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2002/995/EC: Commission Decision of 9 December 2002 laying down interim safeguard measures with regard to imports of products of animal origin for personal consumption (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 4873)

Official Journal L 353 , 30/12/2002 P. 0001 - 0009

Commission Decision

of 9 December 2002

laying down interim safeguard measures with regard to imports of products of animal origin for personal consumption

(notified under document number C(2002) 4873)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/995/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997, laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries(1), and in particular Article 22(5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(2), as last amended by Council Decision 2001/572/EC(3), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,

Whereas:

• (1) 

  In accordance with Article 1(2) of Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001(5), meat and meat products that form part of the travellers' personal luggage and are intended for their personal consumption or that are sent as small packages to private persons for non-commercial purposes are specifically excluded, under certain conditions, from the scope of that Directive.

• (2) 

  In accordance with Article 8(2), Chapter III of Council Directive 91/494/EEC(6), as last amended by Directive 1999/89/EC(7), the animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of fresh poultrymeat laid down by that Directive do not apply, subject to certain conditions, to poultrymeat forming part of travellers' personal luggage and intended for their personal consumption, or sent as small consignments to private individuals.

• (3) 

  In accordance with Article 1(3) of Council Directive 92/45/EEC(8), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC(9), the provisions of that Directive concerning public health and animal health problems relating to the killing of wild game and the placing on the market of wild-game meat do not apply to imports of trophies or small quantities of killed wild game carried by travellers.

• (4) 

  Article 3(1) and (2) of Directive 97/78/EC require, respectively, that Member States shall ensure that no consignment from a third country is introduced into the Community without having been subjected to the appropriate veterinary checks, and that consignments are introduced into the Community via a border inspection post. However, in accordance with Article 16, these requirements do not apply to products carried by travellers or sent to private persons for their own consumption, under certain conditions. It follows that Member States must organise controls at other points of entry to ensure that products that do not meet such conditions are not introduced other than via such border inspection posts.

• (5) 

  The number of entry points at Community frontiers where passengers and parcels arrive from third countries exceed those approved as border inspection posts. However, it is the responsibility of the competent authorities of each Member State to ensure that travellers, passengers or the persons responsible for the consignments, are aware of and comply with the relevant Community rules as applied to non-commercial consignments of products of animal origin.

• (6) 

  Commission Decision 93/13/EEC(10) lays down the procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on...

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