Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 of 22 January 2004 laying down procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products imported from third countries (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, border control, customs inspection, database management system, health certificate, import (EU), veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 136/2004

of 22 January 2004

laying down procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products
imported from third countries

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (1), and particularly Article 3(5), Article 4(5),
Article 5(4), Article 8(7), Article 16(3) and Article 19(1)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

requirements

for veterinary checks on
The original
products entering the Community from third countries
were laid down in Council Directive 90/675/EEC (2),
which has been repealed and replaced by Directive 97/
78/EC.

In the light of experience gained since the adoption of
Directive 90/675/EEC, there have been some changes to
procedures introduced by Directive 97/78/EC. Commis-
sion Decision 93/13/EEC of 22 December 1992 laying
down the procedures for veterinary checks at the Com-
munity border inspection posts on products from third
countries (3), as last amended by Decision 2003/279/
EC (4), was adopted an the basis of the first directive and
should therefore be updated.

The certificate issued after completion of veterinary
checks and currently laid down in Annex B to Decision
93/13/EEC should be adapted to take account of changes
to procedures both for consignments meeting Com-
munity rules and for consignments not meeting Com-
munity rules, and whether for import into or transit of
the Community.

Detailed rules concerning the use of that certificate are
set out in Commission Decision 2000/208/EC of 24
February 2000 establishing detailed rules for the applica-
tion of Council Directive 97/98/EC concerning the
transit of products of animal origin from one third
country to another third country by road only across the
European Community (5), and Commission Decision

(1) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 373, 31.12.1990, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 9, 15.1.1993, p. 33.
(4) OJ L 101, 23.4.2003, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 64, 11.3.2000, p. 20.

2000/571/EC of 8 September 2000 laying down the
methods of veterinary checks for products from third
countries destined for introduction into free zones, free
warehouses, customs warehouses or operators supplying
cross border means of sea transport (6).

it

However,
is necessary to lay down specific rules
regarding the practical management of the certificate in
situations where consignments receive veterinary clear-
ance at the border inspection post but remain under
customs supervision for fiscal reasons for some time. In
such cases a system of traceability, and clarification as to
the documentation to accompany the consignment, are
required.

in the

single market

For the proper functioning of the system of veterinary
checks
information
pertaining to a product should be brought together in a
single document with a uniform design to reduce
problems of differences of language in different Member
States.

the

all

Specific details of harmonised sampling and laboratory
testing of different types of product will be made the
subject of later implementing decisions, but in the mean-
time national rules should continue to apply except in
the case of particular safeguard measures.

Experience has shown that it is of fundamental impor-
tance to have good sources of information regarding all
consignments entering the Community to reduce fraud
and evasion of checks. Checking of manifests is a key
feature of this information-gathering process but is a
very substantial and time-consuming task that should be
automated by electronic means wherever possible.

In addition to the efficient gathering of the pertinent
information among all the appropriate operators, the
competent authority should be allowed to have access to
the relevant databases of the customs authorities. All the
operators should be integrated to this system of data-
bases to ensure the availability of updated information
by those involved.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(6) OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 14.

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(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

Certain plant products posing a risk of spreading infec-
tious or contagious diseases
should be
subjected to veterinary checks. A list of such products
should be drawn up together with a list of third coun-
tries or parts of third countries which may be authorised
to export those products to the Community.

to animals

veterinary

checks procedures

For small amounts of products of animal origin being
carried for their personal consumption by passengers
arriving from third countries, exemptions from the
requirements of
are
possible. Certain of those products are the subject of a
safeguard measure in accordance with Commission Deci-
sion 2002/995/EC of 9 December 2002 laying down
interim safeguard measures with regard to imports of
products of animal origin for personal consumption (1).
Reference to those measures should be retained pending
the adoption of permanent rules in this sector.

The measures in this Regulation replace those laid down
in Decision 93/13/EEC and that decision should there-
fore be repealed.

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

Veterinary checks

The CVED shall be issued in accordance with the general
2.
rules relating to certification laid down in other relevant Com-
munity legislation.

The CVED shall be drawn up in an original and copies as
3.
determined by the competent authority to meet the require-
ments of this Regulation. The person responsible for the load
shall fill in part 1 of the CVED and transmit this to the veter-
inary staff of the border inspection post.

4. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 3, the information
contained in the CVED may, with the agreement of the compe-
tent authorities concerned by the consignment, be made the
object of an advanced notification through telecommunications
or other systems of electronic data transmission. Where this is
done, the information supplied in electronic form shall be that
required by part 1 of the model CVED.

Article 3

Procedure to be followed after completion of the veter-
inary checks

1.
After completion of the veterinary checks provided for in
Article 4 of Directive 97/78/EC, part 2 of the CVED shall be
completed under the responsibility of the official veterinarian
responsible for the border inspection post. The CVED shall be
signed by that official veterinarian or by another official veteri-
narian operating under supervision of the former, to give veter-
inary clearance to the consignment.

In the case of border inspection posts checking imports of fish
in accordance with Commission Decision 93/352/EEC (2), the
designated official agent may carry out the functions of the offi-
cial veterinarian including the completion and signature of the
CVED.

The documentary checks provided for in Article 4(3) of
1.
Directive 97/78/EC shall be carried out in accordance with
Annex I to this Regulation.

The original of the CVED for consignments to which
2.
veterinary clearance has been given shall consist of parts 1 and
2 together, duly completed and signed.

The laboratory checks and analyses of official samples
2.
provided for in Article 4(4)(b) of Directive 97/78/EC shall be
carried out in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

Notification of arrival of products by means of

the

Common Veterinary Entry Document

1.
Before the physical arrival of the consignment on Com-
munity territory the person responsible for the load shall notify
the arrival of the products to the veterinary staff of the border
inspection post to which the products are to be submitted,
using the Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED), as set
out in Annex III.

(1) OJ L 353, 30.12.2002, p. 1.

The official veterinarian or the person responsible for the
3.
load shall notify the customs authorities for the border inspec-
tion post of the veterinary clearance of the consignment as
provided for in paragraph 1 by submitting the original of the
CVED, or by electronic means.

— After customs clearance (3) is obtained, the original of the
CVED shall accompany the consignment to the first estab-
lishment of destination.

— The official veterinarian at the border inspection post shall

retain a copy of the CVED.

— The official veterinarian shall transmit a copy of the CVED

to the person responsible for the load.

(2) OJ L 144, 16.6.1993, p. 25.
(3) The term ‘customs clearance’ in this Regulation means release for
free circulation as defined in Article 79 of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ L 302,
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The official veterinarian shall retain the original veterinary
4.
certification or documentation issued by the third country and
accompanying the consignment, as well as a copy of the CVED,
for at least three years. However, for consignments of products
in transit or for storage in a warehouse approved under Articles
12(4) or 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, and ultimately intended for
destinations outside the Community, the original veterinary
documents accompanying the consignment on arrival shall
travel onwards with the consignment and only copies of these
documents shall be retained at the border inspection post.

Article 4

Procedure to be followed where consignments of products
have received veterinary clearance but are still under
customs supervision

1. Where consignments of products have received veterinary
clearance at the border inspection post as provided for in
Article 3(1), but remain under customs supervision and are
released for free circulation at a later stage, the procedure set
out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 shall apply.

2.
The original of the CVED shall accompany the consign-
ment as long as the consignment remains under customs super-
vision through one or more establishments, until custom clear-
ance is requested by the person responsible for the load.

3.
For first customs clearance the person responsible for the
load shall present the original of the CVED to the customs
office responsible for the establishment where the consignment
is located. This may also be done by electronic means, subject
to authorisation of the competent authority.

4. Where the customs clearance has been requested as
provided for in paragraph 3, the operator of the establishment
shall:

(a) keep a copy of the CVED accompanying the consignment;

(b) record the date of reception of the consignment; and

(c) record the date of customs clearance, or the dates of such
is split up into parts as

the consignment

clearance if
provided for in Article 5.

Article 5

Procedure to be followed where consignments under
customs supervision are split up into parts

1. Where a consignment referred to in Article 4(1) is split
up into parts, the original of the CVED shall be presented to
the competent customs authorities responsible for the establish-
ment where the consignment is split up. A copy of the CVED
will then remain at the establishment where the consignment is
split.

2.
The competent authority responsible for the establish-
ment in paragraph 1 may issue an authenticated photocopy of
the original of the CVED to accompany each part consignment,
marked with information on the revised quantity or weight.

The competent authority may require the operator of the estab-
lishment where the consignment is split to keep records to
ensure traceability of the different parts of the consignment.

Records and copies of the CVED must be kept for three years.

Article 6

Coordination with other enforcement services

To ensure that all products of animal origin entering the Com-
munity undergo veterinary checks the competent authority and
the official veterinarians of each Member State shall coordinate
with other enforcement services to gather all pertinent intelli-
gence regarding introduction of animal products This shall
apply in particular to the following:

(a) information available to customs services;

(b) information on ship, boat, rail or aircraft manifests;

(c) other sources of information available to the road, rail, port

or airport commercial operators.

Article 7

Access

to databases and integration of

information

technology systems

For the purpose of Article 6, the competent authority shall
have access to the databases or relevant parts thereof available
to the customs services.

to appropriate data security,

Subject
the information tech-
nology systems used by the competent authority shall, in so far
as is possible and where appropriate, be integrated with those
of the customs services, and with those of commercial opera-
tors, in order to speed the transfer of information.

Article 8

Specific rules for products which form part of travellers'
luggage or are sent as small consignments to private
persons

1. Without prejudice to specific Community rules relating to
certain products, the products referred to in Article 16(1)(a),
(b), and (d) of Directive 97/78/EC shall not be subject to the
systematic veterinary checks set out in Chapter 1 of that Direc-
tive if they are less than 1 kg in weight only and destined for
personal human consumption.

However, such products may only be introduced into the Com-
munity from approved third countries or parts of approved
third countries.

Paragraph 1 shall not affect the animal health and public

2.
health rules set out in the appropriate Community legislation.

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For small packages containing products of animal origin
3.
introduced into Denmark from Greenland and the Faeroe
Islands for direct consumption by private persons, the weight
limit provided for in paragraph 1 shall be 5 kg.

For fish caught for recreation and introduced into Finland
4.
and Sweden from Russia in the personal luggage of travellers,
for direct consumption by private persons, the weight limit
provided for in paragraph 1 shall be 15 kg or one fish of any
weight, whichever is higher.

Article 9

Veterinary checks of certain plant products

1. Member States shall submit the plant products listed in
Annex IV, from the countries authorised and listed in Annex V,
to the documentary checks referred to in Article 1(1) of this
Regulation, and, as appropriate,
to the laboratory checks
referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation and other physical
checks set out in Annex III to Directive 97/78/EC.

2.
The requirements of Directive 97/78/EC and of this Regu-
lation shall apply to all plant products listed in Annex IV to this
Regulation which, in particular on account of their origin and
subsequent destination, may give rise to the risk of spreading
infectious or contagious animal diseases.

Article 10

Use of electronic certification

The production, use, transmission and storage of the CVED as
set down in the various situations described in this Regulation
may be done by electronic means at the discretion of the
competent authority.

Article 11

Repeal

Decision 93/13/EEC is repealed.

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as
references to this Regulation.

Article 12

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 January 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

THE DOCUMENTARY CHECKS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1(1)

The following rules are to be applied to the documentary checks on products from third countries:

1. For each consignment, the competent authority must ascertain the intended customs approved treatment or use to

which the goods will be assigned.

2. Each certificate or document for animal health or public health which accompanies a consignment of products
originating in a third country and presented to the border inspection post must be inspected in order to confirm as
appropriate:
(a) that it is an original certificate or document;
(b) that it refers to a third country or part of a third country authorised to export to the Community, or, for non-

harmonised products, to the Member State concerned;

(c) that its presentation and content correspond to the model drawn up for the product and third country concerned,

or, for non–harmonised products, to the Member State concerned;

(d) that it meets the general principles of certification laid down in Annex IV to Council Directive 2002/99/EC (1);
(e) that it has been fully completed;
(f) that it relates to an establishment or vessel authorised or registered to export to the Community, or, for non-

harmonised products, to the Member State concerned;

(g) that it is signed by the official veterinarian or, where appropriate, the representative of the official authority, and
shows legibly and in capitals his/her name and position, and also that the official health stamp of the third
country and official signature are in a different colour to that of the printing of the certificate, or, for electronic
certificates, signature and stamp are made by a secure system;

(h) that part 1 of the CVED is correctly completed and that the information in it corresponds with information in

other relevant official documents accompanying the consignment.

