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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 (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008

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Annex 1

Pt. 1

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(19)(a)

reg. 1(2)

Annex 1

Pt. 2

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(19)(b)(i)

reg. 53

reg. 1(2)

Annex 1

Pt. 2

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(19)(b)(ii)

reg. 53

reg. 1(2)

Annex 1

Pt. 2

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(19)(b)(iii)(aa)

reg. 1(2)

Annex 1

Pt. 2

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(19)(b)(iii)(bb)

reg. 1(2)

Annex 1

Pt. 2

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(19)(b)(iii)(cc)

reg. 1(2)

Annex 1

Pt. 2

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(19)(b)(iv)(aa)

reg. 1(2)

Annex 1

Pt. 2

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(19)(b)(iv)(bb)

reg. 1(2)

Annex 1

Pt. 2

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(19)(b)(v)

reg. 53

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Annex 1

Pt. 2

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(19)(c)

reg. 53

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Annex 3 Pt. 1 heading

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(21)(b)(i)

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Annex 3 Pt. 1 point 8.2

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(21)(b)(ii)

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Annex 3 Pt. 1 point 8.3(a)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(21)(b)(iii)

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Annex 3 Pt. 1 point 8.3(b)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(21)(b)(iii)

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Annex 3 Pt. 1 point 8.4

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(21)(b)(iv)

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Annex 3 Pt. 2 heading

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Annex 4 Pt. 1 point 11

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(22)

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Annex 9 Pt. 2

para. 1

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(25)(a)(i)

reg. 1(2)

Annex 9 Pt. 2

para. 1

The Animal Health, Alien Species in Aquaculture and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 5(6)

reg. 1

Annex 9 Pt. 2

para. 3

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(25)(a)(ii)

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Annex 9 Pt. 3 heading

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Annex 9 Pt. 4 point (c)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Annex 7 Pt. 1 point 1(a)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Annex 7 Pt. 1 point 1(b)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Annex 7 Pt. 1 point 1(d)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Annex 8 Pt. 2

para. 2

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Annex 8 Pt. 1 point 1

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Annex 8 Pt. 1 point 3

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Annex 8 Pt. 1 point 3

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 26(24)(a)(ii)(bb)

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Annex 10

Pt. 1

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Art. 5(1)(e)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Art. 7(a)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Art. 7(b)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Art. 7(b)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Art. 7(c)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Art. 10(b)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Art. 11(b)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Art. 16(b)

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Art. 21(21)

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The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Signature

The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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ANNEX IPOULTRY, HATCHING EGGS, DAY-OLD CHICKS, SPECIFIED PATHOGEN-FREE EGGS, MEAT, MINCED MEAT, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED MEAT, EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS

F1PART 1List of third countries, territories, zones or compartments

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2258 of 4 December 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards imports and transit of single consignments of less than 20 units of poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof (Text with EEA relevance).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

F10

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).

F11

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).

F12

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).

F13

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).

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).

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 status27
ISO code and name of third country or territory	Code of third country, territory, zone or compartment		Model(s)	Additional guarantees	Specific conditions	Closing date22	Opening date23	Avian influenza surveillance status	Avian influenza vaccination status	Salmonella control status27
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, LT20							S0, ST0
			BPR	I
			DOR	II
			HER	III
			POU	VI
			RAT	VII
F4BA — Bosnia and Herzegovina	BA-0	Whole country	E, EP							S4
F4BA — Bosnia and Herzegovina	BA-0	Whole country	POU
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, LT20		N			A		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
	BR-3		EP, E, POU		N					S4
BW — Botswana	BW-0	Whole country	SPF
			EP, E							S4
			BPR	I
			DOR	II
			HER	III
			RAT	VII
F5BY — Belarus	BY-0	Whole country	EP, E, POU (all three only for transit through Lithuania)	IX
F6CA — Canada	CA-0	Whole country	SPF
	CA-0	Whole country	EP, E							S4
	CA-1	The whole country of Canada excluding area CA-2	WGM	VIII
			BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20		N			A		S1, ST1
			POU, RAT		N
	CA-2	Territory of Canada corresponding to: none
CH — Switzerland	CH-0	Whole country	24					A		24
CL — Chile	CL-0	Whole country	SPF
			EP, E							S4
			BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20		N			A		S0, ST0
			WGM	VIII
			POU, RAT		N
CN — China	CN-0	Whole country	EP
CN — China	CN-1	Province of Shandong	POU, E	VI	P2	6.2.2004	—			S4
GL — Greenland	GL-0	Whole country	SPF
GL — Greenland	GL-0	Whole country	EP, WGM
HK — Hong Kong	HK-0	The whole territory of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	EP
F4IL — Israel26	IL-0	Whole country	SPF, EP
			BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, LT20	X	P3	28.1.2017		A		S5, ST1
			SRP		P3	18.4.2015
			RAT	X	P3	28.1.2017
			WGM	VIII	P3	18.4.2015
			E	X	P3	28.1.2017				S4
	IL-1	Area south of Route No 5	POU	X	N, P2	24.4.2019
	IL-2	Area north of Route No 5	POU	X	P3	28.1.2017
IN — India	IN-0	Whole country	EP
IS — Iceland	IS-0	Whole country	SPF
IS — Iceland	IS-0	Whole country	EP, E							S4
F7JP — Japan	JP-0	Whole country	EP, E
F7JP — Japan	JP-0	Whole country	POU
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
MG — Madagascar	MG-0	Whole country	EP, E, WGM							S4
MY — Malaysia	MY-0	—	—
	MY-1	Western Peninsular	EP
	MY-1	Western Peninsular	E							S4
F8MK – Republic of North Macedonia	MK-0	Whole country	E, EP
F8MK – Republic of North Macedonia	MK-0	Whole country	POU		P3	22.4.2020
F9MX — Mexico	MX-0	Whole country	SPF
F9MX — Mexico	MX-0	Whole country	EP				5 February 2016
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, LT20,							S0, ST0
			WGM	VIII
			EP, E, POU, RAT							S4
PM — Saint Pierre and Miquelon	PM-0	Whole territory	SPF
RS — Serbia	RS-0	Whole country	EP
F10RU — Russia	RU-0	Whole country	EP, E							S4
			POU		P2	17.11.2016
			POU		P3	28.1.2019
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, LT20, BPR, DOR, HER							S0, ST0
			WGM	VIII
			EP, E, POU, RAT							S4
TR — Turkey	TR-0	Whole country	SPF
TR — Turkey	TR-0	Whole country	EP, E							S4
F11UA — Ukraine	UA-0	Whole country	EP, E
	UA-1	The whole country of Ukraine excluding area UA-2	WGM
	UA-1	The whole country of Ukraine excluding area UA-2	POU, RAT
	UA-2	Area of Ukraine corresponding to:
	UA-2.1	Kherson Oblast (region)	WGM		P2	30.11.2016	7 March 2020
	UA-2.1	Kherson Oblast (region)	POU, RAT		P2	30.11.2016	7 March 2020
	UA-2.2	Odessa Oblast (region)	WGM		P2	4.1.2017	7 March 2020
	UA-2.2	Odessa Oblast (region)	POU, RAT		P2	4.1.2017	7 March 2020
	UA-2.3	Chernivtsi Oblast (region)	WGM		P2	4.1.2017	7 March 2020
	UA-2.3	Chernivtsi Oblast (region)	POU, RAT		P2	4.1.2017	7 March 2020
	UA-2.4	Vinnytsia Oblast (region), Nemyriv Raion (district), municipalities: Berezivka village Bratslav village Budky village Bugakiv village Chervone village Chukiv village Danylky village Dovzhok village Horodnytsia village Hrabovets village Hranitne village Karolina village Korovayna village Korzhiv village Korzhivka village Kryklivtsi village Maryanivka village Melnykivtsi village Monastyrok village Monastyrske village Nemyriv City Novi Obyhody village Ostapkivtsi village Ozero village Perepelychcha village Rachky village Salyntsi village Samchyntsi village Sazhky village Selevintsi village Sholudky village Slobidka village Sorokoduby village Sorokotiazhyntsi village Velyka Bushynka village Vovchok village Vyhnanka village Yosypenky village Zarudyntsi village Zelenianka village	WGM		P2	19.1.2020
	UA-2.4		POU, RAT		P2	19.1.2020
F12US – United States	US-0	Whole country	SPF
	US-0	Whole country	EP, E							S4
	US-1	The whole country of the United States excluding area US-2	WGM	VIII
			POU, RAT		N
			BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20		N			A		S3, ST1
	US-2	Territory of the United States corresponding to:
	US-2.1	State of Tennessee: Lincoln County Franklin County Moore County	WGM	VIII	P2	4.3.2017	11.8.2017
			POU, RAT		N P2
			BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20		N P2			A		S3, ST1
	US-2.2	State of Alabama: Madison County Jackson County	WGM	VIII	P2	4.3.2017	11.8.2017
			POU, RAT		N P2
			BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20		N P2			A		S3, ST1
	US-2.3	State of South Carolina: Chesterfield county/Lancaster county/Kershaw county: A zone of a 10 km radius starting with N point on the circular Chesterfield 02 premise Control Zone border and extending in a clockwise fashion: (a) North: 2 km south from Highway 9, 0,03 km east from intersection of Airport Rd and Raymond Deason Rd. (b) Northeast: 1 km southwest from intersection of Highway 268 and Cross Roads Church Rd. (c) East: 5,1 km west from State Highway 109, 1,6 km west from Angelus Rd and Refuge Dr (d) Southeast: 3,2 km northwest from intersection of Highway 145 and Lake Bee Rd. (e) South: 2,7 km east from intersection of Highway 151 and Catarah Rd. (f) Southwest: 1,5 km east from intersection of McBee Hwy and Mt Pisgah Rd. (g) West: 1,3 km east from intersection of Texahaw Rd and Buzzards Roost Rd. (h) Northwest: Intersection of White Plains Church Rd and Graves Rd.	WGM	VIII	P2	8.4.2020
			POU, RAT		N P2
			BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20		N P2			A		S3, ST1
UY — Uruguay	UY-0	Whole country	SPF
UY — Uruguay	UY-0	Whole country	EP, E, RAT							S4
F13ZA — South Africa	ZA-0	Whole country	SPF
			EP, E							S4
			BPR	I	P2	9.4.2011		A
			DOR	II
			HER	III
			RAT	VII	H, P2	22.6.2017
ZW — Zimbabwe	ZW-0	Whole country	RAT	VII	P2	1.6.2017
ZW — Zimbabwe	ZW-0	Whole country	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).
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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.
Restrictions relating to salmonella control programmes as listed in Part 2 do not apply for single consignments of less than 20 units of poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof, when destined for primary production of poultry for private domestic use or leading to the direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of primary products to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying the primary products to the final consumer and certified in accordance with the model veterinary certificate LT20.

PART 2 Model veterinary certificates

Model(s):

‘F14BPP’: Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites
‘BPR’: Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive ratites
‘F15DOC’: 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
‘F14SRP’: Model veterinary certificate for slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites
‘SRA’: Model veterinary certificate for slaughter ratites
‘F16LT20’: Model veterinary certificate for single consignments of less than 20 units of poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof
‘F17POU’: Model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry
‘POU-MI/MSM’: Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry
‘F14RAT’: 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
‘F18EP’: 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
: ~~F19~~
‘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
‘F2IX’: 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~~F20.~~
‘F21X’: 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.

F22Salmonella 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.
‘F23S5’: 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.

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
‘F24N’: 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
: ~~F25~~
‘F26H’: 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.

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.