Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/250 of 21 February 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403 as regards the addition of a new model animal health/official certificate for the entry into Northern Ireland of ovine and caprine animals from Great Britain and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the list of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of ovine and caprine animals (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/250of 21 February 2022amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403 as regards the addition of a new model animal health/official certificate for the entry into Northern Ireland of ovine and caprine animals from Great Britain and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the list of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of ovine and caprine animals(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health ("Animal Health Law")OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1., and in particular Articles 230(1), 238(3) and 239(3) thereof,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation)OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1., and in particular Article 90, first paragraph, points (a) and (c), and Article 126(3) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403 of 24 March 2021 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards model animal health certificates and model animal health/official certificates, for the entry into the Union and movements between Member States of consignments of certain categories of terrestrial animals and germinal products thereof, official certification regarding such certificates and repealing Decision 2010/470/EU (OJ L 113, 31.3.2021, p. 1). lays down rules regarding animal health certificates provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and animal health/official certificates based on Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and on Regulation (EU) 2017/625, required for the entry into the Union of terrestrial animals. More particularly, Article 14 of that Implementing Regulation provides that the animal health certificates and animal health/official certificates to be used for the entry into the Union of certain categories of ungulates are to correspond to certain models set out in Annex II thereto. That Article refers, inter alia, to model "OV/CAP-X", set out in Chapter 4 of that Annex, which must be used for the entry into the Union of ovine and caprine animals.(2)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 of 24 March 2021 laying down the lists of third countries, territories or zones thereof from which the entry into the Union of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin is permitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and the Council (OJ L 114, 31.3.2021, p. 1). establishes the lists of third countries, territories or zones thereof, from which the entry into the Union of species and categories of animals that fall within the scope of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 of 30 January 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for entry into the Union, and the movement and handling after entry of consignments of certain animals, germinal products and products of animal origin (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 379). is permitted. In particular, Article 3 of that Implementing Regulation refers to Part 1 of Annex II thereto setting out the list of third countries, territories or zones thereof, from which the entry into the Union of ungulates is permitted.(3)Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1). lays down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in animals. More particularly, Chapter E of Annex IX to that Regulation lays down the requirements for the importation into the Union of ovine and caprine animals.(4)In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2017/625, as well as the Commission acts based on them, apply to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland after the end of the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement. Accordingly, live animals shipped from Great Britain to Northern Ireland are now subject to the regime applicable to imports from any third country.(5)Regulation (EU) 2022/175Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/175 of 9 February 2022 amending Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards import conditions for movements of ovine and caprine animals intended for breeding from Great Britain into Northern Ireland (OJ L 29, 10.2.2022, p. 1). amended the requirements laid down in Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 for the entry into the Union of ovine and caprine animals intended for breeding, allowing, until 31 December 2024, the entry from Great Britain into Northern Ireland of such animals when they originate from holdings in Great Britain which are engaged in the three-year process to be granted the status of a holding with a controlled risk of classical scrapie. That new import requirement should be reflected in a new specific model certificate for those animals provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403. Accordingly, it is necessary to amend Article 14 and Annex II to that Implementing Regulation.(6)In addition, as the new import requirement laid down in Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 only applies to ovine and caprine animals originating from holdings in Great Britain, it is necessary to limit to Great Britain, in Part 1 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, the use of the new model certificate laid down in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403. It is therefore necessary to amend the entries for the United Kingdom in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 accordingly.(7)Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/403 and (EU) 2021/404 should therefore be amended accordingly.(8)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: