COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/854 
of 31 May 2022
amending Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 as regards model animal 
health/official certificates for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain products of 
animal origin 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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 origin (1), and in particular Article 7(2), point (a), thereof,
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’) (2), and in particular Articles 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) 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) (
3), and in particular Article 90, first paragraph, points (a) and (b), and Article 126(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 (4)lays down rules regarding animal health certificates 
provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/429, official certificates provided for in Regulation (EU) 2017/625, and animal 
health/official certificates based on those Regulations, required for the entry into the Union of certain consignments 
of animals and goods. In particular, Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 lays down, inter alia, 
model animal health/official certificates for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain products of animal 
origin intended for human consumption.
(2) More specifically, Chapter 1 of Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 sets out the model animal health/official certificates for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding 
mechanically separated meat of domestic bovine animals (MODEL BOV). In the Notes to Part I of that model, Box 
reference I.27 should be supplemented by the missing category of ‘offal’ in the description of the nature of commodity. It is therefore necessary to amend that model accordingly.
(1)OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55.
(2)OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1.
(3)OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1.
(4)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 of 16 December 2020 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, model 
official certificates and model animal health/official certificates, for the entry into the Union and movements within the Union of consignments of certain categories of animals and goods, official certification regarding such certificates and repealing Regulation (EC) 
No 599/2004, Implementing Regulations (EU) No 636/2014 and (EU) 2019/628, Directive 98/68/EC and Decisions 2000/572/EC, 
2003/779/EC and 2007/240/EC (OJ L 442, 30.12.2020, p. 1).EN Official Journal of the European Union 1.6.2022 L 150/69  (3) Furthermore, Chapters 33, 34 and 35 of Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 set out model 
animal health/official certificates for the entry into the Union of respectively, raw milk intended for human 
consumption (MODEL MILK-RM); dairy products intended for human consumption derived from raw milk or that 
are not required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment (MODEL MILK-RMP/NT); and dairy products 
intended for human consumption that are required to undergo a pasteurisation treatment (MODEL DAIRY- 
PRODUCTS-PT). The animal health attestation of those models should be clarified as regards the animal health 
requirements relating to the origin of the milk. It is therefore necessary to amend those models accordingly.
(4) Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 should be therefore amended accordingly.
(5) In order to avoid any disruption to trade as regards the entry into the Union of consignments of products of animal origin covered by the model animal health/official certificates set out in Chapters 1, 33, 34 and 35 of Annex III to 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235, the use of animal health/official certificates issued in accordance with 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235, as applicable prior to the amendments made by this Implementing 
Regulation, should continue to be authorised during a transitional period subject to certain conditions.
(6) 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:
Article 1
Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
For a transitional period until 15 February 2023, consignments of certain products of animal origin, accompanied by the 
appropriate animal health/official certificates issued in accordance with the models set out in Chapters 1, 33, 34 and 35 of 
Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235, as applicable before the amendments made to that Implementing 
Regulation by this Implementing Regulation, shall continue to be authorised for the entry into the Union provided that the 
animal health/official certificate was issued no later than 15 November 2022.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
Done at Brussels, 31 May 2022.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYENEN Official Journal of the European Union L 150/70 1.6.2022  ANNEX 
Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 is amended as follows:
(a) in Chapter 1, in the model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for 
human consumption, excluding mechanically separated meat, of domestic bovine animals (Model BOV), in the Notes 
to Part I, Box reference I.27 is replaced by the following:
‘Box reference I.27: Use the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code: 02.01, 02.02, 02.06, 05.04 or 15.02.
Description of consignment:
“Nature of commodity”: Indicate “carcase-whole”, “carcase-side”, “carcase-quarters”, “offal” or “cuts”.
“Treatment type”: If appropriate, indicate “de-boned”, “bone in” and/or “matured”. If frozen, indicate the date of freezing 
(mm/yy) of the cuts/pieces.’;
(b) Chapters 33 to 35 are replaced by the following:
‘CHAPTER 33
MODEL ANIMAL HEALTH/OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE FOR THE ENTRY INTO THE UNION OF RAW MILK INTENDED FOR 
HUMAN CONSUMPTION (MODEL MILK-RM)
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MODEL ANIMAL HEALTH/OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE FOR THE ENTRY INTO THE UNION OF DAIRY 
PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION DERIVED FROM RAW MILK OR THAT ARE NOT 
REQUIRED TO UNDERGO A SPECIFIC RISK-MITIGATING TREATMENT (MODEL MILK-RMP/NT)
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MODEL ANIMAL HEALTH/OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE FOR THE ENTRY INTO THE UNION OF DAIRY PRODUCTS INTENDED 
FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION THAT ARE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO A PASTEURIZATION TREATMENT (MODEL DAIRY- 
PRODUCTS-PT)
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