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23.8.2008
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Official Journal of the European Union
L 226/1
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
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs 
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, and in particular Article 21(1), Article 22(3) Article 23, Article 24(2) and Articles 26 and 27a thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC 
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, and in particular Articles 10 and 18 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC 
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, and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 29(1), thereof,
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 
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, and in particular Article 22(1) thereof,
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 
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, and in particular Article 8, Article 9(2)(b) and Article 9(4) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents 
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, and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,
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 
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, and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption 
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, and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Directive 90/539/EEC lays down animal health conditions governing imports into the Community from third countries of poultry and hatching eggs. It provides that poultry and hatching eggs are to satisfy the conditions laid down therein and originate in a third country or part thereof included on a list drawn up in accordance with that Directive.
(2)
Directive 2002/99/EC lays down rules governing the introduction from third countries of products of animal origin and products obtained there from intended for human consumption. It provides that such products are only to be imported into the Community if they comply with the requirements applicable to all stages of the production, processing and distribution of those products in the Community or if they offer equivalent animal health guarantees.
(3)
Commission Decision 2006/696/EC of 28 August 2006 laying down a list of third countries from which poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks, meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs may be imported into and transit through the Community and the applicable veterinary certification conditions 
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 sets out a list of third countries from which the commodities concerned may be imported into, and transit through, the Community and lays down the veterinary certification conditions.
(4)
Commission Decision 93/342/EEC of 12 May 1993 laying down the criteria for classifying third countries with regard to avian influenza and Newcastle disease in relation to imports of live poultry and hatching eggs 
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 and Commission Decision 94/438/EC of 7 June 1994 laying down the criteria for classifying third countries and parts thereof with regard to avian influenza and Newcastle disease in relation to imports of fresh poultrymeat 
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 lay down criteria for classifying third countries with regard to avian influenza and Newcastle disease in relation to imports of live poultry, hatching eggs and poultrymeat.
(5)
Community legislation for the control of avian influenza has recently been updated by Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza 
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, to take account of the most recent scientific knowledge and developments on the epidemiology of avian influenza in the Community and worldwide. The scope of the control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak has been extended from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to deal also with outbreaks of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI), and to introduce compulsory active surveillance for avian influenza and a wider use of vaccination against this disease.
(6)
Imports from third countries should therefore meet conditions equivalent to those applied within the Community and which are in line with the revised requirements for international trade in poultry and poultry products laid down by the standards of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal health (OIE) 
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 and the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals 
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 of the OIE.
(7)
Argentina and Israel have submitted their avian influenza surveillance programmes to the Commission for evaluation. The Commission has examined these programmes and they conform to the relevant Community provisions and therefore a positive evaluation of these programmes should be indicated in the column 7 of part 1 of Annex I to this Regulation.
(8)
Article 21(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC sets out certain matters that are to be taken into account when deciding whether or not a third country or part thereof maybe included in the list of third countries from which poultry and hatching eggs may be imported into the Community, such as the state of health of poultry, the regularity and rapidity of the supply of information by a third country relating to the existence of certain contagious animal diseases, including avian influenza and Newcastle disease and the rules for animal disease prevention and control in the third country concerned.
(9)
Article 8 of Directive 2002/99/EC provides that when drawing up lists of third countries or regions of third countries thereof from which imports of specified products of animal origin are permitted into the Community, particular account is to be taken of certain matters, such as the health status of livestock, the regularity, speed and accuracy with which the third country supplies information on the existence of certain infectious or contagious animal diseases in its territory, in particular avian influenza and Newcastle disease and the general health situation in the third country concerned which might pose a risk to public or animal health in the Community.
(10)
In the interests of animal health, this Regulation should provide that commodities should only be imported into the Community from third countries, territories, zones or compartments which have in place avian influenza surveillance programmes and avian influenza vaccination plans, where such vaccination is carried out.
(11)
Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003, admission to or retention on the lists of third countries provided for in Community legislation from which Member States are authorised to import certain poultry commodities covered by that Regulation is subject to the submission to the Commission by the third country concerned of a programme equivalent to national control programmes for 
Salmonella
 to be established by the Member States, and its approval by the Commission. A positive evaluation of these programmes should be indicated in part 1 of Annex I to this Regulation.
(12)
The Community and certain third countries wish to permit trade in poultry and poultry products coming from approved compartments and therefore the principle of compartmentalisation for imports of poultry and poultry products should be further laid down in Community legislation. The compartmentalisation principle has been laid down recently by the OIE in order to facilitate world wide trade in poultry and poultry products and therefore it should be incorporated into Community legislation.
(13)
Currently Community legislation does not provide for certificates for the import into the Community of minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, for certain health reasons, in particular the traceability of meat used for its production. Accordingly, model veterinary certificates covering those commodities should be provided for in this Regulation following further scientific investigations.
(14)
In order to provide more flexibility in certain situations for the competent authorities for veterinary certificates purposes, and based on several requests from third countries exporting day-old chicks of poultry and ratites to the Community, this Regulation should provide that such commodities should be examined at the time of dispatch of the consignment instead of at the time of issue of the veterinary certificate.
(15)
In order to avoid any interruption in trade, imports into the Community of commodities that have been produced before the introduction of animal health restrictions, as set out in Part 1 of Annex I to this Regulation, should continue to be permitted for 90 days following the introduction of import restrictions for the commodity concerned.
(16)
Specific conditions for transit via the Community of consignments to and from Russia should be provided for owing to the geographical situation of Kaliningrad which affects only Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
(17)
Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) 
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set out general Community health rules applicable to the import into, and transit through, the Community of the commodities covered by the Regulation.
(18)
In addition, Council Directive 96/93/EC of 17 December 1996 on the certification of animals and animal products 
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 lays down standards of certification which are necessary to ensure valid certification and to prevent fraud. It is, therefore, appropriate to ensure in this Regulation that the rules and principles applied by third country certifying officers provide guarantees that are equivalent to those laid down in that Directive and that the model veterinary certificates laid down in this Regulation reflect only such facts as may be attested at the time the certificate is issued.
(19)
In the interests of clarity and coherence of Community legislation, Decisions 93/342/EEC, 94/438/EC and 2006/696/EC should be repealed and replaced by this Regulation.
(20)
It is appropriate to provide for a transitional period to permit Member States and industry to take the necessary measures to comply with the applicable veterinary certification requirements laid down in this Regulation.
(21)
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:
CHAPTER I
SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1
Subject matter and scope
1.   This Regulation lays down veterinary certification requirements for imports into and transit, including storage during transit, through the Community of the following commodities (the commodities):
(a)
poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks and specified pathogen-free eggs;
(b)
meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, including ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products.
It lays down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which the commodities may be imported into the Community.
2.   This Regulation shall not apply to poultry for exhibitions, shows or contests.
3.   This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in Community agreements with third countries.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
(1)
‘poultry’ means fowl, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, geese, quails, pigeons, pheasants, partridges and ratites (
ratitae
), reared or kept in captivity for breeding, the production of meat or eggs for consumption, or for restocking supplies of game;
(2)
‘hatching eggs’ means eggs for incubation, laid by poultry;
(3)
‘day-old chicks’ means all poultry less than 72 hours old, not yet fed and muscovy ducks (
Cairina moschata
) or their crosses, less than 72 hours old whether or not fed;
(4)
‘breeding poultry’ means poultry 72 hours old or more, intended for the production of hatching eggs;
(5)
‘productive poultry’ means poultry 72 hours old or more, reared for:
(a)
the production of meat and/or eggs for consumption; or
(b)
the restocking of supplies of game;
(6)
‘specified pathogen-free eggs’ means hatching eggs which are derived from ‘chicken flocks free from specified pathogens’, as described in the European Pharmacopoeia 
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, and which are intended solely for diagnostic, research or pharmaceutical use;
(7)
‘meat’ means edible parts of the following animals:
(a)
poultry, which, when relating to meat, means farmed birds, including birds that are farmed as domestic animals without being considered as such, with the exception of ratites;
(b)
wild game-birds that are hunted for human consumption;
(c)
ratites;
(8)
‘mechanically separated meat’ means the product obtained by removing meat from flesh-bearing bones after boning or from poultry carcases, using mechanical means resulting in the loss or modification of the muscle fibre structure;
(9)
‘minced meat’ means de-boned meat that has been minced into fragments and contains less than 1 % salt;
(10)
‘zone’ means a clearly defined part of a third country containing an animal subpopulation with a distinct health status with respect to a specific disease for which the required surveillance, control and biosecurity measures have been applied for the purpose of imports under this Regulation;
(11)
‘compartment’ means one or more poultry establishments in a third country under a common biosecurity management system containing a poultry subpopulation with a distinct health status with respect to a specific disease or diseases for which the required surveillance, control and biosecurity measures have been applied for the purpose of imports under this Regulation;
(12)
‘establishment’ means a facility or part of a facility which occupies a single site and is devoted to one or more of the following activities:
(a)
pedigree breeding establishment: an establishment which produces hatching eggs for the production of breeding poultry;
(b)
breeding establishment: an establishment which produces hatching eggs for the production of productive poultry;
(c)
rearing establishment either:
(i)
a breeding poultry-rearing establishment which rears breeding poultry prior to the reproductive stage; or
(ii)
a productive poultry-rearing establishment which rears egg-laying productive poultry prior to the laying stage;
(d)
keeping of other productive poultry;
(13)
‘hatchery’ means an establishment which incubates and hatches eggs and supplies day-old chicks;
(14)
‘flock’ means all poultry of the same health status kept on the same facilities or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit; as regards housed poultry, this definition includes all birds sharing the same airspace;
(15)
‘avian influenza’ means an infection of poultry caused by any influenza A virus:
(a)
of the subtypes H5 or H7;
(b)
with an intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI) in six-week old chickens greater than 1,2; or
(c)
causing at least 75 % mortality in four- to 8-week-old chickens infected intravenously;
(16)
‘highly pathogenic avian influenza’ (HPAI) means an infection of poultry caused by:
(a)
avian influenza viruses of the subtypes H5 or H7 with genome sequences codifying for multiple basic amino acids at the cleavage site of the haemagglutinin molecule similar to that observed for other HPAI viruses, indicating that the haemagglutinin molecule can be cleaved by a host ubiquitous protease;
(b)
avian influenza as defined in point 15(b) and (c);
(17)
‘low pathogenic avian influenza’ (LPAI) means an infection of poultry caused by avian influenza viruses of subtypes H5 or H7 other than HPAI;
(18)
‘Newcastle disease’ means an infection of poultry:
(a)
caused by any avian strain of the paramyxovirus 1 with an intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) in day-old chicks greater than 0,7; or
(b)
multiple basic amino acids have been demonstrated in the virus (either directly or by deduction) at the C-terminus of the F2 protein and phenylalanine at residue 117, which is the N-terminus of the F1 protein; the term ‘multiple basic amino acids’ refers to at least three arginine or lysine residues between residues 113 and 116; failure to demonstrate the characteristic pattern of amino acid residues as described in this point requires characterisation of the isolated virus by an ICPI test; in this definition, amino acid residues are numbered from the N-terminus of the amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the F0 gene, 113-116 corresponds to residues -4 to -1 from the cleavage site;
(19)
‘official veterinarian’ means the veterinarian designated by the competent authority;
(20)
‘differentiating infected from vaccinated animal (DIVA) strategy’ means a vaccination strategy which enables a differentiation to be made between vaccinated/infected and vaccinated/non-infected animals through the application of a diagnostic test designed to detect antibodies against the field virus and the use of non-vaccinated sentinel birds.
CHAPTER II
GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR IMPORTS AND TRANSIT
Article 3
Lists of third countries, territories, zones or compartments of origin from which commodities may be imported into and transit through the Community
The commodities shall only be imported into and transit through the Community from the third countries, territories, zones or compartments listed in columns 1 and 3 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I.
Article 4
Veterinary certification
1.   Commodities imported into the Community shall be accompanied by a veterinary certificate, as referred to in column 4 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I, for the commodity concerned, completed in accordance with the notes and the model veterinary certificates set out in Part 2 of that Annex (the certificate).
2.   A declaration by the master of the ship, as set out in Annex II, shall be attached to veterinary certificates for imports of poultry and day-old chicks, where the transport of those commodities includes transport by ship, even for part of the journey.
3.   Poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks transiting through the Community shall be accompanied by:
(a)
a veterinary certificate as referred to in paragraph 1 which shall bear the words ‘for transit through the EC’, and
(b)
a certificate required by the third country of destination.
4.   Specified pathogen-free eggs, meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products transiting through the Community shall be accompanied by a certificate drawn up in accordance with the model certificate set out in Annex XI and complying with the conditions set out therein.
5.   For the purposes of this Regulation, transit may include storage during transit in accordance with Articles 12 and 13 of Directive 97/78/EC.
6.   Electronic certification and other agreed systems harmonised at Community level may be used.
Article 5
Conditions for imports and transit
1.   Commodities imported into and transiting through the Community shall comply with the conditions laid down in Articles 6 and 7 and in Chapter III.
2.   Paragraph 1 shall not apply to single consignments of fewer than 20 units of poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs or day-old chicks thereof. However, such single consignments may only be imported from third countries, territories, zones or compartments thereof that are approved for such imports and they comply with the following conditions:
(a)
third country, territory, zone or compartment is listed in columns 1 and 3 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I and column 4 of that table provides for a model veterinary certificate for the commodity concerned;
(b)
they are not covered by an import ban for animal health reasons;
(c)
the importation conditions include the requirement for post-import isolation or quarantine.
3.   Commodities referred to in paragraph 1 shall comply with the following:
(a)
the additional guarantees, as specified in column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I;
(b)
the specific conditions set out in column 6, and where appropriate, the closing dates set out in column 6A and the opening dates set out in column 6B, of the table in Part 1 of Annex I;
(c)
the animal health additional guarantees, where required by the Member State of destination and referred to in the certificate;
(d)
the restrictions in relation to the approval of a 
Salmonella
 control programme, shall only apply when indicated in the appropriate column of the table in Part 1 of Annex I.
Article 6
Examination, sampling and testing procedures
Where examination, sampling and testing for avian influenza, 
Mycoplasma
, Newcastle disease, 
Salmonella
, and other pathogens of animal or public health significance is required for imports of commodities into the Community in accordance with the certificates, such commodities shall only be imported into the Community where those examinations, sampling and testing have been carried out by the competent authority of the third country concerned or where appropriate by the competent authority of the Member State of destination in accordance with Annex III.
Article 7
Disease reporting requirements
Commodities shall only be imported into the Community from third countries, territories, zones or compartments, where the third country concerned:
(a)
informs the Commission of the disease situation within 24 hours of confirmation of any initial outbreaks of HPAI or Newcastle disease;
(b)
submits virus isolates from initial outbreaks of those diseases, without undue delay to the Community reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease 
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; however, such virus isolates shall not be required for imports of eggs, egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs from third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which the import of such commodities into the Community is authorised;
(c)
submits to the Commission regular updates on the disease situation.
CHAPTER III
ANIMAL HEALTH STATUS OF THIRD COUNTRIES, TERRITORIES, ZONES OR COMPARTMENTS OF ORIGIN WITH REGARD TO AVIAN INFLUENZA AND NEWCASTLE DISEASE
Article 8
Avian influenza free third countries, territories, zones or compartments
1.   For the purposes of this Regulation, a third country, territory, zone or compartment from which commodities are imported into the Community shall be considered as free from avian influenza where:
(a)
avian influenza has not been present in the third country, territory, zone or compartment for a period of at least 12 months preceding the certification by the official veterinarian;
(b)
an avian influenza surveillance programme, in accordance with Article 10 has been carried out during a period of at least six months preceding the certification referred to in point (a) of this paragraph where required in the certificate.
2.   Where an outbreak of avian influenza occurs in a third country, territory, zone or compartment previously free of that disease, as referred to in paragraph 1, that third country, territory, zone or compartment shall again be considered as free from avian influenza provided the following conditions have been met:
(a)
in the case of HPAI, a stamping out policy has been implemented to control the disease;
(b)
in the case of LPAI, either a stamping out policy has been implemented or the poultry have been slaughtered to control the disease;
(c)
adequate cleansing and disinfection has been carried out on all previously infected establishments;
(d)
avian influenza surveillance has been carried out in accordance with Part II of Annex IV during a three-month period following completion of the cleansing and disinfection referred to in point (c) of this paragraph with negative results.
Article 9
HPAI free third countries, territories, zones and compartments
1.   For the purposes of this Regulation, a third country, territory, zone or compartment from which commodities are imported into the Community shall be considered as free from HPAI where that disease has not been present in the third country, territory, zone or compartment for a period of at least 12 months preceding the certification by the official veterinarian.
2.   Where an outbreak of HPAI occurs in a third country, territory, zone or compartment previously free of that disease as referred to in paragraph 1, that third country, territory, zone or compartment shall again be considered as free of HPAI, provided the following conditions are met:
(a)
a stamping out policy has been implemented to control the disease, including adequate cleansing and disinfection carried out on all previously infected establishments;
(b)
avian influenza surveillance has been carried out in accordance with Part II of Annex IV during a three-month period following completion of the stamping out policy and cleansing and disinfection referred to in point (a).
Article 10
Avian influenza surveillance programmes
Where an avian influenza surveillance programme is required in the certificate, commodities shall only be imported into Community from third countries, territories, zones or compartments where:
(a)
the third country, territory, zone or compartment has had in place for a period of at least six months an avian influenza surveillance programme, which is indicated in column 7 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I, and that programme meets the requirements:
(i)
set out in Part I of Annex IV; or
(ii)
of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the OIE 
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;
(b)
the third country informs the Commission of any changes to its avian influenza surveillance programme.
Article 11
Vaccination against avian influenza
Where vaccination against avian influenza is carried out in third countries, territories, zones or compartments, poultry or other commodities derived from vaccinated poultry shall only be imported into the Community, where:
(a)
the third country carries out vaccination against avian influenza in accordance with a vaccination plan indicated in column 8 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I, and that plan meets the requirements set out in Annex V;
(b)
the third country informs the Commission of any changes to its avian influenza vaccination plan.
Article 12
Newcastle disease free third countries, territories, zones and compartments
1.   For the purposes of this Regulation, a third country, territory, zone or compartment from which commodities are imported into the Community shall be considered as free from Newcastle disease where the following conditions are met:
(a)
no outbreaks of Newcastle disease have occurred in poultry in the third country, territory, zone or compartment for a period of at least 12 months preceding the certification by the official veterinarian;
(b)
no vaccination against Newcastle disease using vaccines that do not comply with the criteria for recognised Newcastle disease vaccines set out in Annex VI has been carried out for at least the period referred to in point (a) of this paragraph.
2.   Where an outbreak of Newcastle disease occurs in a third country, territory, zone or compartment previously free from that disease, as referred to in paragraph 1, that third country, territory, zone or compartment shall again be considered as free from that disease provided the following conditions are met:
(a)
a stamping out policy has been implemented to control the disease;
(b)
adequate cleansing and disinfection has been carried out on all previously infected establishments;
(c)
during a period of at least three months following the completion of the stamping out policy and cleansing and disinfection referred to in points (a) and (b):
(i)
the competent authority of a the third country can demonstrate the absence of that disease in the third country, territory, zone or compartment by intensified investigations including laboratory testing in relation to the outbreak;
(ii)
no vaccination against Newcastle disease using vaccines that do not comply with the criteria for recognised Newcastle disease vaccines set out in Annex VI has been carried out.
Article 13
Derogations concerning the use of vaccines against Newcastle disease
1.   For commodities referred to in Article 1(1)(a), and by way of derogation from Article 12(1)(b) and Article 12(2)(c)(ii), a third country, territory, zone or compartment shall be considered as free from Newcastle disease where the following conditions are met:
(a)
the third country, territory, zone or compartment allows the use of vaccines which comply with the general criteria set out in Part I of Annex VI, but not with the specific criteria set out in Part II of that Annex;
(b)
the additional health requirements set out in Part I of Annex VII are complied with.
2.   For commodities referred to in Article 1(1)(b), and by way of derogation from Article 12(1)(b) and Article 12(2)(c)(ii), a third country, territory, zone or compartment from which imports of poultrymeat into the Community are authorised, shall be considered as free from Newcastle disease where the additional health requirements laid down in Part II of Annex VII are complied with.
CHAPTER IV
SPECIFIC CONDITIONS FOR IMPORTS
Article 14
Specific conditions for imports of poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks
1.   In addition to the conditions laid down in Chapters II and III, the following specific conditions shall apply to imports of:
(a)
breeding and productive poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites, the requirements set out in Annex VIII;
(b)
ratites for breeding and production, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof, the requirements set out in Annex IX.
2.   The conditions provided for in paragraph 1 shall not apply to single consignments of less than 20 units of poultry other than, ratites, hatching eggs or day-old chicks thereof.
Article 15
Specific conditions for imports of specified pathogen-free eggs
In addition to the requirements provided for in Articles 3 to 6, specified pathogen-free eggs imported into the Community shall comply with the following requirements:
(a)
they shall be marked with a stamp bearing the ISO code of the third country of origin and the approval number of the establishment of origin;
(b)
each package of specified pathogen-free eggs must only contain eggs from the same third country of origin, establishment and consignor, and must bear at least the following particulars:
(i)
the information shown on the eggs as provided for in point (a);
(ii)
a clearly visible and legible indication that the consignment contains specified pathogen-free eggs;
(iii)
the consignor’s name or business name and address.
(c)
specified pathogen-free eggs imported into the Community must be transported directly to their final destination after import controls have been completed satisfactorily.
Article 16
Specific 
conditions for transport of poultry and day-old chicks
Poultry and day-old chicks imported into the Community shall not be:
(a)
loaded onto a means of transport carrying other poultry and day-old chicks of a lower health status;
(b)
in the course of transport to the Community, shall not be moved through nor unloaded in a third country, territory, zone or compartment from which imports of such poultry and day-old chicks into the Community are not authorised.
Article 17
Specific conditions for imports of meat of ratites
Only meat derived from ratites which have undergone the protective measures in relation to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, laid down in Part II of Annex X, may be imported into the Community.
CHAPTER V
SPECIFIC CONDITIONS FOR TRANSIT
Article 18
Derogation for transit through Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
1.   By way of derogation from Article 4(4), transit by road or by rail shall be authorised between the border inspection posts in Latvia, Lithuania and Poland listed in the Annex to Commission Decision 2001/881/EC 
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, of consignments of meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry including ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs coming from and bound for Russia, directly or via another third country, where the following conditions are met:
(a)
the consignment is sealed with a serially numbered seal by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry;
(b)
the documents accompanying the consignment, as provided for in Article 7 of Directive 97/78/EC, are stamped with the words ‘Only for transit to Russia via the EC’ on each page by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry;
(c)
the procedural requirements provided for in Article 11 of Directive 97/78/EC are complied with;
(d)
the consignment is certified as acceptable for transit on the common veterinary entry document issued by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry.
2.   The consignments, as referred to in paragraph 1, may not be unloaded or put into storage, as referred to in Article 12(4) or in Article 13 of Directive 97/78/EC, within the Community.
3.   Regular audits shall be conducted by the competent authority to ensure that the number of consignments, as referred to in paragraph 1, and the corresponding quantities of products leaving the Community correspond with the number and quantities entering the Community.
CHAPTER VI
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article19
Repeals
Decisions 93/342/EEC, 94/438/EC and 2006/696/EC are repealed.
References to the repealed Decisions shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex XII.
Article 20
Transitional provisions
Commodities in respect of which the relevant veterinary certificates have been issued in accordance with Decisions 93/342/EEC, 94/438/EC and 2006/696/EC may be imported into or transit through the Community until 15 February 2009.
Article 21
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Union
.
It shall apply from 1 January 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 August 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
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OJ L 303, 31.10.1990, p. 6
. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 2007/729/EC (
OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 26
).
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OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56
. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC (
OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352
).
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3
)
  
            
OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10
. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC.
(
4
)
  
            
OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9
. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC.
(
5
)
  
            
OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11
.
(
6
)
  
            
OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1
. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1237/2007 (
OJ L 280, 24.10.2007, p. 5
).
(
7
)
  
            
OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55
; corrected by 
OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 22
. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1243/2007 (
OJ L 281, 25.10.2007, p. 8
).
(
8
)
  
            
OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206
; corrected by 
OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 83
. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 
OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1
).
(
9
)
  
            
OJ L 295, 25.10.2006, p. 1
. Decision as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1237/2007.
(
10
)
  
            
OJ L 137, 8.6.1993, p. 24
. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/696/EC (
OJ L 295, 25.10.2006, p. 1
).
(
11
)
  
            
OJ L 181, 15.7.1994, p. 35
; corrected by 
OJ L 187, 26.5.2004, p. 8
.
(
12
)
  
            
OJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16
.
(
13
)
  http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/en_sommaire.htm (latest edition).
(
14
)
  http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/en_mmanual.htm?e1d10 (latest edition).
(
15
)
  
            
OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1
. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 (
OJ L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 61
).
(
16
)
  
            
OJ L 13, 16.1.1997, p. 28
.
(
17
)
  http://www.edqm.eu (latest edition).
(
18
)
  Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Weybridge, Surrey KT 153NB, United Kingdom.
(
19
)
  http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/en_sommaire.htm
(
20
)
  
            
OJ L 326, 11.12.2001, p. 44
.
ANNEX I
POULTRY, HATCHING EGGS, DAY-OLD CHICKS, SPECIFIED PATHOGEN-FREE EGGS, MEAT, MINCED MEAT, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED MEAT, EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS
PART 1
List of third countries, territories, zones or compartments
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
Model(s)
Additional guarantees
Closing date
 (
1
)
Opening date
 (
2
)
1
2
3
4
5
6
6A
6B
7
8
9
AL — Albania
AL-0
Whole country
EP, E
AR — Argentina
AR-0
Whole country
SPF
A
POU, RAT, EP, E
WGM
VIII
AU — Australia
AU-0
Whole country
SPF
P1
EP, E
BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP
BPR
I
DOR
II
HER
III
POU
VI
RAT
VII
BR — Brazil
BR-0
Whole country
SPF
BR-1
States of:
Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul
RAT, BPR, DOR, HER, SRA
P1
BR-2
States of:
Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo
BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP
BR-3
Distrito Federal and States of:
Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo
WGM
VIII
EP, E, POU
BW — Botswana
BW-0
Whole country
SPF
EP, E
BPR
I
DOR
II
HER
III
RAT
VII
CA — Canada
CA-0
Whole country
SPF
EP, E
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP
IV
WGM
VIII
POU, RAT
CH — Switzerland
CH-0
Whole country
(
3
)
CL — Chile
CL-0
Whole country
SPF
P1
EP, E,
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP
WGM
VIII
POU, RAT
CN — China (People's Republic of)
CN-0
Whole country
EP
CN-1
Province of Shandong
POU, E
VI
P2
6.2.2004
—
GL — Greenland
GL-0
Whole country
SPF
EP, WGM
HK — Hong Kong
HK-0
The whole territory of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
EP
HR — Croatia
HR-0
Whole country
SPF
P1
BPR, BPP, DOR, DOC, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP
EP, E, POU, RAT, WGM
IL — Israel
IL-0
Whole country
SPF
A
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP
IV
WGM
VIII
EP, E POU, RAT
IN — India
IN-0
Whole country
EP
IS — Iceland
IS-0
Whole country
SPF
EP, E
KR — Korea (Rep)
KR-0
Whole country
EP, E
ME — Montenegro
ME-O
Whole country
EP
MG — Madagascar
MG-0
Whole country
SPF
EP, E, WGM
MY — Malaysia
MY-0
—
—
MY-1
Western Peninsular
EP
E
P2
6.2.2004
MK — Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
 (
4
)
MK-0
 (
4
)
Whole country
EP
MX — Mexico
MX-0
Whole country
SPF
EP
NA — Namibia
NA-0
Whole country
SPF
BPR
I
DOR
II
HER
III
RAT, EP, E
VII
NC — New Caledonia
NC-0
Whole country
EP
NZ — New Zealand
NZ-0
Whole country
SPF
P1
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP
WGM
VIII
EP, E, POU, RAT
PM — St Pierre and Miquelon
PM-0
Whole country
SPF
RS — Serbia
 (
5
)
XS-0
 (
5
)
Whole country
EP
RU — Russian Federation
RU-0
Whole country
EP
SG — Singapore
SG-0
Whole country
EP
TH — Thailand
TH-0
Whole country
SPF, EP
WGM
VIII
P2
23.1.2004
E, POU, RAT
P2
23.1.2004
TN — Tunisia
TN-0
Whole country
SPF
DOR, BPR, BPP, HER
IV
WGM
VIII
EP, E, POU, RAT
TR — Turkey
TR-0
Whole country
SPF
E, EP
US — United States
US-0
Whole country
SPF
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SRP
IV
WGM
VIII
EP, E, POU, RAT
UY — Uruguay
UY-0
Whole country
SPF
EP, E, RAT
ZA — South Africa
ZA-0
Whole country
SPF
EP, E
BPR
I
DOR
II
HER
III
RAT
VII
ZW — Zimbabwe
ZW-0
Whole country
RAT
VII
EP, E
PART 2
Model veterinary certificates
Model(s):
‘BPP’
:
Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites
‘BPR’
:
Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive ratites
‘DOC’
:
Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks other than of ratites
‘DOR’
:
Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks of ratites
‘HEP’
:
Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites
‘HER’
:
Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of ratites
‘SPF’
:
Model veterinary certificate for specified pathogen-free eggs
‘SRP’
:
Model veterinary certificate for slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites
‘SRA’
:
Model veterinary certificate for slaughter ratites
‘POU’
:
Model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry
‘POU-MI/MSM’
:
Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry
‘RAT’
:
Model veterinary certificate for meat of farmed ratites for human consumption
‘RAT-MI/MSM’
:
Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of farmed ratites for human consumption
‘WGM’
:
Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird meat
‘WGM-MI/MSM’
:
Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird minced meat and mechanically separated meat
‘E’
:
Model veterinary certificate for eggs
‘EP’
:
Model veterinary certificate for egg products
Additional guarantees (AG):
‘I’
:
Guarantees for breeding and productive ratites coming from a third country, territory or zone not free from Newcastle disease, certified in accordance with model BPR
‘II’
:
Guarantees for day-old chicks of ratites coming from a third country, territory or zone not free from Newcastle disease, certified in accordance with model DOR
‘III’
:
Guarantees for hatching eggs of ratites coming from a third country, territory or zone not free from Newcastle disease certified in accordance with model HER
‘IV’
:
Relevant guarantees for breeding poultry of 
Gallus gallus
, day-old chicks of 
Gallus gallus
 intended for breeding purposes and hatching eggs of 
Gallus gallus
 in accordance with EU provisions on the control of 
Salmonella
, have been provided and shall be certified in accordance with model BPP, DOC and HEP respectively
‘V’
:
Guarantees for slaughter ratites coming from a third country, territory or zone not free from Newcastle disease, certified in accordance with model SRA
‘VI’
:
additional guarantees covering poultrymeat certified in accordance with model POU
‘VII’
:
additional guarantees covering meat of farmed ratites for human consumption certified in accordance with model RAT
‘VIII’
:
additional guarantees for wild game-bird meat certified in accordance with model WGM
Salmonella control programme:
‘P1’
:
Prohibition to import into the Community breeding poultry of 
Gallus gallus
, day-old chicks of 
Gallus gallus
 intended for breeding purposes and hatching eggs of 
Gallus gallus
 because a 
Salmonella
 control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the Commission or approved by it.
Specific conditions:
‘P2’
:
Prohibition to import into or transit through the Community due to restrictions related to a HPAI outbreak
‘P3’
:
Prohibition to import into or transit through the Community due to restrictions related to a ND outbreak
Avian influenza surveillance programme and avian influenza vaccination plan:
‘A’
:
Third country, territory, zone or compartment carries out an avian influenza surveillance programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 798/2008
‘B’
:
Third country, territory, zone or compartment carries out vaccination against avian influenza in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 798/2008
Notes
General notes:
(a)
Veterinary certificates based on the models in Part 2 of this Annex and following the layout of the model that corresponds to the commodity concerned shall be issued by the exporting country, territory, zone or compartment. They shall contain, in the order appearing in the model, the attestations that are required for any third country and, where applicable, those additional health requirements required for the exporting country, territory, zone or compartment.
Where additional guarantees are required by the EU Member State of destination for the commodity concerned, these shall also be entered on the original of the veterinary certificate.
(b)
A separate, single certificate must be presented for each consignment of the commodity concerned, exported to the same destination from a territory appearing in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of this Annex and transported in the same railway wagon, lorry, aircraft or ship.
(c)
The original of certificates shall consist of a single page printed on both sides or, where more text is required, such that all the pages form a whole and cannot be separated.
(d)
The certificate shall be drawn up in at least one official language of the EU Member State where the border inspection takes place and in one official language of the EU Member State of destination. However, those Member States may allow another Community language instead of their own, accompanied, if necessary, by an official translation.
(e)
Where additional pages are attached to the certificate for the purposes of identifying the items making up the consignment, such additional pages shall also be considered to form part of the original of the certificate, provided the signature and stamp of the certifying official veterinarian appear on each page.
(f)
Where the certificate, including any additional pages as provided for in (e), comprises more than one page, each page shall be numbered ‘–x(
page number
) of y(
total number of pages
)–’ on the bottom and shall bear the code number of the certificate allocated by the competent authority on the top.
(g)
The original of the certificate must be completed and signed by an official veterinarian not more than 24 hours prior to loading of the consignment for imports to the Community, unless otherwise stated. To that end, the competent authorities of the exporting country shall ensure that principles of certification equivalent to those laid down in Directive 96/93/EC are followed.
The colour of the signature shall be different from that of the printing. The same rule shall apply to stamps other than embossed stamps or watermarks.
(h)
The original of the certificate must accompany the consignment as far as the EU border inspection post.
Additional notes for poultry and day-old chicks:
(i)
The certificate shall be valid for 10 days from the date of issue, unless otherwise stated.
In the case of transport by ship, the term of validity shall be extended by the time taken by the voyage. To that end, the original of a declaration by the ship's master, drawn up in accordance with Annex II, shall be attached to the veterinary certificate.
(j)
Poultry and day-old chicks shall not be transported with other poultry and day-old chicks that are either not intended for the European Community or of a lower health status.
(k)
Poultry and day-old chicks shall not in the course of transport to the Community be moved through nor unloaded in a third country, territory, zone or compartment from which imports of such poultry and day-old chicks into the Community are not authorised.
Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites (BPP)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10.
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
Time of departure
Address
Approval number
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17. No(s) of CITES
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
I.20. Quantity
I.21.
I.22. Number of packages
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.24.
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Breeding
I.26.
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Species (Scientific name)
Breed/Category
Quantity
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COUNTRY
BPP (breeding or productive poultry other than ratites)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1. Animal health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that the poultry (
1
) described in this certificate:
II.1.1 meet the provisions of Directive 90/539/EEC;
II.1.2 have remained on:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
for at least three months or since hatching where it is less than three months old; where it was imported into the country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, this took place in accordance with veterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirements of Directive 90/539/EEC and any subsidiary Decisions;
II.1.3 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(a) which, at the date of issue of this certificate, was free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;
(b) where a surveillance programme for avian influenza according to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is carried out;
II.1.4 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(
3
) either [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(
3
) or [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, and
(
3
) either [(a) the poultry come from an establishment in which within the 21 days prior to import to the Community avian influenza surveillance has been carried out with negative results;]
(
3
) or [(a) during the past 21 days prior to import to the Community the poultry have been kept separately from other birds and a virus detection test with negative testing results for avian influenza has been carried out on a random sample of cloacal and tracheal/or oropharyngeal swabs taken from at least 60 poultry in the consignment or from all poultry if less than 60 are present in the consignment;]
(b) the poultry come from an establishment:
— around which within a 1 km radius low pathogenic avian influenza has not been present within the last 30 days on any establishment;
— where there has been no epidemiological link to an establishment where avian influenza has been detected within the last 30 days;
II.1.5 come from a flock where vaccination against avian influenza has not been carried out;
II.1.6 come from establishment(s) defined in Box I.11 of Part I officially approved in accordance with requirements which are at least equivalent to those laid down in Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC, where it has been kept since hatching or for at least six weeks immediately prior to export, and
(a) the approval of which has not been suspended or withdrawn;
(b) which, at the time of consignment, was (were) not subject to any animal health restriction;
(c) within a 10 km radius of which, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days;
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II.1.7 comes from a flock which:
(a) has been examined no more than 24 hours before loading and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease;
(b) underwent a disease surveillance programme for:
(
3
) either [Salmonella pullorum, S. gallinarum and Mycoplasma gallisepticum (fowls);]
(
3
) or [Salmonella arizonae, S. pullorum and S. gallinarum, Mycoplasma meleagridis and M. gallisepticum (turkeys);]
(
3
) or [Salmonella pullorum and S. gallinarum (guinea fowl, quails, pheasants, partridges and ducks);]
in accordance with Chapter III of Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC and was not found to be infected, nor showed any grounds for suspecting any infection, by these agents;
(
3
) either [(c) has not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(
3
) or [(c) has been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using:
…
(name and type (live or inactivated) of Newcastle disease virus strain used in vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
(
5
) and/or [(d) has been vaccinated using officially approved vaccines on
… against … (repeat as necessary);]
II.1.8 have been examined at the date of issue of this certificate and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease;
II.1.9 during the period mentioned in II.1.6, have had no contact with poultry not complying with the requirements laid down in this certificate or with wild birds.
II.2. Public health additional guarantees
(
6
) [II.2.1 The Salmonella control programme referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 and the specific requirements for the use of antimicrobials and vaccines in Regulation (EC) No 1177/2006, have been applied to the flock of origin and the flock has been tested for Salmonella serotypes of public health significance.
Date of last sampling of the flock from which the testing result is known: …
Result of all testing in the flock:
(
3
) (
7
) either [positive;]
(
3
) (
7
) or [negative;]
For reasons other than the Salmonella control programme, within the last three weeks prior to import:
(
3
) either [antimicrobials were not administered to the breeding and productive poultry other than ratites;]
(
3
) (
8
) or [the following antimicrobials were administered to the breeding and productive poultry other than ratites: …;]
(
6
) [II.2.2 If breeding poultry, neither Salmonella Enteritidis nor Salmonella Typhimurium were detected within the control programme referred to in point II.2.1.]
II.3. Animal health additional guarantees
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(
9
) [II.3.1 where the consignment is intended for a Member State the status of which has been established pursuant to Article 12(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC, the poultry described in this certificate:
(a) have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;
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(b) were kept in isolation for 14 days before consignment in an establishment under the supervision of an official veterinarian. In this connection, no poultry at the establishment of origin or quarantine station, as applicable, were vaccinated against Newcastle disease during the 21 days preceding consignment and no bird which was not intended for consignment entered during that time;
(c) underwent a serological examination for the presence of Newcastle disease antibodies in the 14 days preceding consignment and tested negative;]
(
5
) [II.3.2 the following additional guarantees laid down by the Member State of destination in accordance with Articles 13 and/or 14 of Directive 90/539/EEC are provided:
…
(
9
) [II.3.3 if the Member State of destination is Finland or Sweden:
(
3
) either [the breeding poultry has tested negative in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Decision 2003/644/EC;]
(
3
) or [the laying hens (productive poultry reared with a view to producing eggs for consumption) have tested negative in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Decision 2004/235/EC.]
II.4. Additional health requirements
(
10
) [I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
although the use of vaccines against Newcastle disease which do not fulfil the specific requirements of Annex VI (II) to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is not prohibited in:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
the poultry described in this certificate:
(a) have not been vaccinated for at least the previous 12 months with such vaccines;
(b) comes from a flock or flocks which underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory not earlier than 14 days preceding consignment on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60 birds in each flock and in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 were found;
(c) in the 60 days before consignment was not in contact with poultry which does not fulfil the conditions in (a) and (b);
(d) were kept in isolation under official surveillance on the establishment of origin during the 14 days mentioned in (b).]
(
11
) II.5. Animal transport Attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that poultry is transported in crates or cages which:
(a) contain only poultry of the same species, category and type coming from the same establishment;
(b) bear the approval number of the establishment of origin;
(c) are closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority to avoid any possibility of substitution of the contents;
(d) in addition to the vehicles in which they are transported, are designed to:
(i) prevent any excrement escaping and reduce to a minimum any loss of feathers during transport;
(ii) allow visual inspection of the poultry;
(iii) allow cleansing and disinfection;
(e) have been cleansed and disinfected, as have the vehicles in which they are transported, before loading in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority.
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Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code of column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of breeding and rearing establishment.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
— Box I.19: use the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code of the World Customs Organisation: 01.05 or 01.06.39.
— Box I.28 (Category): select one of the following: Pure line/grandparents/parents/laying pullets/others.
Part II:
(1) Breeding poultry and productive poultry as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(2) Code of the territory as it appears in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(3) Keep as appropriate.
(4) Insert the name of compartment(s).
(5) Keep if appropriate.
(6) This guarantee applies only for poultry belonging to the species of Gallus gallus.
(7) If any of the results were positive for the serotypes below during the life of the flock, indicate as positive:
— flocks of breeding poultry: Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Virchow and Salmonella Infantis;
— flocks of productive poultry: Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium.
(8) Complete if appropriate: indicate the name and active substance of antimicrobials used.
(9) To delete if consignment is not intended for Finland and Sweden.
(10) This guarantee is required only for poultry coming from countries, territories, zones or compartments where Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 applies.
(11) Please note that according to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 animals will be checked by Member States’ competent authorities to check if they are fit to continue the journey after entry into the Community. In the case the requirements are not fulfilled, the animals need to be unloaded and further measures taken.
This certificate is valid for 10 days.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive ratites (BPR)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10.
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
Time of departure
Address
Approval number
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17. No(s) of CITES
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
01.06.39
I.20. Quantity
I.21.
I.22. Number of packages
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.24.
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Breeding
I.26.
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Species (Scientific name)
Breed/Category
Identification system
Identification number
Quantity
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COUNTRY
BPR (breeding or productive ratites)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1. Animal health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that the ratites (
1
) described in this certificate:
II.1.1 meet the provisions of Directive 90/539/EEC;
II.1.2 have remained on:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
for at least three months or since hatching where it is less than three months old; where it was imported into the country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, this took place in accordance with veterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirements of Directive 90/539/EEC and any subsidiary Decisions;
II.1.3 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(
3
) either [(a) which was free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(
3
) (
5
) or [(a) which was not free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(b) where a surveillance programme for avian influenza according to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is carried out;
II.1.4 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(
3
) either [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(
3
) or [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008; and
(
3
) either [(a) the ratites come from an establishment in which within the 21 days prior to import to the Community avian influenza surveillance has been carried out with negative results;]
(
3
) or [(a) during the past 21 days prior to import to the Community ratites have been kept separately from other birds and a virus detection test with negative testing results for avian influenza has been carried out on a random sample of cloacal and tracheal/or oropharyngeal swabs taken from at least 60 ratites in the consignment or from all ratites if less than 60 are present in the consignment;]
(b) the ratites come from an establishment:
— around which within a 1 km radius low pathogenic avian influenza has not been present on any establishment;
— where there has been no epidemiological link to an establishment where avian influenza has been detected within the last 30 days;
II.1.5 come from a flock where vaccination against avian influenza has not been carried out;
II.1.6 come from establishment(s) defined in Box I.11 of Part I officially approved in accordance with requirements which are at least equivalent to those laid down in Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC, where they have been kept since hatching or for at least six weeks immediately prior to export, and
(i) the approval of which has not been suspended or withdrawn;
(ii) which is (are) not subject to any animal health restriction;
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(iii) within a 10 km radius of which, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days;
II.1.7 come from a flock which:
(a) has been examined no more than 24 hours before loading and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease;
(
3
) either [(b) has not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(
3
) or [(b) has been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using:
…
(name and type (live or inactivated) of Newcastle disease virus strain used in vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
(
6
) and/or [(c) has been vaccinated using officially approved vaccines on
… against … (repeat as necessary);]
(
6
) [II.1.8 where they come from countries in Asia or Africa:
(
3
) either [were kept in isolation in tick-proofed surroundings under an officially approved programme for rodent control for at least 21 days prior import to the Community;]
(
3
) or [underwent treatment to ensure that all ticks on them were destroyed before they were moved to the tick-proofed surroundings; specification of the treatment: …;]
(
3
) or [after spending 14 days in tick-proofed surroundings, underwent the competitive ELISA test for antibodies to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever and all ratites leaving isolation tested negative;]
II.1.9 have been examined at the date of issue of this certificate and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease;
II.1.10 during the period mentioned in II.1.6 have had no contact with ratites not complying with the requirements laid down in this certificate or with other birds.
II.2. Additional guarantees
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(
7
) [II.2.1 where the consignment is intended for a Member State the status of which has been established pursuant to Article 12(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC, the ratites described in this certificate:
(a) have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;
(b) were kept in isolation for 14 days before consignment at an establishment under the supervision of an official veterinarian. In this connection no ratites and other poultry at the establishment were vaccinated against Newcastle disease during the 21 days preceding consignment and no bird which was not intended for consignment entered during that time;
(c) underwent a serological examination for the presence of Newcastle disease antibodies in the 14 days preceding consignment and tested negative;]
(
6
) [II.2.1 the following additional guarantees laid down by the Member State of destination in accordance with Articles 13 and/or 14 of Directive 90/539/EEC are provided:
…;]
(
7
) [II.2.2 if the Member State of destination is Finland or Sweden:
(
3
) either [the breeding ratites have tested negative in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Decision 2003/644/EC;]
(
3
) or [the laying hens (productive ratites reared with a view to producing eggs for consumption) have tested negative in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Decision 2004/235/EC.]
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II.3. Additional health requirements for countries not free from Newcastle disease
(
5
) [I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that the ratites described in this certificate:
(a) were placed under official surveillance for at least 21 days prior to import to the Community in a quarantine station as defined in Article 2 of Directive 90/539/EEC and approved by the competent authority:
(approval number and address of the quarantine station: …);
(b) underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory seven to ten days after their entry into quarantine station on either cloacal swabs or faeces samples from each bird and in which no avian paramyxovirus type 1 isolates with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (I.C.P.I.) of more than 0,4 were found. Favourable results were available from all birds in the consignment before they left the quarantine station for import to the Community;
(c) come from flocks in which surveillance for Newcastle disease has been carried out under a statistically based sampling plan which produced negative results for at least six months immediately prior to import to the Community.]
(
8
) II.4. Animal transport Attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that the ratites are transported in crates or cages which:
(a) contain only ratites of the same species, category and type coming from the same establishment;
(b) bear the approval number of the establishment of origin;
(c) are closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority to avoid any possibility of substitution of the contents;
(d) in addition to the vehicles in which they are transported, are designed to:
(i) prevent any excrement escaping and reduce to a minimum any loss of feathers during transport;
(ii) allow visual inspection of the ratites;
(iii) allow cleansing and disinfection;
(e) have been cleansed and disinfected, as have the vehicles in which they are transported, before loading in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority.
Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code of column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of breeding and rearing establishment.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
— Box I.28 (Category): select one of the following: Pure line/grandparents/parents/others; (Identification System and Identification Number): Neck-tags and microchips must include the ISO code of the country of origin; microchips must comply with ISO standards.
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Part II:
(1) ‘Ratites’ means ratites (Struthioniformes, Casuariformes, Rheiformes) reared or kept in captivity for breeding and production.
(2) Code of the territory as it appears in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(3) Keep as appropriate.
(4) Insert the name of compartment(s).
(5) This is applicable only to the countries with the entry ‘I’ in column 5 (‘AG’) of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008. However, this does not apply to breeding and productive ratites coming from compartments.
(6) Keep if appropriate.
(7) To delete if consignment is not intended for Finland and Sweden.
(8) Please note that according to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 animals will be checked by Member States’ competent authorities to check if they are fit to continue the journey after entry into the Community. In the case the requirements are not fulfilled, the animals need to be unloaded and further measures taken.
This certificate is valid for 10 days.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks other than of ratites (DOC)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10.
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
Time of departure
Address
Approval number
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17. No(s) of CITES
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
I.20. Quantity
I.21.
I.22. Number of packages
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.24.
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Breeding
I.26.
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Species (Scientific name)
Breed/Category
Quantity
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COUNTRY
DOC (day-old chicks other than of ratites)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1. Animal health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that the day-old chicks (
1
) described in this certificate:
II.1.1 meet the provisions of Directive 90/539/EEC;
II.1.2 have been hatched on:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
where the flocks from which the hatching eggs come were imported into the country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, this took place in accordance with veterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirements of Directive 90/539/EEC and any subsidiary Decisions;
II.1.3 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(a) which, at the date of issue of this certificate, was free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;
(b) where a surveillance programme for avian influenza according to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is carried out;
II.1.4 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(
3
) either [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(
3
) or [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, and
(
3
) either [(a) were derived from parent flocks which have been kept in an establishment in which avian influenza surveillance has been carried out with negative results within 21 days prior to the time of collection of eggs from which the day-old chicks were hatched;]
(
3
) or [(a) were derived from parent flocks which have been kept in an establishment in which during the past 21 days prior to the collection of the eggs from which the day-old chicks were hatched a virus detection test with negative testing results for avian influenza has been carried out on a random sample of cloacal and tracheal/or oropharyngeal swabs taken from at least 60 poultry in the establishment or from all poultry if less than 60 are present in the establishment;]
(b) the day-old chicks come from an establishment:
— around which within a 1 km radius low pathogenic avian influenza has not been present within the last 30 days on any establishment;
— where there has been no epidemiological link to an establishment where avian influenza has been detected within the last 30 days;
II.1.5 (a) have not been vaccinated against avian influenza;
(b) were derived from parent flocks which:
(
3
) either [have not been vaccinated against avian influenza;]
(
3
) or [have been vaccinated against avian influenza in accordance with a vaccination plan under Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 using:
…
(name and type of used vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
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II.1.6 have been hatched in the establishment(s) defined in Box I.11 of Part I officially approved in accordance with requirements which are at least equivalent to those laid down in Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC, and
(a) the approval of which has not been suspended or withdrawn;
(b) which, at the time of consignment, was (were) not subject to any animal health restriction;
(c) within a 10 km radius of which, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days;
II.1.7 have been hatched from eggs coming from flocks which:
(a) have been kept for at least six weeks immediately prior to import to the Community in officially approved establishments, the approval of which, at the time of consignment of the hatching eggs to the hatchery, had not been suspended or withdrawn;
(b) at the time of consignment, was (were) not subject to any animal health restriction;
(c) have undergone a disease surveillance programme for:
(
3
) either [Salmonella pullorum, S. gallinarum and Mycoplasma gallisepticum (fowls);]
(
3
) or [Salmonella arizonae, S. pullorum and S. gallinarum, Mycoplasma meleagridis and M. gallisepticum (turkeys);]
(
3
) or [Salmonella pullorum and S. gallinarum (guinea fowls, quails, pheasants, partridges and ducks);]
in accordance with Chapter III of Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC and have not been found to be infected, or showed any grounds for suspecting infection, by these agents;
(
3
) either [(d) have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(
3
) or [(d) have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using:
…
(name and type (live or inactivated) of Newcastle disease virus strain used in vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
(
5
) and/or [(e) have been vaccinated using officially approved vaccines
on … against … (repeat as necessary);]
II.1.8 have been hatched from eggs which:
(a) prior to consignment to the hatchery, had been marked in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority;
(b) had been disinfected in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority;
II.1.9 hatched on … (dates);
(
5
) [II.1.10 have been vaccinated using officially approved vaccines on … against … (repeat as necessary);]
II.1.11 at the time of consignment were examined and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease;
II.1.12 have had no contact with poultry not meeting the requirements laid down in this certificate or with wild birds.
II.2. Public health additional guarantees
(
6
) [II.2.1 The Salmonella control programme referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 and the specific requirements for the use of antimicrobials and vaccines in Regulation (EC) No 1177/2006, have been is applied to the parent flock of origin and this parent flock has been tested for Salmonella serotypes of public health significance.
Date of last sampling of the parent flock from which the testing result is known: …
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Result of all testing in the parent flock:
(
3
) (
7
) either [positive;]
(
3
) (
7
) or [negative;]
The specific requirements for the use of antimicrobials and vaccines in Regulation (EC) No 1177/2006, have been applied to the day-old chicks.
For reasons other than the Salmonella control programme:
(
3
) either [antimicrobials were not administered to the day-old chicks (including in-ovo injection);]
(
3
) (
8
) or [the following antimicrobials were administered to the day-old chicks (including in-ovo) injection …;]
(
6
) [II.2.2 If the day-old chicks are intended for breeding, neither Salmonella Enteritidis nor Salmonella Typhimurium were detected within the control programme referred to in point II.2.1.]
II.3. Animal health additional guarantees
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(
9
) [II.3.1 where the consignment is intended for a Member State the status of which has been established pursuant to Article 12(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC, the day-old chicks described in this certificate come from hatching eggs coming from flocks which:
(
3
) either [have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(
3
) or [have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using an inactivated vaccine;]
(
3
) or [have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using a live vaccine at the latest 60 days before the date the eggs were collected;]
(
5
) [II.3.2 the following additional guarantees, laid down by the Member State of destination under Articles 13 and/or 14 of Directive 90/539/EEC, are provided:
… .]
(
9
) [II.3.3 if the Member State of destination is Finland or Sweden, the day-old chicks for introduction into flocks of breeding poultry or flocks of productive poultry come from flocks which have tested negative in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Decision 2003/644/EC.]
II.4. Additional health requirements
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(
10
) [II.4.1 although the use of vaccines against Newcastle disease which do not fulfil the specific requirements of Annex VI (II) to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is not prohibited in:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
the breeding poultry from which the day-old chicks are derived:
(a) have not been vaccinated for at least the previous 12 months with such vaccines;
(b) comes from a flock or flocks which underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory not earlier than 14 days preceding consignment on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60 birds in each flock and in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 were found;
(c) have not been in contact during the last 60 days before consignment with poultry which does not fulfil the conditions in (a) and (b);
(d) have been kept in isolation under official surveillance on the establishment of origin in the 14-day period mentioned in (b);
(
10
) [II.4.2 the hatching eggs from which day-old chicks have been hatched have not been in contact in the hatchery or during transport with eggs or poultry which do not fulfil the abovementioned requirements.]
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(
11
) II.5. Animal transport attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
II.5.1 the day-old chicks described in this certificate are transported in disposable boxes used for the first time and:
(a) contain only day-old chicks of the same species, category and type coming from the same establishment;
(b) bear the following information:
— the name of the country, territory, zone or compartment of consignment,
— the species of poultry concerned,
— the number of chicks,
— the category and type of production for which they are intended,
— the name, address and approval number of the production establishment,
— the approval number of the establishment of origin,
— the Member State of destination;
(c) are closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority to avoid any possibility of substitution of the contents;
The containers and vehicles in which the boxes mentioned above have been transported have been cleansed and disinfected before loading in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority.
Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of hatcheries and the breeding establishment.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
— Box I.19: use the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code of the World Customs Organisation: 01.05 or 01.06.39.
— Box I.28: (Category): select one of the following: Pure line/grandparents/parents/laying stock/broilers/others.
Part II:
(1) ‘Day-old chicks’ as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(2) Code of the territory as it appears in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(3) Keep as appropriate.
(4) Insert the name of compartment(s).
(5) Keep if appropriate.
(6) This guarantee applies only for day-old chicks belonging to the species of Gallus gallus.
(7) If any of the results were positive for the serotypes below during the life of the flock, indicate as positive:
— flocks of breeding poultry: Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Virchow and Salmonella Infantis;
— flocks of productive poultry: Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium.
(8) Keep if appropriate: indicate the name and active substance of antimicrobials used.
(9) To delete if consignment is not intended for Finland and Sweden.
(10) This guarantee is required only for poultry coming from countries, territories, zones or compartments where Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 applies.
(11) Please note that pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 animals are to be checked by the competent authorities of the Member States to check if they are fit to continue the journey after entry into the Community. In the case the requirements are not fulfilled, the animals must be unloaded and further measures taken.
This certificate is valid for 10 days.
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Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks of ratites (DOR)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10.
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
Time of departure
Address
Approval number
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17. No(s) of CITES
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
01.06.39
I.20. Quantity
I.21.
I.22. Number of packages
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.24.
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Breeding
I.26.
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Species (Scientific name)
Breed/Category
Quantity
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COUNTRY
DOR (day-old chicks of ratites)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1. Animal health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that the day-old chicks (
1
) described in this certificate:
II.1.1 meet the provisions of Directive 90/539/EEC;
II.1.2 have been hatched on:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
where the flocks from which the hatching eggs come were imported into the country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, this took place in accordance with veterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirements of Directive 90/539/EEC and any subsidiary Decisions;
II.1.3 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(
3
) either [(a) which at the date of issue of this certificate was free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(
3
) (
5
) or [(a) which at the date of issue of this certificate was not free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(b) where a surveillance programme for avian influenza according to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is carried out;
II.1.4 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(
3
) either [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(
3
) or [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, and
(
3
) either [(a) the day-old chicks were derived from parent flocks which have been kept in an establishment in which avian influenza surveillance has been carried out with negative results within 21 days prior to the time of collection of eggs from which the day-old chicks were hatched;]
(
3
) or [(a) were derived from parent flocks which have been kept in an establishment in which during the past 21 days prior to the collection of the eggs from which the day-old chicks were hatched a virus detection test with negative testing results for avian influenza has been carried out on a random sample of cloacal and tracheal/or oropharyngeal swabs taken from at least 60 birds in the establishment or from all birds if less than 60 are present in the establishment;]
(b) the day-old chicks come from an establishment:
— around which within a 1 km radius low pathogenic avian influenza has not been present within the last 30 days on any establishment;
— where there has been no epidemiological link to an establishment where avian influenza has been detected within the last 30 days;
II.1.5 (a) have not been vaccinated against avian influenza;
(b) were derived from parent flocks which:
(
3
) either [have not been vaccinated against avian influenza;]
(
3
) or [have been vaccinated against avian influenza in accordance with a vaccination plan under Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 using:
…
(name and type of used vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
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I.1.6 have been hatched in the establishment(s) defined in Box I.11 of Part I, officially approved in accordance with requirements which are at least equivalent to those laid down in Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC:
(a) the approval of which has not been suspended or withdrawn;
(b) which is (are), at the time of consignment, not subject to any animal health restriction;
(c) within a 10 km radius of which, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days;
II.1.7 have been hatched from eggs from flocks which:
(a) have been kept for at least the previous six weeks in officially approved establishments, the approval of which, at the time of consignment of the hatching eggs to the hatchery, had not been suspended or withdrawn;
(
3
) either [(b) are located in a country, territory, zone or compartment which is free from Newcastle disease;]
(
3
) (
5
) or [(b) are located in a country, territory or zone which is not free from Newcastle disease;]
(c) at the time of consignment, was (were) not subject to any animal health restriction;
(
3
) either [(d) have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(
3
) or [(d) have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using
…
(name and type (live or inactivated) of Newcastle disease virus strain used in vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
(
7
) and/or [(e) have been vaccinated using officially approved vaccines
on … against … (repeat as necessary);]
II.1.8 have been hatched from eggs which:
(a) prior to the consignment to the hatchery had been marked in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority;
(b) were disinfected in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority;
II.1.9 hatched on … (dates);
(
7
) [II.1.10 have been vaccinated using officially approved vaccines on … against … (repeat as necessary);]
II.1.11 at the time of consignment were examined and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease;
II.1.12 have had no contact with ratites or other poultry not meeting the requirements laid down in this certificate.
II.2. Additional guarantees
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
…
(
6
) [II.2.1 where the consignment is intended for a Member State the status of which has been established in accordance with Article 12(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC, the day-old chicks described in this certificate come from:
(a) hatching eggs from flocks which:
(
3
) either [have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(
3
) or [have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using an inactivated vaccine;]
(
3
) or [were vaccinated against Newcastle disease using a live vaccine at the latest 60 days before the date the eggs were collected;]
(b) a hatchery where working practices ensure that such eggs are incubated at completely separate times and locations from eggs not satisfying the requirements in (a);]
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(
7
) [II.2.2 the following additional guarantees, laid down by the Member State of destination pursuant to Articles 13 and/or 14 of Directive 90/539/EEC are provided:
… .]
(
6
) [II.2.3 if the Member State of destination is Finland or Sweden, the day-old chicks for introduction into flocks of breeding ratites or flocks of productive ratites come from flocks which have tested negative in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Decision 2003/644/EC.]
II.3. Additional health requirements for countries not free from Newcastle disease
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(
5
) [II.3.1 the breeding ratites from which the day-old chicks are derived:
(a) were placed in isolation under official surveillance not less than 30 days before laying the hatching eggs from which the day-old chicks for import to the Community are derived;
(b) underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory seven to ten days after their entry into isolation on either cloacal swabs or faeces samples from each bird and in which no avian paramyxovirus type 1 isolates with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 were found. Favourable results were available for all tests carried out before the day-old chicks left the hatchery for import to the Community;
(c) during the last 30 days prior to and during laying of the hatching eggs from which the day-old chicks for import to the Community are derived, have not been in contact with poultry (including ratites) which do not fulfil the guarantees mentioned under (a), (b) and (d);
(d) come from flocks in which surveillance for Newcastle disease is carried out under a statistically based sampling plan and producing negative results for at least six months immediately prior to import to the Community;]
(
5
) [II.3.2 the hatching eggs from which the day-old chicks have been hatched and the day-old chicks have not been in contact in the hatchery or during transport with eggs or poultry including ratites which do not fulfil the abovementioned requirements.]
(
8
) II.4. Animal transport Attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that the day-old chicks are transported in perfectly clean, disposable boxes used for the first time which:
(a) contain only day-old chicks of the same species, category and type coming from the same establishment;
(b) bear the following information in legible writing and in at least one Community language:
— the name of the country, territory, zone or compartment of consignment,
— the species of ratites concerned,
— the number of chicks,
— the category and type of production for which they are intended,
— the name, address and approval number of the breeding establishment,
— the name, address and approval number of the establishment of origin,
— the date of dispatch,
— the Member State of destination;
(c) are closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority to avoid any possibility of substitution of the contents.
The containers and vehicles in which the boxes mentioned above have been transported have been cleansed and disinfected before loading in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority.
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Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.11: Names, addresses and approval numbers of hatcheries and breeding establishment.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
— Box I.28 (Category): select one of the following: Pure line/grandparents/parents/others
Part II:
(1) ‘Day-old chicks’ means Ratitae less than 72 hours old.
(2) Code of the territory as it appears in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(3) Keep as appropriate.
(4) Insert the name of compartment(s).
(5) This is applicable only to the countries with the entry ‘II’ in column 5 (‘AG’) of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008. However, this does not apply to day-old chicks of ratites coming from compartments.
(6) To delete if consignment is not intended for Finland and Sweden.
(7) Keep if appropriate.
(8) Please note that according to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 animals will be checked by Member States’ competent authorities if they are fit to continue the journey after entry into the Community. In the case the requirements are not fulfilled, the animals need to be unloaded and further measures taken.
This certificate is valid for 10 days.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites (HEP)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10.
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
Time of departure
Address
Approval number
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17. No(s) of CITES
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
04.07
I.20. Quantity
I.21.
I.22. Number of packages
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.24.
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Breeding
I.26.
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Species (Scientific name)
Breed/Category
Identification system
Identification number
Quantity
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COUNTRY
HEP (hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1. Animal health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that the hatching eggs (
1
) described in this certificate:
II.1.1 meet the provisions of Directive 90/539/EEC;
II.1.2 come from flocks which have remained on:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
for at least three months. Where the flocks from which the hatching eggs come were imported into the country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, this took place in accordance with veterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirements of Directive 90/539/EEC and any subsidiary Decisions;
II.1.3 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(a) which, at the date of issue of this certificate, was free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;
(b) where a surveillance programme for avian influenza according to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is carried out;
II.1.4 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(
3
) either [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(
3
) or [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, and
(
3
) either [(a) were derived from parent flocks which have been kept in an establishment in which avian influenza surveillance has been carried out with negative results within 21 days prior to the time of collection of eggs;]
(
3
) or [(a) were derived from parent flocks which have been kept in an establishment in which during the past 21 days prior to the collection of the eggs a virus detection test with negative testing results for avian influenza has been carried out on a random sample of cloacal and tracheal/or oropharyngeal swabs taken from at least 60 poultry in the establishment or from all poultry if less than 60 are present in the establishment;]
(b) the hatching eggs come from an establishment:
— around which within a 1 km radius low pathogenic avian influenza has not been present within the last 30 days on any establishment;
— where there has been no epidemiological link to an establishment where avian influenza has been detected within the last 30 days;
II.1.5 were derived from parent flocks which:
(
3
) either [have not been vaccinated against avian influenza;]
(
3
) or [have been vaccinated against avian influenza in accordance with a vaccination plan under Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 using:
…
(name and type of used vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
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II.1.6 come from flocks which:
(a) have been examined at the date of issue of this certificate and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease;
(b) have been kept for at least six weeks immediately prior to import to the Community in the establishment(s) defined in Box I.11 of Part I, officially approved in accordance with requirements that are at least equivalent to those laid down in Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC:
— the approval of which has not been suspended or withdrawn;
— which is (are) not subject to any animal health restriction;
— within a 10 km radius of which there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days;
(c) during the period mentioned in (b), have had no contact with poultry not meeting the requirements laid down in this certificate or with wild birds;
(d) have undergone a disease surveillance programme for:
(
3
) either [Salmonella pullorum, S. gallinarum and Mycoplasma gallisepticum (fowls);]
(
3
) or [Salmonella arizonae, S. pullorum and S. gallinarum, Mycoplasma meleagridis and M. gallisepticum (turkeys);]
(
3
) or [Salmonella pullorum and S. gallinarum (guinea fowls, quails, pheasants, partridges and ducks)]
in accordance with Chapter III of Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC and were not found to be infected, or showed any grounds for suspecting infection, by these agents;
(
3
) either [(e) have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(
3
) or [(e) have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using:
…
(name and type (live or inactivated) of Newcastle disease virus strain used in vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
(
8
) and/or [(f) have been vaccinated using officially approved vaccines
on … against … (repeat as necessary);]
(
9
) II.1.7 have been marked as indicated in point I.28 of the certificate using … (colour ink);
II.1.8 have been disinfected in accordance with my instructions, using … (name of the product and active substance) for … (time in minutes);
II.1.9 were collected from … to … (dates);
II.1.10 have been examined at the date of issue of this certificate and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease.
II.2. Public health additional guaranties
(
5
) [II.2.1 The Salmonella control programme referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 and the specific requirements for the use of antimicrobials and vaccines in Regulation (EC) No 1177/2006, have been applied to the parent flock of origin and this parent flock has been tested for Salmonella serotypes of public health significance.
Date of last sampling of the parent stock from which the testing result is known: …
Result of all testing in the parent flock:
(
3
) (
6
) either [positive;]
(
3
) (
6
) or [negative;]
(
5
) [II.2.2 Neither Salmonella Enteritidis nor Salmonella Typhimurium were detected within the control programme referred to in point II.2.1.]
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II.3. Animal health additional guarantees
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(
7
) [II.3.1 where the consignment is intended for a Member State the status of which has been established in accordance with Article 12(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC, the hatching eggs described in this certificate are derived from poultry which:
(
3
) either [have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(
3
) or [have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using an inactivated vaccine;]
(
3
) or [were vaccinated against Newcastle disease using a live vaccine at the latest 60 days before the date mentioned under point II.1.9;]
(
8
) [II.3.2 the following additional guarantees, laid down by the Member State of destination in accordance with Articles 13 and/or 14 of Directive 90/539/EEC, are provided:
… .]
(
7
) [II.3.3 if the Member State of destination is Finland or Sweden, the hatching eggs come from flocks which have tested negative in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Decision 2003/644/EC.]
II.4. Additional health requirements
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(
8
) [II.4.1 although the use of vaccines against Newcastle disease which do not fulfil the specific requirements of Annex VI (II) to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is not prohibited in:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
the poultry from which the hatching eggs are derived:
(a) has not been vaccinated for at least the previous 12 months with such vaccines;
(b) comes from a flock or flocks that underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory not earlier than 14 days preceding consignment on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60 birds in each flock concerned and in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 have been found;
(c) has not been in contact during the last 60 days before consignment with poultry that does not fulfil the conditions in (a) and (b);
(d) has been kept in isolation under official surveillance on the establishment of origin in the 14-day period mentioned in (b).]
II.5. Animal transport attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
II.5.1 the hatching eggs are transported in perfectly clean disposable boxes used for the first time and which:
(a) contain only hatching eggs of the same species, category and type coming from the same establishment;
(b) bear the following indications:
— the word ‘hatching’,
— the name of the country, territory, zone or compartment of consignment,
— the species of poultry concerned,
— the number of eggs,
— the category and type of production for which they are intended,
— the name, address and approval number of the production establishment,
— the approval number of the establishment of origin,
— the Member State of destination;
(c) are closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority to avoid any possibility of substitution of the contents;
II.5.2 the containers and vehicles in which the boxes mentioned above have been transported have been cleansed and disinfected before loading in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority.
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Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of the breeding establishment.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
— Box I.28 (Category): select one of the following: Pure line/grandparents/parents/laying pullets/eggs of turkeys for consumption/others; (Identification system & Identification number): introduce the egg mark.
Part II:
(1) For hatching eggs of poultry as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 with the exception of ratites.
(2) Code of the territory as it appears in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(3) Keep as appropriate.
(4) Insert the name of compartment(s).
(5) Apply to the poultry which belongs to the species Gallus gallus.
(6) If any of the results were positive for the following serotypes during the life of the parent flock, indicate as positive: Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Virchow and Salmonella Hadar.
(7) To delete if consignment is not intended for Finland and Sweden.
(8) Keep if appropriate.
(9) At the time of consignment the eggs must be individually marked in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77, including the approval number of the breeding establishment, in indelible black ink; such markings must be in legible writing and in at least one Community language.
This certificate is valid for 10 days.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of ratites (HER)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10.
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
Time of departure
Address
Approval number
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17. No(s) of CITES
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
04.07
I.20. Quantity
I.21.
I.22. Number of packages
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.24.
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Breeding
I.26.
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Species (Scientific name)
Breed/Category
Identification system
Identification number
Quantity
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COUNTRY
HER (hatching eggs of ratites)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1. Animal Health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that the hatching eggs (
1
) described in this certificate:
II.1.1 meet the provisions of Directive 90/539/EEC;
II.1.2 come from flocks which have remained on:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
for at least three months. Where the flocks have been imported into the country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, this took place in accordance with veterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirements of Directive 90/539/EEC and any subsidiary Decisions;
II.1.3 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(
3
) either [(a) which at the date of issue of this certificate was free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(
3
) (
5
) or [(a) which at the date of issue of this certificate was not free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(b) where a surveillance programme for avian influenza according to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is carried out;
II.1.4 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(
3
) either [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(
3
) or [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, and
(
3
) either [(a) were derived from parent flocks which have been kept in an establishment in which avian influenza surveillance has been carried out with negative results within 21 days prior to the time of collection of eggs];
(
3
) or [(a) were derived from parent flocks which have been kept in an establishment in which during the past 21 days prior to the collection of the eggs a virus detection test with negative testing results for avian influenza has been carried out on a random sample of cloacal and tracheal/or oropharyngeal swabs taken from at least 60 birds in the establishment or from all birds if less than 60 are present in the establishment;]
(b) the hatching eggs come from an establishment:
— around which within a 1 km radius low pathogenic avian influenza has not been present within the last 30 days on any establishment;
— where there has been no epidemiological link to an establishment where avian influenza has been detected within the last 30 days;
II.1.5 were derived from parent flocks which:
(
3
) either [have not been vaccinated against avian influenza;]
(
3
) or [have been vaccinated against avian influenza in accordance with a vaccination plan under Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 using:
…
(name and type of used vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
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II.1.6 come from flocks which:
(a) have been examined at the date of issue of this certificate and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease;
(b) have been kept for at least six weeks immediately prior to import to the Community in the establishment(s) defined in Box I.11 of Part I, officially approved in accordance with requirements that are at least equivalent to those laid down in Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC:
— the approval of which has not been suspended or withdrawn;
— which is (are) not subject to any animal health restriction;
— within a 10 km radius of which, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days;
(c) during the period mentioned in (b), have had no contact with poultry or other ratites not meeting the requirements laid down in this certificate;
(
3
) either [(d) have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(
3
) or [(d) have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using:
…
(name and type (live or inactivated) of Newcastle disease virus strain used in vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
(
8
) [(e) have been vaccinated using officially approved vaccines
on … against … (repeat as necessary);]
(
6
) II.1.7 have been marked as indicated in point I.28 of the certificate using … (colour ink)
II.1.8 have been disinfected in accordance with my instructions, using … (name of the product and active substance) for … (time in minutes);
II.1.9 have been collected from … to … (dates);
II.1.10 have been examined at the date of issue of this certificate and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease.
II.2. Additional guarantees
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(
7
) [II.2.1 where the consignment is intended for a Member State the status of which has been established in accordance with Article 12(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC, the hatching eggs described in this certificate are derived from ratites which:
(
3
) either [have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(
3
) or [have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using an inactivated vaccine;]
(
3
) or [were vaccinated against Newcastle disease using a live vaccine at the latest 60 days before the initial date mentioned under point II.1.9;]
(
8
) [II.2.2 the following additional guarantees, laid down by the Member State of destination in accordance with Articles 13 and/or 14 of Directive 90/539/EEC are provided:
… .]
(
7
) [II.2.3 if the Member State of destination is Finland or Sweden, the hatching eggs come from flocks which have tested negative in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Decision 2003/644/EC.]
II.3. Additional health requirements for countries not free from Newcastle disease
(
5
) [I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that the breeding ratites from which the hatching eggs are derived:
(a) were placed in isolation under official surveillance not less than 30 days prior to laying the hatching eggs for import to the Community;
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(b) underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory seven to ten days after their entry into isolation on either cloacal swabs or faeces samples from each bird and in which no avian paramyxovirus type 1 isolates with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 were found. Favourable results were available from all birds before the eggs left isolation for import to the Community;
(c) during the last 30 days prior to and during the laying of the hatching eggs for import to the Community, were not in contact with poultry (including ratites) that does not fulfil the conditions in (a), (b) and (d);
(d) come from flocks on which surveillance for Newcastle disease is carried out under a statistically based sampling plan and producing negative results for at least six months immediately prior to import to the Community.]
II.4. Animal transport attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that the hatching eggs are transported in perfectly clean, disposable boxes used for the first time and which:
(a) contain only hatching eggs of the same species, category and type coming from the same establishment;
(b) bear the following information in legible writing in at least one Community language:
— the word ‘hatching’,
— the name of the country, territory, zone or compartment of consignment,
— the species of ratites concerned,
— the number of eggs,
— the category and type of production for which they are intended,
— the name, address and approval number of the breeding establishment,
— the name and address of the establishment of origin,
— the date of dispatch,
— the Member State of destination;
(c) are closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority to avoid any possibility of substitution of the contents.
The containers and vehicles in which the boxes mentioned above have been transported have been cleansed and disinfected before loading in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority.
Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of the breeding establishment.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
— Box I.28 (Category): select one of the following: Pure line/grandparents/parents/others; (Identification system & Identification number): introduce the egg mark.
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Part II:
(1) For hatching eggs of Ratitae (Struthioniformes, Casuariformes, Rheiformes).
(2) Code of the territory as it appears in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(3) Keep as appropriate.
(4) Insert the name of compartment(s).
(5) Applicable only to the countries with the entry ‘III’ in column 5 (‘AG’) of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008. However, this does not apply to hatching eggs of ratites coming from compartments.
(6) At the time of consignment the eggs must be individually marked in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77, including the approval number of the breeding establishment, in indelible black ink; such markings must be in legible writing and in at least one Community language.
(7) To delete if consignment is not intended for Finland and Sweden.
(8) Complete if appropriate.
This certificate is valid for 10 days.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
Model veterinary certificate for specified pathogen-free eggs (SPF)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10.
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
Time of departure
Address
Approval number
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17. No(s) of CITES
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
04.07
I.20. Quantity
I.21.
I.22. Number of packages
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.24.
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Technical use
I.26.
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Species (Scientific name)
Identification system
Identification number
Quantity
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COUNTRY
SPF (specified pathogen-free eggs)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1. Health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify in accordance with Directive 90/539/EEC that the SPF eggs (
1
) described in this certificate:
II.1.1 come from chicken flocks that:
(a) are free from specified pathogens as described in the European Pharmacopoeia (
2
) and the results of all tests and clinical examinations required for this specific status have been favourable, including negative testing results for avian influenza and Newcastle disease carried out within the last 30 days preceding dispatch;
(b) have been clinically examined at least once a week as described in the European Pharmacopoeia (
2
) and no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease were detected;
(c) have been kept for at least six weeks immediately prior to import to the Community in the establishment(s) defined in Box I.11 of Part I, officially approved in accordance with requirements which are at least equivalent to those laid down in Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC:
— the approval of which has not been suspended or withdrawn;
— which is (are) not subject to any animal health restriction;
(d) during the period mentioned in (c), have had no contact with poultry not meeting the requirements laid down in this certificate or with wild birds;
II.1.2 have been marked as indicated in Box I.28 under ‘Identification number’ of the certificate using coloured ink;
II.1.3 have been collected from … to … (dates);
II.1.4 are transported in perfectly clean disposable boxes used for the first time and which:
(a) contain only eggs coming from the same establishment;
(b) are clearly marked with the following information:
— the name and ISO code of the country, territory, zone or compartment of origin,
— ‘SPF eggs for diagnostic, research or pharmaceutical use only’,
— the number of eggs,
— the name, address and approval number of the production establishment,
— the Member State of destination;
(c) are closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority to avoid any possibility of substitution of the contents and are leak-proof;
II.2 The containers and vehicles in which the boxes mentioned in point II.1.4 have been transported have been cleansed and disinfected before loading in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority.
Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of the breeding establishment.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
— Box I.28: Identification number: provide egg marks including establishment number and ISO code of the country of origin.
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Part II:
(1) Hatching eggs as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 which are derived from ‘chicken flocks free from specified pathogens’ as described in the European Pharmacopoeia and which are intended for diagnostic, research or pharmaceutical use only.
(2) http://www.edqm.eu (the latest edition).
This certificate is valid for 15 days.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
Model veterinary certificate for slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites (SRP)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10.
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
Time of departure
Address
Approval number
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17. No(s) of CITES
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
I.20. Quantity
I.21.
I.22. Number of packages
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.24.
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Slaughter
Game restocking
I.26.
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Species (Scientific name)
Quantity
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COUNTRY
SRP (slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1. Animal health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that the poultry (
1
) described in this certificate:
II.1.1 meet the provisions of Directive 90/539/EEC;
II.1.2 has remained on:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
for at least six weeks or since hatching if less than six weeks old prior to import to the Community. Where it was imported into the country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, this took place in accordance with veterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirements of Directive 90/539/EEC and any subsidiary Decisions;
II.1.3 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(a) which, at the date of issue of this certificate, was free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;
(b) where a surveillance programme for avian influenza according to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is carried out;
II.1.4 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(
3
) either [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(
3
) or [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, and
(
3
) either [(a) the poultry come from an establishment in which within the 21 days prior to import to the Community avian influenza surveillance has been carried out with negative results;]
(
3
) or [(a) during the past 21 days prior to import to the Community the poultry have been kept separately from other poultry and a virus detection test with negative testing results for avian influenza has been carried out on a random sample of cloacal and tracheal/or oropharyngeal swabs taken from at least 60 poultry in the consignment or from all poultry if less than 60 are present in the consignment;]
(b) the poultry come from an establishment:
— around which within a 1 km radius low pathogenic avian influenza has not been present within the last 30 days on any establishment;
— where there has been no epidemiological link to an establishment where avian influenza has been detected within the last 30 days;
II.1.5 come from a flock where vaccination against avian influenza has not been carried out;
II.1.6 have been kept since hatching or for at least the previous 30 days on the establishment(s) of origin;
(a) which is (are) not subject to any animal health restriction;
(b) within a 10 km radius of which, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days;
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II.1.7 come from flocks which:
(a) have been examined at the date of issue of this certificate and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease;
(
3
) either [(b) have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(
3
) or [(b) have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using:
…
(name and type (live or inactivated) of Newcastle disease virus strain used in vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
(
5
) [(c) have been vaccinated using officially approved vaccines on
… against … (repeat as necessary);]
II.1.8 during the period mentioned in II.1.6 has had no contact with poultry not meeting the requirements laid down in this certificate or with wild birds.
II.2. Additional guarantees
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(
6
) [II.2.1 where the consignment is intended for a Member State the status of which has been established in accordance with Article 12(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC, the poultry described in this certificate come from flocks which:
(
3
) either [have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease and underwent serological examination for the presence of Newcastle disease antibodies in the 14 days preceding consignment and tested negative;]
(
3
) or [have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease but not with a live vaccine in the 30 days preceding consignment and underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease in the 14 days preceding consignment on a random sample of cloacal swabs or faeces samples from at least 60 birds and tested negative;]
(
5
) II.2.2 [the following additional guarantees, laid down by the Member State of destination in accordance with Articles 13 and/or 14 of Directive 90/539/EEC, are provided:
… ;]
(
6
) [II.2.3 if the Member State of destination is Finland or Sweden:
(
3
) either [underwent a microbiological test by sampling on the holding of origin and tested negative in accordance with Council Decision 95/410/EC;]
(
3
) or [the laying hens (productive poultry reared with a view to producing eggs for consumption) have tested negative in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Decision 2004/235/EC.]
II.3. Additional health requirements
(
7
) [although the use of vaccines against Newcastle disease which do not fulfil the specific requirements of Annex VI (II) to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is not prohibited in:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
the poultry described in this certificate:
(a) has not been vaccinated for at least the previous 12 months with such vaccines;
(b) come from a flock which underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory not earlier than 14 days preceding consignment on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60 birds in each flock concerned and in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 were found;
(c) during the last 60 days before consignment, has not been in contact with poultry that does not fulfil the conditions in (a) and (b);
(d) has been kept in isolation under official surveillance on the establishment of origin in the 14-day period mentioned in (b).
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(
8
) II.4. Animal transport attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that the poultry are transported in crates or cages which:
(a) contain only poultry of the same species, category and type coming from the same establishment;
(b) are closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority to avoid any possibility of substitution of the contents;
(c) in addition to the vehicles in which they are transported, are designed to:
(i) prevent any excrement escaping and reduce to a minimum any loss of feathers during transport;
(ii) allow visual inspection of the poultry;
(iii) allow cleansing and disinfecting;
(d) in addition to the vehicles in which they are transported, have been cleansed and disinfected before loading in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority.
Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code of column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
— Box I.19: use the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code of the World Customs Organisation: 01.05 or 01.06.39.
Part II:
(1) Poultry as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 with the exception of ratites.
(2) Code of the territory as it appears in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(3) Keep as appropriate.
(4) Insert the name of compartment(s).
(5) Complete if appropriate.
(6) To delete if consignment is not intended for Finland and Sweden.
(7) This guarantee is required only for poultry coming from countries, territories, zones or compartments where Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 applies.
(8) Please note that according to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 animals will be checked by Member States’ competent authorities to check if they are fit to continue the journey after entry into the Community. In the case the requirements are not fulfilled, the animals need to be unloaded and further measures taken.
This certificate is valid for 10 days.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
Model veterinary certificate for slaughter ratites (SRA)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10.
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
Time of departure
Address
Approval number
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17. No(s) of CITES
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
01.06.39
I.20. Quantity
I.21.
I.22. Number of packages
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.24.
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Slaughter
I.26.
