Article 1U.K.Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005
Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2U.K.Transitional measures
1.For a transitional period until 30 June 2009, consignments for which a health certificate has been issued in accordance with the model laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1664/2006 may be imported into the Community.
2.For a transitional period until 31 July 2010, the following consignments for which a health certificate has been issued in accordance with the model laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1664/2006 may be imported into the Community:
(a)consignments of fishery products for which the animal health attestation laid down in Part II of the model health certificate laid down in Appendix IV to Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as amended by this Regulation is not applicable, as described in note (2) of that Part II;
(b)consignments of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods for which the animal health attestation laid down in Part II of the model health certificate laid down in Appendix V to Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as amended by this Regulation is not applicable, as described in note (2) of that Part II.
Article 3U.K.Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 December 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla Vassiliou
Member of the Commission