Commission Regulation (EC) No 132/2008 of 14 February 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 laying down measures with regard to imports of products of animal origin for personal consumption (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-02-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, food processing, health legislation, import, meat, milk, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 132/2008

of 14 February 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 laying down measures with regard to imports of products
of animal origin for personal consumption

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Following the repeal of Decision 2002/349/EC as from
17 May 2007 by 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 (6) and in
order to ensure clarity, coherence, and transparency, it is
necessary to list in Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 the
products falling within its scope.

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16
December 2002 laying down the
animal health rules
governing the production, processing, distribution and intro-
duction
human
consumption (1), and in particular the third indent of Article
8(5) thereof,

products

animal

origin

for

of

of

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

(4)

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

opinion

the

the

of

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (2), and in particular Articles 3(5), 16(3) and
17(7) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June
1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (3), and in particular
Article 6(3) thereof,

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 is amended as follows:

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 (4) lays down
measures with regard to imports of meat and meat
products and of milk and milk products for personal
consumption. Those products are defined by reference
to some of
listed in the Annex to
Commission Decision 2002/349/EC of 26 April 2002
laying down the list of products to be examined at
border
under Council Directive
97/78/EC (5).

the products

inspection

posts

1.

in Article 1, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.
For the purposes of this Regulation, “meat and meat
products” and “milk and milk products” mean the products
listed in Annex V.’

2. the text
Annex V.

in the Annex to this Regulation is added as

(1) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Directive

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

(3) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 122, 26.4.2004, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 121, 8.5.2002, p. 6.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 14 February 2008.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX V

Meat and meat products and milk and milk products referred to in Article 1(1)

CN code

Description

Qualification and explanation

ex Chapter 2

Meat and edible offal

(0201-0210)

0401-0406

Dairy produce

0504 00 00

1501 00

1502 00

1503 00

Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish),
whole and pieces thereof,
in
brine, dried or smoked

frozen, salted,

fresh, chilled,

Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of
heading 0209 or 1503

Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of
heading 1503

Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not
emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared

1506 00 00

Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not
refined, but not chemically modified

1601 00

Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood;
food preparations based on these products

1602

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood

1702 11 00
1702 19 00

Lactose and lactose syrup

Excludes frogs' legs
(CN code 0208 90 70)

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

ex 1901

ex 1902

ex 2004

ex 2005

ex 2103

ex 2104

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or
malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less that 40 %
by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not
elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of
headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing
less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally
defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included

Only those preparations
containing milk

Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other
substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni,
noodles,
couscous,
whether or not prepared

cannelloni;

gnocchi,

lasagne,

ravioli,

Only those preparations
containing meat

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by
vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading
2006

Only those preparations
containing meat

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by
vinegar or acetic acid, not
frozen, other than products of
heading 2006

Only those preparations
containing meat

Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed
seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard

Only those preparations
containing meat or milk

Soups and broths and preparations therefore; homogenised
composite food preparations

Only those preparations
containing meat or milk

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CN code

ex 2105 00

Description

Qualification and explanation

Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing
cocoa

Only those preparations
containing milk

ex 2106

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included

ex 2309

Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding

Only those preparations
containing meat or milk

Only petfood, dog chews and
mixtures of meals containing meat
or milk

Notes:

Column 1: Where only certain products under any code are required to be examined under veterinary checks and no specific subdivision
under this code exists in the goods nomenclature, the code is marked “ex” (for example ex 1901: only those preparations
containing milk should be included).

Column 2: The description of the goods is as laid down in the description column of Annex 1 to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87. For
further explanation of the exact coverage of the Common Customs Tariff please refer to the latest amendment to that Annex.

Column 3: This column gives details of the products covered.’