COMMISSION DELEGA TED REGUL ATION (EU) 2021/573 
of 1 Febr uary 2021 
amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 as regards impor t conditions for live snails, for 
composite products and for casings placed on the market for human consumption 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Havi ng regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Havi ng 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 perf ormed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and 
welf are, 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 (Offici al 
Controls Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 126(1) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) Commission Deleg ated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 (2) lays down the requirements for the entr y into the Union 
consignments of, inter alia, prepared snails. 
(2) According to Article 1(2)(a)(i) and (iii) of Delegat ed Regulation (EU) 2019/625, third countr ies expor ting 
consignments of prepared snails to the Union are to be listed, and each consignment of prepared snails is to be 
accompan ied by an official certificate. Similar requirements should also apply to live snails intended for human 
consum ption. 
(3) To clearly identify the snails subject to requirements for entr y into the Union, a definition of snails should be 
introduced in Delega ted Regulation (EU) 2019/625. 
(4) Delegat ed Regulation (EU) 2019/625 should not apply to samples of goods intended for human consum ption, 
imp orted for the purpose of product analysis and quality testing without being placed on the mark et and theref ore 
do not represent a risk to public health. Article 1(3) should be amended according ly. Article 12 of Delega ted 
Regulation (EU) 2019/625 provides for impor t requirements for consignments of compo site products refer red to 
by Harmonised System codes (‘HS codes ’) under certain headings of Part Two of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 2658/87 (3). It is appropr iate to refer to Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes in accordance with Regulation (EU) 
2017/625. In addition, codes of certain compo site products are missing in Article 12 of Delega ted Regulation (EU) 
2019/625. It is theref ore appropr iate to add these CN codes. 
(5) Consignments of live snails and of compo site products placed on the market for human consump tion should be 
subject to individual certification for entr y into the Union to reduce the risk of non-complian ce with Union 
requirements on food safety . Certification of compliance with Union requirements also contr ibut es to reminding 
food business operators and the compet ent author ities of third countr ies or regions thereof of the applicable Union 
requirements. 
(1)OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1.
(2)Commission delegat ed Regulation (EU) 2019/625 of 4 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council with regar d to requirements for the entr y into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods 
inten ded for human consump tion (OJ L 131, 17.5.2019, p. 18).
(3)Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Cust oms Tariff 
(OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 120/6                                                                                                                                             8.4.2021   (6) Article 7 of Delegat ed Regulation (EU) 2019/625 provid es for requirements on the manufa ctur ing of raw mate rials 
for import of consignments of fresh meat, minced meat, meat preparations, meat products, mechanically separated 
meat and raw mater ials intended for the production of gelatine and collagen to avoid a possible public health risk. 
Bladders and intest ines used for the production of casings, are subject to a treatment that eliminates any public 
health risk. It is theref ore appropr iate to allow that the raw mate rials for the production of casings come from 
slaughterh ouses under the super vision of the national compet ent author ities and Article 7 should be amended 
according ly. 
(7) Article 13 of Deleg ated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 establishes that each consignment of certain liste d products may 
enter the Union only if the consignment is accompan ied by an official certificate. Com posite products are not 
included in the list of products that are to be accompan ied by an official certificate. 
(8) The risk related to certain catego ries of compo site products depends on the type of ingredients and on their storag e 
conditions. Consignments of such products placed on the mark et for human consump tion should theref ore be 
subject to the individual certification of each consignment for entr y into the Union for placing on the mark et. 
Certificat ion of compl iance with Union requirements may also contr ibut e to reminding food business operat ors and 
the compet ent author ities of third countr ies or regions thereof of the applicable Union requirements. 
(9) Certain shelf-stable composit e products that do not contain any other meat products than gelat ine or collagen or 
highly refined products do not represent a public or animal health risk because of the nature of the treatment 
required for the manufacture of such meat products. Such composit e products should be accompanied by a private 
attes tation instead of an official certificate. 
(10) Delegat ed Regulation (EU) 2019/625 should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(11) As Articles 12 and 14 of Delega ted Regulation (EU) 2019/625 applies from 21 Apr il 2021, the amendments to 
Articles relevant for these Articles 12 and 14 should also apply from that date, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Delegat ed Regulation (EU) 2019/625 is amended as follows: 
(1) in Article 1(2)(d), the following point (v) is added: 
‘(v) live snails.’; 
(2) in Article 1(3) a new point (c) is added: 
‘(c) goods intended for human consum ption for the purpose of sample s for product analysis and quality testing 
without being placed on the mark et.’; 
(3) in Article 2, the follo wing point (14)(a) is inser ted: 
‘(14)(a) “snails” means snails as defined in point 6.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and any other species 
of snails of the family of Helicidae, Hygromiidae or Sphincteroc hilidae, intended for human consum ption;’; 
(4) in Article 3, the follo wing point (c) is inser ted: 
‘(c) live snails refer red to by the CN code 0307 60 00 of Part Two of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87.’; EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 8.4.2021                                                                                                                                            L 120/7   (5) Article 7(d) is replaced by the followi ng: 
‘(d) mechanically separated meat and meat products excl uding casings as defined in point 45 of Article 2 of 
Commission Delegat ed Regulation (EU) 2020/692 (*); 
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(*) Commission Deleg ated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 of 30 Januar y 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 
of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for entr y into the Union, and the movement and 
handling after entr y of consignments of certain animals, germinal products and products of animal origin 
(OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 379).’;
(6) Article 12(1) is replaced by the followi ng: 
‘1. Consignments of compo site products refer red to by the CN codes under headings 1517, 1518, 1601 00, 1602, 
1603 00, 1604, 1605, 1702, 1704, 1806, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2101, 2103, 2104, 
2105 00, 2106, 2202, 2208 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 shall enter the Union for placing on the 
mark et only if each processed product of animal origin contained in the compo site products was either produced in 
establishments that are locat ed in third countr ies or regions thereof and author ised to expor t those processed products 
of animal origin to the Union in accordance with Article 5 or in establishments locat ed in Member State s.’; 
(7) Article 13(1) is amended as follows: 
(a) the follo wing point (d) is inser ted: 
‘(d) live snails refer red to by the CN code 0307 60 00 of Part Two of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87;’; 
(b) the follo wing point (e) is inser ted: 
‘(e) compo site products refer red to in Article 12(2)(a) and (b) with the excl usion of shelf stable composit e products 
that do not contain any other meat product than gelatine, collagen or highly refined products refer red to in 
Section XVI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.’; 
(8) Article 14(1) is replaced by the followi ng: 
‘1. A private attestation conf irming that the consignments compl y with the applicable requirements refer red to in 
Article 126(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, prepared and signed by the impor ting food business operat or, shall 
accompan y the consignments of the compo site products as refer red to in Article 12(2)(b) where the compo site 
products do not contain any other meat products than gelatine, collagen or highly refined products refer red to in 
Section XVI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, and Article 12(2)(c).’. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. 
Article 1(5), (7)(b) and (8) shall apply from 21 Apr il 2021. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 1 Febr uary 2021.  
For the Commission 
The President 
Ursula VON DER LEYEN     EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 120/8                                                                                                                                             8.4.2021