Commission Decision 2011/163/EU on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC.

Pursuant to Directive 96/23/EC, the inclusion and retention on the lists of third countries from which Member States are authorized to import animals and animal products covered by that Directive are subject to the submission by the third countries concerned of a plan setting out the guarantees which they offer as regards the monitoring of the groups of residues and substances listed in that Annex. Those plans are to be updated at the request of the Commission, particularly when certain checks render it necessary. The present Decision concerns the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC.