2007/552/EC: Commission Decision of 6 August 2007 concerning interim protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (notified under document number C(2007) 3852)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-08-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, foot-and-mouth disease, health certificate, health control, intra-EU trade, trade restriction, transport of animals, veterinary legislation

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II

DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 August 2007

concerning interim protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United
Kingdom

(notified under document number C(2007) 3852)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/552/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

and trade in live biungulate animals and certain of their
products.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable
in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products
with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in
particular Article 10 (3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
in intra-
December 1989 concerning
Community trade with a view to the completion of
the
internal market (2), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,

veterinary

checks

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An outbreak of
declared in the United Kingdom.

foot-and-mouth disease has been

The foot-and-mouth disease situation in the United
Kingdom is
the herds of other
Member States in view of the placing on the market

liable to endanger

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

taken measures

in the
The United Kingdom has
framework of Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29
September 2003 on Community measures
the
foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive
control of
85/511/EEC
and
Decisions
91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (3), and
has introduced further measures within the affected areas.

89/531/EEC

and

for

The disease situation in the United Kingdom requires
foot-and-mouth
reinforcing the control measures for
disease taken by the United Kingdom by adopting,
in
collaboration with the Member State concerned and
pending the meeting of the Standing Committee on the
interim Community
Food Chain and Animal Health,
protective measures.

64/432/EEC (4),
health
Council Directive
problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine
animals and swine.

concerns

Council Directive 91/68/EEC (5), concerns animal health
conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine
and caprine animals.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29, Directive as last amended by Directive
2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14).

(2) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13, Directive as last amended by Directive
2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 195, 2.6.2004, p. 12).

(3) OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1, Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352).

(4) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64, Directive as last amended by

Directive 2006/104/EC.

(5) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19, Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

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(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

and embryos not

Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying
down animal health requirements governing trade in
and imports into the Community of animals, semen,
ova
to animal health
requirements laid down in specific Community rules
referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 90/425/EEC (1)
concerns, amongst others, trade in other biungulates and
in semen, ova and embryos of sheep and goats, and in
embryos of porcine animals.

subject

the

European
Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying
down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (2)
concerns, amongst others, the health conditions for the
production and marketing of fresh meat, minced meat,
mechanically separated meat, meat preparations, farmed
game meat, meat products,
including treated stomachs,
bladders and intestines, and dairy products.

Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of
European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying
the organisation of official
down specific rules
controls on products of animal origin intended for
human consumption (3) concerns, amongst others, the
health marking of food of animal origin.

the

for

Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002
laying down the animal health rules governing the
production, processing, distribution and introduction of
products of animal origin for human consumption (4)
provides for specific treatment of meat products that
ensure inactivation of the foot-and-mouth disease virus
in products of animal origin.

Commission Decision 2001/304/EC of 11 April 2001
on marking and use of certain animal products in
relation to Decision 2001/172/EC concerning certain
protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth
disease in the United Kingdom (5) concerns a specific
health mark to be applied to certain products of
animal origin that shall be restricted to the national
market.

(1) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54, Directive as

last amended by

Commission Decision 2007/265/EC (OJ L 114, 1.5.2007, p. 17).
(2) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55, corrected version in OJ L 226,
25.6.2004, p. 22, Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206, corrected version in OJ L 226,
25.6.2004, p. 83, Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1791/2006.

(4) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 104, 13.4.2001, p. 6, Decision as last amended by Decision

2002/49/EC (OJ L 21, 24.1.2002, p. 30).

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

(16)

Council Directive 92/118/EEC (6),
lays down animal
health and public health requirements governing trade
in and imports into the Community of products not
subject to the said requirements laid down in specific
to
Community rules
Directive 89/662/EEC and, as
to
Directive 90/425/EEC.

referred to in Annex A (I)
regards pathogens,

the European
Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of
the Council of 3 October 2002
Parliament and of
animal by-
concerning
laying down health rules
intended for human consumption (7)
products not
provides
treatments of animal by
products suitable to inactivate foot-and-mouth disease
virus.

for a range of

Council Directive 88/407/EEC (8), lays down the animal
health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade
in and imports of deep-frozen semen of domestic
animals of the bovine species.

Council Directive 89/556/EEC (9), concerns the animal
health conditions governing intra Community trade in
and imports
embryos of
from third countries of
domestic animals of the bovine species.

Council Directive 90/429/EEC (10), lays down the animal
health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade
in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the
porcine species.

(17)

Council Directive 90/426/EEC (11),
animal
health conditions governing the movement and import
from third countries of equidae.

concerns

(18)

The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the
Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal
Health scheduled for 8 August 2007 and the measures
adapted where necessary,

(6) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49. Directive as last amended by Directive
2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ
L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33) corrected version in (OJ L 195
2.6.2004, p. 12).

(7) OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1, Regulation as last amended by

Regulaton (EC) No 829/2007 (OJ L 191, 21.7.2007, p. 1).

(8) OJ L 194, 22.7.1988, p. 10, Directive as last amended by Decision

2006/16/EC (OJ L 11, 17.1.2006, p. 21).

(9) OJ L 302, 19.10.1989, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Decision

2006/60/EC (OJ L 31, 3.2.2006, p. 24).

(10) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 62, Directive as last amended by Council
Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).
(11) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42, Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease
in the United Kingdom’.

Article 1

the

taken by the United
Without prejudice to the measures
Kingdom within
of Council Directive
framework
2003/85/EC, and notably the implementation of a temporary
control zone in accordance with Article 7(1) and a movement
ban as provided for in Article 7(3) of that Directive, the United
Kingdom shall ensure that:

6. The movement to other Member States of animals accom-
panied by an animal health certificate referred to in para-
graphs 4 or 5 shall only be allowed following three days
advance notification dispatched by the local veterinary
authority to the central and local veterinary authorities in
the Member State of destination.

1. no live animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine
species and other biungulates move between those parts of
its territory listed in Annex I and Annex II;

Article 2

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch meats as defined
in paragraph 2 of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species
and other biungulates coming from or obtained from animals
originating in those parts of its territory listed in the Annex I.

2. no live animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine
species and other biungulates are dispatched from or moved
through those parts of its territory listed in Annex I and
Annex II;

2. Meats referred to in paragraph 1 includes ‘fresh meat’
‘minced meat’
and ‘meat
preparations’ as defined in paragraph 1 of Annex I to Regu-
lation (EC) No 853/2004.

separated meat’

‘mechanically

competent

3. without prejudice to the restrictions on movement of
animals within and through Great Britain
susceptible
applied by
the United
the
Kingdom, and derogating from the provisions in paragraph
2, the competent authorities may authorise the direct and
uninterrupted transit of biungulate animals through the areas
listed in Annex I and Annex II on main roads and railway
lines.

authorities of

4. the health certificates provided for

in Council Directive
porcine
and
64/432/EEC accompanying
animals and in Council Directive 91/68/EEC accompanying
live ovine and caprine animals consigned from parts of the
territory of the United Kingdom not listed in Annex I and
Annex II to other Member States shall bear the following
words:

bovine

live

3. Meats not eligible for dispatch from the United Kingdom
in accordance with the provisions of this Decision shall be
marked in accordance with Article 4(1), second paragraph of
Council Directive
accordance with
Commission Decision 2001/304/EC.

2002/99/EC or

in

4.
Provided that the meat is clearly identified, and has been
transported and stored since the date of production separately
from meat not eligible, in accordance with the provisions of this
Decision, for dispatch outside the areas listed in Annex I, the
prohibition provided for in paragraph (1) shall not apply to
meats referred to in paragraph (2) bearing the health mark in
accordance with Chapter III of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
854/2004/EC, and which:

‘Animals conforming to Commission Decision 2007/552/EC
of 6 August 2007 concerning interim protective measures
with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United
Kingdom’.

(a) was obtained before 15 July 2007, or

5. the health certificates accompanying biungulates, other than
those covered by the certificates mentioned in paragraph 4,
consigned from parts of the territory of the United Kingdom
not listed in Annex I and Annex II to other Member States
shall bear the following words:

(b) derived from animals reared and slaughtered or, in the case
of meat obtained from wild game of species susceptible to
foot-and-mouth disease, killed outside the areas listed in
Annex II.

‘Live biungulates
conforming to Commission Decision
2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 concerning interim

The control of

5.
the compliance with the above listed
conditions shall be carried out by the competent veterinary
authority under the supervision of the central veterinary autho-
rities.

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The prohibitions provided for in paragraph 1 shall not
6.
apply to fresh meat obtained from animals reared outside the
areas listed in Annex I and Annex II and transported in dero-
gation to Article 1 (1) and (2) directly and under official control
in sealed means of transport to a slaughterhouse situated in the
area listed in Annex I outside the protection zone for immediate
slaughter. Such meat shall only be placed on the market in the
parts of the territory of the United Kingdom mentioned in
Annex I and conform to the following conditions:

— all such fresh meat must bear the health mark in accordance
with Article 4(1), second paragraph of Council Directive
2002/99/EC or in accordance with Commission Decision
2001/304/EC,

— the plant is operated under strict veterinary control,

— the fresh meat

is clearly identified, and transported and
stored separately from meat which is eligible for dispatch
outside the United Kingdom,

— the control of

the compliance with the above listed
conditions shall be carried out by the competent veterinary
authority under the supervision of the central veterinary
authorities who will communicate to the other Member
States and the Commission a list of those establishments
which they have approved in application of these provisions.

7.
The prohibitions provided for in paragraph 1 shall not
apply to fresh meat obtained from cutting plants situated in
the area listed in Annex I under the following conditions:

— only fresh meat as described in paragraph (4), will be
same day.
processed in this
Cleaning and disinfection will be carried out after processing
of any meat not meeting this requirement;

establishment, on any

— all such fresh meat must bear the health mark in accordance
to Regulation (EC) No

III of Annex I

with Chapter
854/2004/EC;

— the control of

the compliance with the above listed
conditions shall be carried out by the competent veterinary
authority under the supervision of the central veterinary
authorities who will communicate to the other Member
States and the Commission a list of those establishments
which they have approved in application of these provisions.

8. Meat consigned from the United Kingdom to other
Member States shall be accompanied by a certificate from an
official veterinarian. The certificate shall bear the following
words:

‘Meat conforming to Commission Decision 2007/552/EC of
6 August 2007 concerning interim protection measures with
regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.

Article 3

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch meat products,
including treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, of animals
of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other
biungulates coming from those parts of the United Kingdom
listed in the Annex I or prepared using meat obtained from
animals originating in those parts of the United Kingdom.

Provided that

2.
including treated
the meat products,
stomachs, bladders and intestines, are clearly identified, and
have been transported and stored since the date of production
including treated stomachs,
separately from meat products,
bladders and intestines, not eligible,
in accordance with the
provisions of
for dispatch outside the areas
listed in Annex I, the prohibition provided for in paragraph
(1)
including treated
stomachs, bladders and intestines, bearing the health mark in
accordance with Chapter III of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
854/2004/EC and which:

shall not apply to meat products,

this Decision,

(a) are either made from meats described in Article 2 (4); or

(b) have undergone at least one of the relevant treatments laid
down for foot-and-mouth disease in Part 1 of Annex III to
Directive 2002/99/EC;.

— the plant is operated under strict veterinary control;

— the fresh meat must be clearly identified, and transported
and stored separately from meat which is not eligible for
dispatch outside the areas mentioned in Annex I;

The control of

the compliance with the above listed
3.
conditions shall be carried out by the competent veterinary
authority under the supervision of the central veterinary autho-
rities who will communicate to other Member States and the
Commission a list of those establishments which they have
approved in application of these provisions.

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4. Meat products, including treated stomachs, bladders and
intestines, consigned from United Kingdom to other Member
States shall be accompanied by an official certificate. The certi-
ficate shall bear the following words:

(a) all milk used in the establishment must either conform to
the conditions of paragraph 2 or be obtained from animals
reared and milked outside the area listed in Annex I,

conforming

‘Meat products,
including treated stomachs, bladders and
Decision
intestines,
2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 concerning
interim
protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease
in the United Kingdom’.

Commission

to

in the case of meat products,

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it shall be
5.
sufficient,
including treated
stomachs, bladders and intestines, which conform to the
requirements of paragraph 2 and have been processed in an
establishment operating HACCP (1) and an auditable standard
for
operating
treatment are met and recorded,
that compliance with the
conditions required for the treatment laid down in paragraph
2 is stated in the commercial document accompanying the
consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).

procedure which

standards

ensures

that

in the case of meat products,

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it shall be
6.
including treated
sufficient
in
stomachs, bladders and intestines, heat
accordance with paragraph 2 (b)
in hermetically sealed
containers so as to ensure that they are shelf stable, to be
accompanied by a commercial document
stating the heat
treatment applied.

treated at

least

Article 4

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch milk intended or
not intended for human consumption from those parts of its
territory listed in the Annex I.

2.
The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply
to milk which has been subjected to at least a treatment in
accordance with

(a) Part A of Annex IX to Directive 2003/85/EC, if the milk is

intended for human consumption; or

(b) Part B of Annex IX to Directive 2003/85/EC, if the milk is
not intended for human consumption or is intended for
susceptible to foot-and-
species
feeding to animals of
mouth disease.

3.
The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply
to milk prepared in establishments situated in the areas listed in
Annex I under the following conditions:

(1) HACCP = Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points.

(b) the establishment is operated under strict veterinary control,

(c)

the milk must be clearly identified and transported and
stored separately from milk and dairy products which are
not eligible for dispatch outside the areas mentioned in
Annex I,

(d) transport of raw milk from holdings situated outside the
areas mentioned in Annex I to the establishments referred
to above is carried out in vehicles which were cleaned and
disinfected prior
to operation and had no subsequent
contact with holdings in the areas mentioned in Annex I
keeping animals of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth
disease,

(e)

the compliance with the above listed
the control of
conditions shall be carried out by the competent veterinary
authority under the supervision of the central veterinary
authorities who will communicate to other Member States
and the Commission a list of those establishments which
they have approved in application of these provisions.

4. Milk consigned from the United Kingdom to other
Member States shall be accompanied by an official certificate.
The certificate shall bear the following words:

‘Milk conforming to Commission Decision 2007/552/EC of 6
August 2007 concerning interim protection measures with
regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.

in the

case of milk which conforms

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it shall be
5.
sufficient,
to the
requirements of paragraph 2(a) or (b) and has been processed
in an establishment operating HACCP and an auditable standard
operating procedure which ensures that standards for treatment
are met and recorded,
that compliance with the conditions
required for the treatment laid down in paragraph 2(a) or (b)
is
stated in the commercial document accompanying the
consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).

in the

case of milk which conforms

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it shall be
6.
sufficient
to the
requirements in paragraph 2(a) or (b) and which has been
treated in hermetically sealed containers so as to ensure that
it is shelf stable, to be accompanied by a commercial document
stating the heat treatment applied.

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Article 5

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch dairy products
intended or not intended for human consumption from those
parts of its territory listed in Annex I.

— all dairy products used in the final product will either
conform to the conditions of paragraph 2(a) and (b) or
3 or be made from milk obtained from animals outside
the area listed in Annex I,

The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply
intended for human

intended or not

2.
to dairy products
consumption:

(a) produced before 15 July 2007; or

(b) prepared from milk complying with the provisions in

Article 4(2) or (3), or

(c)

to a third country where import conditions
for export
permit such products to be subject
to treatment other
than laid down in this Decision which ensures the inacti-
vation of the foot-and-mouth disease virus.

3. Without prejudice to Chapter II of Section IX of Annex III
to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 the prohibitions described in
paragraph 1 shall not apply to dairy products intended for
human consumption:

(a) produced from milk of a controlled pH less than 7.0 and
subject to a heat treatment at a temperature of at least 72 °C
for at least 15 seconds, on the understanding that such
treatment was not necessary for
the
ingredients of which comply with the respective animal
health conditions laid down in this Decision.

finished products,

(b) produced from raw milk of bovine, ovine or caprine
animals which have been resident for at least 30 days on
a holding situated, within an area listed in Annex I, in the
centre of a circle of at
least 10 km radius where no
outbreak of
foot-and-mouth disease has occurred during
the 30 days prior to producing the raw milk, and which
are subject to a maturation or ripening process of at least
90 days during which the pH is
lowered below 6.0
throughout the substance, and the rind of which has been
treated with 0,2 % citric acid immediately prior to wrapping
or packaging.

The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply

4.
to:

— the establishment

is operated under strict veterinary

control,

— the dairy products must be clearly identified and trans-
ported and stored separately from milk and dairy
products which are not eligible for dispatch outside
the areas mentioned in Annex I,

— the control of
the compliance with the above listed
shall be carried out by the competent
conditions
authority under
central
responsibility of
veterinary authorities who will communicate to other
Member States and the Commission a list of those estab-
lishments which they have approved in application of
these provisions;

the

the

(b) dairy products prepared in the parts of the territory outside
the areas mentioned in Annex I using milk obtained before
15 July 2007 from parts of the territory mentioned in
Annex I provided that the dairy products are clearly iden-
tified and transported and stored separately from dairy
products which are not eligible for dispatch outside the
areas mentioned in Annex I.

Dairy products consigned from the United Kingdom to
5.
other Member States shall be accompanied by an official certi-
ficate. The certificate shall bear the following words:

‘Dairy products
to Commission Decision
conforming
2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 concerning
interim
protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease
in the United Kingdom.’

6.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 5 it shall be
sufficient in the case of dairy products which conform to the
requirements of paragraphs 2(a) and (b), 3 and 4 and have been
processed in an establishment operating HACCP and an
auditable standard operating procedure which ensures that
standards for treatment are met and recorded, that compliance
with the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2(a) and (b), 3 and
4 is stated in the commercial document accompanying the
consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).

(a) dairy products prepared in establishments situated in the
areas listed in Annex I under the following conditions:

— all milk used in the establishment will either conform to
the conditions of Article 4(2) or be obtained from
animals outside the area listed in Annex I,

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 5 it shall be
7.
sufficient in the case of dairy products which conform to the
requirements of paragraphs 2(a) and (b), 3 and 4 and which
have been treated in hermetically sealed containers so as to
ensure that
they are shelf stable to be accompanied by a
commercial document stating the heat treatment applied.

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Article 6

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch semen, ova and
embryos of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and
other biungulates from those parts of its territory listed in the
Annex I to other parts of the United Kingdom.

2.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch semen, ova and
embryos of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and
other biungulates from those parts of
its territory listed in
Annex I and Annex II.

3.

The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to:

(a)

frozen bovine and porcine semen produced before 15 July
2007; and

(b) frozen bovine and porcine semen and bovine embryos
imported into the United Kingdom in accordance with the
conditions laid down in Council Directives 88/407/EEC,
90/429/EEC and 89/556/EEC respectively, and which since
introduction into the United Kingdom have been stored and
transported separately from semen and embryos not eligible
for dispatch in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2.

from the United Kingdom to other Member States shall bear
the following words:

embryos

conforming

‘Bovine
to Commission Decision
2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 on interim protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

Article 7

The United Kingdom shall not dispatch hides and skins of
1.
bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biun-
gulates from those parts of its territory listed in the Annex I.

2.
This prohibition shall not apply to hides and skins which
were produced before 15 July 2007, or which conform to the
requirements of point (c) or (d) of paragraph 2 of Part A of
Chapter VI of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.

Care must be taken to separate effectively treated hides and
skins from untreated hides and skins.

Before the dispatch of the semen the United Kingdom shall
provide de Commission and the other Member States with
the list of centres authorized for the purpose of this paragraph.

The United Kingdom shall ensure that hides and skins of
3.
bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biun-
gulates to be sent to other Member States shall be accompanied
by a certificate which bears the following words:

The health certificate provided for in Council Directive
4.
88/407/EEC
semen
consigned from the United Kingdom to other Member States
shall bear the following words:

accompanying

bovine

frozen

and

‘Frozen bovine semen conforming to Commission Decision
2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 on interim protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

The health certificate provided for in Council Directive
5.
90/429/EEC and
semen
consigned from the United Kingdom to other Member States
shall bear the following words:

accompanying

porcine

frozen

and skins

‘Hides
conforming to Commission Decision
2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 on interim protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
4.
sufficient, in the case of hides and skins which conform to the
requirements of point (b) to (e) of paragraph 1 of Part A of
Chapter VI of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 to
be accompanied by a commercial document stating compliance
with the conditions required for the treatment laid down in
point (b) to (e) of paragraph 1 of Part A of Chapter VI of
Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.

‘Frozen porcine semen conforming to Commission Decision
2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 on interim protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

6.
The health certificate provided for in Council Directive
89/556/EEC and accompanying bovine embryos consigned

5.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
sufficient, in the case of hides and skins which conform to the
requirements of point (c) or (d) of paragraph 2 of Part A of
Chapter VI of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002,
that compliance with the conditions required for the treatment
laid down in point (c) or (d) of paragraph 2 of Part A of
Chapter VI of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002
is
stated in the commercial document accompanying the
consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).

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Article 8

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch animal products
of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other
biungulates not mentioned in Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
its
produced after the 15 July 2007 from those parts of
territory listed in Annex I.

(g) composite products which are not

to further
treatment containing products of animal origin on the
understanding that
the treatment was not necessary for
finished products the ingredients of which comply with
the respective animal health conditions laid down in this
Decision,

subject

The United Kingdom shall not dispatch dung and manure from
those parts of its territory listed in Annex I.

(h) game trophies in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3 or 4 of
Part A of Chapter VII of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No
1774/2002;

The prohibitions mentioned in paragraph 1 first subpara-

2.
graph shall not apply to:

(a) animal products which have been subjected to:

(i) packed products intended for use as in-vitro diagnostic or

laboratory reagents.

— heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container with a

Fo value of 3,00 or more, or

The United Kingdom shall ensure that the animal products
3.
mentioned in paragraph 2 to be sent to other Member States
shall be accompanied by an official certificate which bears the
following words:

— heat treatment in which the centre temperature is raised

to at least 70 °C;

(b) blood and blood products as defined in paragraphs 4 and 5
of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 which have
been subject to at least one of the treatments provided for
in paragraph 3 (a) (ii) of Part A of Chapter IV of Annex VIII
to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, followed by an effec-
tiveness check.

(c)

lard and rendered fats which have been subject to the heat
treatment prescribed in paragraph 2 (d) (iv) of Part B of
Chapter IV of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002;

‘Animal products
conforming to Commission Decision
2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 concerning
interim
protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease
in the United Kingdom’.

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
4.
sufficient in the case of products mentioned in paragraphs 2 (b),
for
(c) and (d)
the
treatment
required in
respective Community legislation is
accordance with the
endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).

that compliance with the conditions

stated in the commercial document

(d) animal casings which have been cleaned, scraped and then
either salted, bleached or dried, and subsequently effective
steps were taken to prevent the recontamination of the
casings

5.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
sufficient in the case of products mentioned in paragraph 2 (e)
to be accompanied by a commercial document stating either the
factory washing or origin from tanning or compliance with the
conditions laid down in paragraph 1 and 4 of Chapter VIII of
Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.

(e) sheep wool, ruminant hair and pigs bristles which have
undergone factory washing or have been obtained from
tanning and unprocessed sheep wool, ruminant hair and
pigs bristles which are securely enclosed in packaging and
dry;

(f) petfood conforming to the requirements of paragraphs 2 to
4 of Part B of Chapter II of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC)
No 1774/2002;

6.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
sufficient, in the case of products mentioned in paragraphs 2 (g)
which have been produced in an establishment operating
HACCP and an auditable standard operating procedure which
comply with the
ensures
respective
laid down in this
Decision,
this is stated on the commercial document
accompanying the consignment, endorsed in accordance with
Article 9(1).

that pre-processed ingredients
animal health conditions

that

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Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
7.
sufficient in the case of products mentioned in paragraph 2 (i),
to be accompanied by a commercial document stating that the
products are for use as
laboratory
reagents, provided that the products are clearly labelled ‘for
in-vitro diagnostic use only’ or ‘for laboratory use only’.

in-vitro diagnostic or

The United Kingdom shall ensure that operators of ports
2.
of exit in the United Kingdom ensure that the tyres of road
vehicles departing from the United Kingdom are exposed to
disinfectant.

Article 9

the United Kingdom shall ensure that

1. Where reference is made to this Article, the competent
authorities of
the
commercial document required by Community legislation for
intra-Community trade be endorsed by the attachment of a
copy of an official certificate stating that
the production
process has been audited and found in compliance with the
legislation and
appropriate
suitable to destroy the foot-and-mouth disease virus or that
the products
concerned have been produced from pre-
processed materials which had been certified accordingly, and
provisions are in place to avoid possible re-contamination with
the foot-and-mouth disease virus after treatment.

in Community

requirements

Such verifying certification of the production process shall bear
a reference to this Decision, shall be valid for 30 days, shall
state the expiry date and shall be renewable after inspection of
the establishment.

eligible

each of which is

In case of products for retail sale to the final consumer,
2.
the United Kingdom may
competent
the
authorities of
authorize consolidated loads of products other
than fresh
meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat
preparations,
for dispatch in
to be accompanied by a
accordance with this Decision,
commercial document endorsed by the attachment of a copy
of an official veterinary certificate confirming that the premises
of dispatch has in place a system to ensure that goods can only
be dispatched if they are traceable to documentary evidence of
compliance with this Decision, and that this system has been
audited and found satisfactory. The verifying certification of the
traceability system shall bear a reference to this Decision, shall
be valid for 30 days, shall state the expiry date and shall be
renewable only after the establishment had been audited with
satisfactory results. The competent authorities of the United
Kingdom shall communicate to the other Member States and
the Commission the list of establishments they have approved
in application of these provisions.

Article 11

The restrictions laid down in Articles 3, 4, 5 and 8 shall not
apply to the dispatch from the parts of the territory of the
United Kingdom listed in Annex I of the products referred to
in Articles 3, 4, 5 and 8, if such products were:

— either not produced in the United Kingdom and remained in
their original packaging indicating the country of origin of
the products, or

— produced in an approved establishment situated in the parts
of the territory of the United Kingdom listed in Annex I
from pre-processed products not originating from these
areas, which have been since
introduction onto the
territory of the United Kingdom transported, stored and
processed separately from products which are not eligible
for dispatch outside the areas mentioned in Annex I and are
accompanied by a commercial document or official certi-
ficate as required by this Decision.

Article 12

The United Kingdom shall ensure that equidae dispatched
1.
from those parts of its territory listed in Annex I and Annex II
to other parts of its territory or to another Member State are
accompanied by a health certificate in accordance with the
Model in Annex C of Council Directive 90/426/EEC. This certi-
ficate shall only be issued for equidae coming from a holding
that is not subject to official prohibition in accordance with
Article 4 or Article 10 of Council Directive 2003/85/EEC.

The

animal health certificate

2.
accompanying equidae
dispatched from the United Kingdom to another Member
State in accordance with the provisions in the first subpara-
graph shall bear the following words:

‘Equidae conforming to Commission Decision 2007/552/EC
of 6 August 2007, concerning interim protection measures
in the United
with regard to foot-and-mouth disease
Kingdom.’

Article 10

1.
The United Kingdom shall ensure that vehicles which have
been used for the transport of live animals in the areas listed in
Annex I and Annex II are cleaned and disinfected after each
operation, and shall furnish proof of such disinfection.

Article 13

1. Member States other than the United Kingdom shall not
send live animals of susceptible species to the part of
the
territory of the United Kingdom listed in Annex I.

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2. Member States shall co-operate in monitoring personal
luggage of passengers
the
United Kingdom listed in Annex I
and in information
campaigns carried out to prevent introduction of products of
animal origin onto the territory of Member States other than
the United Kingdom.

travelling from those parts of

Article 14

Member States shall amend the measures which they apply to
trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision.
They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 15

Done at Brussels, 6 August 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

The following areas in the United Kingdom:

Great Britain

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ANNEX II

The following areas in the United Kingdom:

Great Britain