Commission Regulation (EU) No 925/2010
of 15 October 2010
amending Decision 2007/777/EC and Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards transit through the Union of poultry meat and poultry meat products from Russia
(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC, and in particular Article 10(2)(c) thereof,
OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption, and in particular the introductory phrase of Article 8, the first paragraph of point 1 of Article 8 and Article 9(4)(c) thereof,
OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2007/777/EC of 29 November 2007 laying down the animal and public health conditions and model certificates for imports of certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines for human consumption from third countries and repealing Decision 2005/432/EC lays down rules on imports into the Union and the transit and storage in the Union of consignments of meat products, as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin. That Decision also lays down lists of third countries and parts thereof from which such imports and transit and storage are to be authorised and the model public and animal health certificates and the treatments required for those products.
OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 49.
OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55.
(2) Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC lays down a list of third countries or parts thereof from which imports into the Union of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines which are subject to different treatments, referred to in Part 4 of that Annex, are authorised.
(3) Decision 2007/777/EC provides that Member States are to ensure that consignments of the commodities covered by it, introduced into the Union and which are destined for a third country either by transit immediately or following storage and not intended for importation into the Union come from the territory of a third country or a part thereof listed in Annex II thereto and have undergone the minimum treatment for the import of such commodities provided for therein.
(4) 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 provides that certain commodities are only to be imported into and transit through the Union from the third countries, territories, zones or compartments listed in the table in Part 1 of Annex I thereto. It also lays down the veterinary certification requirements for such commodities.
OJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1.
(5) Russia has asked the Commission to authorise transit through the Union of poultry meat and poultry meat products which have been subjected to a non-specific treatment, pursuant to Part 4 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC.
(6) An inspection carried out by the Food and Veterinary Office in Russia demonstrated that the competent veterinary authority of that third country provides appropriate guarantees as regards compliance with Union rules required for transit through the Union of those commodities.
(7) It is therefore appropriate to include Russia in the column for meat products from poultry and farmed feathered game (except ratites) in the table set out in Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC for transit through the Union of such products which have undergone a non-specific treatment as set out in Part 4 of that Annex.
(8) In addition, it is also necessary to include Russia in the list of third countries set out in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 for transit through the Union of poultry meat.
(9) Decision 2007/777/EC and Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2 Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I

‘PART 2 Third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines into the Union is authorised
(See Part 4 of this Annex for the interpretation of codes used in the table)
ISO code	Country of origin or part thereof	1. Domestic bovine2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game-(excluding swine)	Domestic ovine/ caprine	1. Domestic porcine2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine)	Domestic soliped	1. Poultry2. Farmed feathered game (except ratites)	Farmed ratites	Domestic rabbit and farmed leporidae	Wild cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine)	Wild swine	Wild soliped	Wild leporidae (rabbits and hares)	Wild game birds	Wild land mamma-lian game (excluding ungulates, solipeds and leporidae)
AR	Argentina AR	C	C	C	A	A	A	A	C	C	XXX	A	D	XXX
	Argentina AR-1	C	C	C	A	A	A	A	C	C	XXX	A	D	XXX
	Argentina AR-2	A	A	C	A	A	A	A	C	C	XXX	A	D	XXX
AU	Australia	A	A	A	A	D	D	A	A	A	XXX	A	D	A
BH	Bahrain	B	B	B	B	XXX	XXX	A	C	C	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
BR	Brazil	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	D	D	A	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	D	XXX
	Brazil BR-1	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	XXX	A	A	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	A	XXX
	Brazil BR-2	C	C	C	A	D	D	A	C	XXX	XXX	A	D	XXX
	Brazil BR-3	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	A	XXX	A	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	D	XXX
BW	Botswana	B	B	B	B	XXX	A	A	B	B	A	A	XXX	XXX
BY	Belarus	C	C	C	B	XXX	XXX	A	C	C	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
CA	Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	XXX	A	A	A
CH	Switzerland													
CL	Chile	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	B	B	XXX	A	A	XXX
CN	China	B	B	B	B	B	B	A	B	B	XXX	A	B	XXX
	China CN-1	B	B	B	B	D	B	A	B	B	XXX	A	B	XXX
CO	Colombia	B	B	B	B	XXX	A	A	B	B	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
ET	Ethiopia	B	B	B	B	XXX	XXX	A	B	B	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
GL	Greenland	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	A	A
HK	Hong Kong	B	B	B	B	D	D	A	B	B	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
HR	Croatia	A	A	D	A	A	A	A	A	D	XXX	A	A	XXX
IL	Israel	B	B	B	B	A	A	A	B	B	XXX	A	A	XXX
IN	India	B	B	B	B	XXX	XXX	A	B	B	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
IS	Iceland	A	A	B	A	A	A	A	A	B	XXX	A	A	XXX
KE	Kenya	B	B	B	B	XXX	XXX	A	B	B	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
KR	South Korea	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	D	D	A	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	D	XXX
MA	Morocco	B	B	B	B	XXX	XXX	A	B	B	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
ME	Montenegro	A	A	D	A	D	D	A	D	D	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
MG	Madagascar	B	B	B	B	D	D	A	B	B	XXX	A	D	XXX
MK	former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	A	A	B	A	XXX	XXX	A	B	B	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
MU	Mauritius	B	B	B	B	XXX	XXX	A	B	B	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
MX	Mexico	A	D	D	A	D	D	A	D	D	XXX	A	D	XXX
MY	Malaysia MY	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
	Malaysia MY-1	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	D	D	A	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	D	XXX
NA	Namibia	B	B	B	B	D	A	A	B	B	A	A	D	XXX
NC	New Caledonia	A	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
NZ	New Zealand	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	XXX	A	A	A
PY	Paraguay	C	C	C	B	XXX	XXX	A	C	C	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
RS	Serbia	A	A	D	A	D	D	A	D	D	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
RU	Russia	C	C	C	B	A	XXX	A	C	C	XXX	A	XXX	A
SG	Singapore	B	B	B	B	D	D	A	B	B	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
SZ	Swaziland	B	B	B	B	XXX	XXX	A	B	B	A	A	XXX	XXX
TH	Thailand	B	B	B	B	A	A	A	B	B	XXX	A	D	XXX
TN	Tunisia	C	C	B	B	A	A	A	B	B	XXX	A	D	XXX
TR	Turkey	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	D	D	A	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	D	XXX
UA	Ukraine	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	XXX	XXX
US	United States	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	XXX	A	A	XXX
UY	Uruguay	C	C	B	A	D	A	A	XXX	XXX	XXX	A	D	XXX
ZA	South Africa	C	C	C	A	D	A	A	C	C	A	A	D	XXX
ZW	Zimbabwe	C	C	B	A	D	A	A	B	B	XXX	A	D	XXX
See Part 3 of this Annex for the minimum treatment requirements applicable to pasteurised meat products and biltong.														
For meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines prepared from fresh meat obtained from animals slaughtered after 1 March 2002.														
Onlly for transit in accordance with Article 5.														
In accordance with the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products.														
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject in the United Nations.														
Not including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.														
XXX No certificate laid down and meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines containing meat of this species are not authorised.														’

ANNEX II

‘PART 1 List of third countries, territories, zones or compartments
ISO code and name of third country or territory	Code of third country, territory, zone or compartment	Description of third country, territory, zone or compartment	Veterinary certificate		Specific conditions	Specific conditions		Avian influenza surveillance status	Avian influenza vaccination status	Salmonella control status
			Model(s)	Additional guarantees		Closing date	Opening date			
1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	6B	7	8	9
AL – Albania	AL-0	Whole country	EP, E							S4
AR – Argentina	AR-0	Whole country	SPF							
			POU, RAT, EP, E					A		S4
			WGM	VIII						
AU – Australia	AU-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
			BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP							S0, ST0
			BPR	I						
			DOR	II						
			HER	III						
			POU	VI						
			RAT	VII						
BR – Brazil	BR-0	Whole country	SPF							
	BR-1	States of: Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul	RAT, BPR, DOR, HER, SRA		N			A		
	BR-2	States of: Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo	BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP		N					S5, ST0
	BR-3	Distrito Federal and States of: Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo	WGM	VIII						
			EP, E, POU		N					S4
BW – Botswana	BW-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
			BPR	I						
			DOR	II						
			HER	III						
			RAT	VII						
BY – Belarus	BY - 0	Whole country	EP and E (both “only for transit through the EU”)	IX						
CA – Canada	CA-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
			BPR, BPP, DOR, HER, SRA, SRP		N			A		S1, ST1
			DOC, HEP		L, N					
			WGM	VIII						
			POU, RAT		N					
CH – Switzerland	CH-0	Whole country						A		
CL – Chile	CL-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
			BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP		N			A		S0, ST0
			WGM	VIII						
			POU, RAT		N					
CN – China	CN-0	Whole country	EP							
	CN-1	Province of Shandong	POU, E	VI	P2	6.2.2004	—			S4
GL – Greenland	GL-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, WGM							
HK – Hong Kong	HK-0	The whole territory of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	EP							
HR – Croatia	HR-0	Whole country	SPF							
			BPR, BPP, DOR, DOC, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP		N			A		S2, ST0
			EP, E, POU, RAT, WGM		N					
IL – Israel	IL-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
	IL-1	Area of Israel excluding IL-2	BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP		N			A		S5, ST1
			WGM	VIII						
			POU, RAT		N					S4
	IL-2	Area of Israel inside the following boundaries: to the west: road number 4. to the south: road number 5812 connecting to road number 5815. to the east: the security fence until road number 6513. to the north: road number 6513 until the junction with road 65. From this point in a straight line to the entrance of Givat Nili and from there in a straight line to the junction of roads 652 and 4.	BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP		N, P2	26.1.2010	1.5.2010	A		S5, ST1
			WGM	VIII	P2	26.1.2010	1.5.2010	A		
			POU, RAT		N, P2	26.1.2010	1.5.2010			S4
IN – India	IN-0	Whole country	EP							
IS – Iceland	IS-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
KR – Republic of Korea	KR-0	Whole country	EP, E							S4
ME – Montenegro	ME-O	Whole country	EP							
MG – Madagascar	MG-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E, WGM							S4
MY – Malaysia	MY-0	—	—							
	MY-1	Western Peninsular	EP							
			E		P2	6.2.2004				S4
MK – former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	MK-0	Whole country	EP							
MX – Mexico	MX-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP							
NA – Namibia	NA-0	Whole country	SPF							
			BPR	I						
			DOR	II						
			HER	III						
			RAT, EP, E	VII						S4
NC – New Caledonia	NC-0	Whole country	EP							
NZ – New Zealand	NZ-0	Whole country	SPF							
			BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP							S0, ST0
			WGM	VIII						
			EP, E, POU, RAT							S4
PM – Saint Pierre and Miquelon	PM-0	Whole territory	SPF							
RS – Serbia	RS-0	Whole country	EP							
RU – Russia	RU-0	Whole country	EP							
			POU							
SG – Singapore	SG-0	Whole country	EP							
TH – Thailand	TH-0	Whole country	SPF, EP							
			WGM	VIII	P2	23.1.2004				
			E, POU, RAT		P2	23.1.2004				S4
TN – Tunisia	TN-0	Whole country	SPF							
			DOR, BPR, BPP, HER							S1, ST0
			WGM	VIII						
			EP, E, POU, RAT							S4
TR – Turkey	TR-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
US – United States	US-0	Whole country	SPF							
			BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP		N			A		S3, ST1
			WGM	VIII						
			EP, E, POU, RAT		N					S4
UY – Uruguay	UY-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E, RAT							S4
ZA – South Africa	ZA-0	Whole country	SPF							
			EP, E							S4
			BPR	I				A		
			DOR	II						
			HER	III						
			RAT	VII						
ZW – Zimbabwe	ZW-0	Whole country	RAT	VII						
			EP, E							S4
Commodities, including those transported on the high seas, produced before this date may be imported into the Union during a period of 90 days from this date.										
Only commodities produced after this date may be imported into the Union.										
In accordance with the agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132).										
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject in the United Nations.										
Not including Kosovo, as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.										
Only for transit in accordance with Article 4(4) and Article 5.										
Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2011 of 13 April 2011 amending Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2008 as regards a control programme for Salmonella in certain poultry and eggs in Croatia in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and correcting Commission Regulations (EU) No 925/2010 and (EU) No 955/2010 (Text with EEA relevance).
Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2011 of 13 April 2011 amending Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2008 as regards a control programme for Salmonella in certain poultry and eggs in Croatia in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and correcting Commission Regulations (EU) No 925/2010 and (EU) No 955/2010 (Text with EEA relevance).’