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►B COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/405 of 24 March 2021 laying down the lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 114 31.3.2021, p. 118)

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/405

of 24 March 2021

laying down the lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(Text with EEA relevance)







Article 1

Subject matter and scope

This Regulation lays down the lists of third countries or regions thereof from which the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption is permitted in accordance with Article 126(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) ‘fresh meat’ means fresh meat as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(2) ‘meat preparations’ means meat preparations as defined in point 1.15 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(3) ‘domestic solipeds’ means animals of the species Equus caballus, Equus asinus and their cross-breeds;

(4) ‘wild solipeds’ means animals of the subgenus Hippotigris;

(5) ‘offal’ means offal as defined in point 1.11 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(6) ‘meat’ means meat as defined in point 1.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(7) ‘minced meat’ means minced meat as defined in point 1.13 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(8) ‘poultry’ means poultry as defined in point 1.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(9) ‘wild leporidae’ means rabbits and hares that are not kept by humans;

(10) ‘wild game’ means wild game as defined in point 1.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(11) ‘farmed game’ means farmed game as defined in point 1.6. of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(12) ‘eggs’ means eggs as defined in point 5.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(13) ‘egg products’ means egg products as defined in point 7.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(14) ‘meat products’ means meat products as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(15) ‘treated stomachs, bladders and intestines’ means treated stomachs, bladders and intestines as defined in point 7.9 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(16) ‘casings’ means casings as defined in point (45) of the second paragraph of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692;

(17) ‘rendered animal fat’ means rendered animal fat as defined in point 7.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(18) ‘greaves’ means greaves as defined in point 7.6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(19) ‘bivalve molluscs’ means bivalve molluscs as defined in point 2.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(20) ‘fishery products’ means fishery products as defined in point 3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(21) ‘raw milk’ means raw milk as defined in point 4.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(22) ‘dairy products’ means dairy products as defined in point 7.2. of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(23) ‘colostrum’ means colostrum as defined in point 1 of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(24) ‘colostrum-based products’ means colostrum-based products as defined in point 2 of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(25) ‘frogs’ legs’ means frogs’ legs as defined in point 6.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and any other frogs’ legs of the genera Pelophylax from the family of Ranidae, and of the genera Limnonectes, Fejervarya and Hoplobatrachus from the family of Dicroglossidae;

(26) ‘snails’ means snails as defined in point 6.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and any other snails of the family of Helicidae, Hygromiidae or Sphincterochilidae;

(27) ‘gelatine’ means gelatine as defined in point 7.7 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(28) ‘collagen’ means collagen as defined in point 7.8 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(29) ‘honey’ means honey as defined in point 1 of Part IX of Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 );

(30) ‘apiculture products’ means apiculture products as defined in point 2 of Part IX of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

(31) ‘reptile meat’ means reptile meat as defined in point (16) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625;

(32) ‘insects’ means insects as defined in point (17) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625;

(33) ‘day-old chicks’ means day-old chicks as defined in point (19) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692;

(34) ‘hatching eggs’ means hatching eggs as defined in point (44) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

(35) ‘breeding poultry’ means breeding poultry as defined in point (17) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692;

(36) ‘productive poultry’ means productive poultry as defined in point (18) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692;

(37) ‘animals intended for slaughter’ means animals intended for slaughter as defined in point (13) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692.

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Article 2a

List of third countries with approved control plans for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants in certain food-producing animals and products of animal origin intended for human consumption

1. The control plans for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants, referred to in Article 6(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 ( 2 ), submitted to the Commission by the third countries or regions thereof listed in the table set out in Annex -I to this Regulation, are approved for the food-producing animals and the products of animal origin intended for human consumption marked with an ‘X’ in that table.

2. The third countries or regions thereof, which made a request to be included in the list referred to in Article 6(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 but did not submit control plans for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants and which, according to that request, intend to use for the production of products intended for export to the Union only raw material either from Member States or from other third countries approved for imports of such raw material into the Union in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, are marked with a ‘Δ’, for the relevant species or commodity, in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation.

3. The third countries or regions thereof, which made a request to be included in the list referred to in Article 6(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 but did not submit control plans for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants for bovine, ovine/caprine, porcine, equine animals, rabbit or poultry and which, according to that request, intend to export composite products to the Union by using processed animal products from those species obtained from a Member State or from a third country or region thereof that has in place control plans for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants, are marked with an ‘O’, for the species covered by the request, in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation.

4. The third countries or regions thereof, which made a request to be included in the list referred to in Article 6(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292, which are marked with an ‘X’ in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation for the categories ‘aquaculture’, ‘milk’ or ‘eggs’ and which, according to that request, intend to produce composite products, are additionally marked with an ‘O’, for the remaining of these categories not marked with an ‘X’, in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation.

5. The third countries or regions thereof, which made a request to be included in the list referred to in Article 6(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292, which are marked with an ‘X’ in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation for the categories ‘bovine’, ‘ovine/caprine’, ‘porcine’, ‘equine’, ‘poultry’, ‘aquaculture’, ‘milk’, ‘eggs’, ‘rabbit’, ‘wild game’ or ‘farmed game’ and which produce composite products with processed products derived from bivalve molluscs originating either in Member States or in third countries or regions thereof listed in Annex VIII to this Regulation, are additionally marked with a ‘P’ in the table in Annex -I to this Regulation.

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Article 3

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat and meat preparations of ungulates other than solipeds

Consignments of fresh meat and meat preparations of ungulates other than solipeds, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 ►M7 and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation ◄ .

Article 4

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat, excluding minced meat, and of meat preparations of domestic solipeds

Consignments of fresh meat, excluding minced meat, and of meat preparations of domestic solipeds, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex I.

Article 5

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, and of meat preparations of wild solipeds

Consignments of fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, and of meat preparations of wild solipeds, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex II.

Article 6

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of poultry, ratites and wild game birds, and meat preparations of poultry

Consignments of fresh meat of poultry, ratites and wild game birds, and meat preparations of poultry, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 ►M7 and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation ◄ .

Consignments of fresh meat of wild game birds intended for human consumption that are unplucked and uneviscerated and come from third countries listed in Annex III shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they are transported by aeroplane.

Article 7

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of eggs and egg products

Consignments of eggs and egg products, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XIX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 ►M7 and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation for ‘eggs’ ◄ .

Consignments of eggs intended for placing on the market as Class A eggs in accordance with Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 ( 3 ) shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex IV in order to comply with the requirements on Salmonella control in accordance with Article 10(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ).

Article 8

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of farmed rabbit, and of fresh meat of wild leporidae not containing offal except for unskinned and uneviscerated wild leporidae

Consignments of fresh meat of farmed rabbit and of fresh meat of wild leporidae not containing offal except for unskinned and uneviscerated wild leporidae, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex V.

Article 9

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, not containing offal

Consignments of fresh meat of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, not containing offal and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex VI.

Article 10

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of meat products, including rendered animals fats, greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, and excluding casings

Consignments of meat products, including rendered animals fats, greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, and excluding casings, of leporidae, of solipeds, and of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex VII.

Consignments of meat products, including rendered animals fats, greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, and excluding casings, of other species than those referred to in the first paragraph, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 ►M7 and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation ◄ .

Article 11

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of casings

Consignments of casings intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XVI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 ►M7 and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation for ‘casings’ ◄ .

Article 12

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods

Consignments of live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods, and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex VIII. Nevertheless, entry into the Union of adductor muscles of pectinidae other than aquaculture animals, completely separated from the viscera and gonads and intended for human consumption, shall also be permitted from third countries not appearing on that list.

Article 13

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products

Consignments of fishery products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex IX. This does not apply to consignments of animals and goods covered by Article 12.

Article 14

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of raw milk, colostrum, colostrum-based products and dairy products of solipeds

Consignments of raw milk, colostrum, colostrum-based products and dairy products of solipeds, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex X.

Article 15

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of raw milk, colostrum, colostrum-based products and dairy products, not required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment against foot-and-mouth disease

Consignments of raw milk, colostrum, colostrum-based products and dairy products, not required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment against foot-and-mouth disease and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XVII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 ►M7 and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation for ‘milk’ ◄ .

Article 16

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of dairy products required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment against foot-and-mouth disease

Consignments of dairy products required to undergo a specific risk-mitigating treatment against foot-and-mouth disease and intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 ►M7 and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation for ‘milk’ ◄ .

Article 17

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of frogs’ legs and of snails

Consignments of frogs’ legs and of snails, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex XI.

Article 18

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of gelatine and collagen

1. Consignments of gelatine and collagen, derived from bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and soliped animals and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex XII.

2. Consignments of gelatine and collagen, derived from poultry and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex XIII.

3. Consignments of gelatine and collagen, derived from fishery products and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex IX.

4. Consignments of gelatine and collagen, derived from leporidae and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex V.

5. Consignments of gelatine and collagen, derived from wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex VI.

Article 19

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen

1. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen, derived from bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine animals and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry of consignments of fresh meat of the specific ungulates into the Union in accordance with Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404.

2. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen, derived from solipeds and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex I for domestic solipeds or in Annex II for wild solipeds.

3. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen, derived from poultry and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry of consignments of fresh meat of the respective species into the Union in accordance with Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404.

4. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen, derived from fishery products and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex IX.

5. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen, derived from leporidae and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex V.

6. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen, derived from wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex VI.

Article 20

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen

1. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen, derived from bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and soliped animals and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex XII.

2. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen, derived from poultry and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex XIII.

3. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen, derived from fishery products and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex IX.

4. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen, derived from leporidae and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex V.

5. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen, derived from wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex VI.

6. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen, referred to in point 4(b)(iii) of Chapter I of Section XIV of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry of consignments of treated raw materials derived from those commodities into the Union in accordance with Article 19 of this Regulation.

Article 21

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of honey and other apiculture products

Consignments of honey and other apiculture products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries ►M7 listed in Annex -I for ‘honey’ ◄ .

Article 22

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain highly refined products

Consignments of highly refined chondroitin sulphate, hyaluronic acid, other hydrolysed cartilage products, chitosan, glucosamine, rennet, isinglass and amino acids, intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the following third countries or regions thereof:

(a) in the case of highly refined products derived from ungulates, the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex XII;

(b) in the case of highly refined products derived from fishery products, the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex IX;

(c) in the case of highly refined products derived from poultry, the third countries that are listed in Annex XIII.

Article 23

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of reptile meat

Consignments of reptile meat intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex XIV.

Article 24

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of insects

Consignments of insects intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if such foods are originated in and consigned from the third countries that are listed in Annex XV.

Article 25

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of other products of animal origin

Consignments of products of animal origin other than those referred to in Articles 3 to 24, and intended for human consumption, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the following third countries or regions thereof:

(a) if derived from domestic ungulates other than domestic solipeds, the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry of fresh meat of domestic ungulates into the Union in accordance with Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 ►M7 and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation, where applicable ◄ ;

(b) if derived from domestic solipeds, the third countries that are listed in Annex I;

(c) if derived from poultry, the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry of fresh poultry meat into the Union in accordance with Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 ►M7 and listed in Annex -I to this Regulation, where applicable ◄ ;

(d) if derived from fishery products, the third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex IX;

(e) if derived from leporidae, the third countries that are listed in Annex V;

(f) if derived from wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, the third countries that are listed in Annex VI;

(g) if derived from more than one species, the third countries or regions thereof that are listed for each species from which the products are derived, in accordance with points (a) to (e).

Article 26

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of live poultry and of hatching eggs of the species Gallus gallus, of live turkeys and of hatching eggs of turkeys

Without prejudice to the lists drawn up with regard to animal health requirements in Annex V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, consignments of live poultry and of hatching eggs of the species Gallus gallus, of live turkeys and of hatching eggs of turkeys shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries that are listed in Annex XVI.

The listing requirements laid down in the first paragraph of this Article shall not apply to single consignments of less than 20 units of live poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof, when destined for primary production of live poultry for private domestic use or when leading to the direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of primary products, as referred to in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003.

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Article 26a

List of third counties authorised for the entry into the Union of products of animal origin and certain goods that originated from the Union, are moved to a third country or region thereof and moved back to the Union after unloading, storage and reloading in that third country or region thereof

Consignments of products of animal origin and certain goods that originated from the Union, are moved to a third country or region thereof and moved back to the Union after unloading, storage and reloading in that third country or region thereof, shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union in accordance with Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 and listed in Decision 2011/163/EU.

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Article 27

Repeal

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 is repealed.

References to the repealed Implementing Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex XVII.

Article 28

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 21 April 2021.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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ANNEX -I

List of third countries or regions thereof with approved control plans for certain food-producing animals and products of animal origin intended for human consumption, as referred to in Article 2a, Article 3, Article 6, first paragraph, Article 7, first paragraph, Article 10, second paragraph, Articles 11, 15, 16, 21 and Article 25, points (a) and (c)





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ANNEX I

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat, excluding minced meat, and of meat preparations of domestic solipeds, as referred to in Article 4, Article 19(2) and Article 25(b)







COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY REMARKS AR Argentina AU Australia BR Brazil CA Canada CH Switzerland (1) ▼M1 GB United Kingdom (2) ▼B NZ New Zealand UY Uruguay ( 1 ) In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132). ( 2 ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

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ANNEX II

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, and of meat preparations of wild solipeds, as referred to in Article 5 and Article 19(2)







COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY REMARKS NA Namibia Only wild game ZA South Africa Only wild game

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ANNEX III

List of third countries from which unplucked and uneviscerated wild game birds intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for entry into the Union if they are transported by aeroplane, as referred to in Article 6







COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY REMARKS AR Argentina BR Brazil CA Canada CL Chile IL Israel (1) NZ New-Zealand TH Thailand US United States ( 1 ) Hereinafter understood as the State of Israel, excluding the territories under Israeli administration since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank.

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ANNEX IV

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of eggs intended for placing on the market as Class A eggs as referred to in the second paragraph of Article 7







COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY REMARKS CH Switzerland (1) ▼M1 GB United Kingdom (2) ▼B JP Japan MK North Macedonia UA Ukraine ( 1 ) In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132). ( 2 ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.









ANNEX V

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of farmed rabbit, and of fresh meat of wild leporidae not containing offal except for unskinned and uneviscerated wild leporidae, as referred to in Article 8, Articles 18(4), 19(5) and 20(4), and Article 25(e)







COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY REMARKS AR Argentina AU Australia Only wild leporidae CA Canada CH Switzerland (1) CL Chile Only wild leporidae CN China Only farmed rabbit ▼M1 GB United Kingdom (3) ▼B MK North Macedonia Only wild leporidae NZ New Zealand Only wild leporidae RS Serbia Only wild leporidae SG Singapore (2) Only wild leporidae TN Tunisia Only wild leporidae UA Ukraine Only farmed rabbit US United States UY Uruguay Only wild leporidae ZA South Africa Only wild leporidae ( 1 ) In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132). ( 2 ) Only for consignments of fresh meat originating from New Zealand, destined to the Union and being unloaded, with or without storage, in Singapore and being reloaded in an approved establishment during transit through Singapore. ( 3 ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.









ANNEX VI

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, not containing offal, as referred to in Article 9, Articles 18(5), 19(6) and 20(5), and Article 25(f)







COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY REMARKS AU Australia CA Canada ▼M1 GB United Kingdom (1) ▼B GL Greenland Only farmed game NZ New Zealand ( 1 ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.









ANNEX VII

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of meat products, including rendered animals fats, greaves, meat extracts and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, and excluding casings, of leporidae, of solipeds, and of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, as referred to in the first paragraph of Article 10







COUNTRY ISO-CODE THIRD COUNTRY DOMESTIC SOLIPEDS FARMED RABBIT WILD SOLIPEDS WILD LEPO-RIDAE (RABBIT AND HARE) WILD LAND MAMMALS (OTHER THAN UNGULATES AND LEPORIDAE) AR Argentina A A NA A NA AU Australia A NA NA A A BR Brazil A NA NA NA NA CA Canada A A NA A A CH Switzerland (1) CL Chile NA NA NA A NA CN China NA A NA NA NA ▼M1 GB United Kingdom (2) A A A A A ▼B GL Greenland NA NA NA NA A (only farmed game) MK North Macedonia NA NA NA A NA NZ New Zealand A NA NA A A RS Serbia NA NA NA A NA TN Tunisia NA NA NA A NA UA Ukraine NA A NA NA NA US United States NA A NA A NA UY Uruguay A NA NA A NA ZA South Africa NA NA A (only wild game) A NA ( 1 ) In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132). ( 2 ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

Interpretation of codes used in the Table







A (= non-specific treatment) Entry authorised. A specific treatment is not required. However, the meat of such meat products must have undergone a treatment such that its cut surface shows that it no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat and the fresh meat used must also satisfy the animal health rules applicable to entry of fresh meat into the Union. NA Entry not authorised

▼M4









ANNEX VIII

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods, as referred to in Article 12







COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF REMARKS AU Australia CA Canada CH Switzerland (1) CL Chile GB United Kingdom (2) GG Guernsey Only wild catch GL Greenland Only wild catch IM Isle of Man JE Jersey Only wild catch JM Jamaica Only marine gastropods from wild catch JP Japan Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods KR South Korea Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods MA Morocco Processed bivalve molluscs belonging to the species Acanthocardia tuberculatum shall be accompanied by: (a) an additional health attestation in accordance with the model MOL-AT set out in Chapter 32 of Annex III to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 (3); and (b) the analytical results of the test demonstrating that the molluscs do not contain a paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) level detectable by the bioassay method NZ New Zealand PE Peru Only eviscerated Pectinidae (scallops) of aquaculture origin TH Thailand Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods TN Tunisia TR Turkey As regards bivalve molluscs, only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs UA Ukraine Only marine gastropods US United States Only products originating from Washington State and Massachusetts UY Uruguay VN Vietnam Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods ( 1 ) In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132). ( 2 ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland. ( 3 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 of 16 December 2020 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards model animal health certificates, model official certificates and model animal health/official certificates, for the entry into the Union and movements within the Union of consignments of certain categories of animals and goods, official certification regarding such certificates and repealing Regulation (EC) No 599/2004, Implementing Regulations (EU) No 636/2014 and (EU) 2019/628, Directive 98/68/EC and Decisions 2000/572/EC, 2003/779/EC and 2007/240/EC (OJ L 442, 30.12.2020, p. 1).









ANNEX IX

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain fishery products, as referred to in Article 13, Articles 18(3), 19(4), and 20(3), and Articles 22(b) and 25(d)





▼B









ANNEX X

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of raw milk, colostrum, colostrum-based products and dairy products of solipeds, as referred to in Article 14







COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY REMARKS AU Australia BA Bosnia and Herzegovina CA Canada CH Switzerland (1) ▼M1 GB United Kingdom (2) GG Guernsey IM Isle of Man JE Jersey ▼B JP Japan ME Montenegro NZ New Zealand US United States ( 1 ) In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132). ( 2 ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

▼M4









ANNEX XI

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of frogs’ legs and of snails, as referred to in Article 17







COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF REMARKS AL Albania AM Armenia Only snails AU Australia AZ Azerbaijan BA Bosnia and Herzegovina Only snails BR Brazil Only frogs’ legs BY Belarus Only snails CA Canada Only snails CH Switzerland (1) CI Côte d’Ivoire Only snails CL Chile Only snails CN China DZ Algeria Only snails EG Egypt Only frogs’ legs GB United Kingdom (2) GE Georgia Only snails GG Guernsey GH Ghana Only snails ID Indonesia IM Isle of Man IN India Only frogs’ legs JE Jersey MA Morocco Only snails MD Moldova Only snails MK North Macedonia Only snails NG Nigeria Only snails NZ New Zealand Only snails PE Peru Only snails RS Serbia Only snails RU Russia Only snails TH Thailand Only snails TN Tunisia Only snails TR Turkey UA Ukraine Only snails US United States Only snails VN Vietnam ZA South Africa Only snails ( 1 ) In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132). ( 2 ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

▼B









ANNEX XII

List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of gelatine and collagen, derived from bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and soliped animals, as referred to in Articles 18(1) and 20(1), and Article 22(a)







COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF REMARKS AL Albania AR Argentina AU Australia BA Bosnia and Herzegovina BH Bahrain BR Brazil BW Botswana BY Belarus BZ Belize CA Canada CH Switzerland (1) CL Chile CN China CO Colombia CR Costa Rica CU Cuba DZ Algeria ET Ethiopia FK Falkland Islands ▼M1 GB United Kingdom (3) GG Guernsey ▼B GL Greenland GT Guatemala HK Hong Kong HN Honduras IL Israel (2) ▼M1 IM Isle of Man ▼B IN India ▼M1 JE Jersey ▼B JP Japan KE Kenya KR South Korea MA Morocco ME Montenegro MG Madagascar MK North Macedonia MU Mauritius MX Mexico MY Malaysia NA Namibia NC New Caledonia NI Nicaragua NZ New Zealand PA Panama PK Pakistan PY Paraguay RS Serbia RU Russia SG Singapore SV El Salvador SZ Eswatini TH Thailand TN Tunisia TR Turkey TW Taiwan UA Ukraine US United States UY Uruguay ZA South Africa ZW Zimbabwe ( 1 ) In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132). ( 2 ) Hereinafter understood as the State of Israel, excluding the territories under Israeli administration since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank. ( 3 ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.









ANNEX XIII

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of gelatine and collagen derived from poultry, as referred to in Articles 18(2) and 20(2), and Article 22(c)







COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY REMARKS AL Albania AR Argentina AU Australia BA Bosnia and Herzegovina BR Brazil BW Botswana BY Belarus CA Canada CH Switzerland (1) CL Chile CN China ▼M1 GB United Kingdom (3) GG Guernsey ▼B GL Greenland HK Hong Kong IL Israel (2) IN India JP Japan KR South Korea MD Moldova ME Montenegro MG Madagascar MY Malaysia MK North Macedonia MX Mexico NA Namibia NC New Caledonia NZ New Zealand PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon RS Serbia RU Russia SG Singapore TH Thailand TN Tunisia TR Turkey TW Taiwan UA Ukraine US United States UY Uruguay ZA South Africa ZW Zimbabwe ( 1 ) In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132). ( 2 ) Hereinafter understood as the State of Israel, excluding the territories under Israeli administration since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank. ( 3 ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.









ANNEX XIV

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of reptile meat as referred to in Article 23







COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY REMARKS CH Switzerland BW Botswana VN Vietnam ZA South Africa ZW Zimbabwe

▼M2









ANNEX XV

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of insects as referred to in Article 24







COUNTRY ISO CODE THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF REMARKS CA Canada CH Switzerland GB United Kingdom (1) KR South Korea TH Thailand VN Vietnam ( 1 ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

▼B









ANNEX XVI

List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of live poultry and of hatching eggs of the species Gallus gallus, of live turkeys and of hatching eggs of turkeys, as referred to in the first paragraph of Article 26







COUNTRY ISO-CODE THIRD COUNTRY PRODUCTS FOR WHICH THE THIRD COUNTRY IS LISTED Gallus gallus Turkeys BR Brazil DOC, HEP - CA Canada BPP (*1), DOC (*1), HEP BPP (*1), DOC, HEP CH Switzerland (1) ▼M1 GB United Kingdom (3) BPP, DOC, HEP BPP, DOC, HEP GG Guernsey BPP BPP ▼B IL Israel (2) DOC, HEP DOC, HEP US United States BPP (*1), DOC, HEP DOC, HEP ( *1 ) Only for breeding.

BPP: breeding or productive poultry.

DOC: day-old chicks

HEP: hatching eggs. ( 1 ) In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132). ( 2 ) Hereinafter understood as the State of Israel, excluding the territories under Israeli administration since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank. ( 3 ) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.









ANNEX XVII

Correlation table referred to in the second paragraph of Article 27







Regulation (EU) 2019/626 This Regulation Article 1 Article 1 Article 2 Article 2 Article 3 Articles 3, 4 and 5 Article 4 Articles 6 and 7 Article 5 Articles 8 and 9 Article 6 Article 10 Article 7 Article 11 Article 8 Article 12 Article 9 Article 13 Article 10 Articles 15 and 16 Article 11 Article 17 Article 12 Article 17 Article 13 Article 10 Article 14 Article 18 Article 15 Article 19 Article 16 Article 20 Article 17 Article 21 Article 18 Article 22 Article 19 Article 23 Article 20 Article 24 Article 21 Article 25 Article 22 - Article 23 Article 27 Article 24 - Article 25 Article 28 Annex I Annex VIII Annex II Annex IX Annex III Annex XI Annex IIIa Annex XV Annex IV -