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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)
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| ISO code and name of third country or territory | F6... | F7... | Veterinary certificate | F3... | F3... | F3... | F3... | F3... | ||||
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| 1 | F6... | F7... | 4 | F8... | F3... | F3... | F3... | F3... | F3... | F3... | ||
| AL — Albania | F6... | F7... | EP, E | F3... | ||||||||
| AR — Argentina | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
| POU, RAT, EP, E | F3... | F3... | ||||||||||
| WGM | F8... | |||||||||||
| [F9AU – Australia | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
| EP, E | F3... | |||||||||||
| BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP, LT20 | F3... | F3... | F3... | |||||||||
| BPR | F8... | |||||||||||
| DOR | F8... | |||||||||||
| HER | F8... | |||||||||||
| POU | F8... | |||||||||||
| RAT | F8...] | |||||||||||
| [F10BA — Bosnia and Herzegovina | F6... | F7... | E, EP | F3... | ||||||||
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| BR — Brazil | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
| F6... | F7... | RAT, BPR, DOR, HER, SRA | F3... | F3... | ||||||||
| F6... | F7... | BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP, LT20 | F3... | F3... | ||||||||
| F6... | F7... | WGM | F8... | |||||||||
| EP, E, POU | F3... | F3... | ||||||||||
| BW — Botswana | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
| EP, E | F3... | |||||||||||
| BPR | F8... | |||||||||||
| DOR | F8... | |||||||||||
| HER | F8... | |||||||||||
| RAT | F8... | |||||||||||
| F11. . . | F11... | F11... | F11. . . | F11... | ||||||||
| [F12CA — Canada | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
| EP, E | F3... | |||||||||||
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| BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | F3... | F3... | F3... | |||||||||
| POU, RAT | F3... | |||||||||||
| F6... | F7...] | |||||||||||
| [F13CH — Switzerland] | [F13SPF | |||||||||||
| BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | ||||||||||||
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| CL — Chile | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
| EP, E | F3... | |||||||||||
| BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | F3... | F3... | F3... | |||||||||
| WGM | F8... | |||||||||||
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| CN — China | F6... | F7... | EP | |||||||||
| F6... | F7... | POU, E | F8... | F3... | F3... | F3... | F3... | |||||
| [F14EU member States, Liechtenstein and Norway c | F7... | SPF | ||||||||||
| BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | ||||||||||||
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| GL — Greenland | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
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| HK — Hong Kong | F6... | F7... | EP | |||||||||
| [F10IL — Israel b | F6... | F7... | SPF, EP | |||||||||
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, LT20 | F8... | F3... | F3... | F3... | F3... | |||||||
| SRP | F3... | F3... | ||||||||||
| RAT | F8... | F3... | F3... | |||||||||
| WGM | F8... | F3... | F3... | |||||||||
| E | F8... | F3... | F3... | F3... | ||||||||
| F6... | F7... | POU | F8... | F3... | F3... | |||||||
| F6... | F7... | F15... | F8... | F3... | F3...] | |||||||
| IN — India | F6... | F7... | EP | |||||||||
| [F16IS – Iceland c | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
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| [F18JP — Japan | F6... | F7... | EP, E | |||||||||
| POU | F3... | F3...] | ||||||||||
| KR — Republic of Korea | F6... | F7... | EP, E | F3... | ||||||||
| MD — Moldova | F6... | F7... | EP | |||||||||
| ME — Montenegro | F6... | F7... | EP | |||||||||
| MG — Madagascar | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
| EP, E, WGM | F3... | |||||||||||
| MY — Malaysia | F6... | F7... | — | |||||||||
| F6... | F7... | EP | ||||||||||
| E | F3... | |||||||||||
| [F19MK – Republic of North Macedonia | F6... | F7... | E, EP | |||||||||
| POU | F3... | F3...] | ||||||||||
| [F20MX — Mexico | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
| EP | F3...] | |||||||||||
| NA — Namibia | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
| BPR | F8... | |||||||||||
| DOR | F8... | |||||||||||
| HER | F8... | |||||||||||
| RAT, EP, E | F8... | F3... | ||||||||||
| NC — New Caledonia | F6... | F7... | EP | |||||||||
| NZ — New Zealand | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
| BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20, | F3... | |||||||||||
| WGM | F8... | |||||||||||
| EP, E, POU, RAT | F3... | |||||||||||
| PM — Saint Pierre and Miquelon | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
| RS — Serbia | F6... | F7... | EP | |||||||||
| [F21RU — Russia | F6... | F7... | EP, E | F3... | ||||||||
| POU | F3... | F3... | ||||||||||
| F3... | F3...] | |||||||||||
| SG — Singapore | F6... | F7... | EP | |||||||||
| TH — Thailand | F6... | F7... | SPF, EP | |||||||||
| WGM | F8... | F3... | ||||||||||
| POU, RAT | F3... | |||||||||||
| E | F3... | F3... | ||||||||||
| TN — Tunisia | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
| BPP, LT20, BPR, DOR, HER | F3... | |||||||||||
| WGM | F8... | |||||||||||
| EP, E, POU, RAT | F3... | |||||||||||
| TR — Turkey | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
| EP, E | F3... | |||||||||||
| [F22UA — Ukraine | F6... | F7... | EP, E [F23WGM, POU, RAT] | |||||||||
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| [F25US – United States | F6... | F7... | SPF [F26EP, E, WGM, POU, RAT, BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20] | |||||||||
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| UY — Uruguay | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
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| [F28ZA — South Africa | F6... | F7... | SPF | |||||||||
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| BPR | F8... | F3... | F3... | F3... | ||||||||
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| ZW — Zimbabwe | F6... | F7... | RAT | F8... | F3... | F3... | ||||||
| EP, E | F3...] | |||||||||||
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 3(11)(b)(v)
F4Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table footnote omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 3(11)(b)(vi)(aa)
F5Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table footnote omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 3(11)(b)(vi)(bb)
F6Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 3(11)(b)(i)
F7Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 3(11)(b)(ii)
F8Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 3(11)(b)(iv)
F9Substituted 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).
F10Substituted 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).
F11Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 table omitted (13.12.2022) by virtue of The Animals and Animal Health, Feed and Food, Plants and Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1315), regs. 1(1), 17(2)
F12Substituted 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).
F13Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 table substituted (21.3.2023) by The Approved Country Lists (Animals and Animal Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/217), regs. 1(2), 3(2)
F14Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table inserted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 53(21)(a)(i) (with regs. 69-71) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1631, regs. 1(2), 11(2))
F15Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 3(11)(b)(iii)(aa)
F16Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table substituted (28.3.2021) by The Approved Country Lists (Animals and Animal Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/211), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a)
F17Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 3(11)(b)(iii)(bb)
F18Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2083 of 14 December 2020 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 in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (Text with EEA relevance)
F19Substituted 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).
F20Substituted 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).
F21Substituted 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).
F22Substituted 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).
F23Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 3(11)(b)(iii)(cc)
F24Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 3(11)(b)(iii)(dd)
F25Substituted 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).
F26Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 3(11)(b)(iii)(ee)
F27Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Table omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 3(11)(b)(iii)(ff)
F28Substituted 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).
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted 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).
F2Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 heading omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 3(11)(a)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Annex 1 Pt. 1: power to amend conferred (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Legislative Functions) and Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1225), regs. 1(3), 7; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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