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 (Text with EEA relevance)
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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) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Council Directive 2009/158/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggsOJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 74., and in particular Articles 23(1), 24(2) and 26(2) 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 the first subparagraph of Article 8(1), Article 9(2)(b) and Article 9(4) thereof,Whereas:(1)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 requirementsOJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1. provides that the commodities covered by it are only to be imported into and transited 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 and models of the veterinary certificates to accompany them are set out in Part 2 of that Annex.(2)According to Article 24(1)(b) of Directive 2009/158/EC, commodities are not to be imported into the Union from a third country, territory, zone or compartment where an outbreak of avian influenza or Newcastle disease has been detected and which may therefore no longer be certified as being free from one of those diseases, unless the competent authority of the third country or territory applies measures to control them which are at least equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EECOJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16. and in Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle diseaseOJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1..(3)Part of the territory of Brazil and the territories of Canada, Chile, Croatia, Israel and the United States of America, as listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, are currently authorised for the importation into the Union of live poultry and ratites, hatching eggs of poultry and ratites and meat of poultry and ratites.(4)Those six third countries apply control measures for Newcastle disease equivalent to those implemented by Member States in accordance with Directive 92/66/EEC, including placing areas in their territory under official restrictions in the event of an outbreak of that disease.(5)As regards the importation of meat of poultry and ratites into the Union, the equivalency of disease control measures for Newcastle disease applied in parts of Brazil and also in Israel has already been recognised by Commission Decision 2001/659/EC of 6 August 2001 amending Decision 94/984/EC as regards the importation of fresh poultry meat from BrazilOJ L 232, 30.8.2001, p. 19. and Commission Decision 97/593/EC of 29 July 1997 laying down animal health conditions and veterinary certificates for the importation of fresh poultry meat from IsraelOJ L 239, 30.8.1997, p. 51..(6)Taking into account the equivalency of the control measures for Newcastle disease and the capacity of those third countries to effectively deal with an outbreak of that disease as well as the findings of and the follow-up actions to inspection missions to these countries, it is appropriate to provide for specific certification requirements as regards freedom from that disease.(7)For the importation of live poultry and hatching eggs of poultry and ratites into the Union the entries in column 6 on the specific conditions in Part 1 of Annex I and the veterinary certificates set out in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should be amended, so that in case of future outbreaks of Newcastle disease in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Israel and the United States of America, as listed in Part 1 of Annex I to that Regulation, importation of those commodities may continue from the parts of those third countries that have not been placed under official restrictions due to Newcastle disease.(8)For the importation of poultry meat and ratite meat into the Union the entries in column 6 on the specific conditions in Part 1 of Annex I and the veterinary certificates set out in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should be amended, so that in case of future outbreaks of Newcastle disease in Canada, Chile, Croatia and the United States of America, as listed in Part 1 of Annex I to that Regulation, importation of those commodities may continue from the parts of those third countries that have not been placed under official restrictions due to Newcastle disease.(9)Furthermore, the veterinary certificate for imports of poultry meat set out in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should be amended in order to allow imports of that commodity obtained from slaughter poultry originating from another third country listed in Part 1 of Annex I to that Regulation.(10)By Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2009 of 18 May 2009 amending 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 requirementsOJ L 124, 20.5.2009, p. 3. disease control measures applied by Canada for low pathogenic avian influenza have already been recognised as equivalent and certification requirements were amended accordingly; it is therefore appropriate for reasons of consistency to align these certification requirements with those to be introduced by the present Regulation.(11)Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.(12)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 provided for in this Regulation.(13)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 1Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2Commodities in respect of which the relevant veterinary certificates have been issued in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 may continue to be imported into or transited through the Union until 1 June 2010.
Article 3This 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.ANNEXAnnex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended as follows:(1)Part 1 is replaced by the following:
"PART 1List of third countries, territories, zones or compartmentsCommodities, 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 Community 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."
ISO code and name of third country or territoryCode of third country, territory, zone or compartmentDescription of third country, territory, zone or compartmentVeterinary certificateSpecific conditionsSpecific conditionsAvian influenza surveillance statusAvian influenza vaccination statusSalmonella control status
Model(s)Additional guaranteesClosing dateOpening date
1234566A6B789
AL – AlbaniaAL-0Whole countryEP, ES4
AR – ArgentinaAR-0Whole countrySPF
POU, RAT, EP, EAS4
WGMVIII
AU – AustraliaAU-0Whole countrySPF
EP, ES4
BPP, DOC, HEP, SRPS0
BPRI
DORII
HERIII
POUVI
RATVII
BR – BrazilBR-0Whole countrySPF
BR-1States of:Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do SulRAT, BPR, DOR, HER, SRANA
BR-2States of:Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São PauloBPP, DOC, HEP, SRPNS0
BR-3Distrito Federal and States of:Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São PauloWGMVIII
EP, E, POUNS4
BW – BotswanaBW-0Whole countrySPF
EP, ES4
BPRI
DORII
HERIII
RATVII
CA – CanadaCA-0Whole countrySPF
EP, ES4
BPR, BPP, DOR, HER, SRA, SRPNAS1
DOC, HEPL, N
WGMVIII
POU, RATN
CH – SwitzerlandCH-0Whole countryA
CL – ChileCL-0Whole countrySPF
EP, ES4
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRPNAS0
WGMVIII
POU, RATN
CN – ChinaCN-0Whole countryEP
CN-1Province of ShandongPOU, EVIP26.2.2004—S4
GL – GreenlandGL-0Whole countrySPF
EP, WGM
HK – Hong KongHK-0The whole territory of the Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionEP
HR – CroatiaHR-0Whole countrySPF
BPR, BPP, DOR, DOC, HEP, HER, SRA, SRPNAS2
EP, E, POU, RAT, WGMN
IL – IsraelIL-0Whole countrySPF
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRPNAS1
WGMVIII
EP, E, POU, RATNS4
IN – IndiaIN-0Whole countryEP
IS – IcelandIS-0Whole countrySPF
EP, ES4
KR – Republic of KoreaKR-0Whole countryEP, ES4
ME – MontenegroME-OWhole countryEP
MG – MadagascarMG-0Whole countrySPF
EP, E, WGMS4
MY – MalaysiaMY-0——
MY-1Western PeninsularEP
EP26.2.2004S4
MK – former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaMK-0Whole countryEP
MX – MexicoMX-0Whole countrySPF
EP
NA – NamibiaNA-0Whole countrySPF
BPRI
DORII
HERIII
RAT, EP, EVIIS4
NC – New CaledoniaNC-0Whole countryEP
NZ – New ZealandNZ-0Whole countrySPF
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRPS0
WGMVIII
EP, E, POU, RATS4
PM – Saint Pierre and MiquelonPM-0Whole territorySPF
RS – SerbiaRS-0Whole countryEP
RU – Russian FederationRU-0Whole countryEP
SG – SingaporeSG-0Whole countryEP
TH – ThailandTH-0Whole countrySPF, EP
WGMVIIIP223.1.2004
E, POU, RATP223.1.2004S4
TN – TunisiaTN-0Whole countrySPF
DOR, BPR, BPP, HERS1
WGMVIII
EP, E, POU, RATS4
TR – TurkeyTR-0Whole countrySPF
EP, ES4
US – United StatesUS-0Whole countrySPF
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRPNAS3
WGMVIII
EP, E, POU, RATNS4
UY – UruguayUY-0Whole countrySPF
EP, E, RATS4
ZA – South AfricaZA-0Whole countrySPF
EP, ES4
BPRIA
DORII
HERIII
RATVII
ZW – ZimbabweZW-0Whole countryRATVII
EP, ES4
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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 Community 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."(2)Part 2 is amended as follows:(a)In the Section Specific conditions, the following entries are added after the entry "P3":""N":Guarantees have been provided that the legislation on the control of Newcastle disease in the third country or territory is equivalent to that applied in the Union. In the case of an outbreak of Newcastle disease, imports may continue to be authorised from the third country or territory with no change in the third country code or territory code. However, imports into the Union from any areas which are placed under official restrictions by the competent authority of the third country or territory concerned due to an outbreak of that disease shall be automatically prohibited."L":Guarantees have been provided that the legislation on the control of avian influenza in the third country or territory is equivalent to that applied in the Union. In the case of an outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza, imports may continue to be authorised from the third country or territory with no change in the third country code or territory code. However, imports into the Union from any areas which are placed under official restrictions by the competent authority of the third country or territory concerned due to an outbreak of that disease shall be automatically prohibited."(b)The model veterinary certificates BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP and HER are replaced by the following:02010R0215-20100412_en_img_102010R0215-20100412_en_img_202010R0215-20100412_en_img_302010R0215-20100412_en_img_402010R0215-20100412_en_img_502010R0215-20100412_en_img_602010R0215-20100412_en_img_702010R0215-20100412_en_img_802010R0215-20100412_en_img_902010R0215-20100412_en_img_1002010R0215-20100412_en_img_1102010R0215-20100412_en_img_1202010R0215-20100412_en_img_1302010R0215-20100412_en_img_1402010R0215-20100412_en_img_1502010R0215-20100412_en_img_1602010R0215-20100412_en_img_1702010R0215-20100412_en_img_1802010R0215-20100412_en_img_1902010R0215-20100412_en_img_2002010R0215-20100412_en_img_2102010R0215-20100412_en_img_2202010R0215-20100412_en_img_2302010R0215-20100412_en_img_2402010R0215-20100412_en_img_2502010R0215-20100412_en_img_2602010R0215-20100412_en_img_2702010R0215-20100412_en_img_2802010R0215-20100412_en_img_2902010R0215-20100412_en_img_3002010R0215-20100412_en_img_31(c)The model veterinary certificates SRP, SRA and POU are replaced by the following:02010R0215-20100412_en_img_3202010R0215-20100412_en_img_3302010R0215-20100412_en_img_3402010R0215-20100412_en_img_3502010R0215-20100412_en_img_3602010R0215-20100412_en_img_3702010R0215-20100412_en_img_3802010R0215-20100412_en_img_3902010R0215-20100412_en_img_4002010R0215-20100412_en_img_4102010R0215-20100412_en_img_4202010R0215-20100412_en_img_4302010R0215-20100412_en_img_44(d)The model veterinary certificate RAT is replaced by the following:02010R0215-20100412_en_img_4502010R0215-20100412_en_img_4602010R0215-20100412_en_img_4702010R0215-20100412_en_img_48