COMMISSION DECISION of 28 February 1992 amending Commission Decision 92/25/EEC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification of imports of fresh meat from Zimbabwe (92/166/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine, caprine animals and swine and fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 91/688/EEC (2), and in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 92/25/EEC (3) lays down the animal health conditions and veterinary certification of imports of fresh meat from Zimbabwe; whereas this Decision provides that Member States shall authorize imports of de-boned carcase meat of bovine animals from the regions of Mashonaland West and Central in Zimbabwe;
Whereas an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has been reported in Zimbabwe which has been free for some time in the region of Mashonaland Central;
Whereas the Zimbabwean authorities have taken certain veterinary control measures including vaccination of bovine animals in a small part of Mashonaland Central and the suspension of exports of fresh meat to the Community from the hitherto free area of the territory;
Whereas the situation has improved and now it is possible to amend the regionalisation in Zimbabwe thereby suspending temporarily the veterinary region of Mashonaland Central but allowing importation into the Community of fresh de-boned meat from Mashonaland West;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
In Article 1 of Decision 92/25/EEC, the words 'the veterinary region of Mashonaland Central and' are deleted.
Article 2
The Annex to Decision 92/25/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 February 1992.