (except for the municipality of Caceres), Lucas do Rio Verde, Rondonopolis (except for the municipality of Itiquiora), Barra do Garça and Barra do Burges in Mato Grosso.\nBOV\nA\n1 and 2\nBR-2\nState of Rio Grande do Sul\nBOV\nA\n1 and 2\nBR-3\nState of Mato Grosso do Sul, municipality of Sete Quedas\nBOV\nA\n1 and 2\nBW — Botswana\nBW-0\nWhole country\nEQU, EQW\nBW-1\nThe veterinary disease control zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 18\nBOV, OVI, RUF, RUW\nF\n1 and 2\nBW-2\nThe veterinary disease control zones 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14\nBOV, OVI, RUF, RUW\nF\n1 and 2\nBY — Belarus\nBY-0\nWhole country\n—\nBZ — Belize\nBZ-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nCA — Canada\nCA-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW\nCH — Switzerland\nCH-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW\nCL — Chile\nCL-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW\nCN — China (People’s Republic of)\nCN-0\nWhole country\n—\nCO — Colombia\nCO-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nCO-1\nThe zone included within the borderlines from the point where the Murri River flows into the Atrato River, downstream along the Atrato River to where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean; from this point to the Panamanian border following the Atlantic coastline to Cabo Tiburón; from this point to the Pacific Ocean following the Columbian-Panamanian border; from this point to the mouth of the Valle River along the Pacific coast and from this point along a straight line to the point where the Murri River flows into the Atrato River.\nBOV\nA\n2\nCO-2\nThe municipalities of Arboletas, Necocli, San Pedro de Urah, Turbo, Apartado, Chigorodo, Mutata, Daheiba, Uramita, Murindo, Riosucio (right bank of the Atrato river) and Frontino.\nEQU\nCO-3\nThe zone included within the borderlines from the mouth of the Sinu River on the Atlantic Ocean, upstream along the Sinu River to its headwaters of Alto Paramillo; from this point to Puerto Rey on the Atlantic Ocean, following the borderline between the Department of Antiquia and Córdoba, and from this point to the mouth of the Sinu River along the Atlantic coast.\nBOV\nA\n2\nCR — Costa Rica\nCR-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nCS — Serbia and Montenegro\nCS-0\nWhole country\n—\nCS-1\nWhole country except the region of Kosovo and Metohija\nBOV, OVI, EQU\nCU — Cuba\nCU-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nDZ — Algeria\nDZ-0\nWhole country\n—\nET — Ethiopia\nET-0\nWhole country\n—\nFK — Falkland Islands\nFK-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, EQU\nGL — Greenland\nGL-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW\nGT — Guatemala\nGT-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nHK — Hong Kong\nHK-0\nWhole country\n—\nHN — Honduras\nHN-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nHR — Croatia\nHR-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW\nIL — Israel\nIL-0\nWhole country\n—\nIN — India\nIN-0\nWhole country\n—\nIS — Iceland\nIS-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, EQU, RUF, RUW\nKE — Kenya\nKE-0\nWhole country\n—\nMA — Morocco\nMA-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nMG — Madagascar\nMG-0\nWhole country\n—\nMK — Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia\nMK-0\nWhole country\nOVI, EQU\nMU — Mauritius\nMU-0\nWhole country\n—\nMX — Mexico\nMX-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nNA — Namibia\nNA-0\nWhole country\nEQU, EQW\nNA-1\nSouth of the cordon fences which extend from Palgrave Point in the west to Gam in the east\nBOV, OVI, RUF, RUW\nF\n2\nNC — New Caledonia\nNC-0\nWhole country\nBOV, RUF, RUW\nNI — Nicaragua\nNI-0\nWhole country\n—\nNZ — New Zealand\nNZ-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW\nPA — Panama\nPA-0\nWhole country\nBOV, EQU\nPY — Paraguay\nPY-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nPY-1\nChaco central and San Pedro areas\nBOV\nA and F\n1 and 2\nRO — Romania\nRO-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, EQU, RUW, RUF\nRU — Russian Federation\nRU-0\nWhole country\n—\nRU-1\nRegion of Murmansk (Murmanskaya oblast)\nRUF\nSV — El Salvador\nSV-0\nWhole country\n—\nSZ — Swaziland\nSZ-0\nWhole country\nEQU, EQW\nSZ-1\nArea west of the “red line” fences which extends northwards from the river Usutu to the frontier with South Africa west of Nkalashane\nBOV, RUF, RUW\nF\n2\nSZ-2\nThe veterinary foot-and-mouth surveillance and vaccination control areas as gazetted as a Statutory Instrument under legal notice No 51 of 2001\nBOV, RUF, RUW\nF\n1 and 2\nTH — Thailand\nTH-0\nWhole country\n—\nTN — Tunisia\nTN-0\nWhole country\n—\nTR — Turkey\nTR-0\nWhole country\n—\nTR-1\nThe provinces of Amasya, Ankara, Aydin, Balikesir, Bursa, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Izmir, Kastamonu, Kutahya, Manisa, Usak, Yozgat and Kirikkale\nEQU\nUA — Ukraine\nUA-0\nWhole country\n—\nUS — United States\nUS-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW\nUY — Uruguay\nUY-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nBOV\nA\n1\nBOV, OVI\nB\n1 and 2\nZA — South Africa\nZA-0\nWhole country\nEQU, EQW\nZA-1\nThe whole country except:\nthe part of the foot-and-mouth disease control area situated in the veterinary regions of Mpumalanga and Northern provinces, in the district of Ingwavuma of the veterinary region of Natal and in the border area with Botswana east of longitude 28o, and\nthe district of Camperdown, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal\nBOV, OVI, RUF, RUW\nF\n2\nZW — Zimbabwe\nZW-0\nWhole country\n—\nSpecific conditions referred to in column 6\n“1”:\nGeographic and timing restrictions\nCode of territory\nVeterinary certificate\nTime period/dates for which importation into the Community is authorised or not authorised in relation to dates of slaughter/killing of animals from which the meat was obtained\nModel\nSG\nAR-1\nBOV\nA\nBefore and including 31 January 2002\nNot authorised\nAfter and including 1 February 2002\nAuthorised\nAR-2\nBOV\nA\nBefore and including 8 March 2002\nNot authorised\nAfter and including 9 March 2002\nAuthorised\nAR-3\nBOV\nA\nBefore and including 26 March 2002\nNone\nAfter and including 27 March 2002\nAuthorised\nAR-4\nBOV, OVI, RUM, RUF\n—\nBefore and including 28 February 2002\nNot authorised\nAfter and including 1 March 2002\nAuthorised\nAR-5\nBOV\nA\nBefore and including 10 July 2003\nAuthorised\nAfter and including 11 July 2003\nNot Authorised\nAR-6\nBOV\nA\nBefore and including 4 September 2003\nAuthorised\nAfter and including 5 September 2003\nNot Authorised\nAR-7\nBOV\nA\nAfter 1 February 2002 and before and including 7 October 2003\nAuthorised\nAfter and including 8 October 2003\nNot Authorised\nBR-2\nBOV\nA\nBefore and including 30 November 2001\nNot authorised\nAfter and including 1 December 2001\nAuthorised\nBR-3\nBOV\nA\nBefore and including 31 October 2002\nAuthorised\nAfter and including 1 November 2002\nNot authorised\nBW-1\nBOV, OVI, RUM, RUF\nA\nBefore and including 7 July 2002\nNot authorised\nAfter and including 8 July to 22 December 2002\nAuthorised\nAfter and including 23 December 2002 to 6 June 2003\nNot authorised\nAfter and including 7 June 2003\nAuthorised\nBW-2\nBOV, OVI, RUM, RUF\nA\nBefore and including 6 March 2002\nNot authorised\nAfter and including 7 March 2002\nAuthorised\nPY-1\nBOV\nA\nBefore and including 31 August 2002\nNot authorised\nAfter and including 1 September 2002 to 19 February 2003\nAuthorised\nAfter and including 20 February 2003\nNot authorised\nSZ-2\nBOV,RUF, RUW\nA\nBefore and including 3 August 2003\nNot authorised\nAfter and including 4 August 2003\nAuthorised\nUY-0\nBOV, OVI\nA\nBefore and including 31 October 2001\nNot authorised\nAfter and including 1 November 2001\nAuthorised\n“2”:\nCategory restrictions:\nNo offal authorised (except bovine diaphragm and masseter muscles).’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for by Community agreements with third countries."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the negotiations currently taking place in the United Nations. No certificate laid down and fresh meat imports are prohibited."
    }
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