COMMI SSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2018/307 
of 28 Febr uary 2018 
extending the special guarantees concer ning Salmonella spp. laid down in Regulation (EC) 
No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council to meat derived from broilers (Gallus 
gallus) intended for Denmark 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Having regar d to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 Apr il 2004 laying 
down specifi c hygiene rules for food of animal origin (1), and in particular Article 8(3)(b) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 lays down specifi c rules on the hygiene of food of animal origin for food business 
operat ors, with certain special guarantees for certain food of animal origin intended for the Finnish and Swedish 
mark ets. According ly, food business operators intendi ng to place meat from specified animals on the market in 
those Member States must compl y with certain rules in respect of Salmonella. Further more, consignments of such 
meat are to be accompanied by a trade document stating that a microbiological test has been carried out with 
negat ive results in accordance with Union legislation. 
(2)  In addition, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005 (2) specifi es those special guarant ees, laying down rules 
on the sampling of such meat and microbiological methods for the examination of those samples . It also sets out 
a trade document to accompan y consignments of the meat. 
(3)  On 5 October 2007, the Danish Veterinar y and Food Administration forwarded an application to the 
Commission for special guarant ees to be author ised for Denmark concer ning Salmonella in meat derived from 
broilers (Gallus gallus) for the whole of Denmark in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. The 
application includes a descr iption of the Danish Salmonella Control Programme for meat derived from broilers 
(Gallus gallus). 
(4)  Dur ing its meeting on 18 June 2008, the Standing Committ ee on the Food Chain and Animal Health agreed on 
a Commission staff working document entitled ‘Guidance document on the minimum requirements for 
Salmonella control programmes to be recognised equivalent to those approved for Sweden and Finland in respect 
of meat and eggs of Gallus gallus’ (3) (the ‘Guidance document ’). 
(5)  The Danish Salmonella Control Programme for meat derived from broilers (Gallus gallus) is considered equivalent 
to that approved for Finland and Sweden and is in line with the Guidance document. However , the prevalence of 
Salmonella in Danish flocks of breeders of Gallus gallus was higher than the upper limit proposed in the Guidance 
document, theref ore it could not be considered equivalent to the situation in Finland and Sweden. 
(6)  On 6 Febr uary 2017, the Danish Veterinar y and Food Administration forwarded data on the prevalence of 
Salmonella in flocks of rear ing breeders, adult breeders, broilers and meat of Gallus gallus for the period 
2011-2016. The prevalences for 2015-2016 are in accordance with the upper limits set in the Guidance 
document. 
(7)  The special guarant ees should theref ore be extended to consignments of meat derived from broilers (Gallus gallus) 
intende d for Denmark . In addition, the rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005 concer ning the 
samp ling of such meat, the microbiological methods for the examination of those sam ples and the trade 
document should apply to such consignments. 2.3.2018 L 60/5 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55. 
(2)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005 of 14 October 2005 implementing Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regar ds special guarantees concer ning Salmonella for consignments to Finland and Sweden of certain 
meat and eggs (OJ L 271, 15.10.2005, p. 17). 
(3)https://ec.europa.eu/f ood/sites /food/files/safety/docs/biosafety_ food-bor ne-disease_salmonella_guidance_min-req_eggs-poultr y-meat.pdf (8)  The measures provi ded for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Denmark is author ised to apply the special guarant ees concer ning Salmonella spp. laid down in Article 8(2) of 
Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 to consignments of meat as defined in point 1.1 of Annex I to that Regulation, derived 
from broilers (Gallus gallus) intended for Denmark. 
Article 2 
Consignments of meat referred to in Article 1 shall be accompanied by a trade document complying with the model set 
out in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng 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, 28 Febr uary 2018. 
For the Commission 
The President 
Jean-Claude JUNCK ER  2.3.2018 L 60/6 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN