CELEX: 32019R1872
Language: en
Date: 2019-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1872 of 7 November 2019 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Japan in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union (Text with EEA relevance)

8.11.2019   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 289/47
               
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1872
         of 7 November 2019
         amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Japan in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (1), and in particular the introductory phrase of Article 8, the first subparagraph of point 1 of Article 8, point 4 of Article 8 and Article 9(4) thereof,
         Having regard to Council Directive 2009/158/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (2), and in particular Article 23(1) thereof,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 (3) lays down veterinary certification requirements for imports into and transit, including storage during transit, through the Union of poultry and poultry products (‛the commodities’). It provides that the commodities are only to be imported into and transit through the Union from the third countries, territories, zones or compartments listed in columns 1 and 3 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I thereto.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 also lays down the conditions for a third country, territory, zone or compartment to be considered as free from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     Japan is listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as a third country from which imports into and transit through the Union of eggs and egg products are authorised from the whole of its territory.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     Japan had also requested to be authorised for imports into and transit through the Union of meat of poultry and has submitted the relevant information. The Commission has carried out an audit in Japan to evaluate the animal health controls in place for meat of poultry intended for export to the Union with favourable outcome. However, due to an outbreak of HPAI of subtype H5N6 in January 2018, the country could not satisfy the conditions laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 for being considered free from that disease and was therefore not authorised for that commodity.
                  
               
                     (5)
                  
                  
                     More than 12 months have now past since HPAI was present in the territory of Japan and the country can now be considered free from that disease in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008. On the basis of the current epidemiological situation, it is therefore appropriate to amend the entry for Japan in the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 to authorise that third country for imports into and transit through the Union of meat of poultry.
                  
               
                     (6)
                  
                  
                     Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
                  
               
                     (7)
                  
                  
                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
         
            Article 1
            Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
         
         
            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 7 November 2019.
            
               
                  For the Commission
               
               
                  The President
               
               Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
         
            (2)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 74.
         
            (3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements (OJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1).
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            In Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, the entry for Japan is replaced by the following:
            
                        
                           ISO code and name of third country or territory
                        
                     
                     
                        
                           Code of third country, territory, zone or compartment
                        
                     
                     
                        
                           Description of third country, territory, zone or compartment
                        
                     
                     
                        
                           Veterinary certificate
                        
                     
                     
                        
                           Specific conditions
                        
                     
                     
                        
                           Specific conditions
                        
                     
                     
                        
                           Avian influenza surveillance status
                        
                     
                     
                        
                           Avian influenza vaccination status
                        
                     
                     
                        
                           Salmonella Control Status(6)
                           
                        
                     
                  
                        
                           Model(s)
                        
                     
                     
                        
                           Additional guarantees
                        
                     
                     
                        
                           Closing date(1)
                           
                        
                     
                     
                        
                           Opening date(2)
                           
                        
                     
                  
                        1
                     
                     
                        2
                     
                     
                        3
                     
                     
                        4
                     
                     
                        5
                     
                     
                        6
                     
                     
                        6A
                     
                     
                        6B
                     
                     
                        7
                     
                     
                        8
                     
                     
                        9
                     
                  
                        ‘JP — Japan
                     
                     
                        JP-0
                     
                     
                        Whole country
                     
                     
                        EP, E
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        POU’