Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2008
of 18 December 2008
concerning the approval of control programmes for salmonella in certain third countries in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and listing of avian influenza surveillance programmes in certain third countries and amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008
(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs, and in particular Article 21(1), Article 22(3), Article 23, Article 24(2) and Articles 26 and 27a thereof,
OJ L 303, 31.10.1990, p. 6.
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption, and in particular Article 8(4) and Article 9(2)(b) thereof,
OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of Salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents, and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,
OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1.
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements provides that the commodities covered by that Regulation are only to be imported into and transit through the Community from the third countries, territories, zones or compartments listed in the table in Part 1 of Annex I thereto. It also lays down the veterinary certification requirements for such commodities and models of the veterinary certificates to accompany them are set out in Part 2 of that Annex. Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 applies from 1 January 2009.
OJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1.
(2) Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 provides that where an avian influenza surveillance programme is required in the certificate, commodities are only to be imported into the Community from those third countries, territories, zones or compartments which have had such a programme in place for a period for at least six months and the programme meets that requirement referred to in that Article and is indicated in column 7 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to that Regulation.
(3) Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, South Africa, Switzerland and the United States of America have submitted their avian influenza surveillance programmes to the Commission for evaluation. The Commission has examined those programmes and they meet the requirements referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008. Accordingly, those programmes should be indicated in column 7 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to that Regulation.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 lays down rules for the control of Salmonella and other zoonotic agents in different poultry populations in the Community. It provides for Community targets for the reduction of the prevalence of all Salmonella serotypes with public health significance in different poultry populations. As from the dates mentioned in Annex I, column 5 of that Regulation, admission to or retention on the list of third countries provided for in Community legislation, for the relevant species or category, from which Member States are authorised to import those animals or hatching eggs covered by this Regulation shall be subject to submission to the Commission by the third country concerned of a control programme. Such programme should be equivalent to those submitted by the Member States and subject to approval by the Commission.
(5) Croatia has submitted to the Commission its control programmes for Salmonella in breeding poultry of Gallus gallus, hatching eggs thereof, laying hens of Gallus gallus, table eggs thereof and day-old chicks of Gallus gallus intended for breeding or laying. Those programmes provide guarantees equivalent to the guarantees provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003. They should therefore be approved.
(6) Commission Decision 2007/843/EC approved control programmes submitted by the United States of America, Israel, Canada and Tunisia as regards Salmonella in flocks of breeding hens. The United States of America has now submitted to the Commission its additional control programme for Salmonella in respect of day-old chicks of Gallus gallus, intended for laying or fattening. That programme provides guarantees equivalent to the guarantees provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003. It should therefore be approved. Israel clarified that its Salmonella control programme only applies to the broiler meat production chain.
OJ L 332, 18.12.2007, p. 81.
(7) Within the framework of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, Switzerland has sent to the Commission its control programmes for Salmonella in breeding poultry of Gallus gallus, hatching eggs thereof, laying hens of Gallus gallus, table eggs thereof, day-old chicks of Gallus gallus intended for breeding or laying and broilers. Those programmes provide similar guarantees to the guarantees provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003. For clarity reasons, this should be reflected accordingly in column 9 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132.
(8) Certain other third countries currently listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 have not yet submitted any control programme for Salmonella to the Commission, or the programmes already submitted do not provide guarantees equivalent to those provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003. Since the requirements concerning breeding and productive poultry of Gallus gallus, eggs thereof and, day-old chicks of Gallus gallus, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003, are to apply from 1 January 2009 within the Community, imports of such poultry and eggs should therefore no longer be authorised from those third countries after that date. The list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments set out in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(9) In order to provide guarantees equivalent to those provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003, third countries, from which Member States are authorised to import slaughter poultry of Gallus gallus, should certify that the control programme for Salmonella has been applied to the flock of origin and that that flock has been tested for the presence of Salmonella serotypes of public health significance.
(10) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1177/2006 of 1 August 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards requirements for the use of specific control methods in the framework of the national control programmes for the control of salmonella in poultry lays down certain rules for the use of antimicrobials and vaccines in the framework of the national control programmes.
OJ L 212, 2.8.2006, p. 3.
(11) Third countries from which Member States are authorised to import slaughter poultry of Gallus gallus should certify that the specific requirements for the use of antimicrobials and vaccines provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1177/2006 are applied. If antimicrobials have been used for other purposes than the control of Salmonella, since such use may influence the testing for Salmonella at import, it should also be indicated in the veterinary certificate. The model veterinary certificate for the import of slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites as set out in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(12) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, right of establishment and freedom to provide services, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, fisheries, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, social policy and employment, environment, customs union, external relations, and foreign, security and defence policy, by reason of the accession of Croatia.
Article 2 The control programme submitted by the United States of America to the Commission on 6 June 2006 in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 is approved as regards Salmonella in day-old chicks of Gallus gallus intended for laying or fattening.
Article 3 The control programmes sent by Switzerland to the Commission on 6 October 2008 provide similar guarantees to those provided for in Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 as regards Salmonella in breeding poultry of Gallus gallus, hatching eggs thereof, laying hens of Gallus gallus, table eggs thereof, day-old chicks of Gallus gallus intended for breeding or laying and broilers.
Article 4 Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.
ANNEX Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended as follows:
(1) Part 1 is replaced by the following:

‘PART 1
List of third countries, territories, zones or compartments
ISO code and name of third country or territory	Code of third country, territory, zone or compartment	Description of third country, territory, zone or compartment	Veterinary certificate		Specific conditions	Specific conditions		Avian influenza surveillance status	Avian influenza vaccination status	Salmonella control status
			Model(s)	Additional guarantees		Closing date	Opening date			
1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	6B	7	8	9
AL — Albania	AL-0	Whole country	EP, E							S4
AR — Argentina	AR-0	Whole country	SPF							
			POU, RAT, EP, E					A		S4
			WGM	VIII						
AU — Australia	AU-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
			BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP							S0
			BPR	I						
			DOR	II						
			HER	III						
			POU	VI						
			RAT	VII						
BR — Brazil	BR-0	Whole country	SPF							
	BR-1	States of: Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul	RAT, BPR, DOR, HER, SRA					A		
	BR-2	States of: Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo	BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP							S0
	BR-3	Distrito Federal and States of: Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo	WGM	VIII						
			EP, E, POU							S4
BW — Botswana	BW-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
			BPR	I						
			DOR	II						
			HER	III						
			RAT	VII						
CA — Canada	CA-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
			BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP					A		S1
			WGM	VIII						
			POU, RAT							
CH — Switzerland	CH-0	Whole country						A		
CL — Chile	CL-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
			BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP					A		S0
			WGM	VIII						
			POU, RAT							
CN — China	CN-0	Whole country	EP							
	CN-1	Province of Shandong	POU, E	VI	P2	6.2.2004	—			S4
GL — Greenland	GL-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, WGM							
HK — Hong Kong	HK-0	The whole territory of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	EP							
IL — Israel	IL-0	Whole country	SPF							
			BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP					A		S1
			WGM	VIII						
			EP, E, POU, RAT							S4
IN — India	IN-0	Whole country	EP							
IS — Iceland	IS-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
KR — Republic of Korea	KR-0	Whole country	EP, E							S4
ME — Montenegro	ME-O	Whole country	EP							
MG — Madagascar	MG-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E, WGM							S4
MY – Malaysia	MY-0	—	—							
	MY-1	Western Peninsular	EP							
			E		P2	6.2.2004				S4
MK — former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	MK-0	Whole country	EP							
MX — Mexico	MX-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP							
NA — Namibia	NA-0	Whole country	SPF							
			BPR	I						
			DOR	II						
			HER	III						
			RAT, EP, E	VII						S4
NC — New Caledonia	NC-0	Whole country	EP							
NZ — New Zealand	NZ-0	Whole country	SPF							
			BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP							S0
			WGM	VIII						
			EP, E, POU, RAT							S4
PM — Saint Pierre and Miquelon	PM-0	Whole territory	SPF							
RS – Serbia	RS-0	Whole country	EP							
RU — Russian Federation	RU-0	Whole country	EP							
SG — Singapore	SG-0	Whole country	EP							
TH — Thailand	TH-0	Whole country	SPF, EP							
			WGM	VIII	P2	23.1.2004				
			E, POU, RAT		P2	23.1.2004				S4
TN — Tunisia	TN-0	Whole country	SPF							
			DOR, BPR, BPP, HER							S1
			WGM	VIII						
			EP, E, POU, RAT							S4
TR — Turkey	TR-0	Whole country	SPF							
			E, EP							S4
US — United States	US-0	Whole country	SPF							
			BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP					A		S3
			WGM	VIII						
			EP, E, POU, RAT							S4
UY — Uruguay	UY-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E, RAT							S4
ZA — South Africa	ZA-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
			BPR	I				A		
			DOR	II						
			HER	III						
			RAT	VII						
ZW — Zimbabwe	ZW-0	Whole country	RAT	VII						
			EP, E							S4
Commodities, including those transported on the high seas, produced before this date may be imported into the Community during a period of 90 days from this date.										
Only commodities produced after this date may be imported into the Community.										
In accordance with the agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132).										
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject in the United Nations.										
Not including Kosovo, as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.										’

(2) Part 2 is amended as follows:
(a) in the Section on ‘Additional guarantees (AG)’, point IV is deleted;
(b) the Section on ‘Salmonella control programme’ is replaced by the following:

‘Salmonella control programme:

“S0”
Prohibition to export into the Community breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of Gallus gallus, day-old chicks (DOC) of Gallus gallus, slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of Gallus gallus and hatching eggs (HEP) of Gallus gallus because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the Commission or approved by it.

“S1”
Prohibition to export into the Community breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of Gallus gallus, day-old chicks (DOC) of Gallus gallus and slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of Gallus gallus for other purposes than breeding, because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the Commission or approved by it.

“S2”
Prohibition to export into the Community breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of Gallus gallus, day-old chicks (DOC) of Gallus gallus and slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of Gallus gallus for other purposes than breeding or laying, because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the Commission or approved by it.

“S3”
Prohibition to export into the Community breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of Gallus gallus and slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of Gallus gallus for other purposes than breeding, because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the Commission or approved by it.

“S4”
Prohibition to export into the Community eggs (E) of Gallus gallus others than eggs classed B in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 557/2007 because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the Commission or approved by it.’

(c) the model veterinary certificate for slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites (SRP) is replaced by the following:

‘Model veterinary certificate for slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites (SRP)’