Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122Show full title

ANNEX III Information referred to in point (a) of Article 8(2)

Keep infectious animal diseases out of the EU! Animal products may carry pathogens causing infectious disease

Due to the risk of introducing diseases into the European Union (EU), there are strict procedures for the introduction of certain animal products into the EU. These procedures do not apply to the movements of animal products between the Member States of the EU, or for animal products coming in small quantities for personal consumption from Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino, and Switzerland.

All animal products not conforming to these rules shall be surrendered on arrival in the EU for official disposal. Failure to declare such items may result in a fine or criminal prosecution.

The following goods shall not be introduced into the EU, unless the combined quantity of goods listed in points 2, 3 and 5 does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg per person.

In the case of goods coming from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, the combined quantity of goods listed in points 1, 2, 3 and 5 shall not exceed the weight limit of 10 kg per person.

1. Small quantities of meat and milk and their products (other than powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods required for medical reasons or petfood required for health-related reasons)

You may only bring in or send to the EU personal consignments of meat and milk and their products (other than powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods required for medical reasons or petfood required for health-related reasons) provided that they come from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, and their weight does not exceed 10 kg per person.

2. Powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods required for medical reasons

You may only bring in or send to the EU personal consignments of powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods required for medical reasons provided that:

• they come from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, and their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 10 kg per person, and that:

  (a)

  the product does not require refrigeration before consumption;

  (b)

  the product is a packaged proprietary brand product; and

  (c)

  the packaging is unbroken unless in current use,

• they come from other countries (other than the Faroe Islands or Greenland), and their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg per person, and that:

  (a)

  the product does not require refrigeration before consumption;

  (b)

  the product is a packaged proprietary brand product; and

  (c)

  the packaging is unbroken unless in current use.

  3. Petfood required for health-related reasons

You may only bring in or send to the EU personal consignments of petfood required for health-related reasons provided that:

• they come from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, and their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 10 kg per person, and that:

  (a)

  the product does not require refrigeration before consumption;

  (b)

  the product is a packaged proprietary brand product; and

  (c)

  the packaging is unbroken unless in current use,

• they come from other countries (other than the Faroe Islands or Greenland), and their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg per person, and that:

  (a)

  the product does not require refrigeration before consumption;

  (b)

  the product is a packaged proprietary brand product; and

  (c)

  the packaging is unbroken unless in current use.

  4. Small quantities of fishery products for personal human consumption

You may only bring in or send to the EU personal consignments of fishery products (including fresh, dried, cooked, cured or smoked fish, and certain shellfish, such as prawns, lobsters, dead mussels and dead oysters) provided that:

• fresh fish are eviscerated,

• the weight of the fishery products does not exceed, per person, 20 kg or the weight of one fish, whichever weight is the highest.

These restrictions do not apply to fishery products coming from the Faroe Islands or Greenland.

5. Small quantities of other animal products for personal human consumption

You may only bring in or send to the EU other animal products, such as honey, live oysters, live mussels and snails for example, provided that:

• they come from the Faroe Islands or Greenland, and their combined weight does not exceed 10 kg per person,

• they come from other countries (other than the Faroe Islands or Greenland) and their combined weight does not exceed 2 kg per person.

Please note that you may bring in or send to the EU small quantities of animal products from several of the above five categories (paragraphs 1 to 5) provided that they comply with the rules explained in each of the relevant paragraphs.

6. Larger quantities of animal products

You may only bring in or send to the EU larger quantities of animal products if they meet the requirements for commercial consignments, which include:

• certification requirements, as laid down in the appropriate official EU official certificate,

• the presentation of the goods, with the correct documentation, to a EU border control post, on arrival in the EU.

  7. Exempted products

The following products are exempted from the rules set out in points 1 to 6:

• bread, cakes, biscuits, waffles and wafers, rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products containing less than 20 % of processed dairy and egg products and treated as provided for in point (a)(i) of Article 6(1) of Commission Decision 2007/275/EC(1),

• chocolate and confectionery (including sweets) containing less than 50 % of processed dairy and egg products and treated as provided for in point (a)(i) of Article 6(1) of Decision 2007/275/EC,

• food supplements packaged for the final consumer containing small amounts (in total less than 20 %) of processed animal products (including glucosamine, chondroitin or chitosan, or both chondroitin and chitosan) other than meat products,

• olives stuffed with fish,

• pasta and noodles not mixed or filled with meat product containing less than 50 % of processed dairy and egg products and treated as provided for in point (a)(i) of Article 6(1) of Decision 2007/275/EC,

• soup stocks and flavourings packaged for the final consumer containing less than 50 % of fish oils, fish powders or fish extracts and treated as provided for in point (a)(i) of Article 6(1) of Decision 2007/275/EC.

(1)

Commission Decision 2007/275/EC of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (OJ L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 9).