COMMI SSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2017/151 
of 27 Januar y 2017 
amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, as regards the entr ies in the list of third 
countr ies, territories, zones or compar tments from which poultr y and poultr y products may be 
impor ted into and transit through the Union and the veter inar y certification requirements 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing 
the production, processing, distr ibution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consum ption (1) and 
in particular the introduct ory phrase of Article 8, the first subparagraph of point 1 of Article 8, point 4 of Article 8, 
Article 9(2)(b) and Article 9(4) thereof, 
Having regard to Council Directive 2009/158/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing intra- 
Community trade in, and impor ts from third countr ies of, poultr y and hatching eggs (2) and in particular Article 23(1), 
Article 24(2), Article 25, Article 26(2) and Article 28(1) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 (3) lays down the veterinar y certificat ion requirements for imports 
into and transit through the Union of poultr y and poultr y products (the commodities). It provides that the 
commodities are only to be imported into and transit through the Union from the third countr ies, territori es, 
zones or compar tments liste d in columns 1 and 3 of the table set out in Part 1 of Annex I thereto. 
(2)  The veterinar y certification requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 take into account whether 
or not specifi c conditions are required due to the disease status of those third countr ies, territori es, zones or 
compar tments, including sampling and testin g for diffe rent poultr y diseases, as appropr iate. Those specifi c 
conditions, as well as the model veteri nary certificates required to accompan y the commodities for imports into 
and transit through the Union, are set out in Part 2 of Annex I to that Regulation. 
(3)  Due to the unfa vourable outcome of an audit by the Commission of Israel's implementation of animal health 
controls for poultr y and poultr y products, Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 was amended by Imple menting 
Regulation (EU) 2015/608 (4), in order to suspend impor ts from Israel of certain commodities and to introduce 
additional testing of poultr y flocks for Newcas tle disease before the dispatch to the Union of certain other 
commodities including live poultr y, day-old chicks, hatc hing eggs, eggs for processing and meat of poultr y. 
(4)  Israel has now informed the Commission that it intends to abolish its stamp ing-out policy for Newcastle disease 
for poultr y kept in holdings locat ed on the territory of Israel north of Route No 5. In addition, due to other 
priorities in the health sector , compliance with certain requirements for laborat ory testing can no longer be 
guarant eed. 
(5)  The list in the table set out in Part 1 of Annex I should theref ore be amended in order to prohibit impor ts into 
and transit through the Union from the whole territory of Israel of live poultr y and ratites, hatc hing eggs and 
meat of poultr y and ratit es, as well as eggs for processing. However , imports of meat of poultr y under the 
specific conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, as amended by Imple menting Regulation (EU) 
2015/608, should continue to be author ised from the territory of Israel locat ed south of Route No 5, where the 
Newcast le disease incidence is lower and a stamping-out policy is maintained. 28.1.2017 L 23/7 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11. 
(2)OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 74. 
(3)Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 Aug ust 2008 laying down a list of third countr ies, territories, zones or compar tments 
from which poultr y and poultr y products may be impo rted into and transit through the Community and the veterinar y certification 
requirements (OJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1). 
(4)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/608 of 14 Apr il 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regar ds the entr ies 
for Ukraine and Israel in the list of third countr ies, the appro val of the control programme of Ukraine for Salmonella in laying hens, the 
veterinar y certification requirements concer ning New castle disease and processing requirements for egg products (OJ L 101, 18.4.2015, 
p. 1). (6)  The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is author ised for impor ts of eggs and egg products into the Union. 
It has also requeste d author isation for impor ts of meat of poultr y into the Union. An audit carried out in Januar y 
2016 by the Commission concluded that that third countr y meets the requirements necessar y for the veterinar y 
certification of meat of poultr y for impor ts into the Union. The entr y for that third countr y in the table set out 
in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should theref ore be amended. 
(7)  Within the framew ork of the audit carried out in Januar y 2016 concer ning the former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia, it was noticed that this third countr y not only slaughters poultr y whic h have been raised within its 
territory but also poultr y that have either been impor ted from another third countr y listed for that commodity in 
Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 under conditions at least equivalent to those in that 
Regulation or poultr y that have previously been imported into its territory from a Member State . 
(8)  The veteri nary certification requirements for impor ts of meat of poultr y (POU) from a third countr y liste d in the 
table set out in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as author ised for impor ts into the Union, 
refer to meat obtained from live poultr y that were previously imported into the aforementioned third countr y 
from another third countr y listed in the table set out in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008. The 
veterinar y certificate requirements do not, however , refer to meat obtained from live poultr y impor ted from 
a Member State for subsequent slaughter in that third countr y, with the intention that the meat is then 
reimpor ted into the Union. 
(9)  Given the favour able animal health status of the Union, and the negligible risks for poultr y health involved in 
such practices, the model veteri nary certificate for meat of poultr y (POU) set out in Part 2 of Annex 1 to 
Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, should be amended in order to include a certificat ion provision that the meat of 
poultr y may be obtained from poultr y that were previously impor ted from a Member State for subsequent 
slaughter . 
(10)  In Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, a model vete rinar y certificate is set out for egg products 
(EP). In that model veteri nary certificate, Part I of the Notes refers to the Harmonised System (HS) codes that are 
to be indicated in Box I.19. of Part I of that certificate. 
(11)  Consider ing that the egg product ‘egg yolk’ can be classified in several sub-headings of heading HS 21.06, and 
not only in sub-heading 21.06.10, it is appropr iate to amend the model veteri nary certificate (EP) according ly. 
(12)  Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(13)  A reasonable transitional period should be allowed to elapse before the amended model veterinar y certificates 
become mandatory in order to allow Member States and the industr y to adapt to the new requirements set out in 
the amended model veterinar y certificates. 
(14)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
For a transitional period until 28 March 2017, Member States shall continue to author ise the introduction into the 
Union of consignments of the commodities covered by the model veter inar y certificate for meat of poultr y (POU) and 
the model veteri nary certificate for egg products (EP), as set out in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, 
in their versions before the amendments made to those models by this Regulation, provided that they were signed 
before 28 Febr uary 2017. 28.1.2017 L 23/8 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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 State s. 
Done at Brussels, 27 Januar y 2017. 
For the Commission 
The Presid ent 
Jean-Claude JUNCKER  28.1.2017 L 23/9 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     ANNEX 
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 amended as follows:  
(1) Part 1 is amended as follows: 
(a)  the entr y for Israel is replaced by the following: 
ISO code and 
name of third 
countr y or 
territory Code of third 
countr y, terri­
tory, zone or 
compar tment Descr iption of 
third countr y, 
territory, zone 
or compar t­
ment Veterin ary certificate 
Specific 
conditions Specific conditions 
Avian influenza 
surveillance 
status Avian influenza 
vaccination 
status Salmonella 
control 
status (6) Model(s) Additional 
guarant ees Closing date (1) Opening 
date (2) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9 
‘IL — Israel (5) IL-0 Whole 
countr y SPF, EP        
BPP, BPR, 
DOC, DOR, 
HEP , HER, 
LT20 X P3 28.1.2017  A  S5, ST1 
SRP  P3 18.4.2015     
RAT X P3 28.1.2017     
WGM VIII P3 18.4.2015     
E X P3 28.1.2017    S4’ 
IL-1 Area south of 
Route No 5 POU X N      
IL-2 Area north of 
Route No 5 POU X P3 28.1.2017      28.1.2017 L 23/10 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     (b)  the entr y for the former Yugosla v Republic of Macedonia is replaced by the following: 
ISO code and 
name of third 
countr y or 
territory Code of third 
countr y, terri­
tory, zone or 
compar tment Descr iption of 
third countr y, 
territory, zone 
or compar t­
ment Veterin ary certificate 
Specific 
conditions Specific conditions 
Avian influenza 
surveillance 
status Avian influenza 
vaccination 
status Salmonella 
control 
status (6) Model(s) Additional 
guarant ees Closing date (1) Opening 
date (2) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9 
‘MK-the 
former 
Yugosla v 
Republic of 
Macedonia (4) MK-0 (4) Whole 
countr y POU        
E, EP’           28.1.2017 L 23/11 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     (2) Part 2 is amended as follows: 
(a)  the model veterinar y certificate for meat of poultr y (POU) is replaced by the following: 
‘ 
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(b)  in the model veterinar y certificate for egg products (EP), in Part I of the Notes , the fourth indent relating to Box 
I.19 is replaced by the following: 
‘Box I.19: use the appropr iate Harmonised System (HS) code of the World Customs Organisation: 04.07, 04.08, 
35.02 or 21.06.’  28.1.2017 L 23/16 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN