Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2009 of 5 March 2009 on the introduction into the Community of personal consignments of products of animal origin and amending Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, consumer information, customs inspection, human nutrition, import (EU), personal effects, third country, veterinary inspection

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 206/2009

of 5 March 2009

on the introduction into the Community of personal consignments of products of animal origin and
amending Regulation (EC) No 136/2004

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity,

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 (1), and in particular Article 3(5), Article 16(3)
and (4) and Article 17(7) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December
2002 laying down animal health rules governing the produc-
tion, processing, distribution and introduction of products of
animal origin for human consumption (2), and in particular the
third indent of Article 8(5) thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official
controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance
with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare
rules (3), and in particular Article 25(2)(c) and (d) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Directive 97/78/EC provides for veterinary checks on
consignments of certain products of animal origin intro-
duced into the Community from third countries.

to Article 3(1) and (2) of

Pursuant
that Directive,
Member States are to ensure that no consignment from a
third country is introduced into the Community without
having been subjected to the appropriate veterinary

(3)

(4)

(5)

checks (systematic checks), and that consignments are
introduced into the Community via a border inspection
post.

travellers'

to Article 16 of Directive 97/78/EC,

Pursuant
those
requirements are not to apply to products which form
luggage and are intended for their
part of
personal consumption,
in so far as their quantity does
not exceed a quantity to be defined in accordance with
the procedure described therein. Also, those requirements
are not to apply to products sent as small consignments
to private persons, provided that the products are not
being imported by way of trade, in so far as their quan-
tity does not exceed a quantity to be defined in accord-
ance with the procedure described in that Directive.

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 Direc-
tives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (4) lists the products of
animal origin to be subjected to veterinary checks at
border inspection posts.

Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004
laying down procedures for veterinary checks at Com-
munity border inspection posts on products imported
from third countries (5) lays down a weight limit of 1 kg
for the exemption from systematic veterinary checks for
products
human consumption from
approved countries or parts thereof. That Article also lays
down weight limits for other specific products of animal
origin introduced into Denmark,
from
Greenland and the Faeroe Islands, and with regard to
certain fish introduced into Finland and Sweden from
Russia.

destined

inter

alia,

for

(1) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1; corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 21, 28.1.2004, p. 11.

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(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

Annex II to Decision 2007/275/EC lists the composite
products which are exempted from veterinary controls.
Those products should therefore also be exempted from
the systematic veterinary controls when they form part of
travellers'
luggage and are intended for their personal
consumption or when they are sent as small consign-
ments to private persons.

The requirements and in particular the weight limits for
the introduction of consignments of products of animal
origin for personal consumption are therefore laid down
in several legislative texts. Those requirements, however,
need to be easily understood by enforcement authorities,
travellers and the general public. It is therefore appro-
priate to simplify and to bring together in one Regu-
lation, the types and quantities of products of animal
origin for which an exemption from the veterinary
checks
imports may be
granted.

laid down for commercial

The possible risk of introducing animal diseases into the
Community through the introduction of products of
animal origin should always be considered when laying
down measures regulating such introductions. The level
of animal health risk varies according to different factors,
such as the type of product, the animal species from
which the products are obtained, and the likelihood of
the pathogenic agent being present.

One of the most dangerous diseases that could be poten-
tially introduced into the Community is foot and mouth
disease (FMD). The European Food Safety Authority
(EFSA) has evaluated the risk of introduction of FMD into
the Community. That evaluation clearly shows that the
introduction of meat and meat products and of milk and
milk products are potential ways for the FMD virus to
enter into the Community.

In order to avoid the introduction of such diseases, the
Community has put in place, for many years, a complete
set of rules regulating the imports of live animals and
products of animal origin for commercial purposes.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 (6) lays down
measures with regard to imports of meat and meat
products and of milk and milk products for personal
consumption. Pursuant to that Regulation meat and meat
products and milk and milk products cannot be intro-
duced into the Community by travellers unless such
products fully comply with the Community's commercial
import rules.

That principle should be maintained in the future in
its
order
and meat
FMD-free

status. The quantity of meat

the Community maintains

to ensure that

(6) OJ L 122, 26.4.2004, p. 1.

products and milk and milk products carried by passen-
gers that should be exempted from the systematic veter-
inary checks at borders provided for by Directive
97/78/EC should thus be fixed at zero.

The measures provided for in this Regulation should be
without prejudice to Community veterinary legislation
having as objective the control and eradication of animal
diseases, or concerning certain protection measures.

The measures provided for in this Regulation should be
without prejudice to legislation implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species
of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (7).

It is also appropriate to ensure that information about
the veterinary controls and the rules applicable to the
introduction of products of animal origin be provided to
travellers and the general public.

Certain third countries, because of
their geographical
proximity and animal health status, are considered to
present a minimal animal health risk to the Community.
Limited quantities of meat and meat products and milk
and milk products from such countries should therefore
continue to be exempted from systematic veterinary
checks.

(13)

(14)

(15)

(16)

(17)

In addition, certain neighbouring third countries have
specific agreements with the Community with respect to
relevant aspects of the Community veterinary legislation.

(18) Annex 11 to the Agreement between the European Com-
munity and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agri-
cultural products (8) has been amended as regards trade
in agricultural products. As a consequence of
those
amendments, veterinary checks on relevant consignments
coming from Switzerland ceased from 1 January 2009.

(19)

Pursuant to Council Decision 2007/658/EC concerning
the conclusion of an additional Agreement between the
European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the
Principality of Liechtenstein extending to the Principality
of Liechtenstein the Agreement between the European
Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in
agricultural products (9), veterinary checks on relevant
consignments coming from Liechtenstein also ceased
from 1 January 2009.

(7) OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132.
(9) OJ L 270, 13.10.2007, p. 5.

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(20)

(21)

Personal consignments of products of animal origin in
quantities below a certain threshold from those third
countries with specific agreements with the Community,
including Andorra, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino,
and Switzerland, should therefore remain outside the
scope of the systematic veterinary checks provided for by
Directive 97/78/EC. To ensure that accurate information
is conveyed to passengers, such third countries should be
indicated as exempted countries on all relevant publicity
material.

In general, the animal health status of Croatia may be
considered to present a minimal animal health risk to the
Community. Products of animal origin in quantities
below a certain threshold which are part of passengers'
luggage or sent as small consignments to consumers
from Croatia should remain outside the scope of the
veterinary checks provided by Directive
systematic
97/78/EC. To ensure
information is
accurate
that
conveyed to passengers, Croatia should be indicated as an
exempted country on all relevant publicity material laid
down by this Regulation.

(22) Due to the current classical swine fever situation in
Croatia, however, pig meat and pig meat products could
pose a possible animal health risk to the EU. To address
issue, Croatia has agreed to take appropriate
this
measures to ensure that such products destined for the
Community and carried by travellers or sent by post to
private individuals do not leave their territory, in the case
of an outbreak of classical swine fever.

(23)

(24)

In addition, it should be clarified that provisions which
apply to certain products of animal origin intended for
human consumption should also apply to products of
animal origin destined for the feeding of pets, in order to
prevent travellers or consumers from circumventing the
rules laid down in this Regulation.

There should continue to be a clear disincentive to
prevent the introduction of consignments of products of
animal origin of a non-commercial character that are not
in conformity with the Community health requirements
from entering the Community without undergoing the
required veterinary clearance. Member States
should
impose such costs and penalties as necessary, including
the costs of disposal of the products, on persons held
liable for a breach of the rules on the introduction into
the Community of products of animal origin.

(25) Member States should continue to supply appropriate
information to the Commission on the mechanisms they
have put in place for the enforcement of the rules set out
in this Regulation. In addition, the information supplied
could then be used to review the rules set out in this
Regulation.

(26)

(27)

(28)

To ensure that
the requirements
information about
concerning the introduction into the Community of
products of animal origin is effectively conveyed to
travellers and to the general public, Member States and
international passenger transport operators should bring
those requirements to the attention of the general public
and passengers carried into the Community.

In view of the difficulties in collating the information
concerning postal depots, more time should be given to
the Member States to submit this information.

In the interest of consistency and clarity of Community
legislation, it is appropriate to amend Article 8 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 136/2004 and to repeal Regulation (EC)
No 745/2004.

(29)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation lays down rules concerning the introduc-
1.
tion into the Community of personal consignments of products
of animal origin of a non commercial character which form
part of travellers' luggage, or are sent as small consignments to
private persons, or are ordered remotely (for example, by mail,
by telephone or via the Internet) and delivered to the consumer.

In addition,

This Regulation shall not apply to personal consignments
2.
and
from Andorra, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino,
this Regulation shall not apply to
Switzerland.
personal consignments of
fishery products from the Faeroe
Islands and Iceland. To ensure that accurate information is
conveyed to passengers, such third countries shall be indicated
as exempted countries on all relevant publicity material.

3.
This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to Com-
munity veterinary legislation having as its objective the control
and eradication of animal diseases, or concerning certain protec-
tion measures.

This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to the rele-
4.
vant rules on certification contained within legislation imple-
menting Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of
species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein.

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Article 2

Article 3

Rules concerning the introduction into the Community of
personal consignments of products of animal origin

Personal consignments of products of animal origin, for
1.
personal human consumption, as referred to in Article 16(1)(a),
(b), and (d), and in Article 16(4) of Directive 97/78/EC, shall
not be subject to the rules set out in Chapter I of that Directive,
provided that they belong to one or more of the following
categories:

Information to be provided by Member States to travellers
and to the general public

1. Member States shall ensure that at all points of entry into
the Community, the veterinary conditions applicable to personal
consignments introduced into the Community are brought to
the attention of travellers arriving from third countries.

The information provided to travellers pursuant to para-
2.
include at least the information in one of the
graph 1 shall
posters set out in Annex III displayed by prominent notices
placed in easily visible locations.

(a) products listed in Part 1 of Annex I and not covered by
Article 6(1) of Decision 2007/275/EC, and their combined
quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 0 kg;

3. Member States may complement that information with
additional information, including:

(b) products listed in Part 1 of Annex II and their combined

quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg;

(c) eviscerated fresh or prepared fishery products, or processed
fishery products, within the meaning of points 3.5, 3.6
or 7.4 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, and
their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of
20 kg or the weight of one fish, whichever weight is the
highest;

(d) products other than those referred to in paragraphs (a), (b),
(c) or in Article 6(1) of Decision 2007/275/EC and their
combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg.

Personal consignments of animal products destined for the
2.
feeding of pets, shall not be subject to the rules set out in
Chapter I of Directive 97/78/EC, provided that they belong to
one or more of the following categories:

(a) products listed in Part 2 of Annex I and their combined

quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 0 kg;

(b) products listed in Part 2 of Annex II and their combined

quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg.

3.
By way of derogation from paragraphs 1(a), 1(b), 1(d)
and 2, personal consignments of animal products, coming from
Croatia, the Faeroe Islands, Greenland or Iceland, shall not be
subject
that Directive,
provided that they belong to one or more of the following
categories:

to the rules set out

in Chapter I of

(a) products listed in Annex I and not covered by Article 6(1)
of Decision 2007/275/EC, and their combined quantity
does not exceed the weight limit of 10 kg;

(b) products listed in Annex II and their combined quantity

does not exceed the weight limit of 10 kg;

(c) products not referred to in paragraphs 1(c), 3(a), 3(b) of this
Article or in Article 6(1) of Decision 2007/275/EC and
their combined quantity does not exceed the weight limit of
10 kg.

(a) the information set out in Annex IV;

(b) information appropriate to the local conditions, and with
to Directive

their national provisions adopted pursuant
97/78/EC.

The information provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall

4.
be drawn up in:

(a) at least one of the official languages of the Member State of

introduction into the Community;

(b) a second language considered appropriate by the competent
authority; that second language may be the language used in
the neighbouring country or,
in the case of airports and
ports, the language which is the most likely used by passen-
gers arriving thereto.

Member States shall ensure that the general public is made
aware of the requirements concerning the introduction into the
Community of products of animal origin which are sent as
small consignments to private persons or are ordered remotely
by final consumers.

Article 4

Information to be provided by international passenger
transport operators and postal services to their clients

including airport
International passenger transport operators,
and port operators and travel agencies, as well as postal services
shall draw the attention of their customers to the rules laid
down in this Regulation, in particular by providing the informa-
tion set out in Annexes III and IV, as foreseen in Article 3.

Article 5

Controls

1.
The competent authority or authorities, and those which
carry out official controls, in cooperation with port and airport
operators and with operators responsible for other points of
entry for personal consignments of products of animal origin,
shall organise effective controls at points of entry into the
Community.

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2.
The controls provided for in paragraph 1 shall aim at
detecting the presence of personal consignments of products of
animal origin and at verifying that the conditions laid down in
Article 2 are met.

3.
The controls provided for in paragraph 1 may be orga-
nised using a risk based approach, including, if judged necessary
by the competent authority of the Member State, the use of
scanning equipment and
such as
effective detection aids,
detector dogs, to screen large volumes of personal baggage for
the presence of personal consignments of products of animal
origin.

Article 6

Penalties

The competent authority or authorities, which carry out

1.
official controls shall:

(a) identify the personal consignments which are in breach of

the rules laid down in this Regulation;

(b) seize and destroy such consignments in accordance with

national legislation.

2.
The competent authority or authorities, which carry out
official controls, may impose costs or penalties for the person
responsible for any personal consignment that is found to be in
breach of the rules laid down in this Regulation.

3. Member States shall ensure that the national
legislation
applicable for the seizure and destruction of personal consign-
ments identifies the natural or legal person liable for the costs
of destruction of all such personal consignments that are seized.

Article 7

Reporting obligations

1. Member States shall submit to the Commission, every
year, a report summarising the relevant information on the
measures taken to advertise and enforce the rules laid down in
this Regulation, and on the results thereof.

The report shall be in the form of a completed table as set
2.
out in Annex V, and shall be submitted by the first day of May
in the year immediately following the end of each annual
reporting period. The reporting period shall run from 1 January
to 31 December.

Article 8

Amendment

Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 is replaced by the
following:

‘Article 8

Specific rules for products which form part of travel-
lers'
luggage or are sent as consignments to private
persons

Products of animal origin which form part of travellers'
luggage or are sent as small consignments to private persons
shall comply with the requirements laid down in Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 206/2009 (*).

(*) OJ L 77, 24.3.2009, p. 1.’

Article 9

Repeal

Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as
references to this Regulation and shall be correlated in accord-
ance with the table set out in Annex VII.

Article 10

Transitional provisions

Member States may submit to the Commission, a completed
table as laid down in Annex VI instead of Annex V as required
in Article 7, for the reporting periods prior to 1 January 2011,
by the first day of March in the year immediately following the
end of each annual reporting period. The reporting period shall
run from 1 January to 31 December.

Article 11

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall apply from 1 May 2009.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 March 2009.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

PART 1

List of products of animal origin as referred to in Article 2(1)(a)

CN code

Description

Qualification and explanation

ex Chapter 2

(0201-0210)

Meat and edible offal

Excludes frogs' legs (CN code
0208 90 70)

0401-0406

Dairy produce

All

0504 00 00

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

All, excluding casings

1501 00

1502 00

1503 00

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

Lactose and lactose syrup

food preparations of

Malt extract;
flour, groats, meal,
starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing
less than 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

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

Only those preparations containing
meat and or milk

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

Only those preparations containing
meat and or milk

Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares,
whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers,
empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use,
sealing wafers and similar products

Only those preparations containing
meat and or milk

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

Only those preparations containing
meat and or milk

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 and or milk

1702 11 00
1702 19 00

ex 1901

ex 1902

ex 1905 90

ex 2004

ex 2005

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CN code

Description

Qualification and explanation

ex 2103

ex 2104

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

Only those preparations containing
meat and or milk

Soups and broths and preparations therefore; homoge-
nised composite food preparations

Only those preparations containing
meat and or milk

ex 2105 00

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

Only those preparations containing
meat and or milk

List of products of animal origin as referred to in Article 2(2)(a)

PART 2

Description

Qualification and explanation

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead
animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption

CN code

0511

ex 2309

Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding

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

Notes:

1. Column 1: Where only certain products under any code are required to be examined under veterinary checks and no specific subdivi-
sion under this code exists in the goods nomenclature, the code is marked ‘ex’ (e.g. ex 1901: only those preparations containing meat
and or milk should be included).

2. Column 2: The description of the goods is as laid down in the description column of Annex I 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.

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

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ANNEX II

PART 1

Personal consignments of products of animal origin as referred to in Article 2(1)(b)

Powdered infant milk,
products:

infant food and special foods required for medical reasons, under the conditions that these

(i) do not require refrigeration before opening;

(ii) are packaged proprietary brand products for direct sale to the final consumer; and

(iii) that the packaging is unbroken unless in current use.

Personal consignments of products of animal origin as referred to in Article 2(2)(b)

PART 2

Special pet feed required for medical reasons, under the conditions that these products:

(i) do not require refrigeration before opening;

(ii) are packaged proprietary brand products for direct sale to the final consumer; and

(iii) that the packaging is unbroken unless in current use.

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(The notices can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/ah_pcad/ah_pcad_importposters_en.html).

ANNEX III

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ANNEX IV

Information referred to in Articles 3 and 4

Part 1 — Leaflet

Keep infectious animal diseases out of the
EU!

Animal products may carry pathogens
causing infectious disease

Due to the risk of introducing diseases into the European Union (EU), there are strict procedures for the introduction of
certain animal products into the EU. These procedures do not apply to the movements of animal products between the
27 Member States of the EU, or for animal products coming from Andorra, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino, and
Switzerland.

All animal products not conforming to these rules must be surrendered on arrival in the EU for official disposal. Failure
to declare such items may result in a fine or criminal prosecution.

1. Small quantities of meat and milk and their products (other than powdered infant milk, infant food, and

special foods or special pet feed required for medical reasons)

You may only bring in or send to the EU personal consignments of meat and milk and their products (other than
powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods or special pet feed required for medical reasons) provided that
they come from Croatia, the Faeroe Islands, Greenland, or Iceland, and their weight does not exceed 10 kg per person.

2. Powdered infant milk, infant food, and special foods required for medical reasons

You may only bring in or send to the EU personal consignments of powdered infant milk, infant food, and special
foods required for medical reasons provided that:

— they come from Croatia, the Faeroe Islands, Greenland, or Iceland, and their combined quantity does not exceed

the weight limit of 10 kg per person, and that:

— the product does not require refrigeration before consumption,

— it is a packaged proprietary brand product, and

— the packaging is unbroken unless in current use

— they come from other countries (other than Croatia, the Faeroe Islands, Greenland, or Iceland), and their combined

quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg per person, and that:

— the product does not require refrigeration before consumption,

— it is a packaged proprietary brand product, and

— the packaging is unbroken unless in current use.

3. Pet feed required for medical reasons

You may only bring in or send to the EU personal consignments of pet feed required for medical reasons provided
that:

— they come from Croatia, the Faeroe Islands, Greenland, or Iceland, and their combined quantity does not exceed

the weight limit of 10 kg per person, and that:

— the product does not require refrigeration before consumption,

— it is a packaged proprietary brand product, and

— the packaging is unbroken unless in current use

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— they come from other countries (other than Croatia, the Faeroe Islands, Greenland, or Iceland), and their combined

quantity does not exceed the weight limit of 2 kg per person, and that:

— the product does not require refrigeration before consumption,

— it is a packaged proprietary brand product, and

— the packaging is unbroken unless in current use

4. Small quantities of fishery products for personal human consumption

You may only bring in or send to the EU personal consignments of fishery products (including fresh, dried, cooked,
cured or smoked fish, and certain shellfish, such as prawns, lobsters, dead mussels and dead oysters) provided that:

— fresh fish are eviscerated,

— the weight of the fishery products does not exceed, per person, 20 kg or the weight of one fish, whichever

weight is the highest.

These restrictions do not apply to fishery products coming from the Faeroe Islands or Iceland.

5. Small quantities of other animal products for personal human consumption

You may only bring in or send to the EU other animal products, such as honey, live oysters, live mussels and snails for
example, provided that:

— they come from Croatia, the Faeroe Islands, Greenland, or Iceland, and that their combined weight does not exceed

10 kg per person,

— they come from other countries (other than Croatia, the Faeroe Islands, Greenland, or Iceland) and their combined

weight does not exceed 2 kg per person.

Please note that you may bring in small quantities of animal products from several of the above five categories (para-
graphs 1-5) provided that they comply with the rules explained in each of the relevant paragraphs.

6. Larger quantities of animal products

You may only bring in or send to the EU larger quantities of animal products if they meet the requirements for
commercial consignments, which include:

— certification requirements, as laid down in the appropriate official EC veterinary certificate,

— the presentation of the goods, with the correct documentation, to an authorised EU border inspection post for

veterinary control, on arrival in the EU.

7. Exempted animal products

The following products are exempted from the rules explained previously:

— bread, cakes, biscuits, chocolate and confectionery (including sweets) not mixed or filled with meat product,

— food supplements packaged for the final consumer,

— meat extracts and meat concentrates,

— olives stuffed with fish,

— pasta and noodles not mixed or filled with meat product,

— soup stocks and flavourings packaged for the final consumer,

— any other food product not containing any fresh or processed meat or dairy and with less than 50 % of processed

egg or fishery products.

8. Animal products from protected species

For certain protected species there may be additional restrictions in place. For example for caviar of sturgeon species,
the weight limit is a maximum of 125 g per person.

Part 2 — Video

The information laid down in Part 1 can be conveyed by means of a video, such as that published by the European
Commission on the following webpage:

http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/animalproducts/personal_imports/index_en.htm

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To be submitted to the European Commission not later than the first day of May in the year immediately following the
end of each annual reporting period.

The reporting period shall run from 1 January to 31 December.

The collated and summarised information can be found at the European Commission's website at:

http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/animalproducts/personal_imports/index_en.htm.

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Figures on results of enforcement of rules on personal imports of meat and milk

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To be submitted to the European Commission not later than the first day of March in the year immediately following the
end of each annual reporting period.

The reporting period shall run from 1 January to 31 December.

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ANNEX VII

Table of Correspondence

Regulation (EC) No 745/2004

This Regulation

Article 1(1)

Article 1(2)

Article 1(3)

Article 1(4)

Article 2

Article 3(1)

Article 3(2)

Article 4(1)

Article 4(2)

Article 4(3)

Article 5(1)

Article 5(2)

Article 6

Article 7(1)

Article 7(2)

Article 7(3)

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III

Annex IV

Annex V

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Article 2(1)(a)

Article 1(2)

Article 2(1)(b)

Article 2(3)(a)

Article 3(1) and 3(2)

Article 4

Article 5

Article 6(1)

Article 6(2) and 6(3)

Article 7

Annexes V and VI

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Article 11

Article 11

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Annex II

Annex III

Annex IV

Annexes V and VI

Annex I