2006/696/EC: Commission Decision of 28 August 2006 laying down a list of third countries from which poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks, meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs may be imported into and transit through the Community and the applicable veterinary certification conditions, and amending Decisions 93/342/EEC, 2000/585/EC and 2003/812/EC (notified under document number C (2006) 3821)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-08-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: egg, egg product, game animal, health certificate, import, meat, poultry, third country, transit, veterinary inspection

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 August 2006

laying down a list of third countries from which poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks, meat of
poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs may be
imported into and transit through the Community and the applicable veterinary certification
conditions, and amending Decisions 93/342/EEC, 2000/585/EC and 2003/812/EC

(notified under document number C (2006) 3821)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/696/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 Octo-
ber 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-
Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry
and hatching eggs (1), and in particular Articles 21(1) and 22(3),
Article 23, Article 24(2) and Articles 26 and 27a thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991
laying down the principles governing the organisation of veteri-
nary checks on animals entering the Community from third
countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC
and 90/675/EEC (2) and in particular Article 10 and Article 18
thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 Decem-
ber 1992 laying down animal health and public health require-
ments governing trade in and imports into the Community of
products not subject to the said requirements laid down in
specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive
to Directive
89/662/EEC and,
90/425/EEC (3), and in particular Article 10(2) and the first sub-
paragraph of Article 10(3)(a) thereof and the first indent of Chap-
ter 2 of Annex II thereto,

pathogens,

regards

as

(1) OJ L 303, 31.10.1990, p. 6. Directive as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

(2) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

(3) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49. Directive as last amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 445/2004 (OJ L 72, 11.3.2004, p. 60).

Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996
on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof
in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives
85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC
and 91/664/EEC (4), and in particular the fourth subparagraph
of Article 29(1), thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 Decem-
ber 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation
of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (5), and in particular Article 22(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 Decem-
ber 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the pro-
duction, processing, distribution and introduction of products of
animal origin for human consumption (6), in particular Article 8
and Article 9(2) and (4) thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down
specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (7), and in par-
ticular Article 9 thereof,

(4) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1. (corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1).
(5) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 882/2004.

(6) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(7) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55. (corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 22)
Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 (OJ L 338,
22.12.2005, p. 83.

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Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down
specific rules for the organisation of official controls on prod-
ucts of animal origin intended for human consumption (1), and in
particular Article 11(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

94/85/EC (2),

Commission Decisions
94/86/EC (3),
94/984/EC (4), 95/233/EC (5), 96/482/EC (6), 96/659/EC (7)
and
97/38/EC (8), 2000/609/EC (9), 2001/393/EC (10)
2001/751/EC lay down Community rules on imports into
and transit through the Community of poultry, hatching
eggs, day-old chicks and meat of poultry, ratites and wild-
game birds and eggs and egg products and specified
pathogen-free eggs (the commodities concerned). Those
Decisions generally only authorise the import and transit
of the commodities concerned where they come from a
third country or part
thereof appearing on a list of
approved third countries and where they comply with
Community health conditions.

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 of 29 Octo-
ber 1975 on the production and marketing of eggs for
hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks (11), Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 of 26 June 1990 on cer-
tain marketing standards for eggs (12) and Regulation (EC)
No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general prin-
ciples and requirements of food law, establishing the Euro-
pean Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures
in matters of food safety (13) set out Community health
rules of a more general scope and apply to the import
into and transit through the Community of the commodi-
ties concerned.

(1) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206. (corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004,
p. 83). Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005.
(2) OJ L 44, 17.2.1994, p. 31. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/118/EC (OJ L 36, 7.2.2004, p. 34).

(3) OJ L 44, 17.2.1994, p. 33. Decision as amended by Decision

96/137/EC (OJ L 31, 9.2.1996, p. 31).

(4) OJ L 378, 31.12.1994, p. 11. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/436/EC (OJ L 189, 27.5.2004, p. 47).

(5) OJ L 156, 7.7.1995, p. 76. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/118/EC.

(6) OJ L 196, 7.8.1996, p. 13. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/118/EC.

(3)

(4)

(5)

Existing Community rules governing imports into and
transit through the Community of the commodities con-
cerned should be amended to take account of new public-
health requirements
laid down in Regulation (EC)
No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
food-
Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of
stuffs (14), Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC)
No 854/2004 and Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiologi-
cal criteria for foodstuffs (15).

In addition, imports into the Community of hatching eggs,
meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of
poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg prod-
ucts are only authorised where they comply with residue
control monitoring as provided for in Directive 96/23/EC.

In the interests of clarity and consistency of Community
rules, it is appropriate that the definitions set out in Direc-
tive 90/539/EEC and Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 be
taken into account for the purposes of this Decision.

(6) With a view to harmonising Community conditions for
imports into the Community of the commodities con-
cerned, as well as making them more transparent and sim-
plifying the legislative procedure for amending such
conditions, when required, those conditions should be set
out in the relevant model veterinary certificate.

(7)

In order to protect the Community from disease by ensur-
ing that consignments in transit through or stored in the
Community comply with the animal health import condi-
tions applicable to approved third countries for the ani-
mals or products concerned, a specific model veterinary
certificate should be drawn up for use for the transit and
storage of the commodities concerned.

(7) OJ L 302, 26.11.1996, p. 27. Decision as last amended by Decision

(8)

2001/751/EC (OJ L 281, 25.10.2001, p. 24).

(8) OJ L 14, 17.1.1997, p. 61.
(9) OJ L 258, 12.10.2000, p. 49. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/804/EC (OJ L 303, 22.11.2005, p. 56).

(10) OJ L 138, 22.5.2001, p. 31. Decision amended by Decision

2002/278/EC (OJ L 99, 16.4.2002, p. 14).

(11) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 100. Regulation as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

(12) OJ L 173, 6.7.1990, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1039/2005 (OJ L 172, 5.7.2005, p. 1).

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the
Codex Alimentarius have laid down guidelines regarding
the principles of certification which veterinarians have to
follow. Those principles state that the certifying veterinar-
ian should certify only matters within his or her own
knowledge at the time of signing the certificate or that
have been separately attested by an official of another
competent authority.

(13) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 575/2006 (OJ L 100, 8.4.2006, p. 3).

(14) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1. (corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 3).
(15) OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 1.

