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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 with regard to 
requirements for the entry into the Union of honey, meat, highly refined products, 
gelatine capsules and fishery products  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
This draft has not been adopted or endorsed by the European Commission. Any 
views expressed are the preliminary views of the Commission services and may not 
in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the Commission.    
EN 1  EN COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 with regard to  
requirements for the entry into the Union of honey, meat, highly refined products, 
gelatine capsules and fishery products  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union , 
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 Regul ations 
(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 Directi ves 
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)1, and in particular 
Article  126(1) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 lays down rules for the perfor mance of official controls and 
other official activities by the competent authorities of the Member States, in particular 
to ensure that consignments of animals and goods from third countries or regions 
thereof intended for human consumption  enter the Unio n, they  comply  with relevant 
requirements established by the rules referred to in Article  1(2), with the exception of 
points (d), (e), (g) and (h) of Article  1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, or with 
requirements recognised to be at least equivalent thereto . 
(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/ 22922 supplements Regulation (EU) 
2017/625 as regards the requirements for the entry into the Union of consignments of 
food-producing animals and certain goods intended for human consumption. Honey 
and api culture products should be defined to ensure the correct understanding to which 
products the new requirements on honey and apiculture products laid down in this 
Delegated Regulation apply.  
(3) For fishery products from wild catch, evidence of compliance with t he additional 
requirements laid down in Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 provide 
                                                 
1 OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1.   
2 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 of 6 September 2022 supplementing Regulation 
(EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to requirements for the entry 
into the Union of consignments of food -producing animals and c ertain goods intended for human 
consumption (OJ L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 1 ).  
EN 2  EN sufficient guarantees of compliance with Union legislation on food and feed safety.  It 
is therefore appropriate to exempt fishery products from wild catch from  the additional 
requirements laid down in Article s 6 to 12  of that Delegated Regulation  as long as 
fishery products from wild catch intended for entry into the Union comply with 
requirements of Regulation (EU) 2023/xxxx3. Furthermore, official controls of fishery 
products from wild catch have to be performed by third countries as regards residues 
and contaminants in accordance with article 70 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2019/6274.  It is therefore appropriate to exempt fishery products from wild catch f rom 
the additional requirements laid down in Articles 6 to 12 of Delegated Regulation 
(EU) 2022/2292 . 
(4) The results of a recent Union coordinated action have shown that a significant part of 
honey and apiculture products imported into the Union are adulterated and remain 
present on the Union market.   
(5) In order to ensure that honey and other apicultural produc ts intended for human 
consumption from third countries intended to be placed on the Union market comply 
with the rules on food, food safety, integrity and wholesomeness at any stage of 
production, processing and distribution of food, including rules aimed at ensuring fair 
practices in trade and protecting consumer interests and information referred to in 
Article 1(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, i t is necessary to reinforce 
controls as from their entry into the Union.   
(6) Such coordinated performa nce by competent authorities of intensified official controls 
on products of animal origin entering the Union for placing on the market  may be 
triggered  where the establishment of origin is precisely identified through a list drawn 
up in accordance with Ar ticle 127(3), points (e)(ii) and (iii), of Regulation (EU) 
2017/625. There is no such list of third countries’ establishments producing honey or 
other apicultural products  and it is therefore necessary to establish such list . 
(7) In accordance with Article 15 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/ 2292 , consignments 
of fresh meat, minced meat, meat preparations, mech anically separated meat , certain 
meat products, gelatine and collagen are only to enter the Union if they have been 
manufactured from raw materials obta ined in slaughterhouses, game -handling 
establishments, cutting plants and establishments handling fishery products  in third 
countries  approved and listed in accordance with Article 13 of Delegated Regulation 
(EU) 2022/2292. Such products of animal origin s hould also be allowed for entry into 
the Union if derived from raw materials obtained in Member States ] since such raw 
materials also comply with requirements  laid down in Union legislation . Therefore, 
Article 15  of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292  should be amended accordingly.  
(8) In accordance with Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/ 2292 , consignments 
of certain products intended for human consumption  are only to enter the Union if 
accompanied by an official certificate. It should be clarif ied that this requirement also 
applies to food producing animals . In addition, animals and goods intended for human 
consumption only for transit through the Union are excluded from the scope of 
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/ 2292 . Article 21 (1) of that Reg ulation should not 
make an exception for certification .  
                                                 
