1.Commodities imported into and transiting through the Community shall comply with the conditions laid down in Articles 6 and 7 and in Chapter III.
2.Paragraph 1 shall not apply to single consignments of fewer than 20 units of poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs or day-old chicks thereof. However, such single consignments may only be imported from third countries, territories, zones or compartments thereof that are approved for such imports and they comply with the following conditions:
(a)third country, territory, zone or compartment is listed in columns 1 and 3 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I and column 4 of that table provides for a model veterinary certificate for the commodity concerned;
(b)they are not covered by an import ban for animal health reasons;
(c)the importation conditions include the requirement for post-import isolation or quarantine.
3.Commodities referred to in paragraph 1 shall comply with the following:
(a)the additional guarantees, as specified in column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I;
(b)the specific conditions set out in column 6, and where appropriate, the closing dates set out in column 6A and the opening dates set out in column 6B, of the table in Part 1 of Annex I;
(c)the animal health additional guarantees, where required by the Member State of destination and referred to in the certificate;
(d)the restrictions in relation to the approval of a Salmonella control programme, shall only apply when indicated in the appropriate column of the table in Part 1 of Annex I.