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)

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In some cases there are certain live animals (such as reptiles, amphibians, insects, worms, or other invertebrates) or animal products sent to the official veterinarian for which no harmonised animal health conditions for imports into the Community are laid down, and therefore there is no harmonised import certificate. The conditions of import for all live animals not elsewhere specified fall within the scope of Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 90/425/EEC(1), but in the case of certain animals national rules apply as regards the documentation required to accompany consignments. Official veterinarians must examine the consignments and issue a Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED) as appropriate to indicate that a control has been carried out and that the animals may be released for free circulation.

In certain cases as regards animal by-products covered by Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by products not intended for human consumption(2), the full extent of the coverage of the Community legislation in respect of derived or processed products is not precisely defined. Veterinary checks must be carried out on products that are processed but are still essentially raw bulk product that are to be further processed before being presented to the final consumer.

In these cases the official veterinarian at the border inspection posts must specify whether a particular derived product is so processed that it falls outside the veterinary checks provided for in Community legislation.

(1)

OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54.

(2)

OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1.