EN    EN EN 
SANCO/5541/2009r1 EN    EN  COMMISSION OF THE E UROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 
C(2009)  
Draft 
COMMISSION REGULATION 
of 
approving a control programme for Salmonella for Israel in accordance with Regulation 
(EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Annex 
I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the Salmonella  control status of in turkeys 
certain third countries  
(Text with EEA relevance) EN 2   EN Draft 
COMMISSION REGULATION 
of 
approving a control programme for Salmonella for Israel in accordance with Regulation 
(EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament  and of the Council and amending Annex 
I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the Salmonella  control status in turkeys of 
certain third countries  
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty esta blishing the European Community, 
Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC  of 15 October 1990 on animal health 
conditions governing intra-Comm unity trade in, and imports fr om third countries of, poultry 
and hatching eggs1, and in particular Article 21(1) thereof,  
Having regard to 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 agents2, and in particular Article 10(2) thereof, 
Whereas: (1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third 
countries, territories, zones or compartmen ts from which poultry and poultry products 
may be imported into and transit thr ough the Community a nd the veterinary 
certification requirements
3 provides that the commoditie s covered by that Regulation 
are only to be imported into and tran sit through the Community from the third 
countries, territories, zones or compartments listed in Annex I thereto 
(2) Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 lays  down rules for the control of  Salmonella  in 
different poultry populations in  the Community. As from the dates set out in  Annex I to 
that Regulation, admission to or retention on the list of third countries provided for in 
Community legislation from which Member States are authorised to import animals 
covered by that Regulation is subject to the submission to the Commission by the third 
country concerned of a control programme for Salmonella  with equivalent guarantees 
as those contained in the na tional control programmes for Salmonella  in the Member 
States. 
(3) Certain third countries current ly listed in Annex I to Re gulation (EC) No 798/2008 have 
                                                 
1 OJ L 303, 31.10.1990, p. 6.  
2 OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1.  
3 OJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1. EN 3   EN not yet submitted any control programme for Salmonella  to the Commission, or 
alternatively the programmes submitted by th em do not provide gua rantees equivalent 
to those required by Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 as regards import of turkeys or 
hatching eggs thereof 
(4) Control programmes for Salmonella  in turkeys are applicable in all Member States from 
1 January 2010 on in accordance with the provisions in Commission Regulation (EC) No 213/2009 of 18 March 2009 amending Re gulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1003/2005 as regards the control and testing of Salmonella  in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus  and turkeys
4 
and 18 months after the date of applic ation of Commission Regulation (EC) No 
584/2008 of 20 June 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a Commun ity target for the 
reduction of the prevalence of Salmonella  Enteritidis and Salmonella  Typhimurium in 
turkeys.  From that date on equivalent gua rantees should be provi ded by third countries. 
(5) The list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments set out in Annex I to 
Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.  
(6) Following its submission, the control programme for Salmonella  in breeding poultry of 
Gallus gallus,  hatching eggs thereof and day-old chicks of Gallus gallus  intended for 
breeding of Israel was approved by Commission Decision 2007/843/EC
5. Israel has 
submitted to the Commission an additional control programme for s almonella  in day-
old chicks of Gallus gallus , intended for productive poultry. That programme provides 
the guarantees required by Regulation (E C) No 2160/2003 and should therefore be 
approved. 
(7) 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  
The control programme submitted by Israel in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation 
(EC) No 2160/2003 is hereby approved as regards Salmonella in day-old chicks of Gallus 
gallus intended to become productive poultry as defi ned in art. 2(5) of Directive 90/539/EEC. 
 
Article 2 
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is ame nded in accordance with the Annex to this 
Regulation. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the tw entieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of  the European Union.   
                                                 
4  OJ L 73, 19.3.2009, p. 5. 
5  OJ L 332, 18.12.2007, p. 81. EN 4   EN It shall apply from 1 January 2010.  
This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirely and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
 For the Commission 
 Androulla VASSILIOU  Member of the Commission  
EN 5   EN ANNEX  
ANNEX I  
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended as follows: 
(1) Part 1 is replaced by the following: 
'Part 1 
List of third countries, territories, zones or compartments 
Veterinary certificat e Specific conditions 
ISO code and name of 
third country or 
territory 
Code of third country, 
territory, zone or 
compartment Description of third 
country, territory, zone 
or compartment Model(s) 
Additional 
guarantees 
Specific conditions Closing 
date(1) Opening 
date(2) 
Avian influenza 
surveillance status 
Avian influenza 
vaccination status 
Salmonella  control 
status 
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9 
AL – Albania AL-0 Whole country EP, E       S4 
SPF        
POU, RAT, EP, E     A  S4,  AR – Argentina AR-0 Whole country 
WGM VIII        
EN 6   EN Veterinary certificat e Specific conditions 
ISO code and name of 
third country or 
territory 
Code of third country, 
territory, zone or 
compartment Description of third 
country, territory, zone 
or compartment Model(s) 
Additional 
guarantees 
Specific conditions Closing 
date(1) Opening 
date(2) 
Avian influenza 
surveillance status 
Avian influenza 
vaccination status 
Salmonella  control 
status 
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9 
SPF        
EP, E       S4 
BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP       S0, 
ST0 
BPR I       
DOR II       
HER III       
POU VI       AU – Australia AU-0 Whole country 
RAT  VII        
EN 7   EN Veterinary certificat e Specific conditions 
ISO code and name of 
third country or 
territory 
Code of third country, 
territory, zone or 
compartment Description of third 
country, territory, zone 
or compartment Model(s) 
Additional 
guarantees 
Specific conditions Closing 
date(1) Opening 
date(2) 
Avian influenza 
surveillance status 
Avian influenza 
vaccination status 
Salmonella  control 
status 
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9 
BR-0 Whole country  SPF        
BR-1 States of: 
Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São 
Paulo and Mato Grosso 
do Sul RAT, BPR, DOR, HER, SRA      
 
BR-2 States of: 
Mato Grosso, Paraná, 
Rio Grande do Sul, Santa 
Catarina and São Paulo  BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP     A 
 
S0, 
ST0  
WGM VIII      
 BR – Brazil 
BR-3 Distrito Federal and 
States of: 
Goiás, Minas Gerais, 
Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, 
Rio Grande do Sul, Santa 
Catarina and São Paulo EP, E, POU        
S4 
SPF        
EP, E       S4 
BPR I       
DOR II       
HER III       BW – Botswana BW-0 Whole country 
RAT VII        
EN 8   EN Veterinary certificat e Specific conditions 
ISO code and name of 
third country or 
territory 
Code of third country, 
territory, zone or 
compartment Description of third 
country, territory, zone 
or compartment Model(s) 
Additional 
guarantees 
Specific conditions Closing 
date(1) Opening 
date(2) 
Avian influenza 
surveillance status 
Avian influenza 
vaccination status 
Salmonella  control 
status 
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9 
SPF        
EP, E       S4 
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, 
HEP, HER, SRA, SRP     A  S1, 
TUA(6) 
WGM  VIII       CA – Canada CA-0 Whole country 
POU, RAT        
CH – Switzerland CH-0 Whole country  (3)     A  (3) 
SPF        
EP, E,       S4  
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, 
HEP, HER, SRA, SRP     A  S0, 
TUA 
WGM VIII       CL – Chile CL-0 Whole country 
POU, RAT        
CN-0 Whole country EP         
CN – China  
CN-1 Province of Shandong  POU, E VI P2 6.2.2004 -   S4 
SPF        GL – Greenland GL-0 Whole country 
EP, WGM         
EN 9   EN Veterinary certificat e Specific conditions 
ISO code and name of 
third country or 
territory 
Code of third country, 
territory, zone or 
compartment Description of third 
country, territory, zone 
or compartment Model(s) 
Additional 
guarantees 
Specific conditions Closing 
date(1) Opening 
date(2) 
Avian influenza 
surveillance status 
Avian influenza 
vaccination status 
Salmonella  control 
status 
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9 
HK – Hong Kong HK-0 The whole territory of 
the Hong Kong Special 
Administrative Region  EP       
 
SPF         
BPR, BPP, DOR, DOC, 
HEP, HER, SRA, SRP     A  S2, 
ST0 HR – Croatia HR-0 Whole country 
EP, E, POU, RAT, WGM        
SPF        
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, 
HEP, HER, SRP     A  S3, 
TUA 
WGM VIII       IL – Israel IL-0 Whole country 
EP, E POU, RAT       S4 
IN – India IN-0 Whole country   EP        
SPF        IS – Iceland IS-0 Whole country 
EP, E       S4 
KR –Republic of Korea KR-0 Whole country  EP, E       S4 
ME – Montenegro ME-O Whole country EP         
EN 10   EN Veterinary certificat e Specific conditions 
ISO code and name of 
third country or 
territory 
Code of third country, 
territory, zone or 
compartment Description of third 
country, territory, zone 
or compartment Model(s) 
Additional 
guarantees 
Specific conditions Closing 
date(1) Opening 
date(2) 
Avian influenza 
surveillance status 
Avian influenza 
vaccination status 
Salmonella  control 
status 
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9 
SPF        MG – Madagascar MG-0 Whole country 
EP, E, WGM       S4 
MY-0 - -        
EP         MY – Malaysia 
MY-1 Western Peninsular 
E  P2 6.2.2004    S4 
MK –the  former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
(4) MK-0(4) Whole country  EP        
SPF        MX – Mexico MX-0 Whole country 
EP        
SPF        
BPR I       
DOR II       
HER III       NA – Namibia NA-0 Whole country 
RAT, EP, E VII      S4 
NC – New Caledonia NC-0 Whole country  EP         
EN 11   EN Veterinary certificat e Specific conditions 
ISO code and name of 
third country or 
territory 
Code of third country, 
territory, zone or 
compartment Description of third 
country, territory, zone 
or compartment Model(s) 
Additional 
guarantees 
Specific conditions Closing 
date(1) Opening 
date(2) 
Avian influenza 
surveillance status 
Avian influenza 
vaccination status 
Salmonella  control 
status 
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9 
SPF        
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, 
HEP, HER, SRA, SRP       S0, 
ST0 
WGM VIII       NZ – New Zealand NZ-0 Whole country 
EP, E, POU, RAT        S4 
PM — Saint Pierre 
and Miquelon PM-0 Whole territory  SPF        
RS – Serbia(5) RS-0(5) Whole country EP        
RU – Russia RU-0 Whole country  EP        
SG – Singapore SG-0 Whole country  EP        
SPF, EP        
WGM VIII P2 23.1.2004     TH – Thailand TH-0 Whole country  
E, POU, RAT  P2 23.1.2004    S4 
SPF        
DOR, BPR, BPP, HER       S1, 
ST0 
WGM VIII       TN – Tunisia TN-0 Whole country 
EP, E, POU, RAT       S4  
EN 12   EN Veterinary certificat e Specific conditions 
ISO code and name of 
third country or 
territory 
Code of third country, 
territory, zone or 
compartment Description of third 
country, territory, zone 
or compartment Model(s) 
Additional 
guarantees 
Specific conditions Closing 
date(1) Opening 
date(2) 
Avian influenza 
surveillance status 
Avian influenza 
vaccination status 
Salmonella  control 
status 
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9 
SPF         TR – Turkey TR-0 Whole country  
E, EP       S4  
SPF         
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, 
HEP, HER, SRA, SRP     A  S3, 
TUA 
WGM VIII       US – United States US-0 Whole country  
EP, E, POU, RAT       S4 
SPF        UY – Uruguay UY-0 Whole country 
EP, E, RAT       S4 
SPF        
EP, E       S4 
BPR I      
DOR II      
HER III      ZA – South Africa ZA-0 Whole country 
RAT VII    A 
   
EN 13   EN Veterinary certificat e Specific conditions 
ISO code and name of 
third country or 
territory 
Code of third country, 
territory, zone or 
compartment Description of third 
country, territory, zone 
or compartment Model(s) 
Additional 
guarantees 
Specific conditions Closing 
date(1) Opening 
date(2) 
Avian influenza 
surveillance status 
Avian influenza 
vaccination status 
Salmonella  control 
status 
1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 6B 7 8 9 
RAT VII       ZW – Zimbabwe ZW-0 Whole country 
EP, E       S4 
(1) Commodities, including those transported on the high seas, produced before this date  may be imported into the Community dur ing a period of 90 days from this date.  
(2) Only commodities produced after this date may be imported into the Community.  
(3) In accordance with the Agr eement between the European Comm unity and the Swiss Confederati on on trade in agricultural produc ts (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132).  
(4) ISO code 3166-2. 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 under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999  
(6) Turkeys: under assessment 
EN 14   EN (2) In Part 2, in the Section on the ' Salmonella  control programme', the following entry 
is added: 
'"ST0" Prohibition to export into the Community br eeding or productive poultry (BPP) of turkeys, day-
old chicks (DOC) of turkeys, slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of turkeys and 
hatching eggs (HEP) of turkeys because a relevant Salmonella  control programme in accordance 
with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the Commission or approved by 
it.'