Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 of 12 March 2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements (Text with EEA relevance)

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[X1 Article 7 U.K. General conditions for the introduction into [F1Great Britain] of certain species of bees

1.Consignments of [F2queen bees (Apis mellifera and Bombus spp.) and bumble bees (Bombus spp.) shall only be introduced into Great Britain] from F3...:

(a)[F4such third countries] listed in Part 1 of Annex II [F5, or territories or parts thereof, 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 paragraph];

(b)[F6third countries or territories] where the presence of the American foulbrood, the small hive beetle ( Aethina tumida ) and the Tropilaelaps mite ( Tropilaelaps spp.) is subject to compulsory notification throughout the whole territory of the third country or territory concerned.

2.By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a), consignments of bees may be introduced into [F7Great Britain] from a part of a third country or territory listed in Part 1 of Annex II [F8and specified by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph,] which is:

(a)a geographically and epidemiologically isolated part of the third country or territory

(b)listed in the third column of the table in Section 1 of Part 1 of Annex IV.

When that derogation is applied, the introduction into [F9Great Britain] of consignments of bees shall be prohibited from all other parts of the third country or territory concerned not listed in the third column of the table in Section 1 of Part 1 of Annex IV.

3.Consignments of bees of the species [F10referred to in paragraph 1] shall consist of either:

(a) cages of queen bees ( Apis mellifera and Bombus spp.), each containing one single queen bee with a maximum of 20 accompanying attendants; or

(b) containers of bumble bees ( Bombus spp.), each containing a colony of a maximum of 200 adult bumble bees.

4. Consignments of bees of the species [F11referred to in paragraph 1] shall:

(a) be accompanied by the appropriate veterinary certificate, [F12in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time], and completed and signed by an official inspector of the exporting third country;

(b) comply with the veterinary requirements set out in the veterinary certificate referred to in point (a).]

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X1Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 of 12 March 2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements (Official Journal of the European Union L 73 of 20 March 2010).

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Art. 7 heading 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), 56(12)(a) (with regs. 69-71)

F2Words in Art. 7(1) 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), 56(12)(b) (with regs. 69-71)

F3Words in Art. 7(1) 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), 5(7)(a)(i)

F4Words in Art. 7(1)(a) 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), 5(7)(a)(ii)(aa)

F5Words in Art. 7(1)(a) 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), 5(7)(a)(ii)(bb)

F6Words in Art. 7(1)(b) 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), 5(7)(a)(iii)

F7Words in Art. 7(2) 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), 56(12)(c)(i) (with regs. 69-71)

F8Words in Art. 7(2) 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), 5(7)(b)