REGULATIONS  
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 810/2010  
of 15 September 2010  
amending Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts 
thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat 
and the veterinary certification requirements  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European 
Union,  
Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 
laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and 
imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and 
embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down 
in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to 
Directive 90/425/EEC (  1 ), and in particular Article 17(3)(a) 
thereof,  
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 
16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules 
governing the production, processing, distribution and intro ­
duction of products of animal origin for human 
consumption (  2 ), and in particular the introductory phrase of 
Article 8, the first subparagraph of point (1) of Article 8, 
point (4) of Article 8, Article 9(2) and Article 9(4)(b) thereof,  
Having regard to Council Directive 2004/68/EC of 26 April 
2004 laying down animal health rules for the importation 
into and transit through the Community of certain live 
ungulate animals, amending Directives 90/426/EEC and 
92/65/EEC and repealing Directive 72/462/EEC (  3 ), and in 
particular the first and second subparagraphs of Article 3(1), 
the first subparagraph of Article 6(1), point (e) of Article 7, 
Article 8, the first subparagraph of Article 10 and 
Article 13(1) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 (  4 ) lays down 
the veterinary certification requirements for the intro ­
duction into the Union of certain consignments of live 
animals or fresh meat. It also lays down the lists of third 
countries, territories or parts thereof from which those 
consignments may be introduced into the Union.  
(2) Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 provides that 
consignments of fresh meat intended for human 
consumption are to be imported into the Union only if 
they come from the third countries, territories or parts thereof listed in Part 1 of Annex II to that Regulation for 
which there is a model veterinary certificate corre ­
sponding to the consignment concerned listed in that 
Part. In addition, those consignments must comply 
with the requirements set out in the appropriate 
veterinary certificate which must be drawn up in 
accordance with the models set out in Part 2 of that 
Annex.  
(3) In addition, Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 provides that 
consignments of certain species of bees are only to be 
introduced into the Union from third countries or terri ­
tories listed in Part 1 of Annex II to that Regulation 
where the presence of the small hive beetle ( Aethina 
tumida ) is subject to compulsory notification throughout 
the whole territory of the third country or territory 
concerned. However, consignments of bees may be 
introduced into the Union from a part of a third 
country or territory listed in that Part 1 which is a 
geographically and epidemiologically isolated part of 
the third country or territory and listed in the third 
column of the table in Section 1 of Part 1 of Annex 
IV. The State of Hawaii is currently listed in that column.  
(4) Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 provided for a transitional 
period until 30 June 2010 during which time 
consignments of live animals and fresh meat intended 
for human consumption and accompanied by veterinary 
certificates issued in accordance with the rules in force 
before the entry into force of that Regulation may 
continue to be introduced into the Union.  
(5) Due to some transposition errors in the published 
version of Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 in particular 
in the model certificates set out in the Annexes to that 
Regulation it has been republished in the Official 
Journal (  5 ). The transitional period provided for in Regu ­
lation (EU) No 206/2010 should therefore be extended 
to take account of the period between the initial publi ­
cation of that Regulation and the republication of the 
corrected version.EN L 243/16 Official Journal of the European Union 16.9.2010  
( 1 ) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54.  
( 2 ) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.  
( 3 ) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 321.  
( 4 ) OJ L 73, 20.3.2010, p. 1.  (  5 ) OJ L 146, 11.6.2010, p. 1.(6) Argentina has requested the authorisation to export to 
the Union de-boned and matured wild deer meat of 
animals from an EU approved area free of foot and 
mouth disease with vaccination (AR-1). That third 
country has also provided sufficient animal health guar ­
antees in support of its request. The model veterinary 
certificate RUW should therefore be indicated in 
column 4 of the table in Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation 
(EU) No 206/2010 for the part of the territory of 
Argentina indicated as AR-1 in the second column of 
that Part.  
(7) Considering that provided the EU animal health rules are 
respected and in particular that the bovine, caprine and 
ovine animals collected at assembly centres including 
markets can be guaranteed to be of the same health 
status by an adequate animal identification and trace- 
ability system, then those animals destined for slaughter 
for production of fresh meat to be exported to the Union 
could be sourced from one assembly centre and then 
sent directly to an approved slaughterhouse. The animal 
identification and traceability system in Namibia has been 
shown to ensure that animals at such collection centres 
have the same health status concerning export 
requirements to the EU and can fulfil the supplementary 
guarantees (J) as referred to in the appropriate column in 
Part 1 of Annex II to this Regulation.  
(8) On 5 May 2010, the United States notified the 
Commission of outbreaks of the small hive beetle in 
parts of the State of Hawaii. The introduction of 
consignments of bees from that state could pose a 
serious threat to bee populations in the Union. 
Accordingly, the listing of the State of Hawaii in the 
third column of the table in Section 1 of Part 1 of 
Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 should be 
suspended from that date.  
(9) Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 should therefore be 
amended accordingly.  
(10) It is necessary to provide for a transitional period in 
order to give Member States and the industry sufficient 
time to take the necessary measures to comply with the requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No 
206/2010, as amended by this Regulation, without 
disrupting trade.  
(11) It is necessary for this Regulation to have retroactive 
effect in order to avoid any unnecessary disruption to 
trade in view of the very recent publication of the corri ­
gendum affecting in particular the veterinary certificates.  
(12) 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  
Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 is amended as follows:  
(1) Article 19 is replaced by the following wording:  
‘For a transitional period those consignments of live 
animals, except bees coming from the State of Hawaii, 
and fresh meat intended for human consumption certified 
before 30 November 2010 in accordance with Decisions 
79/542/EEC and 2003/881/EC may continue to be 
introduced into the Union until 31 May 2011.’  
(2) Annex II is amended in accordance with the Annex to this 
Regulation.  
(3) In Annex IV, Part 1, the table in Section 1 is replaced by the 
following:  
‘Country/territory  Code of part of the country/territory  Description of part of the country/territory  
US – United States  US-A  The State of Hawaii (  1 ) 
( 1 ) Suspended from 5 May 2010.’  
Article 2  
For a transitional period, consignments of fresh meat intended for human consumption in respect of which 
the relevant veterinary certificates have been certified before 30 November 2010, in accordance with the 
models BOV and OVI, as set out in Part 2 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 before the 
amendments introduced by Article 1(2) of this Regulation, may continue to be introduced into the 
Union until 31 May 2011.EN 16.9.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 243/17Article 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 States  
Done at Brussels, 15 September 2010.  
For the Commission  
The President  
José Manuel BARROSOEN L 243/18 Official Journal of the European Union 16.9.2010ANNEX  
Annex II is amended as follows:  
(1) Part 1 is replaced by the following:  
‘PART 1  
List of third countries, territories and parts thereof  ( 1 ) 
ISO code and name of 
third country  Code of 
Territory  Description of third country, territory or part thereof  Veterinary 
certificate  Specific 
conditions  Closing 
date (  2 ) Opening date (  3 ) 
Model(s)  SG  
1 2  3  4  5  6  7  8  
AL – Albania  AL-0  Whole country  —  
AR – Argentina  AR-0  Whole country  EQU  
AR-1  The Provinces of: 
Buenos Aires, 
Catamarca, 
Corrientes (except the departments of Berón de 
Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, 
Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del 
Palmar) 
Entre Ríos, 
La Rioja, 
Mendoza, 
Misiones, 
Part of Neuquén (excluding territory included in 
AR-4), 
Part of Río Negro (excluding territory included 
in AR-4), 
San Juan, 
San Luis, 
Santa Fe, 
Tucuman, 
Cordoba, 
La Pampa, 
Santiago del Estero, 
Chaco, Formosa, Jujuy and Salta, excluding the 
buffer area of 25 Km from the border with 
Bolivia and Paraguay that extends from the 
Santa Catalina District in the Province of 
Jujuy, to the Laishi District in the Province of 
Formosa  BOV  A  1  18 March 2005  
RUF  A  1  1 December 
2007  
RUW  A  1  1 August 2010  
AR-2  Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego  BOV, 
OVI, 
RUW, 
RUF  1 March 2002  
AR-3  Corrientes: the departments of Berón de 
Astrada, Capital, Empedrado, General Paz, Itati, 
Mbucuruyá, San Cosme and San Luís del Palmar  BOV, 
RUF  A 1  1 December 
2007  
AR-4  Part of Río Negro (except: in Avellaneda the 
zone located north of the Provincial road 7 
and east of the Provincial road 250, in 
Conesa the zone located east of the Provincial 
road 2, in El Cuy the zone located north of the 
Provincial road 7 from its intersection with the 
Provincial road 66 to the border with the 
Department of Avellaneda, and in San 
Antonio the zone located east of the Provincial 
roads 250 and 2)  BOV, 
OVI, 
RUW, 
RUF  1 August 2008EN 16.9.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 243/191 2  3  4  5  6  7  8  
Part of Neuquén (except in Confluencia the 
zone located east of the Provincial road 17, 
and in Picun Leufú the zone located east of 
the Provincial road 17)  
AU – Australia  AU-0  Whole country  BOV, 
OVI, 
POR, 
EQU, 
RUF, 
RUW, 
SUF, 
SUW  
BA – Bosnia and 
Herzegovina  BA-0  Whole country  —  
BH – Bahrain  BH-0  Whole country  —  
BR – Brazil  BR-0  Whole country  EQU  
BR-1  State of Minas Gerais 
State of Espírito Santo; 
State of Goiás; 
State of Mato Grosso 
State of Rio Grande do Sul, State of Mato 
Grosso do Sul (except for the designated high 
surveillance zone of 15 Km from the external 
borders in the municipalities of Porto Murtinho, 
Caracol, Bela Vista, Antônio João, Ponta Porã, 
Aral Moreira, Coronel Sapucaia, Paranhos, Sete 
Quedas, Japorã, and Mundo Novo and the 
designated high surveillance zone in the munici ­
palities of Corumbá and Ladário).  BOV  A and 
H 1 1 December 
2008  
BR-2  State of Santa Catarina  BOV  A and 
H 1 31 January 2008  
BR-3  States of Paraná and São Paulo  BOV  A and 
H 1 1 August 2008  
BW – Botswana  BW-0  Whole country  EQU, 
EQW  
BW-1  The veterinary disease control zones 3c, 4b, 5, 
6, 8, 9 and 18  BOV, 
OVI, 
RUF, 
RUW  F 1  1 December 
2007  
BW-2  The veterinary disease control zones 10, 11, 13 
and 14  BOV, 
OVI, 
RUF, 
RUW  F 1  7 March 2002  
BW-3  The veterinary disease control zone 12  BOV, 
OVI, 
RUF, 
RUW  F 1  20 October 
2008  20 January 2009  
BY – Belarus  BY-0  Whole country  —EN L 243/20 Official Journal of the European Union 16.9.20101 2  3  4  5  6  7  8  
BZ – Belize  BZ-0  Whole country  BOV, 
EQU  
CA – Canada  CA-0  Whole country  BOV, 
OVI, 
POR, 
EQU, 
SUF, 
SUW 
RUF, 
RUW,  G 
CH – Switzerland  CH-0  Whole country  *  
CL – Chile  CL-0  Whole country  BOV, 
OVI, 
POR, 
EQU, 
RUF, 
RUW, 
SUF  
CN – China  CN-0  Whole country  —  
CO – Colombia  CO-0  Whole country  EQU  
CR – Costa Rica  CR-0  Whole country  BOV, 
EQU  
CU – Cuba  CU-0  Whole country  BOV, 
EQU  
DZ – Algeria  DZ-0  Whole country  —  
ET – Ethiopia  ET-0  Whole country  —  
FK – Falkland 
Islands  FK-0  Whole country  BOV, 
OVI, 
EQU  
GL – Greenland  GL-0  Whole country  BOV, 
OVI, 
EQU, 
RUF, 
RUW  
GT – Guatemala  GT-0  Whole country  BOV, 
EQU  
HK – Hong Kong  HK-0  Whole country  —  
HN – Honduras  HN-0  Whole country  BOV, 
EQU  
HR – Croatia  HR-0  Whole country  BOV, 
OVI, 
EQU, 
RUF, 
