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

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)

[F1 Article 5 U.K. Conditions for imports and transit

1. Commodities imported into and transiting through [F2Great Britain] shall comply with the following:

(a) the conditions laid down in Articles 6 and 7 and in Chapter III;

(b)[F3any additional guarantees that the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may require from time to time;]

(c)[F4such of the conditions set out in the list headed “Specific conditions” in Part 2 of Annex 1 as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article], and where appropriate, [F5such closing dates as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify under Article 4a] and [F6such opening dates as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify under Article 4a] F7...;

(d)[F8subject to paragraph 3, such conditions] in relation to the approval of a salmonella control programme and related restrictions [F9such as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article];

(e) the animal health additional guarantees, where required by the [F10appropriate authority] and referred to in the certificate.

[F111A.Where the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), requires an additional guarantee under paragraph 1(b), the Secretary of State must specify the additional guarantee in a document published for the purposes of this Article.]

2.The following conditions set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to single consignments of less than 20 units of poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof:

(a)point (b);

(b)point (d) 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 as referred to in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 [F12to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying the primary products to the final consumer, and which are certified in accordance with model veterinary certificate LT20].]

[F133.In this Article, “salmonella control programme” is to be construed in accordance with the table headed “Salmonella control programme” in Part 2 of Annex 1.]

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