Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008Show full title

ANNEX I U.K. POULTRY, HATCHING EGGS, DAY-OLD CHICKS, SPECIFIED PATHOGEN-FREE EGGS, MEAT, MINCED MEAT, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED MEAT, EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS

[F1 PART 1 U.K. List of third countries, territories, zones or compartments

a 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.
b Only commodities produced after this date may be imported into the Union.
c 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 ).
d 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.
e Not including Kosovo, as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999 .
f 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.]
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 a	Opening date b
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
BY – Belarus	BY - 0	Whole country	EP and E (both ‘ for transit only through Lithuania ’ )	IX
[F2 CA – Canada	CA-0	Whole country	SPF
			EP, E							S4
	CA-1	The whole country of Canada excluding area CA-2	BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP		N			A		S1, ST1
			WGM	VIII
			POU, RAT		N
	CA-2	Area of Canada described as ‘ Primary Control Zone ’ within delimited by the following boundaries: on the west, the Pacific Ocean; on the south, the border to the United States of America; on the north, Highway 16; on the east, the border between the Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.	WGM	VIII	P2	4.12.2014
			POU, RAT		N P2]
CH – Switzerland	CH-0	Whole country	c					A		c
CL – Chile	CL-0	Whole country	SPF
			EP, E							S4
			BPP, BPR, 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
[F3 IL – Israel f	IL-0	Whole country	SPF
			BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER	X	N			A		S5, ST1
			SRP		P3	18.4.2015
			POU, RAT	X	N
			WGM	VIII	P3	18.4.2015
			E	X						S4
			EP							]
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
MD - Moldova	MD-0	Whole country	EP
ME – Montenegro	ME-0	Whole country	EP
MG – Madagascar	MG-0	Whole country	SPF
			EP, E, WGM							S4
MY – Malaysia	MY-0	—	—
	MY-1	Western Peninsular	EP
			E							S4
MK – former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia d	MK-0 d	Whole country	EP
MX – Mexico	MX-0	Whole country	SPF
			EP		P2	17.5.2013
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
			BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA							S0, ST0
			WGM	VIII
			EP, E, POU, RAT							S4
PM – Saint Pierre and Miquelon	PM-0	Whole territory	SPF
RS – Serbia e	RS-0 e	Whole country	EP
RU – Russia	RU-0	Whole country	EP, E, POU							S4
SG – Singapore	SG-0	Whole country	EP
TH – Thailand	TH-0	Whole country	SPF, EP
			WGM	VIII			1.7.2012
			POU, RAT				1.7.2012
			E				1.7.2012			S4
TN – Tunisia	TN-0	Whole country	SPF
			BPP, BPR, DOR, HER							S0, ST0
			WGM	VIII
			EP, E, POU, RAT							S4
TR – Turkey	TR-0	Whole country	SPF
			EP, E							S4
[F3 UA – Ukraine	UA-0	Whole country	E, EP, POU, RAT, WGM							]
[F4 US – United States	US-0	Whole country	SPF
			EP, E							S4
	US-1	Area of the United States, excluding the territory US-2	BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA		N			A		S3, ST1
			WGM	VIII
			POU, RAT		N
	US-2	Area of the United States corresponding to:
	US-2.1	State of Washington: Benton County Franklin County	WGM	VIII	P2	19.12.2014	7.4.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.2	State of Washington: Clallam County	WGM	VIII	P2	19.12.2014	11.5.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.3	State of Washington: Okanogan County (1): (a) North : Beginning at the intersection of US 97 WA 20 and S. Janis Road, turn right onto S. Janis Road. Turn left onto McLaughlin Canyon Road, then right onto Hardy Road, then turn left onto Chewilken Valley Road. (b) East : From Chewilken Valley Road, turn right onto JH Green Road, then left onto Hosheit Road, then left onto Tedrow Trail Road, then left onto Brown Pass Road to the boundary line of the Colville Tribe. Follow the Colville Tribe boundary west and then south until it crosses US 97 WA 20. (c) South : Turn right onto US 97 WA 20, then left onto Cherokee Road, then right onto Robinson Canyon Road. Turn left onto Bide A Wee Road, then left onto Duck Lake Road, then right onto Soren Peterson Road, then left onto Johnson Creek Road, then right onto George Road. Turn left onto Wetherstone Road, then right onto Eplay Road. (d) West : From Eplay Road, turn right onto Conconully Road/6th Avenue N., then left onto Green Lake Road, then right onto Salmon Creek Road, then right onto Happy Hill Road, then left onto Conconully Road (turns into Main Street). Turn right onto Broadway, then left onto C Street, then right onto Lake Street E, then right onto Sinlahekin Road, then right onto S. Fish Lake Road, then right onto Fish Lake Road. Turn left onto N. Pine Creek Road, then right onto Henry Road (turns into N. Pine Creek Road), then right onto Indian Springs Road, then right onto Hwy 7, ending at US 97 WA 20.	WGM	VIII	P2	29.1.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.4	State of Washington: Okanogan County (2): (a) North : Beginning where US Hwy 97 intersects with the Canadian border, continue East along the Canadian border, then turn right onto 9 Mile Road (County Hwy 4777). (b) East : From 9 Mile Road, turn right onto Old Hwy 4777, which turns South onto Molson Road. Turn right onto Chesaw Road, then left onto Forest Service 3525, then left onto Forest Development Road 350, which turns into Forest Development Road 3625. From there, head due west and turn left onto Forest Service 3525, then right onto Rone Road, then right onto Box Spring Road, then left onto Mosquito Creek Road, and then right onto Swanson Mill Road. (c) South : From Swanson Mill Road, turn left onto O'Neil Road, then merge south onto US 97. Turn right onto Ellis Forde Bridge Road, then left onto Janis Oroville (SR 7), then right onto Loomis Oroville Road, then right onto Wannacut Lake Road, then left onto Ellemeham Mountain Road, then left onto Earth Dam Road, then left onto an unnamed road, then right onto an unnamed road, then right onto another unnamed road, then left onto an unnamed road, and then left onto another unnamed road. (d) West : From the unnamed road, turn right onto Loomis Oroville Road, then left onto Smilkameen Road to the Canadian Border.	WGM	VIII	P2	3.2.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.5	State of Oregon: Douglas County	WGM	VIII	P2	19.12.2014	23.3.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.6	State of Oregon: Deschutes County	WG	VIII	P2	14.2.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.7	State of Oregon: Malheur County	WGM	VIII	P2	20.1.2015	11.5.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
		State of Idaho: Canyon County Payette County	WGM	VIII	P2
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.8.	State of California: Stanislaus County/Tuolumne County: A zone of a 10 km radius starting with N point on the circular Control Zone border and extending in a clockwise fashion: (a) North : 2,5 miles east from intersection between State Hwy. 108 and Williams Road. (b) North-east : 1,4 miles south-east from intersection between Rock River Dr. and Tulloch Road. (c) East : 2,0 miles north-west from intersection between Milpitas Road and Las Cruces Road. (d) South-east : 1,58 miles east of the north end of Rushing Road. (e) South : 0,70 miles south of intersection between State Highway 132 and Crabtree Road. (f) South-west : 0,8 miles south-east of intersection between Hazel Dean Road and Loneoak Road. (g) West : 2,5 miles south-west of intersection between Warnerville Road and Tim Bell Road. (h) North-west : 1,0 mile south-east of intersection between CA-120 and Tim Bell Road.	WGM	VIII	P2	23.1.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.9	State of California: Kings County: A zone of a 10 km radius starting with N point on the circular Control Zone border and extending in a clockwise fashion: (a) North : 0,58 miles north of Kansas Avenue NE : 0,83 miles east from CA-43. (b) East : 0,04 miles east from 5th Avenue (c) South-east : 0,1 miles east of intersection between Paris Avenue and 7th Avenue (d) South : 1,23 miles north of Redding Avenue (e) South-west : 0,6 miles west of intersection of Paris Avenue and 15th Avenue (f) West : 1,21 miles east of 19th Avenue (g) North-west : 0,3 miles north of intersection of Laurel Avenue and 16th Avenue	WGM	VIII	P2	12.2.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.10	State of Minnesota	WGM	VIII	P2	5.3.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.11	State of Missouri: Jasper County Barton County	WGM	VIII	P2	8.3.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.12	State of Missouri: Moniteau County Morgan County	WGM	VIII	P2	9.3.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.13	State of Arkansas: Boone County Marion County	WGM	VIII	P2	11.3.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.14	State of Kansas: Leavenworth County Wyandotte County	WGM	VIII	P2	13.3.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.15	State of Kansas: Cherokee County Crawford County	WGM		P2	9.3.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.16	State of Montana: Judith Basin County Fergus County	WGM	VIII	P2	2.4.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.17	State of North Dakota: Dickey County	WGM	VIII	P2	11.4.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.18	State of South Dakota	WGM	VIII	P2	1.4.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.19	State of Wisconsin	WGM	VIII	P2	11.4.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2
	US-2.20	State of Iowa	WGM	VIII	P2	14.4.2015
			POU, RAT		N P2					]
UY – Uruguay	UY-0	Whole country	SPF
			EP, E, RAT							S4
ZA – 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
ZW – Zimbabwe	ZW-0	Whole country	RAT	VII
			EP, E							S4

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/198 of 6 February 2015 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Canada in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (Text with EEA relevance).

F3 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/608 of 14 April 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Ukraine and Israel in the list of third countries, the approval of the control programme of Ukraine for Salmonella in laying hens, the veterinary certification requirements concerning Newcastle disease and processing requirements for egg products (Text with EEA relevance).

F4 Deleted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1395 of 10 September 2019 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Israel and the name of the Republic of North Macedonia in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into and transit through the Union and amending the model veterinary certificate for egg products (Text with EEA relevance).

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2014 of 4 September 2014 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Malaysia in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments with respect to highly pathogenic avian influenza and as regards the model veterinary certificates for the import of poultry, day-old chicks, hatching eggs, meat of poultry and farmed ratites and eggs (Text with EEA relevance).

PART 2 U.K.

Model veterinary certificates U.K.

Model(s): U.K.

‘[F5 BPP’

:

Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites

‘BPR’

:

Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive ratites

‘ [F6 DOC ’

:

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

‘[F5 SRP’

:

Model veterinary certificate for slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites

‘SRA’

:

Model veterinary certificate for slaughter ratites]

‘[F7 POU’

:

Model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry]

‘POU-MI/MSM’

:

Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry

‘[F5 RAT’

:

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

‘[F8 EP’

:

Model veterinary certificate for egg products]

Textual Amendments

F5 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1752 of 23 November 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Australia in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (Text with EEA relevance).

F6 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1395 of 10 September 2019 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Israel and the name of the Republic of North Macedonia in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into and transit through the Union and amending the model veterinary certificate for egg products (Text with EEA relevance).

F7 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/298 of 20 February 2019 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Japan in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union (Text with EEA relevance).

F8 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1650 of 5 November 2018 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Canada, Russia and the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (Text with EEA relevance).

Additional guarantees (AG): U.K.

‘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

:

[ F9 ]

‘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

‘[F10 IX’

:

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 [F11 .] ]

‘[F12 X’

:

additional guarantees covering commodities certified in accordance with point 8 of Section I of Annex III and the model certificates BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, POU, RAT and E.]

Textual Amendments

F9 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1872 of 7 November 2019 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Japan in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union (Text with EEA relevance).

F10 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 866/2013 of 9 September 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards transit of consignments of poultry meat from Belarus through Lithuania to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad (Text with EEA relevance).

F11 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/626 of 7 May 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the Republic of North Macedonia in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to Newcastle disease (Text with EEA relevance).

F12 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/39 of 14 January 2016 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Mexico in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (Text with EEA relevance).

[F13 Salmonella control programme: U.K.

‘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.

‘ [F14 S5 ’

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 s, day-old chicks (DOC) of s, 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 s 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.] ]

Textual Amendments

F14 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/352 of 3 March 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Ukraine in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into and transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (Text with EEA relevance).

Textual Amendments

F13 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/393 of 11 March 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Russia in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to Newcastle disease (Text with EEA relevance).

Specific conditions: U.K.

‘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

‘[F15 N’

:

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]

:

[ F16 ]

‘[F1 H’

:

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 the case of a HPAI outbreak on the third country’s territory, imports of such meat may still continue to be authorised, provided that it is obtained from ratites coming from a registered closed ratite holding free of LPAI and 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 LPAI or HPAI for at least the last 24 months and where there has been no epidemiological link to a ratite or poultry holding where LPAI or HPAI has been present within at least the last 24 months.]

Textual Amendments

F15 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1166 of 6 August 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (Text with EEA relevance).

F16 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1414 of 3 August 2017 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the United States, South Africa and Zimbabwe in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (Text with EEA relevance).

Avian influenza surveillance programme and avian influenza vaccination plan: U.K.

‘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 U.K.

General notes: U.K.

(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. U.K.

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. U.K.

(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. U.K.

(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. U.K.

(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. U.K.

(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. U.K.

(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. U.K.

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. U.K.

Additional notes for poultry and day-old chicks: U.K.

(i) The certificate shall be valid for 10 days from the date of issue, unless otherwise stated. U.K.

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. U.K.

(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. U.K.

[F3 Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites (BPP) U.K.

Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive ratites (BPR) U.K.

Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks other than of ratites (DOC) U.K.

Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks of ratites (DOR) U.K.

Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites (HEP) U.K.

Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of ratites (HER)] U.K.

Model veterinary certificate for specified pathogen-free eggs (SPF) U.K.

[F1 [F3 Model veterinary certificate for slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites (SRP)] U.K.

Model veterinary certificate for slaughter ratites (SRA) U.K.

[F3 Model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry (POU)] ] U.K.

Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry (POU-MI/MSM) U.K.

(Not yet established)

[F3 Model veterinary certificate for meat of farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT)] U.K.

Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT-MI/MSM) U.K.

(Not yet established)

Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird meat (WGM) U.K.

Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird minced meat and mechanically separated meat (WGM-MI/MSM) U.K.

(Not yet established)

[F3 Model veterinary certificate for eggs (E) U.K.

Model veterinary certificate for egg products (EP)] U.K.