2007/554/EC: Commission Decision of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2007/552/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 3901)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-08-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, animal product, foot-and-mouth disease, health certificate, health control, live animal, trade restriction, veterinary inspection

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II

DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 August 2007

concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and
repealing Decision 2007/552/EC

(notified under document number C(2007) 3901)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/554/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

animals and the placing on the market of certain of their
products.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
in intra-
December 1989 concerning
the
Community trade with a view to the completion of
internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,

veterinary

checks

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 (2), and in
particular Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease have been declared
in the United Kingdom.

The foot-and-mouth disease situation in the United
Kingdom is
the herds of other
trade in live biungulate
Member States

liable to endanger
in view of

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13. Directive as last amended by Directive
2004/41/EC of
the Council
(OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33; corrected version OJ L 195,
2.6.2004, p. 12).

the European Parliament and of

(2) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive
the Council

the European Parliament and of

2002/33/EC of
(OJ L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14).

(3)

(4)

(5)

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 makes it
necessary to reinforce the control measures for foot-
and-mouth disease taken by the United Kingdom.

it

Such as for Decision 2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 on
interim protection measures with regard to foot-and-
mouth disease in the United Kingdom (4)
is now
appropriate to define as a permanent measure the high
and low risk areas in the affected Member States and to
provide for a prohibition on the dispatch of susceptible
animals from the high and low risk areas and on the
dispatch of products derived from susceptible animals
from the high risk area. The Decision should also
provide for the rules applicable to the dispatch from
that either had been
those areas of
produced before the restrictions,
from raw material
sourced from outside the restricted areas or that had
undergone a treatment proven effective in inactivating
possible foot-and-mouth disease virus.

safe products

(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 L 206, 7.8.2007, p. 10.

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(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

The size of the defined risk areas is a direct function of
the outcome of
tracing of possible contacts to the
infected holding and takes into account the possibility
to implement sufficient controls on the movement of
animals and products. At this point of time and based
on information provided by the United Kingdom, the
whole of Great Britain should currently remain a high
risk area.

The prohibition of dispatch should only cover products
derived from animals of susceptible species coming from
or obtained from animals originating in the high risk
areas listed in Annex I and should not affect
transit
through these areas of such products coming from or
obtained from animals originating in other areas.

(12)

(13)

Council Directive 64/432/EEC (1) concerns animal health
problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine
animals and swine.

(14)

Council Directive 91/68/EEC (2) concerns animal health
conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine
and caprine animals.

(15)

(16)

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 (3)
trade in other biungulates
concerns, amongst others,
and in semen, ova and embryos of sheep and goats,
and in embryos of porcine animals.

subject

the

Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of
European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying
down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (4)
concerns, amongst others, the health conditions for the
production and marketing of fresh meat, minced meat,
mechanically separated meat, meat preparations, farmed
including treated stomachs,
game meat, meat products,
bladders and intestines, and dairy products.

European
Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying
down specific rules
the organisation of official
controls on products of animal origin intended for
human consumption (5) 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 (6)
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 (7) concerns a specific
health mark to be applied to certain products of
animal origin that shall be restricted to the national
market.

Council Directive 92/118/EEC (8)
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 (9)
products not
provides
treatments of animal by-
products suitable to inactivate foot-and-mouth disease
virus.

for a range of

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

Directive 2006/104/EC.

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

2006/104/EC.

(3) 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).
(4) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55; corrected version OJ L 226, 25.6.2004,
p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC)
No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

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

(6) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(7) 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).
(8) 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).

(9) OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulaton (EC) No 829/2007 (OJ L 191, 21.7.2007,
p. 1).

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(17)

(18)

(19)

Council Directive 88/407/EEC (1) 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 (2) concerns the animal
health conditions governing intra-Community trade in
embryos of
from third countries of
and imports
domestic animals of the bovine species.

Council Directive 90/429/EEC (3) lays down the animal
health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade
in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the
porcine species.

(20)

Council Directive 90/426/EEC (4) concerns animal health
conditions governing the movement and import from
third countries of equidae.

(21)

(22)

Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on
expenditure in the veterinary field (5) provides for a
mechanism to compensate affected holdings for losses
incurred as a result of disease control measures.

the European Parliament and of

the European Parliament and of

as medicinal products defined in Directive
Insofar
2001/82/EC of
the
Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code
relating to veterinary medicinal products (6), Directive
2001/83/EC of
the
Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code
relating to medicinal products for human use (7), and
Directive 2001/20/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 4 April 2001 on the approximation
of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of
the Member States relating to the implementation of
good clinical practice in the conduct of clinical trials
on medicinal products for human use (8) no longer fall
under the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 they
should
related
excluded
restrictions set up by this Decision.

from animal

health

be

(1) OJ L 194, 22.7.1988, p. 10. Directive as

last amended by

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

(2) OJ L 302, 19.10.1989, p. 1. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Decision 2006/60/EC (OJ L 31, 3.2.2006, p. 24).
(3) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 62. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

(5) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(6) OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive
the Council

the European Parliament and of

2004/28/EC of
(OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 58).

(7) OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67. Directive as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1901/2006 of the European Parliament and of the
Council (OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 1).

(8) OJ L 121, 1.5.2001, p. 34. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1901/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

(23) Article 6 of Commission Decision 2007/275/EC of 17
April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to
be subject to controls at border inspection posts under
Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (9) provides
for a derogation from the veterinary checks for certain
products containing animal products. It is appropriate to
allow dispatch from the high risk areas of such products
under a simplified certification regime.

(24) Member States other than the United Kingdom should
support the disease control measures carried out in the
affected areas by ensuring that live susceptible animals
are not consigned to those areas.

(25)

(26)

The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the
Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal
Health scheduled for 23 August 2007,
and the
measures adapted where necessary.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Live animals

1. Without prejudice to the measures taken by the United
Kingdom within the framework of Directive 2003/85/EC, and
notably the establishment of a temporary control zone in
accordance with Article 7(1)
and a movement ban as
the United
provided for
Kingdom shall ensure that the conditions set out in paragraphs
2 to 7 of this Article are met.

in Article 7(3) of

that Directive,

2.
No live animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine
species and other biungulates shall move between the areas
listed in Annex I and Annex II.

3.
No live animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine
species and other biungulates shall be dispatched from or
moved through the areas listed in Annex I and Annex II.

By way of derogation from paragraph 3, the competent
4.
authorities of the United Kingdom 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.

(9) OJ L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 9.

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The health certificates, as provided for

in Directive
5.
64/432/EEC for
live bovine and porcine animals and in
Directive 91/68/EEC for live ovine and caprine animals, accom-
panying 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:

‘Animals conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC
of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures
against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.

The health certificates accompanying biungulates other
6.
than those covered by the certificates referred to in paragraph
5, 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:

‘Live biungulates
conforming to Commission Decision
2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning
certain
protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

7.
Animals accompanied by an animal health certificate as
referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6 may be moved to other
Member States only the local veterinary authority in the
United Kingdom has, three days before the move, notified the
central and local veterinary authorities in the Member State of
destination.

Article 2

Meats

For the purposes of this Article, ‘meats’ means ‘fresh meat’,
1.
‘minced meat’,
and ‘meat
preparations’ as defined in points 1.10, 1.13, 1.14 and 1.15
of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.

separated meat’

‘mechanically

2.
the
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch meats of
bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biun-
gulates coming from or obtained from animals originating in
the areas listed in Annex I.

3. Meats not eligible for dispatch from the United Kingdom
in accordance with this Decision shall be marked in accordance
with the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Directive
2002/99/EC or in accordance with Decision 2001/304/EC.

(b) the meat complies with one of the following conditions:

(i) it was obtained before 15 July 2007; or

(ii) it is derived from animals reared for at least 90 days
prior to slaughter and slaughtered outside the areas
listed in Annex II 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.

5.
Compliance with the conditions set out in paragraphs 3
and 4 shall be checked by the competent veterinary authority
under the supervision of the central veterinary authorities.

The prohibition set out in paragraph 2 shall not apply to
6.
fresh meat obtained from animals reared outside the areas listed
in Annex I and Annex II and transported, by way of derogation
from Article 1(2) and (3), directly and under official control in
sealed means of transport to a slaughterhouse situated in the
listed in Annex I outside the protection zone for
areas
immediate slaughter.

Such meat may be placed on the market in the areas listed in
Annex I and Annex II only if it complies with the following
conditions:

(a) all such meat is marked in accordance with the second
subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Directive 2002/99/EC or
in accordance with Decision 2001/304/EC;

(b) the slaughterhouse

is operated under

strict veterinary

control;

(c)

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

Compliance with the conditions set out in the first subpara-
graph shall be checked by the competent veterinary authority
under the supervision of the central veterinary authorities.

The central veterinary authorities shall communicate to the
other Member States and the Commission a list of the estab-
lishments which they have approved for the purposes of appli-
cation of this paragraph.

The prohibition set out in paragraph 2 shall not apply to
4.
meats bearing the health mark in accordance with Chapter III of
Section I of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, provided
that:

7.
The prohibition set out in paragraph 2 shall not apply to
fresh meat obtained from cutting plants situated in the areas
listed in Annex I under the following conditions:

(a)

the meat is clearly identified, and has been transported and
stored since the date of production separately from meat
not eligible, in accordance with this Decision, for dispatch
outside the areas listed in Annex I;

(a) only fresh meat as described in paragraph 4(b) is processed
in that cutting plant, on the same day. Cleaning and disin-
fection shall be carried out after processing of any meat not
meeting this requirement;

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(b) all meat bears the health mark in accordance with Chapter
III of Section I of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004;

Compliance with the conditions set out in the first subpara-
graph shall be checked by the competent veterinary authority
under the supervision of the central veterinary authorities.

(c)

the cutting plant is operated under strict veterinary control;

(d) the fresh meat is clearly identified, and transported and
stored separately from meat which is not eligible for
dispatch outside the areas listed in Annex I.

The central veterinary authorities shall communicate to the
other Member States and the Commission a list of the estab-
lishments which they have approved for the purpose of appli-
cation of this paragraph.

Compliance with the conditions set out in the first subpara-
graph shall be checked by the competent veterinary authority
under the supervision of the central veterinary authorities.

3. Meat products dispatched from United Kingdom to other
Member States shall be accompanied by an official certificate,
which shall bear the following words:

The central veterinary authorities shall communicate to the
other Member States and the Commission a list of the estab-
lishments which they have approved for the purpose of appli-
cation of this paragraph.

8. Meat dispatched from the United Kingdom to other
Member States shall be accompanied by an official certificate,
which shall bear the following words:

‘Meat conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of
9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures
against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.

Article 3

Meat products

conforming

‘Meat products,
including treated stomachs, bladders and
Decision
intestines,
certain
2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning
protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

Commission

to

By way of derogation from paragraph 3 it shall be
4.
sufficient,
in the case of meat products which comply with
the requirements of paragraph 2 and have been processed in
an establishment operating Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Points (HACCP) and an auditable standard operating procedure
which ensures
treatment are met and
recorded, that compliance with the conditions required for the
treatment laid down in point (b)(ii) of the first subparagraph of
paragraph 2 is stated in the commercial document accom-
endorsed in accordance with
the
panying
Article 9(1).

consignment,

standards

that

for

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 (‘meat products’) coming from the areas listed in
Annex I or prepared using meat obtained from animals origi-
nating in those areas.

in the case of meat products heat
(b)(ii) of

By way of derogation from paragraph 3 it shall be
5.
treated in
sufficient,
accordance with point
the first subparagraph of
paragraph 2 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.

2.
The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to
meat products bearing the health mark in accordance with
to Regulation (EC)
III of Section I of Annex I
Chapter
No 854/2004, provided that the meat products:

(a) are clearly identified and have been transported and stored
since the date of production separately from meat products
not eligible, in accordance with this Decision, for dispatch
outside the areas listed in Annex I;

(b) comply with one of the following conditions:

Article 4

Milk

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch milk intended or
not intended for human consumption from the areas listed in
Annex I.

2.
The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to
milk produced from animals kept in areas listed in Annex I
which has been subjected to a treatment in accordance with:

(i) they are made from meats described in Article 2(4)(b);

intended for human consumption; or

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

or

(ii) they have undergone at

the relevant
treatments laid down for foot-and-mouth disease in
Part 1 of Annex III to Directive 2002/99/EC.

least one of

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

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

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

By way of derogation from paragraph 4 it shall be
6.
sufficient,
in the case of milk which complies with the
requirements in paragraph 2(a) or (b) and which has been
heat 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.

Article 5

Dairy products

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

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch dairy products
intended or not intended for human consumption from the
areas listed in Annex I.

(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 listed in Annex I;

The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to

2.
dairy products:

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

(a) produced before 15 July 2007; or

(b) prepared from milk complying with the provisions in

Article 4(2) or (3); or

Compliance with the conditions set out in the first subpara-
graph shall be checked by the competent veterinary authority
under the supervision of the central veterinary authorities.

(c)

for export
to a third country where import conditions
to treatment other
permit such products to be subject
than those laid down in Article 4(2) which ensures the
inactivation of the foot-and-mouth disease virus.

The central veterinary authorities shall communicate to the
other Member States and the Commission a list of the estab-
lishments which they have approved for the purpose of appli-
cation of this paragraph.

3. Without prejudice to Chapter II of Section IX of Annex III
to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, the prohibition set out in
paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to the following
dairy products intended for human consumption:

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

‘Milk conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9
August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against
foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.

(a) dairy products 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 finished products,
the ingredients of which comply with the respective animal
health conditions laid down in Articles 2, 3 and 4 of this
Decision;

By way of derogation from paragraph 4 it shall be
5.
sufficient,
in the case of milk which complies with the
requirements of paragraph 2 and has been processed in an
establishment operating HACCP and an auditable standard
operating
for
treatment are met and recorded, that compliance with those
requirements is stated in the commercial document accom-
panying the
endorsed in accordance with
Article 9(1).

procedure which

consignment,

standards

ensures

that

(b) dairy products 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 in which no
outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has occurred during 30
days prior to the date of production of the raw milk, and
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
to wrapping or
packaging.

acid immediately prior

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The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to
4.
dairy products prepared in establishments situated in the areas
listed in Annex I under the following conditions:

(a) all milk used in the establishment either complies with the
conditions laid down in Article 4(2) or is obtained from
animals outside the areas listed in Annex I;

(b) all dairy products used in the final products either comply
with the conditions set out in paragraph 2(a) and (b) or
paragraph 3 or are made from milk obtained from
animals outside the areas listed in Annex I;

(c)

the establishment is operated under strict veterinary control;

(d) the dairy products are clearly identified and transported and
stored separately from milk and dairy products which are
not eligible for dispatch outside the areas listed in Annex I.

Compliance with the conditions set out in the first subpara-
graph shall be checked by the competent authority under the
responsibility of the central veterinary authorities.

The central veterinary authorities shall communicate to the
other Member States and the Commission a list of the estab-
lishments which they have approved for the purposes of appli-
cation of this paragraph.

The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to
5.
dairy products prepared in establishment situated outside the
areas listed in Annex I using milk obtained before 15 July
2007, provided that the dairy products are clearly identified
and transported and stored separately from dairy products
which are not eligible for dispatch outside those areas.

6.
Dairy products dispatched from the United Kingdom to
other Member States shall be accompanied by an official certi-
ficate, which shall bear the following words:

‘Dairy products
to Commission Decision
conforming
2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning
certain
protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom.’

By way of derogation from paragraph 6 it shall be
7.
sufficient,
in the case of dairy products which comply with
the requirements of paragraph 2(a) and (b) and paragraphs 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 those requirements is stated in the commercial
document
in
the
accordance with Article 9(1).

accompanying

consignment,

endorsed

By way of derogation from paragraph 6 it shall be
8.
sufficient,
in the case of dairy products which comply with
the requirements of paragraph 2(a) and (b) and paragraphs 3
and 4 and which have been heat 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.

Article 6

Semen, ova and embryos

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch semen, ova and
embryos of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and
other biungulates (‘semen, ova and embryos’) from the areas
listed in Annex I and Annex II.

The prohibitions set out in paragraphs 1 shall not apply

2.
to:

(a) semen, ova and embryos produced before 15 July 2007;

(b) frozen bovine and porcine semen and bovine embryos
imported into the United Kingdom in accordance with the
conditions laid down in 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 paragraph 1.

Before the dispatch of the semen the central veterinary autho-
rities shall communicate to the other Member States and the
Commission a list of centres and teams approved for the
purpose of application of this paragraph.

The

health
and

in Directive
3.
88/407/EEC
semen
dispatched from the United Kingdom to other Member States
shall bear the following words:

certificate
accompanying

provided

bovine

frozen

for

‘Frozen bovine semen conforming to Commission Decision
2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning
certain
protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

The

in Directive
health
4.
90/429/EEC and
semen
dispatched from the United Kingdom to other Member States
shall bear the following words:

certificate
accompanying

provided

porcine

frozen

for

‘Frozen porcine semen conforming to Commission Decision
2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning
certain
protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

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The

health

certificate

in Directive
5.
89/556/EEC and accompanying bovine embryos dispatched
from the United Kingdom to other Member States shall bear
the following words:

provided

for

embryos

‘Bovine
conforming to Commission Decision
2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning
certain
protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

Article 7

Hides and skins

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch hides and skins of
bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biun-
gulates (‘hides and skins’) from the areas listed in Annex I.

The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to

2.
hides and skins which:

By way of derogation from paragraph 3 it shall be
5.
sufficient,
in the case of hides and skins which comply with
the requirements of point (2)(c) or (d) Part A of Chapter VI of
Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, that compliance
with those requirements is stated in the commercial document
accompanying the consignment, endorsed in accordance with
Article 9(1).

Article 8

Other animal products

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 to 7 produced after
the 15 July 2007 coming from the areas listed in Annex I, or
obtained from animals originating in the areas listed in Annex I.

The United Kingdom shall not dispatch dung and manure of the
bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biun-
gulates from the areas listed in Annex I.

(a) were produced in the United Kingdom before 15 July 2007;

or

2.
The prohibition set out
paragraph 1 shall not apply to:

in the first subparagraph of

(b) comply with the requirements provided for in point (2)(c)
or (d) of Part A of Chapter VI of Annex VIII to Regulation
(EC) No 1774/2002; or

(a) animal products which:

(i) have been subjected to a heat treatment

(c) were produced outside the areas listed in Annex I

in
accordance with the conditions laid down in Regulation
(EC) No 1774/2002, and have since introduction into the
United Kingdom been stored and transported separately
from hides and skins not eligible for dispatch in accordance
with paragraph 1.

— in a hermetically sealed container with a Fo value of

3,00 or more, or

— in which the centre temperature is raised to at least

70 °C, or

Treated hides and skins shall be separated from untreated hides
and skins.

3.
The United Kingdom shall ensure that hides and skins to
be dispatched to other Member States shall be accompanied by
an official certificate which bears the following words:

and skins

‘Hides
conforming to Commission Decision
2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning
certain
protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

By way of derogation from paragraph 3 it shall be
4.
sufficient,
in the case of hides and skins which comply with
the requirements of points (1)(b) to (e) of Part A of Chapter VI
of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, to be accom-
panied by a commercial document stating compliance with
those requirements.

(ii) were produced outside the areas listed in Annex I in
accordance with the conditions laid down in Regulation
(EC) No 1774/2002, and which since introduction into
the United Kingdom have been stored and transported
separately from animal products not eligible for dispatch
in accordance with paragraph 1;

(b) blood and blood products as defined in points 4 and 5 of
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 which have been
subjected to at least one of the treatments provided for in
point 3(a)(ii) of Part A of Chapter IV of Annex VIII to
Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002,
followed by an effec-
tiveness check, or have been imported in accordance with
Part A of Chapter IV of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC)
No 1774/2002;

(c)

lard and rendered fats which have been subject to the heat
treatment prescribed in point 2(d)(iv) of Part B of Chapter
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(d) animal casings complying with the conditions in Part A of
Chapter 2 of Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC and which
have been cleaned, scraped and then either salted, bleached
or dried, followed by steps to prevent the recontamination
of the casings;

(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 points 2, 3 and
4 of Part B of Chapter II of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC)
No 1774/2002;

(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

(h) game trophies in accordance with points 1, 3 or 4 of Part A
to Regulation (EC)

of Chapter VII of Annex VIII
No 1774/2002;

(i) packed animal products intended for use as in-vitro diag-

nostic, laboratory reagents;

(j) medicinal products as defined in Directive 2001/83/EC,
veterinary medicinal products as defined in Directive
2001/82/EC and investigational medicinal products as
defined in Directive 2001/20/EC.

either the factory washing or origin from tanning or compliance
with the conditions laid down in points 1 and 4 of Part A of
Chapter VIII of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.

6.
By way of derogation from paragraph 3 it shall be
sufficient, in the case of products referred to in paragraph 2(f)
and (g) which have been produced in an establishment
standard operating
and an auditable
operating HACCP
ingredients
that
ensures
procedure which
comply with the respective animal health conditions
laid
down in this Decision, that this is stated on the commercial
document
in
the
accordance with Article 9(1).

accompanying

pre-processed

consignment,

endorsed

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

in-vitro diagnostic use only’ or

in the case of composite products that

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3, it shall be
the
in Article 6(1) of Commission Decision
they are accompanied by a commercial

8.
sufficient,
conditions set out
2007/275/EC that
document, which bears the following words:

fulfil

‘These composite products are shelf
stable at ambient
temperature or have clearly undergone in their manufacture
a complete cooking or heat treatment process throughout
their substance, so that any raw material is de-natured’.

Article 9

Certification

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

the United Kingdom shall ensure that

1. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the competent
authorities of
the
commercial document required by Community legislation for
intra-Community trade is endorsed by the attachment of a
copy of an official certificate stating that:

‘Animal products
conforming to Commission Decision
2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning
certain
protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

4.
By way of derogation from paragraph 3 it shall be
in the case of products referred to in paragraph
sufficient,
2(b), (c) and (d), that compliance with the conditions for the
treatment
required in
stated in the commercial document
accordance with the
respective Community legislation is
endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).

(a)

the products concerned have been produced

(i) in a production process that has been audited and found
in compliance with the appropriate requirements in
Community animal health legislation and suitable to
destroy the foot-and-mouth disease virus; or

(ii) from pre-processed materials which had been certified

accordingly; and

By way of derogation from paragraph 3 it shall be
5.
sufficient,
in the case of products referred to in paragraph
2(e) to be accompanied by a commercial document stating

(b) provisions are in place to avoid possible re-contamination
with the foot-and-mouth disease virus after treatment.

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the production process

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

(a) not produced in the United Kingdom and remained in their
original packaging indicating the country of origin of the
products; or

2.
In case of products for retail sale to the final consumer,
the competent authorities of the United Kingdom may authorise
consolidated consignments of animal products other than fresh
meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat
preparations,
for dispatch in
accordance with this Decision,
to be accompanied by a
commercial document endorsed by the attachment of a copy
of an official veterinary certificate confirming that:

each of which is

eligible

(b) produced in an approved establishment situated in the areas
listed in Annex I from pre-processed products not origi-
nating from those areas, which:

(i) have, since introduction into the territory of the United
Kingdom, been transported, stored and processed sepa-
rately from products which are not eligible for dispatch
outside the areas listed in Annex I;

(a)

the premises of dispatch have 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

(ii) are accompanied by a commercial document or official

certificate as required by this Decision.

(b) the system referred to in (a) has been audited and found

satisfactory.

Article 12

Equidae

Such 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 commu-
nicate to the other Member States and the Commission the list
of establishments which they have approved for the purpose of
application of this paragraph.

Article 10

Cleansing and disinfection

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 cleansed and disinfected after each
operation, and that such cleansing and disinfection is recorded
in accordance with Article 12(2)(d) of Directive 64/432/EEC.

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

Article 11

Certain exempted products

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

1.
The United Kingdom shall ensure that equidae dispatched
from the areas listed in Annex I to other parts of its territory or
to another Member State are accompanied by a health certificate
complying with the model in Annex C to Directive 90/426/EEC.

The

animal health certificate

2.
accompanying equidae
dispatched from the United Kingdom to another Member
State as provided for in paragraph 1 shall bear the following
words:

‘Equidae conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC
of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures
against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.’

Article 13

Measures to be taken by Member States other than the
United Kingdom

1. Member States other
than the United Kingdom shall
ensure that live animals of susceptible species are not dispatch
to the areas listed in Annex I.

2. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 6 of
Council Decision 90/424/EEC and the measures already taken
by Member States, Member States other
than the United
Kingdom shall
take appropriate precautionary measure in
relation to susceptible animals dispatched from the United
Kingdom between 15 July and 6 August 2007,
including
isolation and clinical
inspection, where necessary combined
with laboratory testing to detect or rule out infection with
the foot-and-mouth disease virus, and where necessary those
of Article 4 of Directive 2003/85/EC.

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Article 14

Article 17

Cooperation between Member States

This Decision shall apply until 25 August 2007.

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

Article 18

Addressees

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 15

Implementation

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.

Done at Brussels, 9 August 2007.

Commission Decision 2007/552/EC is repealed.

Article 16

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

ANNEX II

The following areas in the United Kingdom:

Great Britain

The following areas in the United Kingdom:

Great Britain