ANNEX II

THE LABORATORY CHECKS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1(2)

The following rules are to be applied to the laboratory testing of products:

1. Member States must submit consignments of products presented for importation to a monitoring plan, with the
objective to monitor conformity with Community legislation or, where applicable, national rules, and in particular to
detect residues, pathogenic organisms or other substances dangerous to humans, animals or the environment. These
monitoring plans must be based upon the nature of the products and the risk they represent, taking into account all
relevant monitoring parameters such as frequency and number of incoming consignments and results of previous
monitoring.

2. Where random tests are carried out under monitoring plans referred to in paragraph 1, and no immediate danger to
public or animal health is suspected, the consignment tested may be released for free circulation before the laboratory
results are obtained. In all cases the CVED accompanying the consignment must be annotated accordingly and the
competent authority at the place of destination notified in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 97/78/EC.

3. Where the laboratory tests are carried out on the basis of suspicion of irregularity, available intelligence, a previous
notification from the rapid alert system for food and feed (RASFF) or a safeguard measure, and when testing concerns
a substance or a pathogenic agent which presents a direct or immediate animal or public health risk, the official
veterinarian responsible for the border inspection post who carried out the test or the competent authority must
withhold the consignment from veterinary clearance and release until satisfactory results of the laboratory tests are
received. In the meantime the consignment shall remain under the control of the authorities and under the responsi-
bility of the official veterinarian or designated official agent in the border inspection post that has carried out the
veterinary controls.

4. Each Member State shall inform the Commission monthly of favourable and unfavourable results of laboratory testing

that has been carried out in its border inspection posts.

(1) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.

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ANNEX III

THE COMMON VETERINARY ENTRY DOCUMENT (CVED)

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Notes for guidance for the CVED certificate (1)

General: Complete the certificate in capitals. Where there is an option to delete a box or it is not relevant, clearly deface or cross out

the whole numbered box. To indicate positively any option, tick or mark the

sign.

This certificate is to be completed for all consignments presented to a border inspection post, whether they are for
consignments presented as meeting EU requirements and are for free circulation, consignments that will be subject to
channelling or those consignments not meeting EU conditions and destined for transhipment, transit, or their placing in
free zones, free warehouses or customs warehouses or for ship suppliers (chandlers). Channelling refers to consignments
accepted under the conditions laid down in Article 8 of Directive 97/78/EC but that remain under veterinary control
until a specified final destination is reached, usually for further treatment.

ISO codes where indicated refer to the international standard two letter code for any country.

Part 1

This section is for completion by the declarant or person responsible for the load as defined in
Article 2(2)(e) of Directive 97/78/EC. Notes are shown against the relevant box number.

Consignor/exporter: Indicate the commercial organisation despatching the consignment (in the third
country).

Border inspection post. If this information is not pre-printed on the document, please complete. The
CVED reference number is the unique reference number given by the border inspection post issuing
the certificate (repeated in box 25). The ANIMO unit number is unique to the border inspection post
and is listed against its name on the list of approved border inspection posts published in the Offi-
cial Journal.

Consignee: Indicate the address of the person or commercial organisation given on the third-country
certificate. If this is not present on the certificate, the consignee in relevant commercial documents
may be used.

Person responsible for the load (also agent or declarant): This is the person defined in Article 2(2)(e)
of Directive 97/78/EC, who is in charge of the consignment when presented to the border inspec-
tion post and makes the necessary declarations to the competent authorities on behalf of the
importer: give the name and address.

Box 1.

Box 2.

Box 3.

Box 4.

Box 5.

Importer: The importer may be remote from the actual border inspection post: give the name and
address. If the importer and agent are the same indicate ‘As box 4’.

Box 6.

Country of origin: This refers to where the final product was produced, manufactured or packaged.

Box 7.

Box 8.

Country from where consigned: This refers to the country where the consignment was placed
aboard the means of final transport for the journey to the EU.

Include the delivery address in the EU. This applies both to conforming (box 19) and to non-
conforming (box 22) products.

Box 9.

Give the estimated date that consignments are expected to arrive at the border inspection post.

Box 10.

Veterinary certificate/document: Date of issue: The date that the certificate/document was signed by
the official veterinarian or the competent authority. Number: Give the unique official number of the
certificate. For products from an approved or registered establishment or vessel, indicate the name
and approval/registration number where appropriate. For embryos, ova or semen straws give an
identity number of the approved collection team.

(1) Notes for guidance may be printed and distributed separately from the certificate itself.

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Box 11.

Box 12.

Box 13.

Box 14.

Box 15.

