Commission Decision of 28 August 2006 laying down a list of third countries from which poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks, meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs may be imported into and transit through the Community and the applicable veterinary certification conditions, and amending Decisions 93/342/EEC, 2000/585/EC and 2003/812/EC (notified under document number C (2006) 3821) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/696/EC) (repealed)

PART 2

Model veterinary certificates

Model(s):

‘POU’

:

Model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry

‘POU-MI/MSM’

:

Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry

‘RAT’

:

Model veterinary certificate for meat of farmed ratites for human consumption

‘RAT-MI/MSM’

:

Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of farmed ratites for human consumption

‘WGM’

:

Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird meat

‘WGM-MI/MSM’

:

Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird minced meat and mechanically separated meat

‘E’

:

Model public health certificate for eggs

‘EP’

:

Model public-health certificate for egg products

Additional guarantees (AG):

‘I.’

:

additional guarantees covering poultry meat certified in accordance with model POU

‘II.’

:

additional guarantees covering meat of farmed ratites for human consumption certified in accordance with model RAT

‘III.’

:

additional guarantees for wild game-bird meat certified in accordance with model WGM

Notes

(a)

Veterinary certificates shall be issued by the exporting third country based on the models in Part 2 of Annex I or this Annex and following the layout of the model that corresponds to the commodity concerned. They shall contain, in the order appearing in the model, the attestations that are required for any third country and, where applicable, those additional health requirements required for the exporting third country or part thereof.

Where additional guarantees are required by the EU Member State of destination for the commodity concerned, these shall also be entered on the original of the veterinary certificate.

(b)

A separate, single certificate must be presented for each consignment of the commodity concerned, exported to the same destination from a territory appearing in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Annex I or this Annex and transported in the same railway wagon, lorry, aircraft or ship.

(c)

The original of certificates shall consist of a single page printed on both sides or, where more text is required, such that all the pages form a whole and cannot be separated.

(d)

The certificate shall be drawn up in at least one official language of the EU Member State where the border inspection takes place and in one official language of the EU Member State of destination. However, those Member States may allow another Community language instead of their own, accompanied, if necessary, by an official translation.

(e)

Where additional pages are attached to the certificate for the purposes of identifying the items making up the consignment, such additional pages shall also be considered to form part of the original of the certificate, provided the signature and stamp of the certifying official veterinarian appear on each page.

(f)

Where the certificate, including any additional pages as provided for in (e), comprises more than one page, each page shall be numbered ‘–x(page number) of y(total number of pages)–’ on the bottom and shall bear the code number of the certificate allocated by the competent authority on the top.

(g)

The original of the certificate must be completed and signed by an official veterinarian no more than 24 hours prior to loading of the consignment for export to the Community. To that end, the competent authorities of the exporting country shall ensure that principles of certification equivalent to those laid down in Directive 96/93/EC are followed.

The colour of the signature shall be different from that of the printing. The same rule shall apply to stamps other than embossed stamps or watermarks.

(h)

The original of the certificate must accompany the consignment as far as the EU border inspection post.

(i)

The certificate shall be valid for 10 days from the date of issue, unless otherwise stated.

In the case of transport by ship, the term of validity shall be extended by the time taken by the voyage. To that end, the original of a declaration by the ship's master, drawn up in accordance with the addendum to Part 3 of Annex I, shall be attached to the veterinary certificate.

Specific conditions referred to in column 6

Code of territory	Veterinary certificate		Period/dates during which imports into the Community are authorised or not authorised in relation to dates of slaughter/killing of animals from which the meat was obtained
	Model	AG

Model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry (POU)

Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meatof poultry (POU-MI/MSM)

(NOT YET ESTABLISHED)

Model veterinary certificate for meat of farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT)

Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meatof farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT-MI/MSM)

(NOT YET ESTABLISHED)

Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird meat (WGM)

Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird minced meat and mechanically separated meat(WGM-MI/MSM)

(NOT YET ESTABLISHED)

Model veterinary certificate for eggs (E)

Model veterinary certificate for egg products(EP)