COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 88/2013  
of 31 January 2013  
amending Decision 2007/777/EC and Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for 
Ukraine in the lists of third countries from which certain meat, meat products, eggs and egg 
products may be introduced into the Union  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard 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, distribution and introduction of 
products of animal origin for human consumption (  1 ), and in 
particular the introductory phrase of Article 8, the first 
subparagraph of point 1 of Article 8 and point 4 of Article 8 
thereof,  
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down 
specific rules for the organisation of official controls on 
products of animal origin intended for human consumption (  2 ), 
and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Commission Decision 2007/777/EC of 29 November 
2007 laying down the animal and public health 
conditions and model certificates for imports of certain 
meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and 
intestines for human consumption from third countries 
and repealing Decision 2005/432/EC (  3 ) lays down rules 
on imports into the Union and the transit and storage in 
the Union of consignments of meat products and 
consignments of treated stomachs, bladders and intes ­
tines, as defined in 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 (  4 ). 
(2) Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC sets out the 
list of third countries or parts thereof from which the 
introduction of meat products and treated stomachs, 
bladders and intestines into the Union is authorised, 
provided that those commodities comply with the 
treatment referred to in that list. Where third countries 
are regionalised for the purposes of inclusion in that list, 
their regionalised territories are set out in Part 1 of that 
Annex.  (3) Part 4 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC sets out the 
treatments referred to in Part 2 of that Annex, assigning 
a code to each of those treatments. That Part sets out a 
non-specific treatment ‘A’ and specific treatments ‘B’ to ‘F’ 
listed in descending order of severity.  
(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 
2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, 
zones or compartments from which poultry and 
poultry products may be imported into and transit 
through the Community and the veterinary certification 
requirements (  5 ) provides that certain commodities are 
only to be imported into and transit through the 
Union from the third countries, territories, zones or 
compartments listed in the table in Part 1 of Annex I 
thereto. It also lays down the veterinary certification 
requirements for such commodities.  
(5) Ukraine is currently not listed in Part 2 of Annex II to 
Decision 2007/777/EC as authorised for the introduction 
into the Union of meat products and treated stomachs, 
bladders and intestines from poultry, farmed feathered 
game, farmed ratites and wild game birds. In addition, 
Ukraine is not listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation 
(EC) No 798/2008.  
(6) Ukraine has asked the Commission to be authorised for 
imports into the Union of meat products and treated 
stomachs, bladders and intestines of poultry, farmed 
feathered game, farmed ratites and wild game birds 
which have been subjected to a non-specific treatment 
‘A’, pursuant to Part 4 of Annex II to Decision 
2007/777/EC. In addition, Ukraine has asked the 
Commission to be authorised for imports into the 
Union of meat of poultry, farmed ratites for human 
consumption and wild game-birds, eggs and egg 
products.  
(7) Commission experts have carried out several audits in 
Ukraine. Those audits demonstrated that the competent 
veterinary authority of that third country provides appro ­
priate guarantees as regards compliance with Union rules 
for import into the Union of meat products and treated 
stomachs, bladders and intestines of poultry, farmed 
feathered game, farmed ratites and wild game birds, of 
meat of poultry, farmed ratites for human consumption 
and wild game-birds and of eggs and egg products. It is 
therefore appropriate to amend Part 2 of Annex II toEN L 32/8 Official Journal of the European Union 1.2.2013  
( 1 ) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.  
( 2 ) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206.  
( 3 ) OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 49.  
( 4 ) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55.  (  5 ) OJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1.Decision 2007/777/EC and Part 1 of Annex I to Regu ­
lation (EC) No 798/2008 in order to authorise imports 
into the Union of such products.  
(8) In addition, Ukraine provided appropriate animal health 
guarantees as regards compliance with Union import 
rules for eggs and submitted a national control 
programme for  Salmonella  as provided for in Regulation 
(EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of 
salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic 
agents (  1 ). However, the approval of that programme 
has not been finalised. Therefore, only imports of eggs 
of Gallus gallus  from Ukraine are permitted as indicated 
under ‘S4’ in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 
798/2008.  
(9) Decision 2007/777/EC and Regulation (EC) No 
798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.  (10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in 
accordance with the opinion of the Standing 
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC is amended in accordance 
with Annex I to this Regulation.  
Article 2  
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended in 
accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.  
Article 3  
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, 31 January 2013.  
For the Commission  
The President  
José Manuel BARROSOEN 1.2.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 32/9  
( 1 ) OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1.ANNEX I  
In Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC, the entry for Ukraine is replaced by the following: 
‘UA Ukraine  XXX  XXX  XXX  XXX  A  A  A  XXX  XXX  XXX  A  A  XXX’  
ANNEX II  
In Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, the following new entry for Ukraine is inserted between the entry for Turk ey and the entry for the United States: 
‘UA — Ukraine  UA-0  Whole country  E, EP, POU, RAT, WGM  S4’EN L 32/10 Official Journal of the European Union 1.2.2013