Traduction de «international animal health code » (Anglais → Français) :

The list of third countries provided for in Part C of Annex II shall be drawn up before the date provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 25 and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24(2). To be included on that list, a third country must first demonstrate its status with regard to rabies, taking account of the criteria in Article 2.2.5.2 of the OIE (International Office of Epizootics) International Animal Health Code, and in particular that:

(a) "animals and animal products" means live animals, including live fish and bivalve molluscs, semen, ova, embryos and eggs for incubation and products of animal origin including fish products, as defined in the International Animal Health Code and the International Aquatic Health Code of the "Office International des Epizooties" ("OIE");

The basis for recognition of the animal disease status of a Party or a region thereof shall be the International Animal Health Code of the OIE: "Recognition of the disease/infection free status of a country or a zone and epidemiological surveillance systems".

The basis for regionalisation decisions for an animal disease shall be the International Animal Health Code of the OIE: "Zoning and regionalisation".

For the purposes of entering third countries on the list in Annex II, Part B, account shall be taken of the criteria in Article 2.2.5.2 of the OIE (International Office of Epizootics) International Animal Health Code, namely :

(4) Whereas the Scientific Steering Committee adopted an opinion on safety of gleatine on 26 and 27 March 1998 which was updated on 18 and 19 February 1999; whereas this opinion addresses the questions under which conditions of sourcing of the material and/or of type of material used and/or production process gelatine destined for human consumption can be considered free of bovine spongiform encephalapathy (BSE) infectivity; whereas in this opinion, the Scientific Steering Committee distinguishes the recommended measures between different categories of geographical risk; whereas a final implementation can only follow after classification of countries and regions; whereas on 21 May 1999, at the general session of the International Office ...[+++] of Epizootics (IOE) Committee, a proposal of the IOE International Animal health Code Commission concerning the criteria for the determination of the BSE status of a country or zone was adopted; whereas in accordance to the procedure laid down in Commission Recommendation 98/477/EC(6), concerning information necessary to support applications for the evaluation of the epidemiological status of countries with respect to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, certain Member States and third countries submitted data necessary to allow assessment of their geographical risk; whereas, considering recent development of the IOE Code on BSE, pending the above scientific assessment and the subsequent decision making, the entry into force of rules for the production of gelatine derived from ruminant bones should be suspended until Community legislation concerning classification of countries or regions as regards their BSE status is applicable; whereas the Commission will initiate the procedure for the entry into force of rules for the production of gelatine derived from ruminant bones without delay after the adoption of Community legislation concerning classification of countries or regions as regards their BSE status;