{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-642/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-642/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2008/642",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 31 July 2008 amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards the entries for Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay in the list of third countries and parts thereof from which imports into the Community of certain fresh meat are authorised (notified under document number C(2008) 3992) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/642/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-642",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "‘\nPart 1\nLIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES OR PARTS THEREOF\nWithout prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in Community agreements with third countries.\nMeat from animals slaughtered on or before the date indicated in column 7 can be imported into the Community for 90 days from that date.\nConsignments on the high seas can be imported into the Community if certified before the date indicated in column 7 for 40 days from that date.\n(NB: no date in column 7 means that there are no time restrictions).\nOnly meat from animals slaughtered on or after the date indicated in column 8 can be imported into the Community (no date in column 8 means that there are no time restrictions).\nThe former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject in the United Nations.\nNot including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.\n• Certificates in accordance with the agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132).\n— No certificate laid down and fresh meat imports are prohibited (except for those species where indicated in the line for the whole country).\n1 Category restrictions:\nNo offal authorised (except, in the case of bovine species, diaphragm and masseter muscles).\nCountry\nCode of territory\nDescription of territory\nVeterinary certificate\nSpecific conditions\nClosing date\nOpening date\nModel(s)\nSG\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\nAL — Albania\nAL-0\nWhole country\n—\nAR — Argentina\nAR-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nAR-1\nThe provinces of: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Corrientes (except the departments of Berón de Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar), Entre Ríos, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, part of Neuquén (excluding territory included in AR-4), part of Río Negro (excluding territory included in AR-4), San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Tucuman, Cordoba, La Pampa, Santiago del Estero, Chaco Formosa, Jujuy and Salta, excluding the buffer area of 25 km from the border with Bolivia and Paraguay that extends from the Santa Catalina District in the Province of Jujuy, to the Laishi District in the Province of Formosa\nBOV\nA\n1\n18 March 2005\nRUF\nA\n1\n1 December 2007\nAR-2\nChubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego\nBOV, OVI, RUW, RUF\n1 March 2002\nAR-3\nCorrientes: the departments of Berón de Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar\nBOV, RUF\nA\n1\n1 December 2007\nAR-4\nPart of Río Negro (except: in Avellaneda the zone located north of the Provincial road 7 and east of the Provincial road 250, in Conesa the zone located east of the Provincial road 2, in El Cuy the zone located north of the Provincial road 7 from its intersection with the Provincial road 66 to the border with the Department of Avellaneda, and in San Antonio the zone located east of the Provincial roads 250 and 2)\nPart of Neuquén (except in Confluencia the zone located east of the Provincial road 17, and in Picun Leufú the zone located east of the Provincial road 17)\nBOV, OVI, RUW, RUF\n1 August 2008\nAU — Australia\nAU-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW\nBA — Bosnia Herzegovina\nBA-0\nWhole country\n—\nBH — Bahrain\nBH-0\nWhole country\n—\nBR — Brazil\nBR-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nBR-1\nPart of the State of Minas Gerais (except regional delegations of Oliveira, Passos, São Gonçalo de Sapucai, Setelagoas and Bambuí), State of Espíritu Santo, State of Goias\nPart of the State of Mato Grosso comprising the regional units of:\nCuiaba (except for the municipalities of San Antonio de Leverger, Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Pocone and Barão de Melgaço),\nCaceres (except for the municipality of Caceres),\nLucas do Rio Verde,\nRondonopolis (except for the municipality of Itiquiora),\nBarra do Garça,\nBarra do Burgres,\nState of Rio Grande do Sul\nBOV\nA and H\n1\n31 January 2008\nBR-2\nState of Santa Catarina\nBOV\nA and H\n1\n31 January 2008\nBR-3\nStates of Paraná and São Paulo\nBOV\nA and H\n1\n1 August 2008\nBW — Botswana\nBW-0\nWhole country\nEQU, EQW\nBW-1\nThe veterinary disease control zones 3c, 4b, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 18\nBOV, OVI, RUF, RUW\nF\n1\n1 December 2007\nBW-2\nThe veterinary disease control zones 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14\nBOV, OVI, RUF, RUW\nF\n1\n7 March 2002\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, SUF, SUW RUF, RUW,\nG\nCH — Switzerland\nCH-0\nWhole country\n•\nCL — Chile\nCL-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF\nCN — China\nCN-0\nWhole country\n—\nCO — Colombia\nCO-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nCR — Costa Rica\nCR-0\nWhole country\nBOV, 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\nME — Montenegro\nME-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, EQU\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\n1\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\nWhole country except for the designated high surveillance zone of 15 km from the external borders\nBOV\nA\n1\n1 August 2008\nRS — Serbia\nRS-0\nWhole country\nBOV, OVI, EQU\nRU — Russian Federation\nRU-0\nWhole country\n—\nRU-1\nRegion of Murmansk, Yamolo-Nenets autonomous area\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\n1\nSZ-2\nThe veterinary foot-and-mouth surveillance and vaccination control areas as gazetted as a Statutory Instrument under legal notice number 51 of 2001\nBOV, RUF, RUW\nF\n1\n4 August 2003\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, SUF, SUW,RUF, RUW\nG\nUY — Uruguay\nUY-0\nWhole country\nEQU\nBOV\nA\n1\n1 November 2001\nOVI\nA\n1\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 28°, and\nthe district of Camperdown, in the province of KwaZuluNatal\nBOV, OVI, RUF, RUW\nF\n1\nZW — Zimbabwe\nZW-0\nWhole country\n—\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in Community agreements with third countries."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Meat from animals slaughtered on or before the date indicated in column 7 can be imported into the Community for 90 days from that date. Consignments on the high seas can be imported into the Community if certified before the date indicated in column 7 for 40 days from that date. (NB: no date in column 7 means that there are no time restrictions)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Only meat from animals slaughtered on or after the date indicated in column 8 can be imported into the Community (no date in column 8 means that there are no time restrictions)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject in the United Nations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Not including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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