Article 1 Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2 Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3 In Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005, Articles 11, 12 and 13 are deleted.
Article 4 Products of animal origin for which an identification mark has been applied in accordance with point 8 of Part B of Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 before 1 November 2009 may be imported into the Community until 31 December 2009.
Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the tenth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
However, point 1(b) of Annex I shall apply from 1 November 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 October 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla Vassiliou
Member of the Commission