Commission Regulation (EC) No 1256/2007 of 25 October 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 829/2007 as regards the transitional period granted for the use of commercial documents and health certificates for animal by-products (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, by-product, customs document, health certificate, health control, trading operation

L 282/30

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Official Journal of the European Union

26.10.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1256/2007

of 25 October 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 829/2007 as regards the transitional period granted for the use of
commercial documents and health certificates for animal by-products

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of
the
European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002
laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not
intended for human consumption (1) and in particular
the
second paragraph of Article 28,
the first subparagraph of
Article 29(3) and Article 32(1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 lays down animal and
public health requirements for trade and for imports into
and transit through the Community of certain animal by-
products and products derived there from.

Regulation (EC) No 829/2007 of 28 June 2007
amending Annexes I, II, VII, VIII, X and XI to Regulation
(EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of
the Council as regards placing on the market of certain
animal by-products amends Annex II to Regulation (EC)
No 1774/2002, as regards model commercial documents
and Annex X to that Regulation, as regards health certi-
ficates for imports of certain animal by-products.

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 829/2007 provides for a
transitional period of six months from the date of entry
into force of that Regulation for the use of the relevant
commercial documents and health certificates provided
II and X to Regulation (EC) No
for
1774/2002, which were completed in conformity with

in Annexes

the provisions applicable before the date of entry into
force of Regulation (EC) No 829/2007. Since the publi-
cation of that Regulation however several requests for
clarification concerning the provisions applicable during
this
transitional period have been addressed to the
Commission.

In order to ensure legal certainty, it should be clarified
that until the end of the transitional period, commercial
documents and health certificates which correspond to
the models required prior to the entry into force of
Regulation (EC) No 829/2007 may still be completed
and signed by commercial operators and the veterinary
authorities of third countries, as appropriate.

In addition, a practical solution should be provided for
consignments for which such documents have been
issued within the transitional period, but which do not
arrive at their place of destination within the Community
before that date. Such consignments should continue to
be accepted for
into the
Community, as appropriate, within two months after
that date.

trade in or

import

for

In order to facilitate the application of this Regulation for
stakeholders and third country authorities, the original
transitional period of six months from 24 July 2007
introduced by Regulation (EC) No 829/2007 should be
extended until 30 April 2008. An additional period
should be provided for accepting such documents and
certificates
into the
Community.

in and for

import

trade

for

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Regulation (EC) No 829/2007 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

(8)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with
Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

opinion

the

the

of

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 829/2007 is replaced by the
following:

conformity with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No
1774/2002 applying until 23 July 2007.

Until 30 June 2008, Member States
such
consignments if the accompanying commercial documents
and health certificates were completed and signed before 1
May 2008.’

shall accept

‘Article 2

Article 2

For a transitional period until 30 April 2008, Member States
shall accept consignments accompanied by commercial
documents and health certificates completed and signed in

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 25 October 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission