Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 of 9 February 2009 laying down a list of third countries or parts thereof, for imports into, or transit through, the Community of meat of wild leporidae, of certain wild land mammals and of farmed rabbits and the veterinary certification requirements (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2009of 9 February 2009laying down a list of third countries or parts thereof, for imports into, or transit through, the Community of meat of wild leporidae, of certain wild land mammals and of farmed rabbits and the veterinary certification requirements(Text with EEA relevance)

Article 1Subject matter and scope1.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/ECOJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.).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 2DefinitionFor the purposes of this Regulation, "wild leporidae" means wild rabbits and hares.

Article 3Lists of third countries or parts thereof from which commodities may be imported into, or transit through, the CommunityThe 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 4Veterinary certification1.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 5Derogation for transit through Latvia, Lithuania and Poland1.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/ECOJ L 326, 11.12.2001, p. 44., 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.(b)the documents accompanying the consignment, as provided for in Article 7 of Directive 97/78/EC, are stamped with the words "Only for transit to Russia via the EC" on each page by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry;(c)the procedural requirements provided for in Article 11 of Directive 97/78/EC are complied with;(d)the consignment is certified as acceptable for transit on the common veterinary entry document issued by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry.2.The consignments, as referred to in paragraph 1, may not be unloaded or put into storage, as referred to in Article 12(4) or in Article 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, within the Community.3.Regular audits shall be conducted by the competent authority to ensure that the number of consignments, as referred to in paragraph 1, and the corresponding quantities of products leaving the Community correspond with the number and quantities entering the Community.

Article 6RepealDecision 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 7Transitional provisionsCommodities 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 8Entry into force and applicabilityThis 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.ANNEX IMEAT OF WILD LEPORIDAE, OF CERTAIN WILD LAND MAMMALS AND OF FARMED RABBITSPART 1List of third countries and parts thereof and additional guarantees

MCModel veterinary certificate.AGAdditional guarantees.

Country	Code of territory	Leporidae				Wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae
		Wild		Farmed rabbits
		MC	AG	MC	AG	MC	AG
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Australia	AU	WL		RM		WM
Canada	CA	WL		RM		WM
Greenland	GL	WL		RM		WM
New Zealand	NZ	WL		RM		WM
Russia	RU	WL		RM		WM
Any other third country or part thereof listed in columns 1 and 3 of the table in Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC		WL		RM

PART 2Model veterinary certificatesModel(s):"WL"Model veterinary certificate for meat of wild leporidae (rabbits and hares)"WM"Model veterinary certificate for meat of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae"RM"Model veterinary certificate for meat of farmed rabbitsPART 3Additional guaranteesPART 4Notes for veterinary certification(a)Veterinary certificates based on the models in Part 2 of this Annex and following the layout of the model that corresponds to the commodity concerned shall be issued by the exporting third country or part thereof. They shall contain, in the order appearing in the model, the attestations that are required for any third country and, where applicable, those additional health requirements required for the exporting third country or part thereof.Where additional guarantees are required by the Member State of destination for the commodity concerned, these shall also be entered on the original of the veterinary certificate.(b)A separate, single certificate must be presented for each consignment of the commodity concerned, exported to the same destination from a territory appearing in column 2 of the table in Part 1 of this Annex and transported in the same railway wagon, lorry, aircraft or ship.(c)The original of certificates shall consist of a single page printed on both sides or, where more text is required, such that all the pages form a whole and cannot be separated.(d)The certificate shall be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State where the border inspection takes place and in one official language of the Member State of destination. However, those Member States may allow another Community language instead of their own, accompanied, if necessary, by an official translation.(e)Where additional pages are attached to the certificate for the purposes of identifying the items making up the consignment, such additional pages shall also be considered to form part of the original of the certificate, provided the signature and stamp of the certifying official veterinarian appear on each page.(f)Where the certificate, including any additional pages as provided for in (e), comprises more than one page, each page shall be numbered "–x (page number) of y (total number of pages)–" on the bottom and shall bear the code number of the certificate allocated by the competent authority on the top.(g)The original of the certificate must be completed and signed by an official veterinarian not more than 24 hours prior to loading of the consignment for imports into the Community, unless otherwise stated in the Community legislation. To that end, the competent authority of the exporting third country shall ensure that principles of certification equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 96/93/ECOJ L 13, 16.1.1997, p. 28. are followed.The colour of the signature shall be different from that of the printing. The same rule shall apply to stamps other than embossed stamps.(h)The original of the certificate must accompany the consignment as far as the border inspection post of entry into the European Community.ANNEX IIMODEL VETERINARY CERTIFICATES FOR THE IMPORT OF MEAT OF WILD LEPORIDAE, CERTAIN WILD LAND MAMMALS AND FARMED RABBITS INTO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITYANNEX III(as referred to in Article 4(2))Model veterinary certificate for the transit/storage of meat of wild leporidae, farmed rabbits and wild land mammals other than ungulatesANNEX IV(as referred to in Article 6)

Correlation Table

Decision 2000/585/EC	This Regulation
Article 2	Article 1
—	Article 2
Article 2a (a)	Article 3
Article 2a (b, c and d)	Article 4
Article 2b	Article 5
Article 4(1)	Article 6
Article 4(2)	Article 7
Article 3	Article 8

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