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)
Modified by
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2008of 18 December 2008concerning the approval of control programmes for salmonella in certain third countries in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and listing of avian influenza surveillance programmes in certain third countries and amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008(Text with EEA relevance), 32008R1291, December 19, 2008
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2009of 18 May 2009amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 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), 32009R0411, May 20, 2009
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 215/2010of 5 March 2010amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 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)Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) No 215/2010 of 5 March 2010 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 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(Official Journal of the European Union L 76 of 23 March 2010), 32010R021532010R0215R(01), March 23, 2010
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 241/2010of 8 March 2010amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the inclusion of Belarus in the list of third countries set out in that Regulation in order to permit transit from Belarus through the Union of eggs and egg products for human consumption and modifying certification for day-old chicks of poultry other than ratites(Text with EEA relevance), 32010R0241, March 24, 2010
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 254/2010of 10 March 2010approving a control programme for Salmonella in poultry in certain third countries in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the Salmonella control status of certain third countries(Text with EEA relevance), 32010R0254, March 26, 2010
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 332/2010of 22 April 2010amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Israel in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments(Text with EEA relevance), 32010R0332, April 23, 2010
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 925/2010of 15 October 2010amending 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)Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2011of 13 April 2011amending 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), 32010R092532011R0364, October 16, 2010
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2011of 13 April 2011amending 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), 32011R0364, April 14, 2011
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 955/2010of 22 October 2010amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the use of vaccines against Newcastle disease(Text with EEA relevance)Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2011of 13 April 2011amending 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), 32010R095532011R0364, October 23, 2010
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2011of 13 April 2011amending 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), 32011R0364, April 14, 2011
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2011of 13 April 2011amending 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), 32011R0364, April 14, 2011
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 427/2011of 2 May 2011amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Israel in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0427, May 3, 2011
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 536/2011of 1 June 2011amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for South Africa in the lists of third countries or parts thereof(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0536, June 2, 2011
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 991/2011of 5 October 2011amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for South Africa in the lists of third countries or parts thereof with respect to highly pathogenic avian influenza(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0991, October 6, 2011
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1132/2011of 8 November 2011amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards transit of consignments of eggs and egg products from Belarus through Lithuania to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R1132, November 9, 2011
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1380/2011of 21 December 2011amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the specific conditions for breeding and productive ratites(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R1380, December 23, 2011
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 110/2012of 9 February 2012amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for South Africa in the lists of third countries or parts thereof(Text with EEA relevance), 32012R0110, February 10, 2012
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 393/2012of 7 May 2012amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Thailand in the lists of third countries or parts thereof from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32012R0393, May 9, 2012
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 532/2012of 21 June 2012amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards entries for Israel in the lists of third countries or parts thereof with respect to highly pathogenic avian influenza(Text with EEA relevance), 32012R0532, June 22, 2012
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1162/2012of 7 December 2012amending Decision 2007/777/EC and Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Russia in the lists of third countries from which certain meat, meat products and eggs may be introduced into the Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32012R1162, December 8, 2012
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 88/2013of 31 January 2013amending Decision 2007/777/EC and Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Ukraine in the lists of third countries from which certain meat, meat products, eggs and egg products may be introduced into the Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0088, February 1, 2013
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 191/2013of 5 March 2013amending Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 119/2009 and (EU) No 206/2010 and Decision 2000/572/EC as regards animal welfare attestation in the models of veterinary certificates(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0191, March 6, 2013
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 437/2013of 8 May 2013amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Mexico in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0437, May 14, 2013
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013of 21 February 2013adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, right of establishment and freedom to provide services, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, fisheries, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, social policy and employment, environment, customs union, external relations, and foreign, security and defence policy, by reason of the accession of Croatia, 32013R0519, June 10, 2013
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 556/2013of 14 June 2013amending Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EU) No 206/2010, (EU) No 605/2010 and (EU) No 28/2012 as regards the transit of certain products of animal origin from Bosnia and Herzegovina(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0556, June 18, 2013
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 866/2013of 9 September 2013amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards transit of consignments of poultry meat from Belarus through Lithuania to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0866, September 10, 2013
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1204/2013of 25 November 2013amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the Republic of Moldova in the lists of third countries from which certain meat, meat products, eggs and egg products may be introduced into the Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R1204, November 27, 2013
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 166/2014of 17 February 2014amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards certification requirements for imports into the Union of meat of farmed ratites for human consumption and the entries for Israel and South Africa in the list of third countries or territories(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R0166, February 22, 2014
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2014of 4 September 2014amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Malaysia in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments with respect to highly pathogenic avian influenza and as regards the model veterinary certificates for the import of poultry, day-old chicks, hatching eggs, meat of poultry and farmed ratites and eggs(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R0952, September 13, 2014
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/198of 6 February 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Canada in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0198, February 10, 2015
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/243of 13 February 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0243, February 17, 2015
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/342of 2 March 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza following outbreaks in the States of Idaho and California(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0342, March 4, 2015
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/526of 27 March 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to further outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in that country(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0526, March 28, 2015
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/608of 14 April 2015amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Ukraine and Israel in the list of third countries, the approval of the control programme of Ukraine for Salmonella in laying hens, the veterinary certification requirements concerning Newcastle disease and processing requirements for egg products(Text with EEA relevance)Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/608 of 14 April 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Ukraine and Israel in the list of third countries, the approval of the control programme of Ukraine for Salmonella in laying hens, the veterinary certification requirements concerning Newcastle disease and processing requirements for egg products(Official Journal of the European Union L 101 of 18 April 2015), 32015R060832015R0608R(01), April 18, 2015
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/796of 21 May 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza following further outbreaks in that country(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0796, May 22, 2015
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/908of 11 June 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Canada in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0908, June 13, 2015
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1153of 14 July 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza following further outbreaks in that country(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R1153, July 15, 2015
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1220of 24 July 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza following recent outbreaks in the States of Indiana and Nebraska(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R1220, July 25, 2015
Corrected by
  • Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) No 215/2010 of 5 March 2010 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 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, 32010R0215R(01), May 20, 2010
  • Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/608 of 14 April 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Ukraine and Israel in the list of third countries, the approval of the control programme of Ukraine for Salmonella in laying hens, the veterinary certification requirements concerning Newcastle disease and processing requirements for egg products, 32015R0608R(01), June 12, 2015
Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008of 8 August 2008laying 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) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggsOJ L 303, 31.10.1990, p. 6. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 2007/729/EC (OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 26)., and in particular Article 21(1), Article 22(3) Article 23, Article 24(2) and Articles 26 and 27a thereof,Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EECOJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352)., and in particular Articles 10 and 18 thereof,Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EECOJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC., and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 29(1), thereof,Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countriesOJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC., and in particular Article 22(1) thereof,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 consumptionOJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11., and in particular Article 8, Article 9(2)(b) and Article 9(4) thereof,Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agentsOJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1237/2007 (OJ L 280, 24.10.2007, p. 5)., and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,Having regard 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 originOJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55; corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1243/2007 (OJ L 281, 25.10.2007, p. 8)., and in particular Article 9 thereof,Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumptionOJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206; corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 83. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1)., and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,Whereas:(1)Directive 90/539/EEC lays down animal health conditions governing imports into the Community from third countries of poultry and hatching eggs. It provides that poultry and hatching eggs are to satisfy the conditions laid down therein and originate in a third country or part thereof included on a list drawn up in accordance with that Directive.(2)Directive 2002/99/EC lays down rules governing the introduction from third countries of products of animal origin and products obtained there from intended for human consumption. It provides that such products are only to be imported into the Community if they comply with the requirements applicable to all stages of the production, processing and distribution of those products in the Community or if they offer equivalent animal health guarantees.(3)Commission Decision 2006/696/EC of 28 August 2006 laying down a list of third countries from which poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks, meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs may be imported into and transit through the Community and the applicable veterinary certification conditionsOJ L 295, 25.10.2006, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1237/2007. sets out a list of third countries from which the commodities concerned may be imported into, and transit through, the Community and lays down the veterinary certification conditions.(4)Commission Decision 93/342/EEC of 12 May 1993 laying down the criteria for classifying third countries with regard to avian influenza and Newcastle disease in relation to imports of live poultry and hatching eggsOJ L 137, 8.6.1993, p. 24. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/696/EC (OJ L 295, 25.10.2006, p. 1). and Commission Decision 94/438/EC of 7 June 1994 laying down the criteria for classifying third countries and parts thereof with regard to avian influenza and Newcastle disease in relation to imports of fresh poultrymeatOJ L 181, 15.7.1994, p. 35; corrected by OJ L 187, 26.5.2004, p. 8. lay down criteria for classifying third countries with regard to avian influenza and Newcastle disease in relation to imports of live poultry, hatching eggs and poultrymeat.(5)Community legislation for the control of avian influenza has recently been updated by Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenzaOJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16., to take account of the most recent scientific knowledge and developments on the epidemiology of avian influenza in the Community and worldwide. The scope of the control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak has been extended from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to deal also with outbreaks of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI), and to introduce compulsory active surveillance for avian influenza and a wider use of vaccination against this disease.(6)Imports from third countries should therefore meet conditions equivalent to those applied within the Community and which are in line with the revised requirements for international trade in poultry and poultry products laid down by the standards of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal health (OIE)http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/en_sommaire.htm (latest edition). and the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animalshttp://www.oie.int/eng/normes/en_mmanual.htm?e1d10 (latest edition). of the OIE.(7)Argentina and Israel have submitted their avian influenza surveillance programmes to the Commission for evaluation. The Commission has examined these programmes and they conform to the relevant Community provisions and therefore a positive evaluation of these programmes should be indicated in the column 7 of part 1 of Annex I to this Regulation.(8)Article 21(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC sets out certain matters that are to be taken into account when deciding whether or not a third country or part thereof maybe included in the list of third countries from which poultry and hatching eggs may be imported into the Community, such as the state of health of poultry, the regularity and rapidity of the supply of information by a third country relating to the existence of certain contagious animal diseases, including avian influenza and Newcastle disease and the rules for animal disease prevention and control in the third country concerned.(9)Article 8 of Directive 2002/99/EC provides that when drawing up lists of third countries or regions of third countries thereof from which imports of specified products of animal origin are permitted into the Community, particular account is to be taken of certain matters, such as the health status of livestock, the regularity, speed and accuracy with which the third country supplies information on the existence of certain infectious or contagious animal diseases in its territory, in particular avian influenza and Newcastle disease and the general health situation in the third country concerned which might pose a risk to public or animal health in the Community.(10)In the interests of animal health, this Regulation should provide that commodities should only be imported into the Community from third countries, territories, zones or compartments which have in place avian influenza surveillance programmes and avian influenza vaccination plans, where such vaccination is carried out.(11)Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003, admission to or retention on the lists of third countries provided for in Community legislation from which Member States are authorised to import certain poultry commodities covered by that Regulation is subject to the submission to the Commission by the third country concerned of a programme equivalent to national control programmes for Salmonella to be established by the Member States, and its approval by the Commission. A positive evaluation of these programmes should be indicated in part 1 of Annex I to this Regulation.(12)The Community and certain third countries wish to permit trade in poultry and poultry products coming from approved compartments and therefore the principle of compartmentalisation for imports of poultry and poultry products should be further laid down in Community legislation. The compartmentalisation principle has been laid down recently by the OIE in order to facilitate world wide trade in poultry and poultry products and therefore it should be incorporated into Community legislation.(13)Currently Community legislation does not provide for certificates for the import into the Community of minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, for certain health reasons, in particular the traceability of meat used for its production. Accordingly, model veterinary certificates covering those commodities should be provided for in this Regulation following further scientific investigations.(14)In order to provide more flexibility in certain situations for the competent authorities for veterinary certificates purposes, and based on several requests from third countries exporting day-old chicks of poultry and ratites to the Community, this Regulation should provide that such commodities should be examined at the time of dispatch of the consignment instead of at the time of issue of the veterinary certificate.(15)In order to avoid any interruption in trade, imports into the Community of commodities that have been produced before the introduction of animal health restrictions, as set out in Part 1 of Annex I to this Regulation, should continue to be permitted for 90 days following the introduction of import restrictions for the commodity concerned.(16)Specific conditions for transit via the Community of consignments to and from Russia should be provided for owing to the geographical situation of Kaliningrad which affects only Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.(17)Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 (OJ L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 61). set out general Community health rules applicable to the import into, and transit through, the Community of the commodities covered by the Regulation.(18)In addition, Council Directive 96/93/EC of 17 December 1996 on the certification of animals and animal productsOJ L 13, 16.1.1997, p. 28. lays down standards of certification which are necessary to ensure valid certification and to prevent fraud. It is, therefore, appropriate to ensure in this Regulation that the rules and principles applied by third country certifying officers provide guarantees that are equivalent to those laid down in that Directive and that the model veterinary certificates laid down in this Regulation reflect only such facts as may be attested at the time the certificate is issued.(19)In the interests of clarity and coherence of Community legislation, Decisions 93/342/EEC, 94/438/EC and 2006/696/EC should be repealed and replaced by this Regulation.(20)It is appropriate to provide for a transitional period to permit Member States and industry to take the necessary measures to comply with the applicable veterinary certification requirements laid down in this Regulation.(21)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:
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