RUWEN 16.9.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 243/211 2  3  4  5  6  7  8  
IL – Israel  IL-0  Whole country  —  
IN – India  IN-0  Whole country  —  
IS – Iceland  IS-0  Whole country  BOV, 
OVI, 
EQU, 
RUF, 
RUW  
KE – Kenya  KE-0  Whole country  —  
MA – Morocco  MA-0  Whole country  EQU  
ME – Montenegro  ME-0  Whole country  BOV, 
OVI, 
EQU  
MG – Madagascar  MG-0  Whole country  —  
MK – Former 
Yugoslav 
Republic of 
Macedonia (  4 ) MK-0  Whole country  OVI, 
EQU  
MU – Mauritius  MU-0  Whole country  —  
MX – Mexico  MX-0  Whole country  BOV, 
EQU  
NA – Namibia  NA-0  Whole country  EQU, 
EQW  
NA-1  South of the cordon fences which extend from 
Palgrave Point in the west to Gam in the east  BOV, 
OVI, 
RUF, 
RUW  F and 
J 1 
NC – New Caledonia  NC-0  Whole country  BOV, 
RUF, 
RUW  
NI – Nicaragua  NI-0  Whole country  —  
NZ – New Zealand  NZ-0  Whole country  BOV, 
OVI, 
POR, 
EQU, 
RUF, 
RUW, 
SUF, 
SUW  
PA – Panama  PA-0  Whole country  BOV, 
EQU  
PY – Paraguay  PY-0  Whole country  EQU  
PY-1  Whole country except for the designated high 
surveillance zone of 15 Km from the external 
borders  BOV  A  1  1 August 2008EN L 243/22 Official Journal of the European Union 16.9.20101 2  3  4  5  6  7  8  
RS – Serbia (  5 ) RS-0  Whole country  BOV, 
OVI, 
EQU  
RU – Russia  RU-0  Whole country  —  
RU-1  Region of Murmansk, Yamalo-Nenets 
autonomous area  RUF  
SV – El Salvador  SV-0  Whole country  —  
SZ – Swaziland  SZ-0  Whole country  EQU, 
EQW  
SZ-1  Area west of the “red line” fences which extends 
northwards from the river Usutu to the frontier 
with South Africa west of Nkalashane  BOV, 
RUF, 
RUW  F 1  
SZ-2  The veterinary foot and mouth disease 
surveillance and vaccination control areas as 
gazetted as a Statutory Instrument under legal 
notice number 51 of 2001  BOV, 
RUF, 
RUW  F 1  4 August 2003  
TH – Thailand  TH-0  Whole country  —  
TN – Tunisia  TN-0  Whole country  —  
TR – Turkey  TR-0  Whole country  —  
TR-1  The provinces of Amasya, Ankara, Aydin, 
Balikesir, Bursa, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, 
Izmir, Kastamonu, Kutahya, Manisa, Usak, 
Yozgat and Kirikkale  EQU  
UA – Ukraine  UA-0  Whole country  —  
US – United States  US-0  Whole country  BOV, 
OVI, 
POR, 
EQU, 
SUF, 
SUW, 
RUF, 
RUW  G 
UY – Uruguay  UY-0  Whole country  EQU  
BOV  A  1  1 November 
2001  
OVI  A  1EN 16.9.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 243/231 2  3  4  5  6  7  8  
ZA – South Africa  ZA-0  Whole country  EQU, 
EQW  
ZA-1  The whole country except: 
— the part of the foot-and-mouth disease 
control area situated in the veterinary 
regions of Mpumalanga and Northern 
provinces, in the district of Ingwavuma of 
the veterinary region of Natal and in the 
border area with Botswana east of 
longitude 28°, and 
— the district of Camperdown, in the 
province of KwaZulu-Natal  BOV, 
OVI, 
RUF, 
RUW  F 1  
ZW – Zimbabwe  ZW-0  Whole country  —  
( 1 ) Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in agreements between the Union and third countries. 
( 2 ) Meat from animals slaughtered on or before the date set out in column 7 may be imported into the Union for 90 days from that date. However, consignments carried on 
vessels on the high seas may be imported into the Union if certified before the date set out in column 7 for 40 days from that date. (Where there is no date set out in 
column 7, no time restrictions shall apply). 
( 3 ) Only meat from animals slaughtered on or after the date set out in column 8 may be imported into the Union. Where there is no  date set out in column 8, no time 
restrictions shall apply. 
( 4 ) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for  this country, which will be agreed 
following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject in the United Nations. 
( 5 ) Not including Kosovo which is at present under international administration pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resol ution 1244 of 10 June 1999. 
* Requirements as in accordance with the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agric ultural products (OJ L 114, 
30.4.2002, p. 132).  
— No certificates are laid down and fresh meat imports shall be prohibited, except for those species where indicated in the line  comprising the entry for the whole country.  
“1” Category restrictions:  
No offal is authorised for introduction into the Union except for bovine species, diaphragm and masseter muscles.’  
(2) Part 2 is amended as follows:  
(a) the introductory list is replaced by the following:  
‘PART 2  
Models of veterinary certificates  
Model(s):  
“BOV”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, including minced meat, of domestic bovine animals (including  Bison  and  Bubalus  species 
and their cross-breeds).  
“OVI”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, including minced meat, of domestic ovine animals ( Ovis aries ) and domestic caprine 
animals ( Capra hircus ). 
“POR”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, including minced meat, of domestic porcine animals ( Sus scrofa ). 
“EQU”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, excluding minced meat, of domestic solipeds ( Equus caballus , Equus asinus  and their cross- 
breeds).  
“RUF”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of farmed non-domestic animals of the o rder 
Artiodactyla (excluding bovine animals (including  Bison  and  Bubalus  species and their cross-breeds),  Ovis aries , Capra hircus , Suidae 
and Tayassuidae), and of the families Rhinocerotidae and Elephantidae.  
“RUW”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of wild non-domestic animals of the ord er Artiodactyla 
(excluding bovine animals (including  Bison  and  Bubalus  species and their cross-breeds),  Ovis aries, Capra hircus , Suidae and Tayassuidae), 
and of the families Rhinocerotidae and Elephantidae.  
“SUF”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of farmed non-domestic animals belongin g to the 
Suidae, Tayassuidae, or Tapiridae families.EN L 243/24 Official Journal of the European Union 16.9.2010“SUW”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of wild non-domestic animals belonging to the Suidae, 
Tayassuidae, or Tapiridae families.  
“EQW”: Model of veterinary certificate for fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of wild solipeds belonging to the subge nus Hippotigris  
(zebra).  
SG (Supplementary guarantees)  
“A”: guarantees regarding the maturation, pH measurement and boning of fresh meat, excluding offal, certified according to the models of 
veterinary certificates BOV (point II.2.6), OVI (point II.2.6), RUF (point II.2.7) and RUW (point II.2.4).  
“C”: guarantees regarding the laboratory test for classical-swine-fever in the carcases from which fresh meat was obtained, cer tified 
according to the model of veterinary certificate SUW (point II.2.3 B).  
“D”: guarantees regarding swill feed on holding(s) of animals from which fresh meat certified was obtained according to the mod el of 
veterinary certificate POR (point II.2.3 d).  
“E”: guarantees regarding tuberculosis test in the animals from where fresh meat certified was obtained, according to the model  of 
veterinary certificate BOV (point II.2.4 d).  
“F”: guarantees regarding the maturation and de-boning of fresh meat, excluding offal, certified according to the models of vet erinary 
certificates BOV (point II.2.6), OVI (point II.2.6), RUF (point II.2.6) and RUW (point II.2.7).  
“G”: guarantees regarding 1, exclusion of offals and spinal cord; and 2, testing and origin of cervid animals in relation to ch ronic wasting 
disease as referred to in the models of veterinary certificates RUF (point II.1.7) and RUW (point II.1.8).  
“H”: supplementary guarantees required for Brazil. Concerning vaccination programmes, as the State of Santa Catarina in Brazil does not 
vaccinate against foot and mouth disease, the reference to a vaccination programme is not applicable for meat coming from anima ls 
originating and slaughtered in that State.  
“J”: guarantees regarding the movement of bovine, ovine and caprine animals from holdings to the slaughterhouse, which allow th em to 
pass via an assembly centre (including markets) before being transported directly to slaughter.’EN 16.9.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 243/25(b) the ‘Model BOV’ is replaced by the following:  
‘Model BOV
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‘Model OVI
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