3 Commission Regulation (EU) No 2023/xxxx of xx April 2023 on maximum levels for certain 
contaminants in food (OJ Lxxx, xx.04.2023, p. ).  
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EN 3  EN (9) The r equirements on composite products laid down in Articles 21 and 22 of Delegated 
Regulation (EU) 2022/ 2292  refer to  processed meat. Since ‘processed meat ’ is not 
defined in Union legislation and i n order to be consistent with other requirements 
related to composite products laid down in that Delegated Regulation, it is appropriate 
to replace  the words  ‘processed meat ’ by ‘meat products ’ in Articles 20 and 22 of 
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 . 
(10) Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 establishes a derogation from the 
official certification requirements for shelf -stable composite products containing 
gelatine and collagen. Article 21 , point  (f), of that Delegated Regulation should be 
amended to clarify that that derogation does not apply when the gelatine and collagen 
is derive d from ruminant bones.  
(11) Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/ 2292  also establishes a derogation for 
gelatine capsules from the official certification requirements in the case where gelatine 
capsules are not derived from ruminant bones. It should be clarified that that 
derogation applies not only to the entry into the Union of empty capsules but also to 
gelatine capsules filled with products of animal origin  or when entering the Union as 
composite products.  Therefore, Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292  
should be amended accordingly.  
(12) In accordance with Article 14 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292, 
establishments producing highly refined pro ducts of animal origin or gelatine capsules 
are not required to appear on the lists referred to in Article 13 of that Delegated 
Regulation. Since Article 14 creates substantial confusion on the requirements for 
entry into the Union of these products and f or reasons of consistency with Article 13 , 
gelatine capsules and highly refined products identified by CN codes and HS headings 
not referred to in Article 13 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292, should not be 
referred to in Article 14 of that Delegated R egulation. Points (d) and (e) of Article 14 
should therefore be corrected.  
(13) In Article 21, errors occurred in the list of the Harmonised System subheadings for 
sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts, laid down in Part Two of 
Annex I to Cou ncil Regulation (EEC) No 2658/875. These errors are substantial as 
they identify the sprouts and the seeds intended for sprouts to which the conditions for 
entry into the Union apply. These subheadings in point 1(c) of Article 21 should 
therefore be correc ted.  
(14) An editorial error in the original English version was made in the number of the 
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1644 referred to in Annex II part C 
(2)(a).  Since this is a substantial error t is appropriate to correct it.  
(15) Sufficient time should be given to third countries to comply with the new requirement 
on the listing of establishments authorised to export  honey and other apiculture 
products to the Union  concerned by the amendments being made to Article  13 of 
Delegated R egulation (EU) 2022/2292 by this Regulation . A transitional period should 
therefore be introduced for this requirement.  
(16) Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 should be amended  and corrected  accordingly ,  
                                                 
5 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on 
the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).   
EN 4  EN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Amendments to D elegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292  
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/ 2292  is amended as follows:  
(1) in Article 2, the following points 34a and 34b are  inserted after point 34: 
‘34a “honey ” means honey as defined in Article 2  of Council Directive 
2001/110/EC*; 
34b “apiculture products ” means apiculture products as defined in Part XXII , point 2,  
of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013  of the European Parliament and 
of the Council** , intended for human consumption;  
* Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey (OJ L 
10, 12.1.2002, p. 47) . 
** Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in 
agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, 
(EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 
20.12.2013, p. 671) .’; 
 
(2) in Article 5(2), the fourth  indent is replaced by the following:  
‘— fishery products from wild catch, insects, frogs, frogs’ legs, snails, reptiles and 
reptile meat.’ ; 
 
 
(3) in Article 13(1), the following p oint (c) is added:  
‘(c) honey and other apiculture products intended for human consumption for 
which the following HS headings have been laid down in Part Two of Annex I 
to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/8: 0409, 0410, 1212 , 1521  or 1702 .’; 
(4) in Article 1 5, the introductory paragraph is replaced by the following:  
‘Consignments of the following produ cts of animal origin shall only enter the Union 
if they have been manufactured from raw materials obtained in slaughterhouses, 
game -handling establishments, cutting plants and establishments handling fishery 
products, appearing on lists of establishments d rawn up and kept up -to-date in 
accordance with Article 127(3), point (e), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625  or obtained 
in Member States:’ ; 
(5) Article 21 is amended as follows:  
(a) paragraph 1 is amended as follows:  
(i) the introductory paragraph is replaced by  the following:  
‘Each consignment of the following animals and goods  shall enter the 
Union for placing on the market only where the consignment is 
accompanied by an official certificate: ’; 
(ii) point (f) is replaced by the following:   
EN 5  EN ‘(f) composite products referred to in Article 20(2), points (a) and (b), , 
with the exclusion of shelf -stable composite products that do not 
contain colostrum -based products or meat products other than 
gelatine  or collagen , not derived from ruminant bones,  or highly 
refined products of animal origin.’ ; 
(b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:  
‘3 No official certificate shall be  required   for the entry into the Union of 
gelatine capsules covered by HS headings 3913, 3926 or 9602 of Part 
Two of Annex I to Regulation ( EEC) No 2658/87, nor for gelatine 
capsules as part of the products of animal origin referred to in point 1(b) 
of this Article or as part of the composite products referred to in Article 
20(1) of this Regulation, where those capsules are not derived from 
ruminant bones. ’; 
(6) in Article 22 (1), point (a) is replaced by the following:  
‘(a) the consignments of the composite products referred to in Article 20(2), point 
(b), where the composite products do not contain colostrum -based products or 
meat products oth er than gelatine, collagen , not derived from ruminant bones,  
or highly refined products of animal origin; and’ ; 
 
Article 2  
Corrections to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292  
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 is corrected as follows:  
(1) Article 14 is amended as follows:  
(a) point (d) is replaced by the following:  
‘(d) production of highly refined products of animal origin referred to by HS 
headings, 2932 or 3503, of Part Two of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 
2658/87.’;  
(b) point (e) is deleted;  
(2) in Article 21(1),  point (c) is replaced by the following:  
‘(c) sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts and referred to by the 
following HS subheadings: 0704 90, 0706 90, 0708 10, 0708 20, 0708 90, 0713 
10, 0713 33, 0713 34, 0713 35, 0713 39, 0713 40, 0713 50, 0713 60, 0713 90, 
0910 99, 1201 10, 1201 90, 1207 50, 1207 99, 1209 10, 1209 21, 1209 91 or 
1214 90 of Part Two of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87;’;  
(3) in Annex I, in Part II, in Section C, in point (2), (a) is replaced by the fo llowing:  
‘(a) point A.1 of Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1644 for group A 
substances referred to in Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1644;’.  
Article 3 
Transitional provision  
Consignments of honey and of other apiculture products intended for human consumption 
may enter the Union from establishments that are not  listed in accordance with Article 13 of  
EN 6  EN Regulation Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292  for a period of 12 months from the date of 
publication of this Regulation.  
Article 4 
Entry into force  
This 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.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Ursul a VON DER LEYEN