Article 1

Decision 2000/572/EC is amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 3 is replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 3

   The importation of meat preparations is subject to the following conditions:

   1. 1..

      they have been produced in accordance with the relevant requirements laid down in Regulations (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1, (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f2, (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f3 and (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f4 as specified in the health certificate referred to in Article 4(2) of this Decision;

   2. 2..

      they come from an establishment or establishments implementing a programme based on the hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) principles in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;

   3. 3..

      they have been frozen at an internal temperature of not more than – 18 °C at the production plant or plants of origin.’;

2. 2..

   Article 4a is amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      in point (a), ‘Decision 94/984/EC’ is replaced by ‘Commission Decision 2006/696/EC^f5

   2. (b)

      in point (b), the words ‘Decision 94/984/EC’ are replaced by ‘Decision 2006/696/EC’.

3. 3..

   Annexes II and III are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.