Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1375 of 23 June 2026 amending Decision 2005/290/EC as regards certification rules and a model animal health/official certificate for import into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of domestic porcine animals intended for human consumption from Canada
Date: 2026-06-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: Canada, animal health, fresh meat, health certificate, human nutrition, import (EU), originating product, pigmeat, veterinary inspection








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Official Journal of the European Union


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2026/1375


25.6.2026







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2026/1375
of 23 June 2026
         
amending Decision 2005/290/EC as regards certification rules and a model animal health/official certificate for import into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of domestic porcine animals intended for human consumption from Canada
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 126(3) thereof,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (2), and in particular Articles 238(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex 5-E to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part (3), (‘the Agreement’) establishes the public health and animal health measures for import into the Union of certain animals and animal products for which equivalence is to be recognised.












(2)


Annex 5-I to the Agreement provides for health attestations to be included in the model animal health/official certificate for import into the Union of certain animals and animal products for which equivalence of measures has been recognised.












(3)


Equivalence has been recognised with regard to certain public health requirements for import into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption of domestic porcine animals from Canada but not for animal health requirements. Therefore, the simplification of the model certificate should only concern the public health attestation of the model animal health/official certificate for import into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption of domestic porcine animals from Canada. The animal health attestation of that model certificate should replicate the animal health attestation in the model animal health/official certificate for the entry into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, excluding mechanically separated meat, of domestic porcine animals (MODEL POR) set out in Chapter 3 of Annex III to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 (4).












(4)


Article 118(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) read in combination with Article 107(2) of that Regulation establishes the requirement, for the entry into the Union of consignments of animals or products of animal origin from third countries that no antimicrobial medicinal products were used to promote growth or to increase yield in the animals concerned. In addition, medicinal products containing antimicrobials that are included in the list of antimicrobials reserved for the treatment of certain infections in humans laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1255 (6) cannot have been used in respect of animals or products of animal origin in order to allow for their entry into the Union from third countries.












(5)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 (7) supplements Regulation (EU) 2019/6 by establishing conditions for the entry into the Union of consignments of live food-producing animals and products of animal origin intended for human consumption that are exported from third countries to the Union.












(6)


Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 specifies, in particular, that consignments of food-producing animals and products of animal origin intended for human consumption may only enter the Union where they are accompanied by an official certificate attesting compliance with the Union rules on the use of antimicrobial medicinal products established in Regulation (EU) 2019/6 and in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905.












(7)


An attestation concerning compliance with these Union rules should therefore be inserted in the model certificate set out in Annex II to Commission Decision 2005/290/EC (8).












(8)


In the interests of clarity and consistency of Union rules, the model certificate set out in Annex II to Decision 2005/290/EC should be updated, including updating references, notes and structural elements, and be replaced by the model certificate set out in the Annex to this Decision.












(9)


Decision 2005/290/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.












(10)


To avoid any disruption to trade as regards the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat intended for human consumption of domestic porcine animals from Canada, the use of the model animal and public health certificate for fresh meat of domestic swine consigned to the Union from Canada issued in accordance with Annex II to Decision 2005/290/EC, as applicable before the amendments made to that Annex by this Decision, should continue to be accepted for the entry into the Union during a transitional period until the date of entry into application of the model animal health/official certificate set out in the Annex to this Decision.












(11)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex II to Decision 2005/290/EC is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
For a transitional period until 3 December 2026, the use of animal and public health certificates issued in accordance with the model set out in Annex II to Decision 2005/290/EC, as applicable before the amendments made to that Annex by this Decision, shall continue to be authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat intended for human consumption of domestic porcine animals from Canada, provided that those certificates were issued no later than 3 September 2026.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 23 June 2026.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/625/oj.

(2)  
            OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/429/oj.

(3)  
            OJ L 11, 14.1.2017, p. 23, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2017/37/oj.

(4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 of 16 December 2020 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards model animal health certificates, model official certificates and model animal health/official certificates, for the entry into the Union and movements within the Union of consignments of certain categories of animals and goods, official certification regarding such certificates and repealing Regulation (EC) No 599/2004, Implementing Regulations (EU) No 636/2014 and (EU) No 2019/628, Directive 98/68/EC and Decisions 2000/572/EC, 2003/779/EC and 2007/240/EC (OJ L 442, 30.12.2020, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/2235/oj).

(5)  Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/6/oj).

(6)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1255 of 19 July 2022 designating antimicrobials or groups of antimicrobials reserved for treatment of certain infections in humans, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 191, 20.7.2022, p. 58, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/1255/oj).

(7)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 of 27 February 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the application of the prohibition of use of certain antimicrobial medicinal products in animals or products of animal origin exported from third countries into the Union (OJ L 116, 4.5.2023, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/905/oj).

(8)  Commission Decision 2005/290/EC of 4 April 2005 on simplified certificates for the importation of bovine semen and fresh pig meat from Canada and amending Decision 2004/639/EC (OJ L 93, 12.4.2005, p. 34, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2005/290/oj).




ANNEX
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ANNEX II
MODEL ANIMAL HEALTH/OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE FOR THE ENTRY INTO THE UNION OF FRESH MEAT INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, EXCLUDING MECHANICALLY SEPARATED MEAT, OF DOMESTIC PORCINE ANIMALS FROM CANADA (MODEL ‘CA-POR’)

Part I:   Description of consignment







 



Animal health/official certificate to the EU




















I.1




Consignor/Exporter



 



I.2




Certificate reference




I.2a




IMSOC reference





 


Name


 



QR CODE





 


Address


 



I.3




Central Competent Authority





 


Country


ISO country code



I.4




Local Competent Authority






I.5




Consignee/Importer



 



I.6




Operator responsible for the consignment



 




 


Name


 


 


Name


 




 


Address


 


 


Address


 




 


Country


ISO country code


 


Country


ISO country code





I.7




Country of origin



ISO country code



I.9




Country of destination



ISO country code





I.8




Region of origin



Code



I.10




Region of destination



Code





I.11




Place of dispatch



 



I.12




Place of destination



 




 


Name


Registration/Approval No


 


Name


Registration/Approval No




 


Address


 


 


Address


 




 


Country


ISO country code


 


Country


ISO country code





I.13




Place of loading




I.14




Date and time of departure



















I.15




Means of transport



 



I.16




Entry Border Control Post





 



☐ Aircraft



☐ Vessel



I.17




Accompanying documents





 



☐ Railway



☐ Road vehicle


 


Type


Code




 


Identification


 


Country


ISO country code




 


Commercial document reference


 





I.18




Transport conditions




☐ Ambient



☐ Chilled



☐ Frozen





I.19




Container number/Seal number





 


Container No


Seal No


 





I.20




Certified as or for





 


☐ Products for human consumption


 


 


 





I.21




☐ For transit




I.22




☐ For internal market





 


Third country


ISO country code



I.23



 


















I.24




Total number of packages




I.25




Total quantity




I.26




Total net weight/gross weight (kg)





















I.27




Description of consignment





CN code


Species


 


 


 


 


 




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


 


Cold store


 


 


Type of packaging


 


Net weight




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Slaughterhouse


 


Treatment type


 


Nature of commodity


Number of packages


 


Batch No




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 





☐ Final consumer


Date of collection/production


 


Manufacturing plant


 


 


 





Part II:   Certification












COUNTRY




Certificate model CA POR





 



II. Health information




II.a




Certificate reference




II.b




IMSOC reference
















II.1.



Public health attestation

I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the fresh meat of domestic porcine animals (Sus scrofa) described in Part I was produced in accordance with the relevant Canadian standards and requirement(s) which have been recognised as equivalent to the European Union standards and requirement(s) (1). In addition, the fresh meat of domestic porcine animals (Sus scrofa) described in Part I meets applicable special requirements described in points 1.3.1 and 1.4.1 of the European Union section of the export requirements library of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.











(2) (7)
II.2.




Attestation as regards Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905

I, the undersigned official veterinarian, declare that I am aware of the relevant requirements of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 and hereby certify that the fresh meat of domestic porcine animals (Sus scrofa) described in Part I was produced in accordance with these requirements, and in particular, that the animals from which the meat is derived have not been administered antimicrobial medicinal products for growth promotion or yield increase or antimicrobial medicinal products containing an antimicrobial that is included in the list of antimicrobials reserved for the treatment of certain infections in humans laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1255 as set out in Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 and originate from a third country or region thereof listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2598(8).










II.3.



Animal health attestation

I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the fresh meat described in Part I:






II.3.1.


has been obtained in the zone(s) with code(s) ________________________ (3) which, at the date of issue of this animal health/official certificate is/are authorised for the entry into the Union of fresh meat of domestic porcine animals and listed in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, and






(a)


in which infection with rinderpest virus and African swine fever has not been reported for the last 12 months before the date of slaughter of the animals from which the fresh meat was obtained, and during the same period vaccination against these diseases has not been carried out;











(2)
either









[(b)


in which foot and mouth disease has not been reported for the last 12 months before the date of slaughter of the animals from which the fresh meat was obtained, and vaccination against this disease has not been carried out during the same period;]















(2) (4)
or









[(b)


in which foot and mouth disease has not been reported since ___/___/____ (dd/mm/yyyy);]















(2)
either









[(c)


in which classical swine fever has not been reported for the last 12 months before the date of slaughter of the animals from which the fresh meat was obtained, and during the same period vaccination against this disease has not been carried out;]















(2) (4)
or









[(c)


in which classical swine fever has not been reported since ___/___/____ (dd/mm/yyyy), and vaccination against this disease has not been carried out during the last 12 months before the date of slaughter of the animals from which the fresh meat was obtained;]


















II.3.2.


has been obtained from animals that







(2)
either



[have remained in the zone(s) referred to in point II.3.1 since birth, or for at least three months before the date of their slaughter;]











(2)
or



[have been introduced on ___/___/____(dd/mm/yyyy) into the zone(s) referred to in point II.3.1, from the zone(s) with code(s) ____________________________ (3) that at that date was/were authorised for the entry of fresh meat of domestic porcine animals into the Union and where they have remained since birth, or for at least three months before the date of their slaughter;]











(2)
or



[have been introduced on ___/___/____ (dd/mm/yyyy) into the zone(s) referred to in point II.3.1, from the Member State(s) with ISO code(s) _____________________________;]














II.3.3.


has been obtained from animals coming from establishments:






(a)


which are registered by and are under the control of the competent authority of the third country or territory and have a system in place to maintain and to keep records in accordance with Article 8 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692;










(b)


which receive regular animal health visits from a veterinarian for the purpose of the detection of, and information on, signs indicative of the occurrence of diseases, including the listed diseases referred to in Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 relevant for the species and emerging diseases;










(c)


which were not subject to national restriction measures for animal health reasons, including the listed diseases referred to in Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 relevant for the species and emerging diseases, at the time of dispatch to the slaughterhouse;










(d)


in which none of the animals kept therein have been vaccinated against foot and mouth disease, infection with rinderpest virus, African swine fever and classical swine fever;










(e)


in and around which, within an area of 10 km radius, including where appropriate the territory of a neighbouring country, foot and mouth disease, infection with rinderpest virus, African swine fever and classical swine fever have not been reported during the last 30 days before the date of slaughter of the animals;














II.3.4.


has been obtained from animals which:






(a)


have been kept separated from wild ungulates since birth;










(b)


have been dispatched from establishments of their origin to a slaughterhouse by means of transport: (i) constructed in such a way that the animals cannot escape or fall out; (ii) in which visual inspection of the space where animals are kept is possible; (iii) from which the escape of animal excrements, litter or feed is prevented or minimised, and (iv) which was cleaned and disinfected with a disinfectant authorised by the competent authority of the third country or territory immediately before the transportation of the animals without contact with other animals which did not comply with the conditions referred to in points II.3.1, II.3.2 and II.3.3;










(c)


during the transport to the slaughterhouse did not pass through a third country or territory or zone thereof which is not authorised for the entry into the Union of fresh meat of domestic porcine animals and have not come into contact with animals of a lower health status;










(d)


have been slaughtered [[on ___/___/____ (dd/mm/yyyy)] (2) [between ___/___/____ (dd/mm/yyyy) and ___/___/____. (dd/mm/yyyy)] (2)] (5);










(e)


had no contact with animals of a lower health status during their slaughter;














II.3.5.


has been obtained in slaughterhouses in and around which, within a radius of 10 km, including where appropriate the territory of a neighbouring country, none of the diseases referred to in point II.3.1 has been reported during the last 30 days before the date of slaughter of the animals;










II.3.6.


has been strictly segregated from fresh meat not complying with the animal health requirements for the entry into the Union of fresh meat of domestic porcine animals throughout the operations of slaughter and cutting, and until:







(2)
either



[it was packaged for further storage.]











(2)
or



[its loading, as unpackaged fresh meat, onto the means of transport for dispatch to the Union.]


















II.4.



Animal welfare attestation

I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify, that the fresh meat described in Part I derives from animals which have been treated in the slaughterhouse in accordance with the requirements of the Union legislation on the protection of animals at the time of killing or at least equivalent requirements.





Notes

In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Windsor Framework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023, OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87) in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Framework, references to the Union in this animal health/official certificate include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.
This animal health/official certificate is intended for the entry into the Union of fresh meat and minced meat (as defined in points 1.10 and 1.13 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of kept animals of domestic breeds of porcine animals (as defined in Article 2, point (8), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692) from Canada.
The exclusion of mechanically separated meat is expressly mentioned in the title to avoid any confusion as this product shall not enter the Union using this fresh meat certificate.
This animal health/official certificate shall be completed in accordance with the notes for the completion of certificates provided for in Chapter 4 of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235.

Part I








Box reference I.8


:


Provide the code of the zone as appearing in column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404.




Box reference I.27


:


“CN code”: Indicate the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code(s) of the World Customs Organisation under the following headings: 0203 , 0206 , 0209 , 0504  or 1501 .
“Nature of commodity”: Indicate “carcase-whole”, “carcase-side”, “carcase-quarters” “offal” (6) or “cuts”.
“Treatment type”: If appropriate, indicate “de-boned”, “bone in”, and/or “matured”. If frozen, indicate the date of freezing (mm/yy) of the cuts/pieces.





Part II








(1)



Relevant Canadian standards and requirements are recognised equivalent to European Union standards and requirements as per the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part.











(2)



Delete if not appropriate.











(3)



Code of the zone in accordance with column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404.











(4)



Only for the zones with an opening date in column 8 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404.











(5)



Date or dates of slaughter. This fresh meat shall only be permitted to enter into the Union if the meat was obtained from animals slaughtered after the date of authorisation of the zone(s) referred to in point II.3.1 for the entry into the Union of fresh meat of domestic porcine animals, or during a period where animal health restriction measures taken by the Union were not in place against the entry into the Union of that fresh meat from that/those zone(s), or during a period where the authorisation of that/those zone(s) for the entry into the Union of that fresh meat was not suspended.











(6)



Excluding the entry into the Union of fresh blood which is not permitted in accordance with Article 130 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692.











(7)



Applicable to consignments entering the Union as from 3 September 2026.











(8)



Or listed in other implementing acts adopted in accordance with Article 5 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905.

















Official veterinarian





Name (in capital letters)


 


 


 




Date


 


Qualification and title


 




Stamp


 


Signature


 





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