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(9)

(10)

(11)

In addition, Council Directive 96/93/EC of 17 Decem-
ber 1996 on the certification of animals and animal prod-
ucts (1) lays down standards of certification which are
necessary to ensure valid certification and to prevent fraud.
It is, therefore, appropriate to ensure that the rules and
principles applied by third country certifying officers pro-
vide guarantees that are equivalent to those laid down in
that Directive and that the model veterinary certificates
laid down in this Decision reflect only such facts as may
be attested at the time the certificate is issued.

(16)

(17)

The United Nations has established guidelines for a com-
mon framework and layout for commercial documents.
Under the aegis of several international bodies dealing with
the streamlining of procedures in international trade, new
principles and rules are to be followed for issuing certifi-
cates for international transactions. The OIE and the Codex
Alimentarius have laid down guidelines on the use of elec-
tronic certification with regard to certification procedures.

For the information of the authorised veterinarian, import-
ers and the competent authorities in the Member State
where the veterinary certificates are presented, the notes
for the exporting country on the compiling of the certifi-
cates should include further details relating to the term of
validity, the date of issue and the scope of the certificate.
For those reasons, each model veterinary certificate should
also include explanations of certain definitions, supple-
mentary guarantees approved by the Commission under
specific conditions and, where relevant, the health require-
ments for holdings and establishments.

(12) With a view to standardising the layout of the veterinary
certificates to be issued by the official veterinarian of the
exporting country and in order to facilitate the use of any
electronic means of transferring certificates, the model vet-
erinary certificates laid down in this Decision should be
harmonised, as well as the notes for compiling such cer-
tificates in the exporting country.

(13)

In order to harmonise and streamline import procedures
at Community borders, consignments presented for
import and transit should be accompanied by the relevant
veterinary certificates.

In the interests of clarity of Community legislation, Com-
mission Decisions 94/85/EC, 94/86/EC, 94/984/EC,
95/233/EC,
96/659/EC97/38/EC,
2000/609/EC, 2001/393/EC and 2001/751/EC should be
repealed and replaced by this Decision.

96/482/EC,

such

Commission Decision 93/342/EEC of 12 May 1993 lay-
ing down the criteria for classifying third countries with
regard to avian influenza and Newcastle disease in rela-
tion to imports of live poultry and hatching eggs (2), Com-
mission Decision 2000/585/EC of 7 September 2000
drawing up a list of third countries from which Member
States authorise imports of rabbit meat and certain wild
and farmed game meat, and laying down the animal and
public health and the veterinary certification conditions
for
and Commission Decision
2003/812/EC of 17 November 2003 drawing up lists of
third countries from which Member States are to autho-
rise imports of certain products for human consumption
subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC (4) lay down cer-
tain conditions concerning a number of the commodities
concerned. In the interests of clarity of Community legis-
lation, it is appropriate that the relevant conditions be
included in this Decision. Decisions 93/342/EEC,
2000/585/EC and 2003/812/EC should therefore be
amended accordingly.

imports (3)

(18)

It is appropriate to provide for a transitional period to
permit the Member States and the industry to take the
necessary measures to comply with the applicable veteri-
nary certification conditions laid down in this Decision.

(19)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the
Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

(14)

Specific conditions for transit via the Community of con-
signments to and from Russia should be provided for
owing to the geographical situation of Kaliningrad.

This Decision lays down veterinary certification conditions for
imports into and transit through the Communityof:

(15) Owing to the animal and public health situation with
respect to Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever in Africa
and Asia, certain special conditions should be laid down
for imports of ratites for breeding and production and
day-old chicks thereof coming from those regions.

(1) OJ L 13, 16.1.1997, p. 28.

(a) poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks;

(2) OJ L 137, 8.6.1993, p. 24. Decision as last amended by Decision

94/438/EC (OJ L 181, 15.7.1994, p. 35).

(3) OJ L 251, 6.10.2000, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Decision
2004/413/EC (OJ L 151, 30.4.2004, p. 54. (corrected by OJ L 208,
10.6.2004, p. 51).

(4) OJ L 305, 22.11.2003, p. 17. Decision as amended by Decision

2004/19/EC (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 84).

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(b) meat, minced meatand mechanically separated meat, of

(i)

poultry, ratites and wild game-birds;

(c)

eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs.

‘authorised veterinarian’ means a veterinarian instructed by
the competent veterinary authority and under its responsi-
bility to carry out the checks provided for in this Decision
in a particular establishment;

However, this Decision shall not apply to poultry for exhibitions,
shows or contests.

(j)

‘meat’ means edible parts of the following animals:

Article 2

Definitions

(i) poultry, which, when relating to meat, means farmed
birds, including birds that are farmed as domestic ani-
mals without being considered as such, with the excep-
tion of ratites;

For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall
apply:

(ii) wild game birds
consumption;

that

are hunted for human

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

‘poultry’ means fowl, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, geese,
quails, pigeons, pheasants, partridges and ratites (Ratitae),
reared or kept in captivity for breeding, the production of
meat or eggs for consumption or for restocking supplies of
game;

‘hatching eggs’ means eggs for incubation, laid by poultry as
defined in (a);

‘day-old chicks’ means all poultry less than 72 hours old, not
yet fed; however, muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata) and their
crosses may be fed;

‘breeding poultry’ means poultry 72 hours old or more,
intended for the production of hatching eggs;

‘productive poultry’ means poultry 72 hours old or more,
reared for the production of meat and/or eggs for consump-
tion or for restocking supplies of game;

‘flock’ means all poultry of the same health status kept on
the same premises or in the same enclosure and constitut-
ing a single epidemiological unit; as regards housed poultry,
this definition includes all birds sharing the same airspace;

(g)

‘establishment’ means a facility or part of a facility which
occupies a single site and devoted to one or more of the fol-
lowing activities:

(i) pedigree breeding establishment: an establishment
which produces hatching eggs for the production of
breeding poultry;

(ii) breeding establishment: an establishment which pro-
duces hatching eggs for the production of productive
poultry;

(iii) rearing establishment:

— either a breeding poultry-rearing establishment
which rears breeding poultry prior to the reproduc-
tive stage, or

(iii) ratites;

(k)

‘Mechanically separated meat’ or ‘MSM’ means the product
obtained by removing meat from flesh-bearing bones after
boning or from poultry carcases, using mechanical means
resulting in the loss or modification of the muscle fibre
structure.

(l)

‘minced meat’ means boned meat that has been minced into
fragments and contains less than 1 % salt;

(m) ‘specified pathogen-free eggs’ means hatching eggs which are
derived from ‘chicken flocks free from specified pathogens’ as
described in the European Pharmacopoeia and which are
intended solely for diagnostic, research or pharmaceutical use.

Article 3

Veterinary certification

Veterinary certificates as required under Part 1 of Annexes I and II
shall be compiled in accordance with the notes set out in Part 2
of those Annexes.

However, electronic certification and other agreed systems har-
monised at Community level may be used.

CHAPTER II

POULTRY, HATCHING EGGS AND DAY-OLD CHICKS

SECTION 1

General provisions

Article 4

General conditions for import and transit

— a productive poultry-rearing establishment which
rears egg-laying productive poultry prior to the lay-
ing stage;

Poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks imported into
1.
and transiting through the Community shall comply with the
conditions laid down in Articles 5 to 14.

(h)

‘hatchery’ means an establishment which incubates and
hatches eggs and supplies day-old chicks;

Paragraph 1 shall not apply to single consignments of fewer

2.
than 20 units of poultry, hatching eggs or day-old chicks.

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However, such single consignments may only be imported from
third countries or parts thereof that are approved for such
imports as they comply with the following conditions:

(b) not more than two weeks before the date of export to the
Community or, in the case of hatching eggs, not earlier than
two weeks before the date of collection of the eggs, the flocks
have undergone a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease:

(a)

the country or a part thereof is listed in columns 1 and 3 of
the table in Part 1 of Annex I and column 4 of that table
provides for a model veterinary certificate for the commod-
ity concerned;

(b)

they are not covered by an import ban;

(c)

the importation conditions include the requirement for post-
import isolation or quarantine. This provision does not apply
to consignments of ratites or hatching eggs thereof.

Article 5

Place of origin

Poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks may only be imported
into or transit through the Community from third countries or
parts thereof listed in columns 1 and 3 of the table in Part 1 of
Annex I where column 4 of that table provides for a model vet-
erinary certificate for the commodity concerned.

Article 6

Health conditions and additional guarantees

1.
Poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks shall meet the
requirements laid down in the relevant veterinary certificate com-
piled using the corresponding model in Part 2 of Annex I, sub-
ject to the specific conditions set out in column 6 of the table in
Part 1 of Annex I.

2. Where required by the Member State of destination under
Community legislation, the additional guarantees for poultry,
hatching eggs and day-old-chicks as specified for that Member
State in column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I shall be
included in the veterinary certificate using the corresponding
model in Part 2 of Annex I.

Article 7

Additional health requirements for poultry, hatching eggs
and day-old chicks from third countries where vaccines
used against Newcastle disease do not meet Community
standards

1. Where third countries do not prohibit the use of vaccines
against Newcastle disease not meeting the specific criteria set out
in point 2 of Annex B to Decision 93/342/EEC, the following
additional health requirements shall apply to poultry and day-
old chicks imported there from:

(i)

carried out in an official laboratory;

(ii) on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60

birds in each flock;

(iii) in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracere-
bral Pathogenicity Index of more than 0,4 have been
found;

(c) during the two-week period referred to in (b), they have been
kept in isolation under official surveillance on the holding
of origin;

(d) during a period of 60 days before the date of export to the
Community or, in the case of hatching eggs, during a period
of 60 days before the date of collection of the eggs, they
have not been in contact with poultry not meeting the
requirements in (a) and (b).

2. Where day-old chicks are imported from a third country
as referred to in paragraph 1, the hatching eggs from which they
have hatched have not been in contact in the hatchery or during
transport with poultry or hatching eggs not meeting the require-
ments in (a) to (d).

Article 8

Transport of poultry

Poultry shall not be loaded onto a means of transport car-

1.
rying other poultry of a lower health status.

In the course of transport to the Community, poultry shall
2.
not be moved by road or rail through and not be unloaded in a
third country or a part thereof that is not approved for imports
into the Community of such poultry.

3.
In the course of air transport, poultry shall not be unloaded
in a third country or a part thereof that is not approved for
imports of such poultry into the Community.

SECTION 2

Breeding and productive poultry other than ratites and
hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites

Article 9

Requirements for i mports

(a)

for at least 12 months preceding the date of export to the
Community, they have not been vaccinated with such
vaccines;

1.
Imported breeding and productive poultry other than ratites
and hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites may
only come from establishments which have been approved by
the competent authority of the third country concerned in

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accordance with conditions that are at least as strict as those laid
down in Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC and where such
approval has not been suspended or withdrawn.

Breeding and productive poultry other than ratites hatched
2.
from imported hatching eggs shall be kept for at least three weeks
from the date of hatching in the hatchery or on the holding(s) to
which the poultry has been sent after hatching.

2. Where breeding and productive poultry other than ratites
and hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites and/or
their flocks of origin are to undergo testing to meet the require-
ments of the relevant veterinary certificates laid down in this
Decision, sampling for testing and the testing itself must be car-
ried out in accordance with the methods referred to in Part 4(A)
of Annex I.

3.
Imported hatching eggs shall bear the name of the third
country of origin and one of the printed indications set out in
Annex III in type at least 3 mm high.

4.
Each package of hatching eggs as referred to in paragraph 3
shall contain only eggs of a single species, category and type of
poultry from the same third country of origin and consignor,
and shall bear at least the following particulars:

(a)

the information shown on the eggs as provided for in
paragraph 3;

(b)

the species of poultry from which the eggs come;

(c)

the consignor’s name or business name and address.

5.
Each box of imported day-old chicks shall contain only a
single species, category and type of poultry from the same third
country of origin, hatchery and consignor and shall bear at least
the following particulars:

(a)

the name of the third country of origin;

(b)

the species of poultry to which the day-old chicks belong;

(c)

the distinguishing number of the hatchery;

(d)

the consignor’s name or business name and address.

Article 10

Requirements after import

Where day-old chicks are not reared in the Member State which
imported the hatching eggs, they shall be transported directly to
the final destination specified in point 9.2 of the health certifi-
cate Model 2 in Annex IV to Directive 90/539/EEC and kept there
for at least three weeks from the date of hatching.

3.
During the relevant period as provided for in paragraphs 1
and 2, imported breeding and productive poultry and day-old
chicks and breeding and productive poultry other than ratites
hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept in isolation
in poultry houses where no other flocks are present.

However, they may be introduced into poultry houses where
breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks are already
present.

In that case, the periods referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall
start running from the date of introduction of the last imported
bird and no poultry present shall be moved from the housing
before the end of those periods.

Imported hatching eggs shall be hatched in separate incu-

4.
bators and hatchers.

However, imported hatching eggs may be introduced into incu-
bators and hatchers where other hatching eggs are already
present.

In that case, the periods referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall
start running from the date of introduction of the last imported
hatching egg.

5.
No later than the date of expiry of the relevant period as
provided for in paragraph 1 or 2, imported breeding and produc-
tive poultry and day-old chicks shall undergo a clinical examina-
tion carried out by an authorised veterinarian and, where
necessary, samples shall be taken to monitor their state of health.

SECTION 3

1.
Imported breeding and productive poultry other than ratites
and day-old chicks other than of ratites shall be kept on the hold-
ing(s) of destination from their date of arrival:

Ratites for breeding and production and hatching eggs and
day-old chicks thereof

(a)

for a period of at least six weeks; or

(b) where the birds are slaughtered before the expiry of the

period referred to in (a), until the day of slaughter.

However, the period provided for in (a) may be reduced to three
weeks, provided that sampling and testing in accordance with the
procedures set out in Part 4(B) of Annex I have been carried out
with favourable results.

Article 11

Requirements for imports

1.
Imported ratites for breeding and production shall be iden-
tified by neck-tags and/or microchips bearing the ISO code of
the third country of origin.

Such microchips shall comply with ISO standards.

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Imported hatching eggs of ratites for breeding and produc-
2.
tion shall be marked with a stamp indicating the ISO code of
the third country of origin and the approval number of the estab-
lishment of origin.

3.
Each package of hatching eggs as referred to in paragraph 2
shall contain only eggs of ratites from the same third country of
origin and consignor, and shall bear at least the following
particulars:

However, they may be introduced into houses where other ratites
or poultry are already present.

In that case, the periods provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall
start running from the date of introduction of the last imported
ratite and no ratites or poultry present shall be moved from the
housing before the end of those periods.

(a)

the information shown on the eggs as provided for in
paragraph 2;

Imported hatching eggs shall be hatched in separate incu-

4.
bators and hatchers.

(b) a clearly visible and legible indication that the consignment

contains hatching eggs of ratites;

However, imported hatching eggs may be introduced into incu-
bators and hatchers where other hatching eggs are already
present.

(c)

the consignor’s name or business name and address.

4.
Each box of imported day-old chicks of ratites for breed-
ing and production shall contain only ratites from the same third
country of origin, establishment and consignor, and shall bear at
least the following particulars:

In that case, the periods provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall
start running from the date of introduction of the last imported
hatching egg and the measures as provided for in paragraphs 1
and 2 shall apply.

(a)

the ISO code of the third country of origin and the approval
number of the establishment of origin;

(b) a clearly visible and legible indication that the consignment

contains day-old chicks of ratites;

5.
No later than the date of expiry of the relevant period as
provided for in paragraph 1 or 2, imported ratites and day-old
chicks thereof shall undergo a clinical examination carried out
by an authorised veterinarian and, where necessary, samples shall
be taken to monitor their state of health.

(c)

the consignor’s name or business name and address.

After the import controls have been carried out, consign-
5.
ments of ratites and hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof
shall be transported directly to the final destination.

6. Where ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof
and/or their flocks of origin are to undergo testing in accordance
with the requirements of the veterinary certificates laid down in
Annex I to this Decision, sampling for testing for Newcastle dis-
ease and the testing itself shall be carried out in accordance with
Annexes I and II to Commission Decision 92/340/EEC (1).

Article 12

Requirements after import

Imported ratites for breeding and production (ratites) and
1.
day-old chicks thereof shall be kept on the holding(s) of destina-
tion from their date of arrival:

(a)

for a period of at least six weeks; or

(b) where the birds are slaughtered before the expiry of the

period referred to in (a), until the day of slaughter.

2.
Ratites hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept
for a period of at least three weeks from the date of hatching in
the hatchery or on the holding(s) to which they have been sent
after hatching.

3.
During the relevant period as provided for in paragraphs 1
and 2, imported ratites and ratites hatched from imported hatch-
ing eggs shall be kept in isolation in houses where no other ratites
or poultry are present.

Article 13

Requirements for ratites for breeding and production and
day-old chicks thereof from Asia and Africa

The protective measures for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
set out in Part 1 of Annex V shall apply, on their arrival in the
Community, to ratites for breeding and production and day-old
chicks thereof coming from third countries in Asia and Africa.

All ratites testing positive to the competitive ELISA test for anti-
bodies to Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever provided for
therein shall be destroyed.

All contact birds within the group shall be retested by the com-
petitive ELISA test 21 days after the original sampling. Where
any bird tests positive,
the whole contact group shall be
destroyed.

(1) OJ L 188, 8.7.1992, p. 34.

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Article 14

Requirements for ratites for breeding and production
from a country considered to be infected with Newcastle
disease

The following rules shall apply to ratites and hatching eggs
thereof coming from a third country considered as infected with
Newcastle disease and day-old chicks that have hatched from
such eggs:

the Community from a third country or a part thereof that is
not subject to any restrictions relating to avian influenza and
Newcastle disease.

Additional health requirements as laid down in Part 2 of
2.
Annex V concerning protection measures in relation to Crimean-
Congo haemorrhagic fever shall apply for ratite meat from Africa
and Asia imported into or transiting through the Community

(a) before the date the isolation period begins, the competent
authority shall check the isolation facilities as referred to in
Article 12(3) to see whether they are satisfactory;

3. Member States not vaccinating against Newcastle disease
may demand additional guarantees concerning vaccination
against that disease for ratite meat imported into or transiting
through the Community.

(b) during the relevant period as provided for in Article 12(1)
and (2), a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease shall be
carried out on a cloacal swab or faeces sample from each
ratite;

(c) where ratites are to be sent to a Member State or region the
status of which has been established in accordance with
Article 12(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC, a serological test shall
be carried out on each ratite, in addition to the virus isola-
tion test provided for in (b);

(d) negative results of the tests provided for in (b) and (c) shall
be available before any bird is released from isolation.

CHAPTER III

MEAT, MINCED MEAT AND MECHANICALLY SEPARATED
MEAT, OF POULTRY, RATITES AND WILD GAME-BIRDS, EGGS
AND EGG PRODUCTS AND SPECIFIED PATHOGEN-FREE EGGS

SECTION 1

Imports

Article 15

Meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of
poultry, ratites and wild game-birds

Meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat, of poultry,
ratites and wild game-birds may only be imported into the Com-
munity from a third country or a part thereof listed in columns
1 and 3 of the table in Part 1 of Annex II where column 4 of
that table provides for a model veterinary certificate for the meat,
minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites
and wild game-birds concerned.

Article 16

Additional guarantees and additional health requirements
for ratite meat and wild game-bird meat, minced meat and
mechanically separated meat thereof

Article 17

Eggs and egg products

Eggs and egg products may only be imported into the Commu-
nity from a third country or a part thereof listed in columns 1
and 3 of the table in Part 1 of Annex II where column 4 of that
table provides for a model veterinary certificate for the eggs and
egg products concerned.

Article 18

Specified pathogen-free eggs

1.
Specified pathogen-free eggs may only be imported into
the Community from a third country or a part thereof listed in
columns 1 and 3 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I where column
4 of that table provides for a model veterinary certificate for the
specified pathogen-free eggs concerned.

Imported specified pathogen-free eggs as referred to in
2.
paragraph 1 shall be marked with a stamp bearing the ISO code
of the third country of origin and the approval number of the
establishment of origin.

3.
Each package of specified pathogen-free eggs shall contain
only eggs from the same third country of origin, establishment
and consignor, and shall bear at least the following particulars:

(a)

the information shown on the eggs as provided for in
paragraph 2;

(b) a clearly visible and legible indication that the consignment

contains specified pathogen-free eggs;

(c)

the consignor’s name or business name and address.

Ratite meat and wild game-bird meat, minced meat and
1.
mechanically separated meat thereof, may only be imported into

4.
After the import controls have been carried out, consign-
ments of specified pathogen-free eggs shall be transported directly
to their final destination.

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SECTION 2

Transit and storage

Article 19

Conditions for transit/storage

Meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat, of poultry,
ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products and specified
pathogen-free eggs may only transit through or be stored in the
Community where they:

Regular audits shall be conducted by the competent author-
3.
ity to ensure that the number of consignments and the quanti-
ties of products leaving the Community territory match the
number and quantities entering.

CHAPTER IV

TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 21

Amendments to Decision 93/342/EEC

(a)

comply with the relevant import conditions for the com-
modity concerned in Articles 15, 16, 17 or 18;

Decision 93/342/EEC is amended as follows:

(b) come from a third country or a part thereof listed in Annex I

or II;

(b) Annex E is deleted.

(a)

In Article 4(4), the second subparagraph is deleted.

(c) are accompanied by a veterinary certificate drawn up in

accordance with the model set out in Annex IV.

Article 20

Derogation for transit

1.
By way of derogation from Article 19, the Member States
shall authorise transit by road or by rail through the Commu-
nity, between border inspection posts in Latvia, Lithuania and
Poland designated in accordance with Commission Decision
2001/881/EC (1), of consignments of meat minced meat and
mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-
birds, eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs
coming from and bound for Russia directly or via another third
country, provided that:

(a)

(b)

the consignment is sealed with a serially numbered seal by
the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of
entry;

the documents accompanying the consignment and referred
to in Article 7 of Directive 97/78/EC are stamped ‘‘ONLY
FOR TRANSIT TO RUSSIA VIA THE EC’’ on each page by
the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of
entry;

(c)

the procedural requirements provided for in Article 11 of
Directive 97/78/EC are complied with;

(d)

the consignment is certified as acceptable for transit on the
common veterinary entry document issued by the official
veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry.

Consignments as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article
2.
may not be unloaded or put into storage as referred to in
Article 12(4) or Article 13 of Directive 97/78/EC within Com-
munity territory.

Article 22

Amendments to Decision 2000/585/EC

Decision 2000/585/EC is amended as follows:

(a) Article 1 is deleted;

(b) Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Member States shall authorise imports of the following meat
only:

(a) meat of wild leporidae, defined as wild rabbits and hares,
not containing offal, except for unskinned and unevis-
cerated leporidae;

(b) meat of farmed rabbits;

(c) meat of wild land mammals other than ungulates and

leporidae, not containing offal.

Such meat imports may only come from third countries or
parts thereof listed in Annex I and subject to the conditions
laid down in the veterinary certificate following the relevant
model in Annex III, in accordance with Annex II.

The exporting third country shall meet the specific require-
ments referred to in Annex II and set out in Annex IV and
shall certify this by completing Section V of each health cer-
tificate following the model in Annex III.’;

(c) Annex II is replaced by Annex VI to this Decision;

(1) OJ L 326, 11.12.2001, p. 44.

(d)

In Annex III, Models D and I are deleted.

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Article 23

Amendments to Decision 2003/812/EC

2001/751/EC may be imported into or transit through the Com-
munity until six months after the day following that of its pub-
lication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

In Decision 2003/812/EC, Parts IV and V of the Annex are
deleted.

Article 24

Repeals

94/85/EC,

Decisions
95/233/EC,
96/482/EC, 96/659/EC, 97/38/EC, 2000/609/EC, 2001/393/EC,
2001/751/EC are repealed.

94/984/EC,

94/86/EC,

Article 25

Transitional provisions

Poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks, meat, minced meat and
mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-
birds, eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs for
which the relevant veterinary certificates have been issued in
accordance with Decisions 94/85/EC, 94/86/EC, 94/984/EC,
95/233/EC, 96/482/EC, 97/38/EC, 2000/609/EC, 2001/393/EC,

Article 26

Applicability

This Decision shall apply from six months after the day follow-
ing that of the publication of this Decision in the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Article 27

Addressees

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 August 2006.

For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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POULTRY, RATITES INCLUDING HATCHING EGGS OF THESE SPECIES AND SPECIFIED PATHOGEN-FREE
EGGS

ANNEX I

PART 1

List of third countries or parts thereof (*)

Country

1

AR – Argentina

Code of
territory

2

AR-0

Description of territory

3

Veterinary certificate

Model(s)

Additional
Guarantees

Specific
conditions

4

SPF

BPP, DOC,
HEP, SPF, SRP

BPR

DOR

HER

BPP, DOC,
HEP, SPF, SRP

SPF

BPP, DOC,
HEP, SRP

5

6

I

II

III

I

II

III

AU – Australia

AU-0

BG – Bulgaria (**)

BR – Brazil

BG-0

BR-0

BR-1

BR-2

BW – Botswana

BW-0

CA – Canada

CA-0

CH – Switzerland

CH-0

CL – Chile

CL-0

HR – Croatia

HR-0

GL – Greenland

IL – Israel

IS – Iceland

MG – Madagascar

MX – Mexico

GL-0

IL-0

IS-0

MG-0

MX-0

States of Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio
Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and
São Paulo

States of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa
Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and
Mato Grosso do Sul

BPR, DOR,
HEP, HER, SRA

SPF

BPR

DOR

HER

BPR, BPP, DOC,
DOR, HEP,
HER, SRA, SPF,
SRP

(***)

BPR, BPP, DOC,
DOR, HEP,
HER, SPF, SRA,
SRP

BPR, BPP,
DOR, DOC,
HEP, HER, SPF,
SRA, SRP

SPF

BPR, BPP, DOC,
DOR, HEP,
HER, SPF, SRP

SPF

SPF

SPF

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2

3

NA – Namibia

NA-0

NZ – New Zealand

NZ-0

PM — St Pierre and

Miquelon

PM-0

RO – Romania (**)

RO-0

TH – Thailand

TN – Tunisia

TR – Turkey

TH-0

TN-0

TR-0

US – United States

US-0

UY – Uruguay

UY-0

ZA – South Africa

ZA-0

6

4

SPF

BPR

DOR

HER

BPR, BPP, DOC,
DOR, HEP,
HER, SPF, SRA,
SRP

SPF

BPR, BPP, DOC,
DOR, HEP,
HER, SPF, SRA,
SRP

SPF

DOR, BPR,
BPP, HER, SPF

SPF

BPR, BPP, DOC,
DOR, HEP,
HER, SPF SRA,
SRP

SPF

SPF

BPR

DOR

HER

5

I

II

III

I

II

III

(*) Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in Community agreements with third countries.
(**) Only applicable until this Acceding State becomes a Member State of the European Union.
(***) Certificates in accordance with the agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricul-

tural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132).

PART 2

Model veterinary certificates

Models:

‘BPP’:

Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites

‘BPR’:

Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive ratites

‘DOC’: Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks other than of ratites

‘DOR’: Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks of ratites

‘HEP’:

Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites

‘HER’:

Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of ratites

‘SPF’:

Model veterinary certificate for specified pathogen-free (SPF) eggs

‘SRP’:

Model veterinary certificate for slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites

‘SRA’:

Model veterinary certificate for slaughter ratites

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Additional guarantees (AG):

‘I’:

‘II’:

Guarantees for breeding and productive ratites coming from regions free from avian influenza but not free from
Newcastle disease, certified in accordance with model BPR

Guarantees for day-old chicks of ratites coming from regions free from avian influenza but not free from Newcastle
disease, certified in accordance with model DOR

‘III’: Guarantees for hatching eggs of ratites coming from third countries free from avian influenza and free or not free from

Newcastle disease certified in accordance with model HER

Notes:

(a) Veterinary certificates based on the models in Part 2 of this Annex or Part 2 of Annex II and following the layout of
the model that corresponds to the commodity concerned shall be issued by the exporting third country. They shall
contain, in the order appearing in the model, the attestations that are required for any third country and, where
applicable, those additional health requirements required for the exporting third country or part thereof.

Where additional guarantees are required by the EU Member State of destination for the commodity concerned, these
shall also be entered on the original of the veterinary certificate.

(b) A separate, single certificate must be presented for each consignment of the commodity concerned, exported to the
same destination from a territory appearing in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of this Annex or in columns 2 and 3 of
Part 1 of Annex II and transported in the same railway wagon, lorry, aircraft or ship.

(c) The original of certificates shall consist of a single page printed on both sides or, where more text is required, such

that all the pages form a whole and cannot be separated.

(d) The certificate shall be drawn up in at least one official language of the EU Member State where the border inspection
takes place and in one official language of the EU Member State of destination. However, those Member States may
allow another Community language instead of their own, accompanied, if necessary, by an official translation.

(e) Where additional pages are attached to the certificate for the purposes of identifying the items making up the con-
signment, such additional pages shall also be considered to form part of the original of the certificate, provided the
signature and stamp of the certifying official veterinarian appear on each page.

(f) Where the certificate, including any additional pages as provided for in (e), comprises more than one page, each page
shall be numbered ‘–x(page number) of y(total number of pages)–’ on the bottom and shall bear the code number of the
certificate allocated by the competent authority on the top.

(g) The original of the certificate must be completed and signed by an official veterinarian not more than 24 hours prior
to loading of the consignment for export to the Community. To that end, the competent authorities of the exporting
country shall ensure that principles of certification equivalent to those laid down in Directive 96/93/EC are followed.

The colour of the signature shall be different from that of the printing. The same rule shall apply to stamps other
than embossed stamps or watermarks.

(h) The original of the certificate must accompany the consignment as far as the EU border inspection post.

(i)

The certificate shall be valid for 10 days from the date of issue, unless otherwise stated.

In the case of transport by ship, the term of validity shall be extended by the time taken by the voyage. To that end,
the original of a declaration by the ship’s master, drawn up in accordance with the addendum to Part 3 of this Annex,
shall be attached to the veterinary certificate.

(j)

Poultry shall not be transported with other poultry that is either not intended for the European Community or of a
lower health status.

(k) During transport to the European Community, poultry shall not be unloaded in the territory of a third country or

part of a third country that is not approved for imports of poultry into the Community.

Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites (BPP)

Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive ratites (BPR)

Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks other than of ratites (DOC)

Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks of ratites (DOR)

Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites (HEP)

Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of ratites (HER)

Model veterinary certificate for specified pathogen-free eggs (SPF)

Model veterinary certificate for slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites (SRP)

Model veterinary certificate for slaughter ratites (SRA)

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PART 3

Addendum for transport of poultry by sea

(To be completed and attached to the veterinary certificate where transport to the European Community border includes transport by
ship, even for part of the journey.)

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PART 4

A. Methods for standardisation of materials and procedures for veterinary tests for imports of poultry and hatch-

ing eggs

1. Newcastle disease

The sampling and testing methods must comply with the methods described in the Annex to Decision 92/340/EEC
on testing of poultry for Newcastle disease prior to movement, in accordance with Article 12 of Directive
90/539/EEC.

2.

Salmonella pullorum

— The sampling methods must comply with the methods described in Chapter III of Annex II to Directive

90/539/EEC.

— The testing methods must comply with the methods described in the latest version of the Manual of Diag-

nostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, published by OIE.

3.

Salmonella gallinarum

— The sampling methods must comply with the methods described in Chapter III of Annex II to Directive

90/539/EEC.

— The testing methods must comply with the methods described in the latest version of the Manual of Diag-

nostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, published by OIE.

4.

Salmonella arizonae

Serological examination: 60 birds to be sampled at the point of lay. Testing must be carried out in accordance
with the methods described in the latest version of the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Ani-
mals, published by OIE.

5. Mycoplasma gallisepticum

— The sampling methods must comply with the methods described in Chapter III of Annex II to Directive

90/539/EEC.

— The testing methods must comply with the methods described in the latest version of the Manual of Diag-

nostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, published by OIE.

6. Mycoplasma meleagridis

The sampling methods must comply with the methods described in Chapter III of Annex II to Directive
90/539/EEC.

B. Sampling and testing procedures for Newcastle disease and avian influenza after import

During the period referred to in Article 10(1), the official/authorised veterinarian shall take samples from the imported
poultry for virological examination, to be tested as follows:

— between the 7th and the 15th day of the isolation period, cloacal swabs must be taken from all birds where the
consignment contains fewer than 60 birds, and from 60 birds where consignments contain more than 60 birds,

— testing of samples for avian influenza and Newcastle disease must be carried out in official laboratories desig-
nated by the competent authority, using diagnostic procedures in accordance with Annex III to Council Directive
92/66/EEC (1) and Annex III to Council Directive 92/40/EEC (2),

— samples may be pooled, subject to a maximum of five samples from individual birds in each pool,

— virus isolates must be sent without delay to the national reference laboratory.

(1) OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 167, 22.6.1992, p. 1.

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ANNEX II

PART 1

List of third countries or parts thereof (*)

Description of territory

Veterinary certificate

Specific
conditions

Additional
guarantees

3

States of Rio Grande do Sul,
Santa Catarina, Paraná, São
Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul

Distrito Federal and States of
Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato
Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul,
Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul,
Santa Catarina and São Paulo

Model(s)

4

EP, E

EP, E, POU, RAT

WGM

EP, E

POU

RAT

EP, E, POU, RAT,
WGM

—

RAT

WGM

EP, E, POU

RAT, EP, E

WGM

EP, E, POU, RAT

EP, E, POU, RAT,
WGM

WGM

EP, E, POU, RAT,
SRA

EP, E

5

6

III

I

II

III

II

III

III

of
county
and,

Municipality
excluding
Chongming,
Province of Shangdong,
districts
Weifang, Linyi and Qingdao

Shanghai,
of
the
the
of

(prefectures)

in

POU

I

EP, WGM

EP

EP, E, POU, RAT,
WGM

WGM

III

EP, E POU, RAT

EP

Country

1

AL – Albania

AR – Argentina

Code of
territory

2

AL-0

AR-0

AU – Australia

AU-0

BG – Bulgaria (**)

BR – Brazil

BW – Botswana

CA – Canada

BG-0

BR-0

BR-1

BR-2

BW-0

CA-0

CH – Switzerland

CH-0

CL – Chile

CN – China (People’s

Republic of)

GL – Greenland

HK – Hong Kong

HR – Croatia

IL – Israel

IN – India

CL-0

CN-0

CN-1

GL-0

HK-0

HR-0

IL-0

IN-0

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1

IS – Iceland

KR – Korea
(Rep)

2

IS-0

KR-0

MG – Madagascar

MG-0

MY – Malaysia

MY-0

MY-1 Western Peninsular

MK – Former Yugoslav
Republic of Mace-
donia (***)

MX – Mexico

NA – Namibia

NC – New Caledonia

MK-0

MX-0

NA-0

NC-0

NZ – New Zealand

NZ-0

RO – Romania (**)

RO-0

RU – Russian Federation

RU-0

XM – Montenegro

XM-0 Whole custom territory (a)

XS – Serbia (****)

XS-0 Whole custom territory (a)

SG – Singapore

SG-0

TH – Thailand

TH-0

TN – Tunisia

TR – Turkey

TN-0

TR-0

US – United States

US-0

UY – Uruguay

ZA – South Africa

ZW – Zimbabwe

UY-0

ZA-0

ZW-0

4

EP, E

EP, E

EP, E,
WGM

—

EP, E

EP

EP

RAT, EP, E

EP

WGM

EP, E, POU, RAT

EP, E, POU, RAT,
WGM

EP

EP

EP

EP

WGM

EP, E, POU, RAT

WGM

EP, E, POU, RAT

EP, E

WGM

EP, E, POU, RAT

EP, E, RAT

RAT, EP, E

RAT, EP, E

5

6

II

III

III

III

III

II

II

(*) Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in Community agreements with third countries.
(**) Only applicable until this Acceding State becomes a Member State of the Community.
(***) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be

attributed after the conclusion of the negotiations currently taking place in the United Nations.

(****) Not including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 244 of 10 June 1999.
(a)

Serbia and Montenegro are Republics with individual customs forming a State Union and therefore are listed separately.

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PART 2

Model veterinary certificates

Model(s):

‘POU’:

Model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry

‘POU-MI/MSM’:

Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry

‘RAT’:

Model veterinary certificate for meat of farmed ratites for human consumption

‘RAT-MI/MSM’:

Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of farmed ratites for
human consumption

‘WGM’:

Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird meat

‘WGM-MI/MSM’:

Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird minced meat and mechanically separated meat

‘E’:

‘EP’:

Model public health certificate for eggs

Model public-health certificate for egg products

Additional guarantees (AG):

‘I.’:

additional guarantees covering poultry meat certified in accordance with model POU

‘II.’:

additional guarantees covering meat of farmed ratites for human consumption certified in accordance with model RAT

‘III.’:: additional guarantees for wild game-bird meat certified in accordance with model WGM

Notes

(a) Veterinary certificates shall be issued by the exporting third country based on the models in Part 2 of Annex I or this
Annex and following the layout of the model that corresponds to the commodity concerned. They shall contain, in
the order appearing in the model, the attestations that are required for any third country and, where applicable, those
additional health requirements required for the exporting third country or part thereof.

Where additional guarantees are required by the EU Member State of destination for the commodity concerned, these
shall also be entered on the original of the veterinary certificate.

(b) A separate, single certificate must be presented for each consignment of the commodity concerned, exported to the
same destination from a territory appearing in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Annex I or this Annex and transported
in the same railway wagon, lorry, aircraft or ship.

(c) The original of certificates shall consist of a single page printed on both sides or, where more text is required, such

that all the pages form a whole and cannot be separated.

(d) The certificate shall be drawn up in at least one official language of the EU Member State where the border inspection
takes place and in one official language of the EU Member State of destination. However, those Member States may
allow another Community language instead of their own, accompanied, if necessary, by an official translation.

(e) Where additional pages are attached to the certificate for the purposes of identifying the items making up the con-
signment, such additional pages shall also be considered to form part of the original of the certificate, provided the
signature and stamp of the certifying official veterinarian appear on each page.

(f) Where the certificate, including any additional pages as provided for in (e), comprises more than one page, each page
shall be numbered ‘–x(page number) of y(total number of pages)–’ on the bottom and shall bear the code number of the
certificate allocated by the competent authority on the top.

(g) The original of the certificate must be completed and signed by an official veterinarian no more than 24 hours prior
to loading of the consignment for export to the Community. To that end, the competent authorities of the exporting
country shall ensure that principles of certification equivalent to those laid down in Directive 96/93/EC are followed.

The colour of the signature shall be different from that of the printing. The same rule shall apply to stamps other
than embossed stamps or watermarks.

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(h) The original of the certificate must accompany the consignment as far as the EU border inspection post.

(i)

The certificate shall be valid for 10 days from the date of issue, unless otherwise stated.

In the case of transport by ship, the term of validity shall be extended by the time taken by the voyage. To that end,
the original of a declaration by the ship’s master, drawn up in accordance with the addendum to Part 3 of Annex I,
shall be attached to the veterinary certificate.

Specific conditions referred to in column 6

Code of territory

Veterinary certificate

Model

AG

Period/dates during which imports into the
Community are authorised or not authorised in
relation to dates of slaughter/killing of animals from
which the meat was obtained

Model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry (POU)

Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meatof poultry (POU-MI/MSM)

(NOT YET ESTABLISHED)

Model veterinary certificate for meat of farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT)

Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meatof farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT-MI/MSM)

(NOT YET ESTABLISHED)

Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird meat (WGM)

Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird minced meat and mechanically separated meat(WGM-MI/MSM)

(NOT YET ESTABLISHED)

Model veterinary certificate for eggs (E)

Model veterinary certificate for egg products(EP)

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ANNEX III

Indications referred to in Article 9 (3)

— in Spanish: ‘para incubar’

— in Czech: ‘líhnutí’

— in Danish: ‘rugeæg’

— in German: ‘Brutei’

— in Estonian: ‘haue’

— in Greek: ‘προς εκκόλαψιν’

— in English: ‘hatching’

— in French: ‘à couver’

— in Italian: ‘cova’

— in Latvian: ‘inkubācija’

— in Lithuanian: ‘Skirti perinti’

— in Hungarian: ‘keltetésre’

— in Maltese: ‘tifqis’

— in Dutch: ‘broedei’

— in Polish: ‘do wylęgu’

— in Portuguese: ‘para incubação’

— in Slovak: ‘liahnutie’

— in Slovene: ‘valjenje’

— in Finnish: ‘haudottavaksi’

— in Swedish: ‘för kläckning’.

Model veterinary certificate for transit/storage of meat minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild
game-birds, specified pathogen-free eggs, eggs and egg products

ANNEX IV

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PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN RELATION TO CRIMEAN-CONGO HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER

ANNEX V

PART 1

For ratites

The competent authority shall ensure that the ratites are isolated in rodent-proof, tick-free surroundings for at least 21
days prior to export.

Before moving to the tick-free surroundings, the birds shall be treated to ensure that all ectoparasites on them are destroyed.
After 14 days in tick-free surroundings, the ratites shall undergo the competitive ELISA test for antibodies to Crimean-
Congo haemorrhagic fever. Every animal put into isolation must test negative to the test. On the animals’ arrival in the
Community, the treatment for ectoparasites and the serological test shall be repeated.

PART 2

For ratite meat

The competent authority shall ensure that the ratites are isolated in rodent-proof, tick-free surroundings for at least 14
days prior to slaughter.

Before moving to the tick-free surroundings, the birds shall either be examined to verify that they are tick-free or treated
to ensure that all ticks on them are destroyed. The treatment used must be specified on the import certificate. Any treat-
ment used shall not result in any detectable residues in the ratite meat.

Each batch of ratites shall be examined for ticks prior to slaughter. If any are detected, the entire batch shall again be put
into pre-slaughter isolation.

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ANNEX VI

‘ANNEX II

Animal and public-health conditions appearing in model veterinary certificate to be requested

Country

Code of
terri-tory

Leporidae (rabbit and hare)

Wild

Domestic rabbit

Wild land mammals other
than leporidae and
ungulates

MC (1)

SC (2)

MC (1)

SC (2)

MC (1)

SC (2)

AR

AU

BG

BR

CA

CH

CL

GL

HR

IL

NZ

RO

RU

TH

TN

US

Argentina

Australia

Bulgaria (*)

Brazil

Canada

Switzerland

Chile

Greenland

Croatia

Israel

New Zealand

Romania (*)

Russia

Thailand

Tunisia

United States

AR

AU

BG

BR

CA

CH

CL

GL

HR

IL

NZ

RO

RU

TH

TN

US

Any other third country appearing in
the list in Part 1 of Annex II
to Council Decision 79/542/EEC, as
last amended

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

—

E

—

—

E

—

—

E

—

—

E

E

E

—

—

—

—

(*) Only applicable until this Acceding State becomes a Member State of the Community.
(1) MC: model certificate to be completed. The letters “C”, “H” and “E” appearing in the table refer to the model certificate described in
Annex III to this Decision, to be used for each category of meat. A dash “—” indicates that imports of the meat are not authorised.
(2) SC: specific conditions. The numbers appearing in the table refer to the specific conditions to be met by the exporting country, as
described in Annex IV to this Decision. They must be inserted by the exporting country in Section V of the relevant model certificate
set out in Annex III to this Decision.’