Commission Decision of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 1547) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/275/EC)

[F1 Notes to the table: U.K.

1. General remarks U.K.

These general remarks are added to certain chapters to clarify, which animals or products would be covered with the relevant chapter. In addition, where necessary, reference is made to the specific requirements laid down in the fourth column ‘ import and transit conditions ’ of various tables set out in Annexes XIII and XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, similar as in Column (3) of this list.

2. Note to Chapter U.K.

These chapter notes are explanations, where necessary extracted, from the Notes to the individual Chapters of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) as laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87.

3. Extract from the Harmonised System Explanatory Notes U.K.

Additional information on the different Chapters has been extracted, where necessary, from the Harmonised System Explanatory Notes of the World Customs Organisation from 2007.

4. Column (1) — CN code U.K.

This column indicates the CN code. The CN, established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, is based on the international Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) drawn up by the Customs Cooperation Council, now the World Customs Organisation (WCO), adopted by the International Convention, concluded in Brussels on 14 June 1983 and approved on behalf of the European Economic Community by Council Decision 87/369/EEC (1) (‘the HS Convention’). The CN reproduces the headings and subheadings of the HS to six digits, with only the seventh and eighth figures creating further subheadings which are specific to it.

Where a four digit code is used: unless otherwise specified, all products prefixed with or covered by these four digits must be submitted to veterinary checks at a border inspection post. In most of these cases, the relevant CN codes included in the Traces system set up by Decision 2004/292/EC are broken down to the six or eight digit code.

Where only certain specified products under any four, six or eight digit code are required to be submitted to veterinary checks and no specific subdivision under this code exists in the CN, the code is marked Ex (for example, Ex3002 : veterinary checks required only for animal derived material, including hay and straw, and not for the entire heading, subheading or CN code). The relevant codes are also included in the Traces system.

5. Column (2) — Description U.K.

The description of the goods is as laid down in the description column of the CN in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87. For further explanation of the exact coverage of the Common Customs Tariff, please refer to the latest amendment to that Annex.

6. Column (3) — Qualification and explanation U.K.

This column gives details of the animals or products covered. Further information on the animals or products covered in the different Chapters of the CN can be found in the latest version of the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) . For updated information, please refer to the latest amendment or consolidated version of these Explanatory Notes.

For certain live animals (such as reptiles, amphibians, insects, worms, or other invertebrates) and certain animal products, no specific Union import conditions have currently been agreed; therefore, no harmonised import certificates currently exist.

However, conditions for imports of live animals, not specified in other Union legislation, fall within the scope of Directive 92/65/EC (3) . In addition, for such animals, national rules on the documentation accompanying such consignments apply. Official veterinarians must examine the consignments and issue a Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED) as appropriate to indicate that the veterinary checks have been carried out and that the animals may be released for free circulation.

Products derived from animal by-products covered by Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and (EU) No 142/2011 are not specifically identified in Union law. Veterinary checks must be carried out on products that are partly processed but remain raw products to be further processed in an approved or registered establishment at destination.

Official veterinarians at border inspection posts must assess and specify, when necessary, if a derived product is sufficiently processed to not require further the veterinary checks provided for in Union legislation.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision of 21 December 2011 amending Annex I to Decision 2007/275/EC concerning the lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (notified under document C(2011) 9517) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/31/EU).

(1)

[F1 OJ L 198, 20.7.1987, p. 1 .]

(2)

[F1 OJ C 137, 6.5.2011, p. 1 .]

(3)

[F1 OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54 .]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision of 21 December 2011 amending Annex I to Decision 2007/275/EC concerning the lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (notified under document C(2011) 9517) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/31/EU).