ANNEX IPOULTRY, HATCHING EGGS, DAY-OLD CHICKS, SPECIFIED PATHOGEN-FREE EGGS, MEAT, MINCED MEAT, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED MEAT, EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS
F2PART 1List 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 date22 | Opening date23 | |||||||
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, ST0 | |||||||||
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 | N | A | ||||||
BR-2 | States of: Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo | BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP | N | S5, ST0 | ||||||
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 | N | S4 | ||||||||
BW – Botswana | BW-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E | S4 | |||||||||
BPR | I | |||||||||
DOR | II | |||||||||
HER | III | |||||||||
RAT | VII | |||||||||
F1BY – Belarus | BY-0 | Whole country | EP, E and POU (only for transit through Lithuania) | IX | ||||||
CA – Canada | CA-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E | S4 | |||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOR, HER, SRA, SRP | N | A | S1, ST1 | |||||||
DOC, HEP | L, N | |||||||||
WGM | VIII | |||||||||
POU, RAT | N | |||||||||
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 | N | A | S0, ST0 | |||||||
WGM | VIII | |||||||||
POU, RAT | N | |||||||||
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-0 | Whole country | SPF | ||||||||
BPR, BBP, DOR, DOC, HER, HEP, SRP | N | A | S5, ST1 | |||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
WGM | VIII | |||||||||
EP, E | 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 | ||||||
F7MD – Republic of Moldova | MD-0 | Whole country | EP | |||||||
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 Macedonia25 | MK-025 | Whole country | EP | |||||||
F8MX-Mexico | MX-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP | P2 | 17 May 2013 | ||||||||
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, ST0 | |||||||||
WGM | VIII | |||||||||
EP, E, POU, RAT | S4 | |||||||||
PM – Saint Pierre and Miquelon | PM-0 | Whole territory | SPF | |||||||
RS – Serbia26 | RS-026 | Whole country | EP | |||||||
F9RU – Russia | RU-0 | Whole country | EP, E, POU | S4 | ||||||
SG – Singapore | SG-0 | Whole country | EP | |||||||
F10TH – Thailand | TH-0 | Whole country | SPF, EP | |||||||
WGM | VIII | 1.7.2012 | ||||||||
POU, RAT | 1.7.2012 | |||||||||
E | 1.7.2012 | S4 | ||||||||
F11TN – Tunisia | TN-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
DOR, BPR, BPP, HER | S0, ST0 | |||||||||
WGM | VIII | |||||||||
EP, E, POU, RAT | S4 | |||||||||
TR – Turkey | TR-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E | S4 | |||||||||
F12UA – Ukraine | UA-0 | Whole country | E, EP, POU, RAT, WGM | S4 | ||||||
US – United States | US-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP | N | A | S3, ST1 | |||||||
WGM | VIII | |||||||||
EP, E, POU, RAT | N | S4 | ||||||||
UY – Uruguay | UY-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E, RAT | S4 | |||||||||
F6ZA — South Africa | ZA-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E | S4 | |||||||||
BPR | I | P2 | 9.4.2011 | A | ||||||
DOR | II | |||||||||
HER | III | |||||||||
RAT | VII | P2 H | 9.4.2011 | A | ||||||
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 Union during a period of 90 days from this date. | ||||||||||
Only commodities produced after this date may be imported into the Union. | ||||||||||
In accordance with the agreement between the European Union 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. | ||||||||||
Hereafter understood as the State of Israel, excluding the territories under Israeli administration since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank. | ||||||||||
PART 2
Model veterinary certificates
Model(s):
- ‘F13BPP’
Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites
- ‘BPR’
Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive ratites
- ‘F14DOC’
Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks FORM than of ratites
- ‘DOR’
Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks of ratites
- ‘HEP’
Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites
- ‘HER’
Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of ratites
- ‘SPF’
Model veterinary certificate for specified pathogen-free eggs
- ‘F13SRP’
Model veterinary certificate for slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites
- ‘SRA’
Model veterinary certificate for slaughter ratites
- ‘F15POU’
Model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry
- ‘POU-MI/MSM’
Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry
- ‘F13RAT’
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 veterinary certificate for eggs
- ‘F11EP’
Model veterinary certificate for egg products
Additional guarantees (AG):
- ‘I’
Guarantees for breeding and productive ratites coming from a third country, territory or zone not free from Newcastle disease, certified in accordance with model BPR
- ‘II’
Guarantees for day-old chicks of ratites coming from a third country, territory or zone not free from Newcastle disease, certified in accordance with model DOR
- ‘III’
Guarantees for hatching eggs of ratites coming from a third country, territory or zone not free from Newcastle disease certified in accordance with model HER
- ‘V’
Guarantees for slaughter ratites coming from a third country, territory or zone not free from Newcastle disease, certified in accordance with model SRA
- ‘VI’
additional guarantees covering poultrymeat certified in accordance with model POU
- ‘VII’
additional guarantees covering meat of farmed ratites for human consumption certified in accordance with model RAT
- ‘VIII’
additional guarantees for wild game-bird meat certified in accordance with model WGM
- ‘F1IX’
only transit through Lithuania of consignments of eggs, egg products and poultry meat originating in Belarus and bound for the Russian territory of Kaliningrad shall be permitted provided that Article 18(2), (3) and (4) is complied with.
F17Salmonella 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.
- ‘F18S5’
Prohibition to export into the Union breeding and productive poultry of Gallus gallus (BPP), slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of Gallus gallus because a Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the Commission or approved by it.
- ‘ST0’
Prohibition to export into the Union breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of turkeys, day-old chicks (DOC) of turkeys, slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of turkeys and hatching eggs (HEP) of turkeys 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.
- ‘ST1’
Prohibition to export into the Union breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of turkeys and slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of turkeys 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.
Specific conditions:
- ‘P2’
Prohibition to import into or transit through the Community due to restrictions related to a HPAI outbreak
- ‘P3’
Prohibition to import into or transit through the Community due to restrictions related to a ND outbreak
- ‘F19N’
Guarantees have been provided that the legislation on the control of Newcastle disease in the third country or territory is equivalent to that applied in the Union. In the case of an outbreak of Newcastle disease, imports may continue to be authorised from the third country or territory with no change in the third country code or territory code. However, imports into the Union from any areas which are placed under official restrictions by the competent authority of the third country or territory concerned due to an outbreak of that disease shall be automatically prohibited
- ‘L’
Guarantees have been provided that the legislation on the control of avian influenza in the third country or territory is equivalent to that applied in the Union. In the case of an outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza, imports may continue to be authorised from the third country or territory with no change in the third country code or territory code. However, imports into the Union from any areas which are placed under official restrictions by the competent authority of the third country or territory concerned due to an outbreak of that disease shall be automatically prohibited
- ‘F4H’
Guarantees have been provided that meat of farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT) is obtained from ratites coming from a registered closed ratite holding approved by the third country’s competent authority. In case of a HPAI outbreak, imports of such meat may still be authorised, if it is obtained from ratites coming from a registered closed ratite holding free of HPAI and where within a radius of 100 km around that holding, including, where applicable, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of HPAI for at least the last 30 days and where there has been no epidemiological link to a ratite or poultry holding in which the presence of HPAI has been detected within the last 30 days.
Avian influenza surveillance programme and avian influenza vaccination plan:
- ‘A’
Third country, territory, zone or compartment carries out an avian influenza surveillance programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 798/2008
- ‘B’
Third country, territory, zone or compartment carries out vaccination against avian influenza in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 798/2008
Notes
General notes:
(a)Veterinary certificates based on the models in Part 2 of this Annex and following the layout of the model that corresponds to the commodity concerned shall be issued by the exporting country, territory, zone or compartment. 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 country, territory, zone or compartment.
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 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 not more than 24 hours prior to loading of the consignment for imports to the Community, unless otherwise stated. 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.
Additional notes for poultry and day-old chicks:
(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 Annex II, shall be attached to the veterinary certificate.
(j)
Poultry and day-old chicks shall not be transported with other poultry and day-old chicks that are either not intended for the European Community or of a lower health status.
(k)
Poultry and day-old chicks shall not in the course of transport to the Community be moved through nor unloaded in a third country, territory, zone or compartment from which imports of such poultry and day-old chicks into the Community are not authorised.
F13F14Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks FORM than of ratites(DOC)
Model veterinary certificate for specified pathogen-free eggs (SPF)
F15Model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry (POU)
Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry (POU-MI/MSM)
(Not yet established)
F6Model veterinary certificate for meat of farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT)
Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of 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)
Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 925/2010 of 15 October 2010 amending Decision 2007/777/EC and Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards transit through the Union of poultry meat and poultry meat products from Russia (Text with EEA relevance).