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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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1. In addition to the conditions laid down in Chapters II and III, the following specific conditions shall apply to imports of:
(a) breeding and productive poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof, the requirements set out in Annex VIII;
(b) ratites for breeding and production, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof, the requirements set out in Annex IX.
2. The specific conditions referred to in paragraph 1(a) and (b) shall not apply to single consignments of less than 20 units of poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof. However, the requirements applicable after import set out in Section II of Annex VIII shall apply to those consignments.]
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In addition to the requirements provided for in Articles 3 to 6, specified pathogen-free eggs imported into [F2Great Britain] shall comply with the following requirements:
they shall be marked with a stamp bearing the ISO code of the third country of origin and the approval number of the establishment of origin;
each package of specified pathogen-free eggs must only contain eggs from the same third country of origin, establishment and consignor, and must bear at least the following particulars:
the information shown on the eggs as provided for in point (a);
a clearly visible and legible indication that the consignment contains specified pathogen-free eggs;
the consignor’s name or business name and address.
specified pathogen-free eggs imported into [F3Great Britain] must be transported directly to their final destination after import controls have been completed satisfactorily.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Art. 15 substituted (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(15)(a) (with regs. 69-71)
F3Words in Art. 15(c) substituted (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(15)(b) (with regs. 69-71)
Poultry and day-old chicks imported into [F4Great Britain] shall not be:
loaded onto a means of transport carrying other poultry and day-old chicks of a lower health status;
Textual Amendments
F4Words in Art. 16 substituted (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(16)(a) (with regs. 69-71)
F5Words in Art. 16(b) substituted (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(16)(b) (with regs. 69-71)
Only meat derived from ratites which have undergone the protective measures in relation to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, laid down in Part II of Annex X, may be imported into [F6Great Britain].
Textual Amendments
F6Words in Art. 17 substituted (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(17) (with regs. 69-71)
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