EN    EN EN 
SANCO/3681/2008 r1 
 EN    EN  COMMISSION OF THE E UROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 
C(2008)  
Draft 
COMMISSION REGULATION 
of 
extending the special guarantees concerning Salmonella  spp. laid down in Regulation 
(EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council to eggs intended for 
Denmark 
  
(Memorandum from Ms A.Vassilou) EN 2   EN Draft 
COMMISSION REGULATION 
Of 
extending the special guarantees concerning Salmonella  spp.laid down in Regulation 
(EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council to eggs intended for 
Denmark 
 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty esta blishing the European Community, 
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specifi c hygiene rules for f ood of animal origin1, and 
in particular Article 8(3)(b) thereof; 
Whereas: (1) Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 853/ 2004 and [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 regards special guarantees concerning 
salmonella for consignments to Finland and Sweden of certain meat and eggs
2], 
special guarantees have b een granted concerning Salmonella  spp. for consignments of 
certain meat and eggs intended for Finland and Sweden.  
(2) Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 853/2005, the special guarant ees in respect of certain 
foodstuffs of animal origin may be extende d, in whole or in part, to any Member 
States, or any region of a Member State, that has a control programme recognised as 
equivalent to that approved for Finland a nd Sweden in respect of the food of animal 
origin concerned. 
(3) On 5 October 2007 the Danish Veterinary  and Food Administration forwarded an 
application to the Commission for special guarantees to be authorised for Denmark 
concerning salmonella in eggs for the whole Danish territory in accordance with the 
provisions in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. Th e application include s a description of 
the Danish Salmonella Control Programme for eggs. 
                                                 
1  OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55. 
2  OJ L 271, 15.10.2005, p. 17. EN 3   EN (4) During its meeting on 18 June 2008 the Standing Committee 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". (hereinafter re ferred to as the "Guidance document").  
(5) The Danish Salmonella Control Programme for eggs is considered equivalent to that 
approved for Finland and Sweden and is in line with the Guidance document. 
(6) The special guarantees should therefore be ex tended to consignments of eggs intended 
for Denmark.  
(7) It is therefore necessary to provide that th e appropriate certification documents should 
accompany such consignments declaring or cer tifying that the guarantees are fulfilled. 
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulati on are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
 
Denmark is authorised to apply the special guarantees concerning Salmonella  spp. laid down 
in Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 to consignments of eggs as defined in point 
5.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, intended for Denmark.  
Article 2 
 Consignments of eggs referred to in Ar ticle 1 shall be accomp anied by a certificate 
complying with the model set out in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005.  
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into  force on the day following th at of its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Union . 
It shall apply from 1 January 2010. 
This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
 For the Commission 
 Androulla VASSILOU  Member of the Commission EN 4   EN