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Annex I  
Categories  of goods  and frequency rates for the physical checks of the consignments of 
products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by -products,  derived products, hay 
and straw and  composite products  
Category of goods * Frequency rates  that apply to 
physical checks   
Category I  
- Meat preparations for human consumption (HC)  
- Poultry meat for HC  
- Rabbit meat, game meat, and their meat products 
for HC 
- Eggs  for HC   
- Egg products for HC  which are preserved at 
frozen or chilled temperatures  
- Milk for HC   
- Dairy products  and colostrum -based products  for 
HC, which are preserved at frozen or chilled 
temperatures  
- Fishery products from aquaculture  and bivalve 
molluscs for HC,  which are not in hermetically 
sealed containers intended to render them stable at 
ambient temperature  
- Animal by -products and derived products, for 
feeding of farmed animals  High risk  
30 %  
Category II  
- Meat other than  meat  mentioned in Category I, 
and their meat products, for HC  
- Rendered animal fat and greaves for HC   
- Poultry meat products for HC  
- Egg products for HC , other than those mentioned 
in Category I  
- Dairy  products and colostrum -based products for Mod erate risk  
15 %  2 
 HC other than those mentioned in Category  I 
- Fishery products other than those mentioned in 
Category I  
- Honey and other apiculture products for HC   
- Composite products  
- Hatching eggs  
- Organic fertilisers and soil improvers, derived 
from animal by -products  
Category III  
Gelatine and collagen for HC  
- Frog legs and snails for HC  
- Casings  
- Semen and embryos  
- Animal by -products and derived products, other 
than those mentioned in Category I and Category II  
- Insects for HC  Low risk  
5 % 
Category IV  
- Highly refined products for  HC 
- Hay and straw  
- Other goods than those mentioned in Category I ; 
Category II and Category III  Very low risk  
1% 
* The frequency rates for physical checks  of the consignments of trade samples , where appropriate,  should be in 
accordance to the description of the categor ies of goods provided in this Annex.  3 
 Annex II  
Criteria  for establishing the  categories of goods from certain third countries for which the 
frequency rates in Annex I need to be adjusted to the next higher risk level  
The c riteria to be followed for establishing the categories of goods from certain third 
countries   requiring an adjustment to the frequency rates in Annex I are the following : 
1. The outcome of controls performed by Commission experts in third countries  in 
accordance with Article 120(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;  
2. Information collected by the Comm ission in accordance with Article 125(1) of 
Regulation (EU) 2017/625.   
The frequency rate for physical checks shall be increased to the next higher frequency rat e  
laid down in Annex I, or to a  frequency rate  of 50% where the categories of goods concerned  
are already subject to a frequency rate of 30% .  4 
 Annex III  
Information required for submission of requests  to the Commission.  
The information referred to in Article 6(4)(d) shall contain:  
(a) a description of the goods concerned;  
(b) the origin of the goods concerned;  
(c) the list of the Member States that import the goods concerned;  
(d) the volume of import into the Community of the goods concerned, expressed in 
number of consignments and weight or pieces or units;  
(e) the list of  the Union quarantine pests liable to be carried on the product concerned;  
(f) the number of consignments of the goods concerned intercepted for the presence of 
the Union quarantine pests mentioned under (e);  
(g) the estimated mobility of the Union quarant ine pests mentioned under (e) at the most 
mobile stage to which the organism could develop on the relevant plant , plant 
product  or other object ; 
(h) the number of consignments of the goods concerned intercepted for reasons other  
than the presence of the Union quarantine pests mentioned under (e);  
(i) the number of consignments of the goods concerned on which identity and physical 
plant health checks have been carried out.  
As regards the information mentioned under points (d), (f), (h) and (i), the dossier shall 
provide data covering the period of at least three years preceding the year in which it is 
submitted.  5 
 Annex IV  
Criteria for determination and modification of the frequency rates of plants, plant products 
and other objects  
1. The criteria referred to in Article 6(2)(c) for the establishment of the lists of p lants, 
plant products and other objects   to a determination of frequency rates of identity 
checks and physical checks to be taken into account by the Commission are the 
following  : 
(a) the average number of consignments entering the Union and intended to be 
placed on the market  over the preceding t hree years   is at least 200 per year ; 
(b) the minimum number of consignments entering the Union and intended to be 
placed on the market of plants, plant products and other objects for which 
documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks have been carried out 
during the previous three years is at least 600 for the EU;   
(c) the number of consignments of the plants, plant products and other objects 
which were  infected by Union quarantine pests is each year less than 1 % of 
the total number of consignments of said plants, plant products and other 
objects imported into the Unio n, and  
2. In addition to the c riteria referred to in Article 6(2)(b), the Commission in 
establishing the level of the frequency rates, shall take into account the following 
criteria:  
(a) the estimated mobility of the Union quarantine pest at the most mobi le stage to 
which it could develop  on the relevant plants, plant product or other objects;  
(b) the number of consignments of plants, plant products and other objects on 
which identity checks and physical checks have been carried out;  
(c) the total number  and the details of interceptions of Union quarantine pests 
related to the consignments imported pursuant to this Regulation ; 
(d) the total number of consignments of the goods concerned intercepted for other 
reasons than the presence of Union quarantine pe sts and the details thereof ; and 
(e) any other factor relevant to the determination of the phytosanitary risk from the 
trade concerned.  
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 Annex V  
List of certain third countries referred to in Article 5(6) and frequencies of physical checks  
1. New Zealand  
In the case of New Zealand, the frequencies shall be those provided for in the 
Agreement which was approved by Council Decision 97/132/EC in the form of an 
Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Agreement 
between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable 
to trade in live animals and animal products1.  
2. Canada  
In the case of Canada, the frequencies shall be those provided for in Annex VIII to 
the Agreement which was approved by Council Decision 1999/201/EC2. 
3. Chile  
In the case of Chile, the frequencies shall be those provided for in the Agreement on 
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures applicable to Trade in Animals and Animal 
Products, Plants, Plant Products and other Goods and  Animal Welfare set out in 
Annex IV to the Association Agreement which was approved by Council Decision 
2002/979/EC3. 
                                                 
1 Council Decision 97/132/EC of 17 December 1996 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the 
European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and 
animal products (97/132/EC)  (OJ L 57, 26.2.1997, p.  4). 
2 Council Decision 1999/201/EC of 14 December 1998 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the 
European Community and the Government of Canada on sani tary measures to protect public and animal 
health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products  (OJ L 71, 18.3.1999, p.  1). 
3 Council Decis ion 2002/979/EC of 18 November 2002 on the signature and provisional application of 
certain provisions of an Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its 
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the othe r part  OJ L 352, 30.12.2002, p.  1).