Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 636/2014 of 13 June 2014 on a model certificate for the trade of unskinned large wild game  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: foodstuff, game meat, health certificate, intra-EU trade, market approval, veterinary inspection




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14.6.2014   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 175/16








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 636/2014
of 13 June 2014
         
on a model certificate for the trade of unskinned large wild game
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (1), and in particular Article 7(2)(a) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 lays down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin. It provides, inter alia, requirements for the production and placing on the market of meat from wild game. Food business operators are to ensure that such meat is placed on the market only if it is produced in compliance with Section IV of Annex III to that Regulation.












(2)


Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 also provides for the establishments of model certificates accompanying consignments of products of animal origin.












(3)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 633/2014 (2) amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 lays down that unskinned large wild game may be sent to a game handling establishment in another Member State if, during transport to that game-handling establishment, it is accompanied by a certificate ensuring compliance with Section IV of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.












(4)


In order to facilitate trade in unskinned large wild game, it is appropriate to provide a model certificate for trade between Member States.












(5)


Because unskinned bodies of large wild game may carry pathogens causing diseases in animals, the large game should not have been harvested in areas which for health reasons are subject to prohibition or restriction affecting the species involved in accordance with Union or national legislation. Trade in unskinned wild boar bodies may only take place without prejudice to Commission Implementing Decision 2013/764/EU (3).












(6)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Consignments of unskinned large wild game dispatched to Member States shall be accompanied by a certificate in accordance with the model set out in the Annex.
The certificate shall attest that a written declaration on the examination by a trained person, when relevant, and the relevant parts of the bodies accompany the consignment in accordance with point 4 respectively of Chapter II of Section IV of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 June 2014.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 633/2014 of 13 June 2014 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific requirements for handling large wild game and for the post-mortem inspection of wild game (see page 6 of this Official Journal).

(3)  Commission Implementing Decision 2013/764/EU of 13 December 2013 concerning animal health control measures relating to classical swine fever in certain Member States (OJ L 338, 17.12.2013, p. 102).




ANNEX
A model health certificate for the trade of unskinned large wild game





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EUROPEAN UNION
Intra trade certificate
Part I: Details of consignment presented
I.1. Consignor
Name
Address
Country
I.2. Certificate reference No
I.2.a. Local reference No
I.3. Central competent authority
I.4. Local competent authority
I.5. Consignee
Name
Address
Country
I.8. Country of origin
ISO code
I.9. Region of origin
Code
I.10. Country of destination
ISO code
I.11. Region of destination
Code
I.12. Place of origin
Establishment
Name Approval
Address
Postal code/Region
I.13. Place of destination
Establishment
Name Approval number
Address
Postal code/Region
I.15. Date and time of departure
I.16. Means of transport
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
Identification:
Number(s):
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (CN code)
I.20. Quantity
I.21. Temperature of products
Ambient
Chilled
I.22. Number of packages
I.24. Type of packaging
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Human consumption
I.27. Transit through Member States
Member State ISO code
Member State ISO code
Member State ISO code
I.31. Identification of the commodities
Species (Scientific name) Identification marking Quantity






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EUROPEAN UNION
Unskinned large wild game
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b. Local reference number
I, the undersigned, hereby certify, that:
— All the relevant parts of the bodies of the animals and the declaration satisfied the requirements laid down in point 4, Chapter II, Section IV, Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
— The large wild game has not been harvested in an area which for health reasons is subject to prohibition or restriction affecting the species involved in accordance with Union or national legislation.
Notes
Part I:
— Box reference 1.12: Give a registration number or any other identification number. If not applicable, put ‘XXX’.
— Box reference I.13: indicate the details of the game-handling establishment.
— Box reference I.19: Use the appropriate CN code amongst 0203 11 90, 0203 21 90, 0208 90 30, 0208 90 60 and 0208 90 98.
— Box reference 1.2.: the certification for human consumption is subject to a favourable official inspection at the game handling establishment.
Part II:
The colour of the signature and stamp shall be different to that of the printing.
Part II: Certification
Official veterinarian
Name (in Capital): Qualification and title:
Local Veterinary Unit: LVU no.:
Date: Signature:
Stamp: