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SANTE/11257/2015 Rev. 1 (POOL/G6/2015/11257/11257-EN Rev. 1.doc) 
[…](2015) XXX  draft 
  
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 
of XXX  
amending the Annexes to Decision 2007/275/EC concerning the lists of animals and 
products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 
91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
 EN 2   EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 
of XXX  
amending the Annexes to Decision 2007/275/ EC concerning the lis ts of animals and 
products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 
91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of  15 July 1991 laying down the principles 
governing the organisation of veterinary ch ecks on animals entering the Community from 
third countries and amending Direc tives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC
1, and in 
particular Article 4(5) thereof, 
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/ EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the 
principles governing the orga nisation of veterinary chec ks on products entering the 
Community from third countries2, and in particular Article 3(5) thereof, 
Whereas: (1) Commission Decision 2007/275/EC
3 provides that the animals and products listed in 
Annex I thereto are to be s ubjected to veterinary checks at border inspection posts in 
accordance with Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC ('the veterinary checks'). Decision 2007/275/EC also provides for a der ogation from such veterinary checks for 
certain composite products and for the foodstuffs listed in Annex II thereto. 
(2) The list set out in A nnex I to Decision 2007/ 275/EC lists the animals and products in 
accordance with the Combined Nomenclatu re (‘CN’), as provided for in Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87
4. This list is used by the competent authorities of the 
Member States  as a first step in the selection of consignments that are to be submitted 
to the veterinary checks. 
(3) Since the date of adoption of Decisi on 2007/275/EC, the CN codes laid down in 
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 have been update d several times, with the most recent 
amendments laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/17545. As 
several amendments have been made to the CN codes for products of animal origin, 
                                                 
1 OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. 
2 OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. 
3 Commission Decision 2007/275/EC of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to be 
subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (OJ L 
116, 4.5.2007, p. 9). 
4 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).  
5  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1754 of 6 October 2015 amending Annex I to 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common 
Customs Tariff (OJ L 285, 30.10.2015, p. 1). EN 3   EN the list set out in A nnex I to Decision 2007/275/EC s hould be updated to take account 
of those amendments. 
(4) In several CN headings and CN codes listed in Annex I to  Decision 2007/275/EC 
products of animal origin are representing only a small part of  the goods included in 
the relevant CN heading or CN code. In such  cases, column 3 of the above list refers 
to the applicable Union veterinary legisla tion and provides details of the animals and 
products which are to be subjected to veterinary checks. Taking into account the terminology and references in other Union ve terinary legislation, those references in 
Decision 2007/275/EC should be updated in or der to be aligned with current Union 
veterinary legislation. 
(5) In the interest of consistency of Union legislation, the list se t out in Annex I to 
Decision 2007/275/EC should be updated to take account of amendments made to the CN codes and to Union veterinary legi slation. Annex I to Decision 2007/275/EC 
should therefore be amended accordingly. 
(6) The composite products and foodstuffs liste d in Annex II to Decision 2007/275/EC are 
not to be submitted to the veterinary ch ecks. Therefore, they should be clearly 
identifiable and need be linked to their CN codes. In additi on, certain composite 
products and foodstuffs should be deleted from the list set out in A nnex II to Decision 
2007/275/EC. That list should therefore be amended accordingly. 
(7) Decision 2007/275/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. 
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  
Article 1 
The Annexes to Decision 2007/275/EC are amende d in accordance with the Annex to this 
Decision. 
Article 2 
This Decision shall apply from XXXX 2016. 
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
 For the Commission 
 Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS  Member of the Commission