Give full details of the means of arrival transport: for aircraft the flight number and air waybill
number, for vessels the ship name and bill of lading number, for road vehicles the registration
number plate with trailer number if appropriate, for railways the train identity and wagon number.

Nature of the goods: Indicate the species of animal, the treatment undergone by the products and
the number and type of packages that comprise the load, e.g. 50 boxes of 2 kg, or the number of
containers. Tick the appropriate transport temperature.

CN code: Give as a minimum the first four digits of the relevant Combined Nomenclature (CN) code
established pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 as last amended. These codes are also
listed in Commission Decision 2002/349/EC (and are equivalent to the HS headings). In the case of
fishery products only, where there is one certificate with one consignment having contents with
more than one commodity code, the additional codes may be annotated onto the CVED as appro-
priate.

Gross weight: Overall weight in kg. This is defined as the aggregate mass of the products with
immediate containers and all their packaging, but excluding transport containers and other transport
equipment.

Net weight: Weight of actual product excluding packaging in kg. This is defined as the mass of the
products themselves without immediate containers or any packaging. Use units where a weight is
inappropriate, e.g. 100 semen straws of X ml or 3 biological strains/embryos.

Box 16.

Give all seal and container identification numbers where relevant.

Box 17.

Transhipment: Use where a consignment is not to be imported at this border inspection post but is
to travel onward in another vessel or aircraft either for importation into the EU at a second and
subsequent border inspection post in the Community/EEA, or for a third-country destination.
ANIMO unit number — see box 2.

Box 18.

Transit: For consignments that do not conform to EU requirements and are destined for a third
country by movement across the relevant EU/EEA State by road, rail or waterway transport.

Exit BIP: Name of the border inspection post where the products are to leave the EU. ANIMO unit
number — see box 2.

Box 19.

Box 20.

Box 21.

Box 22.

Conforming products: All products that will be presented for free circulation in the internal market
including those that are acceptable but will be subjected to a 'channelling procedure' and those that
after receiving veterinary clearance as acceptable for free circulation, may be stored under customs
control, and receive customs clearance at a later stage, either at the customs office on which the
border inspection post is geographically dependent, or at another location.

Non-conforming products: Those products not meeting EU requirements and that are for free zones,
free warehouses, customs warehouses, ship chandlers or ships or transit to a third country.

Reimport refers to consignments of EU origin that have been refused acceptance or entry to a third
country, and are being returned to the establishment of origin in the EU.

Internal market: This is for consignments that are being presented for distribution in the single
market. Tick the category for which the consignment is being presented. This also applies to those
consignments that after receiving veterinary clearance as acceptable for free circulation, may be
stored under customs control, and receive customs clearance at a later stage, either at the customs
office on which the border inspection post is geographically dependent, or at another location.

Complete this box for all non-conforming products where the consignment will be delivered and
stored under veterinary control in a free zone, a free warehouse, a customs warehouse or a ship
supplier (chandler).

NB: boxes 18 and 22 refer to veterinary procedures only.

Box 23.

Signature: This commits the signatory also to accepting back consignments in transit that are refused
entry by a third country.

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Part 2

This section is for completion by the official veterinarian or designated official agent (as in Decision 93/352/EEC) only.

For b ox e s 38 to 41 u se a c olou r othe r than blac k.

Box 24.

Box 25.

Previous CVED: If there has been a previous CVED issued,
certificate.

indicate the serial number of this

This refers to the unique reference number given by the border inspection post issuing the certificate
and is as in box 2.

Box 26.

Documentary check. To be completed for all consignments.

Box 27.

Tick ‘seal check’ where containers are not opened and the seal only is checked according to Article
4(4)(a)(i) of Directive 97/78/EC.

Box 28.

Physical checks:

Reduced checks refers to the regime laid down in Commission Decision 94/360/EEC where the
consignment has not been selected for a physical check but is considered checked satisfactorily with
documentary and identity check only.

‘Other’ refers to: reimport procedure, channelled goods, transhipment, transit or Article 12 and 13
procedures. These destinations can be deduced from other boxes.

Box 29.

Box 30.

Box 31.

Box 32.

‘Random’ indicates sampling where the consignment is not detained pending a result,

Complete with the category of substance or pathogen for which an investigation procedure is under-
taken.
in
which case the competent authority of destination must be notified by ANIMO message (see Article
8 of Directive 97/78/EC).
includes cases where the consignment has been detained
pending a favourable result, or tested because of a previous notification from the rapid alert system
for food and feed (RASFF), or tested because of a safeguard measure in operation.

‘Suspicion’

Complete where relevant for acceptability for transhipment. Use where a consignment is not to be
imported at this border inspection post but is to travel onward in another vessel or aircraft either
for importation into the EU at a second and subsequent border inspection post in the Community/
EEA, or for a third-country destination. See Article 9 of Directive 97/78/EC and Commission Deci-
sion 2000/25/EC (1). ANIMO unit number — see box 2.

Transit: Complete when it is acceptable to send consignments that do not conform to EU require-
ments to a third country across the EU/relevant EEA State by road, rail or waterway transport. This
must be carried out under veterinary control in accordance with the requirements of Article 11 of
Directive 97/78/EC and Decision 2000/208/EC.

This box is to be used for all consignments approved for free circulation within the single market.
(It should also be used for consignments that meet EU requirements but for financial reasons are not
being customs cleared immediately at the border inspection post, but are being stored under
customs control in a customs warehouse or will be customs cleared later and/or at a geographically
separate destination.)

Boxes 33 and 34. Are to be used where consignments cannot be accepted for release for free circulation under veter-
inary rules, but are considered higher risk and are to be sent under veterinary and customs control
to one of the controlled destinations provided for in Directive 97/78/EC. Acceptance for free zones,
free warehouses and customs warehouses can only be granted when requirements laid down in
Article 12(4) of Directive 97/78/EC are fulfilled.

(1) OJ L 9, 13.1.2000, p. 27.

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Box 33.

Box 34.

Box 35.

Box 36.

Box 37.

Box 38.

Box 39.

Box 40.

Box 41.

Box 42.

Box 43.

For use where consignments are accepted but must be channelled to a specific destination laid down
in Articles 8 or 15 of Directive 97/78/EC.

Use for all non-conforming consignments destined to be moved to or stored in warehouses
approved in accordance with Article 12(4) or to operators authorised pursuant to Article 13 of
Directive 97/78/EC.

Indicate clearly when import is refused, the subsequent process to be carried out. Give the date for
completion of the action proposed. The address of any transformation establishment should be
entered in box 37. After rejection or a decision for transformation, the date for further action should
be also recorded in the ‘follow-up action register’.

Reasons for refusal: For use as appropriate to add relevant information. Tick the appropriate box.
Item 7 is for hygiene failure not covered by 8 or 9, including temperature control irregularities,
putrefaction or dirty products.

Give approval number and address (or ship name and port) for all destinations where further veter-
inary control of the consignment is required i.e. for boxes 33: Channelling; 34: Warehouse proce-
dure; 35: Transformation or destruction.

Use this box when the original seal recorded on a consignment is destroyed on opening the
container. A consolidated list of all seals that have been used for this purpose should be kept.

Put here the official stamp of the border inspection post or competent authority.

Signature of the veterinarian, or in case of ports handling fish only, of the designated official agent
as laid down in Decision 93/352/EC.

This box to be used by the transit border inspection post of exit from the EU when consignments
are sent in transit across the EU and are checked outwards as laid down in Decision 2000/208/EC.
In the absence of transit, this box may be used alternatively for additional comments as appropriate
regarding e.g. non-removal of vertebral column or fees paid.

For use by customs services to add relevant information (e.g. for the number of the customs T1 or
T5 certificate) where consignments remain under customs control for a while. This information is
normally added after signature by the veterinarian.

For use when the original CVED certificate must remain at any one location and further ‘daughter’
CVED certificates must be issued.

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ANNEX IV

THE LIST OF PLANT PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 9

Plant products subject to veterinary checks:

1. Straw

2. Hay

ANNEX V

THE LIST OF COUNTRIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 9

Part I: Countries from which Member States are authorised to import hay and straw

Australia

Belarus

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

Croatia

Greenland

Iceland

New Zealand

Romania

South Africa (excluding that part of the foot–and–mouth disease control area situated in the veterinary region Northern
and Eastern Transvaal, in the district of Ingwavuma of the veterinary region of Natal and in the border area with Bots-
wana east of longitude 28°)

Switzerland

United States of America

Part II: Countries from which Member States are authorised to import hay and straw until 30 April 2004

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Estonia

Hungary

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Poland

Slovakia

Slovenia