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Presidential Decree No. 297 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products, in compliance with Council Directive 92/118/EEC and amending Presidential Orders Nos. 243/1993 and 420/1993.

Country/Territory
Greece
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 213, Part I, 17 October 1997, pp. 6955-6970.
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Internal trade International trade Inspection Meat Milk/dairy products Apiculture/sericulture Swine Equine-animals Game Animal by-products Wild fauna Wildlife products
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
The Decree shall enter into force as from 1 January 1994 unless otherwise provided for by the individual sections of this Decree.
Abstract

The Decree, in compliance with Council Directive 92/118/EEC, lays down the animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports in the national territory of products of animal origin (including trade samples taken from such products) not subject to the said requirements laid down in chapter I to Annex A of Presidential Order No. 420/1993 and, as regards pathogenic agents, Part B of the same Presidential Order. This Decree shall be without prejudice to the adoption of more detailed rules on animal health in the framework of the aforesaid specific rules nor the maintenance of restrictions on trade or imports of products covered by the specific rules referred to in the first paragraph based on the rules of public health. Annex I to this Decree deals with specific animal health requirements: liquid milk, dried milk and dried-milk products not intended for human consumption; animal casings; hides and skins; pet food containing low-risk materials within the meaning of Presidential Decree 243/1993; bones and bone products (excluding bone meal), horns and horn products (excluding horn meal) and hooves and hoof products (excluding hoof meal); processed animal protein; blood and blood products of animal origin (with the exception of equidae); serum from equidae; lard and rendered fats; raw material for the manufacture of animal feedingstuffs and pharmaceutical or technical products; rabbit meat and farmed game meat; apiculture products. Annex II, lays down specific public health conditions.

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Website
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References - Legislation

Implements

Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC

Legislation | European Union | 1992

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Internal trade, International trade, Inspection, Meat, Milk/dairy products, Apiculture/sericulture, Swine, Equine-animals, Game, Animal by-products, Wild fauna, Wildlife products

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amends

Presidential Decree No. 420 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market and the import of them into the national territory from third countries, in compliance with Council Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 90/675/EEC and 91/496/EEC.

Legislation | Greece | 1993

Keyword: Animal feed/feedstuffs, Animal health, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Internal trade, International trade, Animal by-products, Inspection, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Presidential Decree No. 243 laying down the veterinary rules for the disposal and processing of animal waste, for its placing on the market and for the prevention of pathogens in feedstuffs of animal or fish origin, in compliance with Council Directive 90/667/EEC.

Legislation | Greece | 1993

Keyword: Animal feed/feedstuffs, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, International trade, Insects, Waste disposal, Pollution control, Waste non-domestic sources, Organic waste, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Presidential Decree No. 324 amending certain provisions as regards the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries, in compliance with Council Directive 97/79/EC.

Legislation | Greece | 2001

Keyword: Animal health, International trade, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Presidential Decree No. 119 amending and completing Presidential Decree No. 297/1997.

Legislation | Greece | 2000

Keyword: Internal trade, International trade, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX