L 8/2
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
13.1.2022
(2)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 (4) lays down the lists of third countries and regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption in accordance with Article 126(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
(3)
In order to be listed, a third country or region thereof is to comply with the requirements laid down in Article 127 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and with those laid down in Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625.
(4)
Article 4, point (f), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 provides that the existence, implementation and communication of a residues control programme approved by the Commission, when applicable, is a prerequisite for the inclusion of third countries or regions thereof in the list referred to in Article 126(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
Commission Decision 2011/163/EU (5) approved the residue monitoring plans submitted by certain third countries concerning specific animals and animal products listed in the Annex to that Decision.
(5)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2315 (6) removed the approval of the residue monitoring plan of Tunisia for wild game.
Tunisia should therefore be removed from the list of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of certain wild game birds intended for human consumption, set out in Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405.
Tunisia has been informed accordingly.
(6)
Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2315 approved the monitoring plan of Ukraine for marine gastropods within the subcategory ‘molluscs’.
Since Ukraine has provided appropriate evidence and guarantees that it fulfils the requirements of Union legislation for the entry into the Union of consignments of marine gastropods from aquaculture, that third country should be added in the list of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods, set out in Annex VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405.
Ukraine has been informed accordingly.
(7)
Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2315 divided the category ‘aquaculture products’ in the Annex to Decision 2011/163/EU into the four sub-categories ‘finfish’, ‘products of finfish’, e.g. caviar, ‘crustaceans’ and ‘molluscs’.
For reasons of consistency and clarity, it is appropriate to amend Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405, in order to specify the subcategories of aquaculture products for which the third countries are authorised, where relevant.
(8)
Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2315 approved the residue monitoring plans for aquaculture products of Albania, Argentina, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Chile, Falkland Islands, Faroes, Isle of Man, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Mauritius, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Serbia, Singapore, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Uruguay, where applicable among other things, with respect to the subcategory ‘finfish’.
It is therefore appropriate to amend Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 in order to reflect that approval.
Those third countries have been informed accordingly.
(9)
Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2315 approved the residue monitoring plans for aquaculture products of Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar/Burma, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United States and Vietnam, where applicable among other things, with respect to the subcategories ‘finfish’ and ‘crustaceans’.
It is therefore appropriate to amend Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 in order to reflect that approval.
Those third countries have been informed accordingly.
(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 of 24 March 2021 laying down the lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 114, 31.3.2021, p. 118).
(5) Commission Decision 2011/163/EU of 16 March 2011 on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC (OJ L 70, 17.3.2011, p. 40).
(6) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2315 of 17 December 2021 amending Decision 2011/163/EU on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC (OJ L 464, 28.12.2021, p. 17).