Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2009Show full title

Article 1 U.K. Subject matter and scope

1. This Regulation lays down:

(a) a list of third countries or parts thereof from which the following commodities may be imported into, or transit through the Community:

(i)

meat of wild leporidae not containing offal, except for unskinned and uneviscerated wild leporidae;

(ii)

meat of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, not containing offal;

(iii)

meat of farmed rabbits;

(b) the veterinary certification requirements for the commodities listed in points (i), (ii) and (iii) (the commodities).

2. Without prejudice to the restriction provided for in Article 5(2), for the purposes of this Regulation, transit covers storage during transit (including putting into storage, as referred to in Article 12(4) and Article 13 of Council Directive 97/78/EC(1)).

3. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to:

(i)

specific certification requirements provided for in Community agreements with third countries;

(ii)

the relevant rules on certification contained within legislation implementing Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein.

Article 2 U.K. Definition

For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘wild leporidae’ means wild rabbits and hares.

Article 3 U.K. Lists of third countries or parts thereof from which commodities may be imported into, or transit through, the Community

The commodities shall only be imported into, or transit through, the Community from a third country or parts thereof listed or referred to in Part 1 of Annex I.

Article 4 U.K. Veterinary certification

1. Commodities imported into the Community shall be accompanied by a veterinary certificate drawn up in accordance with the model certificate set out in Annex II, for the commodity concerned, completed in accordance with the notes set out in Part 4 of Annex I.

2. Commodities in transit through the Community shall be accompanied by a certificate drawn up in accordance with the model certificate set out in Annex III.

3. Compliance with the additional guarantees, as required for a certain Member State or part thereof in columns 4, 6 and 8 of the Table in Part 1 of Annex I and as described in Part 3 of Annex I, shall be certified by completing the appropriate section in the veterinary certificate for the commodity concerned.

4. Electronic certification and other agreed systems harmonised at Community level may be used.

Article 5 U.K. Derogation for transit through Latvia, Lithuania and Poland

1. By way of derogation from Article 4(2), transit by road or by rail shall be authorised between the border inspection posts in Latvia, Lithuania and Poland listed in the Annex to Commission Decision 2001/881/EC(2), of consignments of commodities coming from and bound for Russia, directly or via another third country, where the following conditions are met:

(a) the consignment is sealed with a serially numbered seal by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry[F1 .]

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Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, transhipment and onward transportation through the Union, and amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 1251/2008, (EC) No 119/2009, (EU) No 206/2010, (EU) No 605/2010, (EU) No 142/2011, (EU) No 28/2012, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 and Commission Decision 2007/777/EC (Text with EEA relevance).

F2 Deleted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, transhipment and onward transportation through the Union, and amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 1251/2008, (EC) No 119/2009, (EU) No 206/2010, (EU) No 605/2010, (EU) No 142/2011, (EU) No 28/2012, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 and Commission Decision 2007/777/EC (Text with EEA relevance).

Article 6 U.K. Repeal

Decision 2000/585/EC is repealed.

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV.

Article 7 U.K. Transitional provisions

Commodities in respect of which the relevant veterinary certificates have been issued in accordance with Decision 2000/585/EC may be imported into or transit through the Community until 30 June 2009.

Article 8 U.K. Entry into force and applicability

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 June 2009.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.