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CHAPTER IIIU.K.TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATION (EC) No 854/2004

Article 14U.K.Training of slaughterhouse staff assisting with official controls

By way of derogation from Article 5(6)(a)(i) to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 and Chapter III(A)(a) of Section III of Annex I to that Regulation, slaughterhouse staff authorised by the competent authority to carry out specific tasks of official auxiliaries shall be trained in the same way as official auxiliaries only with regard to the specific tasks they are authorised to perform and shall not be required to have passed the same examination as official auxiliaries.

The competent authority shall ensure that such training is satisfactory before authorising slaughterhouse staff to take over tasks of official auxiliaries.

It shall check that the additional training and organisation necessary for slaughterhouse staff to qualify through the examination procedure that apply to official auxiliaries are in place as soon as possible and at the latest by the end of the transitional period.

Article 15U.K.Certification of establishments using staff assisting with official controls in slaughterhouses

By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Chapter III(A)(a) of Section III of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, establishments wishing to use their staff assisting with official controls shall, during the transitional period, be exempted from the requirement to possess an internationally recognised certification, provided that the establishment demonstrates that it has initiated and is pursuing certification in accordance with international standards, such as relevant EN ISO standards on quality management or food safety.

Article 16U.K.Model certificate for meat from farmed non domestic ungulates

By way of derogation from Chapter VII (A)(4) of Section IV of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, the model certificate set out in Annex III to Directive 91/495/EEC may be used for the transportation from the farm to the slaughterhouse of farmed non domestic ungulates.

Article 17U.K.Health import conditions

Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 shall not apply to imports of food of animal origin for which no harmonised health import conditions have been established, including lists of third countries and parts of third countries and of establishments from which imports are permitted.

Pending future harmonisation of Community legislation concerning imports of such products, such imports shall comply with the health import conditions of the Member State concerned.

[F1By way of derogation from Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, the Member States may authorise the import of bivalve molluscs and fishery products from the countries listed respectively in Annex I and Annex II to this Regulation, provided that:

(a)

the competent authority of the third country or territory has provided to the Member State concerned the guarantees that the products in question have been obtained in conditions at least equivalent to those governing the production and placing on the market of Community products and

(b)

the competent authority of the third country or territory takes appropriate measures in order to ensure that these imported products are accompanied by the model health certificates laid down in Commission Decisions 95/328/EC (1) and 96/333/EC (2) and marketed only on the domestic market of the importing Member State or Member States allowing the same import.]

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[F1Article 17a U.K. Classification of production and relaying areas for live bivalve molluscs

By way of derogation from Chapter II (A) (4) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, the competent authority may continue to classify as being of Class B areas for which the relevant limits of 4 600 E. coli par 100 g are not exceeded in 90 % of samples.]

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