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Species (Scientific name)
Identification system
Identification number
Quantity
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COUNTRY
SRA (slaughter ratites)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1. Animal health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that in accordance with Directive 90/539/EEC, the ratites (
1
) described in this certificate:
II.1.1 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
where they have remained for at least six weeks or since hatching if less than six weeks old prior to import to the Community. If they were imported into the country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, this took place in accordance with veterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirements of Directive 90/539/EEC and any subsidiary Decisions;
II.1.2 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(
3
)either [(a) which was free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(
3
) (
5
) or [(a) which was not free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(b) where a surveillance programme for avian influenza according to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is carried out;
II.1.3 come from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
3
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
(
3
) either [II.1.3.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(
3
) or [II.1.3.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008; and
(
3
) either [(a) the ratites come from an establishment in which within the 21 days prior to import to the Community avian influenza surveillance has been carried out with negative results;]
(
3
) or [(a) during the past 21 days prior to import to the Community the ratites have been kept separately from other birds and a virus detection test with negative testing results for avian influenza has been carried out on a random sample of cloacal and tracheal/or oropharyngeal swabs taken from at least 60 birds in the consignment or from all birds if less than 60 are present in the consignment;]
(b) the ratites come from an establishment:
— around which within a 1 km radius low pathogenic avian influenza has not been present on any establishment;
— where there has been no epidemiological link to an establishment where avian influenza has been detected within the last 30 days;
II.1.4 come from a flock where vaccination against avian influenza has not been carried out;
II.1.5 have been kept since hatching or for at least the previous 30 days on the establishment(s) of origin;
(a) which is (are) not subject to any animal health restriction;
(b) within a 10 km radius of which, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days;
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II.1.6 comes from flocks which:
(a) have been examined at the date of issue of this certificate and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease;
(
3
) either [have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(
3
) or [have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using:
…
(name and type (live or inactivated) of Newcastle disease virus strain used in vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
(
7
) [(b) have been vaccinated using officially approved vaccines on
… against … (repeat as necessary);]
II.1.7 have been examined at the date of issue of this certificate and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease;
II.1.8 during the period mentioned in II.1.5, has had no contact with poultry not meeting the requirements laid down in this certificate or with wild birds.
II.2. Additional guarantees
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(
6
) [II.2.1 where the consignment is intended for a Member State the status of which has been established in accordance with Article 12(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC, the ratites:
(
3
) either [have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease and underwent a serological examination for the presence of Newcastle disease antibodies in the 14 days preceding consignment and tested negative;]
(
3
) or [have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease but not with a live vaccine in the 30 days preceding consignment and underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease in the 14 days preceding consignment on a random sample of cloacal swabs or faeces samples from at least 60 birds and tested negative;]
(
7
) [II.2.2 The following additional guarantees, laid down by the Member State of destination pursuant to Articles 13 and/or 14 of Directive 90/539/EEC, are provided:
… ;]
(
6
) [II.2.3 If the Member State of destination is Finland or Sweden, the ratites:
(
3
) either [have undergone a microbiological test by sampling on the establishment of origin and tested negative in accordance with Council Decision 95/410/EC;]
(
3
) or [come from an establishment subject to a programme recognised by the European Commission as equivalent to the national programme of Finland or Sweden, as appropriate.]
II.3. Additional health requirements for countries not free from Newcastle disease
(
5
) [I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that the ratites:
(a) have been kept under official surveillance for at least 21 days prior to import to the Community in a quarantine station as defined in Article 2 of Directive 90/539/EEC and approved by the competent authority (approval number and address of the quarantine station: …;
(b) underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease in an official laboratory seven to ten days after their entry into a quarantine station on either cloacal swabs or faeces samples from each bird and in which no avian paramyxovirus type 1 isolates with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 were found. Favourable results were available from all birds in the consignment before the birds left the quarantine station for import to the Community;
(c) come from flocks in which surveillance for Newcastle disease has been carried out for at least six months immediately prior to import to the Community under a statistically based sampling plan and which tested negative.]
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II.4. Animal transport attestation
(
8
) I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that the ratites are transported in crates or cages which:
(a) contain only ratites of the same species, category and type coming from the same establishment;
(b) are closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority to avoid any possibility of substitution of the contents;
(c) in addition to the vehicles in which they are transported, are designed to:
(i) prevent any excrement escaping and reduce to a minimum any loss of feathers during transport,
(ii) allow visual inspection of the ratites,
(iii) allow cleansing and disinfecting;
(d) in addition to the vehicles in which they are transported, have been cleansed and disinfected before loading in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority.
Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
Part II:
(1) Ratitae means ratites (Struthioniformes, Casuariformes, Rheiformes). After import, the ratites must be sent immediately to the slaughterhouse of destination in accordance with Article 15(4)(b) of Directive 90/539/EEC.
(2) Code of the territory as it appears in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(3) Keep as appropriate.
(4) Insert the name of compartment(s)
(5) Applicable only to the countries with the entry ‘V’ in column 5 (‘AG’) of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008. However, this does not apply to slaughter ratites coming from compartments.
(6) To delete if consignment is not intended for Finland and Sweden
(7) Complete if appropriate.
(8) Please note that according to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 animals will be checked by Member States’ competent authorities to check if they are fit to continue the journey after entry into the Community. In the case the requirements are not fulfilled, the animals need to be unloaded and further measures taken.
This certificate is valid for 10 days.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
Model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry (POU)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10.
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17.
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
I.20. Quantity
I.21 Temperature of product
I.22. Number of packages
Ambient
Chilled
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.25. Commodities certified for:
I.26.
I.24. Type of packaging
Frozen
Human consumption
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Approval number of establishments
Species
(Scientific name)
Nature of commodity
Abattoir
Manufacturing plant
Cold store
Number of packages
Net weight
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COUNTRY
POU (meat of poultry)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1. Public health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, declare that I am aware of the relevant provisions of Regulations (EC) Nos 178/2002, 852/2004, 853/2004 and 854/2004 and hereby certify that the meat of poultry (
1
) described in this certificate has been obtained in accordance with those requirements, and in particular that:
(a) it comes from (an) establishments(s) implementing a programme based on the HACCP principles in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;
(b) it has been produced in compliance with the conditions set out in Sections II and V of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
(c) it has been found fit for human consumption following ante and post-mortem inspections carried out in accordance with Section IV, Chapter V of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004;
(d) it has been marked with an identification mark in accordance with Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
(e) it satisfies the relevant criteria set out in Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs;
(f) the guarantees covering live animals and products thereof provided by the residue plans submitted in accordance with Directive 96/23/EC, and in particular Article 29 thereof, are fulfilled;
(
2
) (g) [it fulfils the requirements of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005 implementing Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards special guarantees concerning Salmonella for consignments to Finland and Sweden of certain meat and eggs.]
II.2 Animal health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that the meat of poultry described in this certificate:
II.2.1 (a) comes from:
(
3
) (
4
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
4
) (
5
) or [compartment(s) …;]
which at the date of issue of the certificate was free from:
highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, and
(
6
) [Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
II.2.2 has been obtained from poultry which has been:
(
4
) either [not vaccinated against avian influenza;]
(
4
) or [vaccinated against avian influenza in accordance with vaccination plan under Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 using:
…
(name and type of used vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
II.2.3 has been obtained from poultry which has been kept in:
(
3
) (
4
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
4
) (
5
) or [compartment(s) …;]
since hatching or has been imported as day-old chicks;
II.2.4 has been obtained from poultry coming from establishments:
(a) which have not been placed under animal-health restrictions in connection with any disease to which poultry is susceptible,
(b) within a 10 km radius of which, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days;
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II.2.5 has been obtained from poultry that:
(
7
) (a) has been slaughtered on or between …
(b) has not been slaughtered under any animal-health scheme for the control or eradication of poultry diseases;
(c) during transport to the slaughterhouse, did not come into contact with poultry infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease;
II.2.6 (a) comes from approved slaughterhouses which, at the time of slaughter, were not under restrictions owing to a suspected or confirmed outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease and within a 10 km radius of which there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days:
(b) has not been in contact at any time during slaughter, cutting, storage or transport with poultry or meat of lower health status;
(
8
) [II.2.7 comes from a slaughter poultry flock that:
(a) has not been vaccinated with vaccines prepared from a Newcastle disease virus master seed showing a higher pathogenicity than lentogenic strains of the virus;
(b) underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory at the time of slaughter on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60 birds in each flock concerned and in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 were found;
(c) has not been in contact in 30 days preceding slaughter with poultry that does not fulfil the conditions in (a) and (b).]
II.3. Animal welfare attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that I have read and understood Directive 93/119/EC and that the meat described in this certificate comes from poultry that has been treated in accordance with the relevant provisions of Directive 93/119/EC in the slaughterhouse before and at the time of slaughter or killing.
Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of the establishment of dispatch.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
— Box I.19: use the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code of the World Customs Organisation: 02.07 or 02.08.90.
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Part II:
(1) ‘Poultrymeat’ means the edible parts of farmed birds, including birds that are not considered as domestic but which are farmed as domestic animals, with the exception of ratites, which have not undergone any treatment other than cold treatment to ensure preservation; vacuum-wrapped meat or meat wrapped in a controlled atmosphere must also be accompanied by a certificate in accordance with this model.
It includes farmed wild game-bird meat as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(2) Delete if the consignment is not intended for import to Sweden or Finland.
(3) Code of the territory as it appears in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(4) Keep as appropriate.
(5) Insert the name of compartment(s)
(6) Delete if the consignment comes from Brazil, Israel or Switzerland.
(7) Indicate date or dates of slaughter. Imports of this meat shall not be allowed when obtained from poultry slaughtered in the territory mentioned under (3) or the compartment mentioned under (5) during a period where restrictive measures have been adopted by the European Community against imports of this meat from this territory.
(8) Applicable only to the countries with the entry ‘VI’ in column 5 (‘AG’) of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry (POU-MI/MSM)
(Not yet established)
Model veterinary certificate for meat of farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10.
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17.
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
02.08.90
I.20. Quantity
I.21 Temperature of product
I.22. Number of packages
Ambient
Chilled
Frozen
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.24. Type of packaging
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Human consumption
I.26.
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Approval number of establishments
Species
(Scientific name)
Nature of commodity
Abattoir
Manufacturing plant
Cold store
Number of packages
Net weight
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COUNTRY
RAT (meat of farmed ratites for human consumption)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1. Public health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, declare that I am aware of the relevant provisions of Regulations (EC) Nos 178/2002, 852/2004, 853/2004 and 854/2004 and hereby certify that the meat of ratites (
1
) described in this certificate has been obtained in accordance with those requirements, in particular that:
(a) it comes from (an) establishments(s) implementing a programme based on the HACCP principles in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;
(b) it has been produced in compliance with the conditions set out in Sections III and V of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
(c) it has been found fit for human consumption following ante and post-mortem inspection carried out in accordance with Section IV, Chapter VII of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 (
2
);
(d) it has been marked with an identification mark in accordance with Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
(e) the guarantees covering live animals and products thereof provided by the residue plans submitted in accordance with Directive 96/23/EC and, in particular, Article 29 thereof, are fulfilled.
II.2. Animal health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that the meat of ratites described in this certificate:
II.2.1 comes from:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
2
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
which at the date of issue of the certificate was free from:
highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, and
(
2
) (
5
) (
6
) [Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008];
II.2.2 has been obtained from ratites which have been:
(
2
) either [not vaccinated against avian influenza;]
(
2
) or [vaccinated against avian influenza in accordance with vaccination plan under Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 using:
…
(name and type of used vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
(
7
) have been slaughtered on or between …;
(
2
) (
6
) either [II.2.3 has been obtained from farmed ratites which have been kept uninterruptedly in:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
2
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
for at least three months before slaughter or since hatching;]
(
2
) (
8
) or [has been boned and skinned and has been obtained from farmed ratites which have been kept uninterruptedly in:
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
2
) (
3
) either [compartment(s) …;]
for at least three months before slaughter or since hatching;]
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(
6
) (
2
) either [II.2.3.1 comes from ratites from establishment:
(a) which receive regular veterinary inspection visits to detect diseases transmissible to humans or animals;
(b) which are not subject to animal-health restrictions in connection with any disease to which ratites and/or other poultry are susceptible;
(c) within a 10 km radius of which, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days;
(
8
) (
2
) or [II.2.3.2 has been boned and skinned and the meat comes from ratites which were reared/ kept for at least three months prior to slaughter on establishments:
(a) which receive regular veterinary inspection visits to detect diseases transmissible to humans or animals;
(b) which are not subject to animal-health restrictions in connection with any disease to which ratites and/or other poultry are susceptible;
(c) on which there has been no outbreak of Newcastle disease or highly pathogenic avian influenza in the previous six months and around which no outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease have occurred for at least three months within a distance of 10 km from the perimeter of that part of the establishment which contains the ratites, including where appropriate the territory of a neighbouring country;]
(
2
) or [II.2.3.3 is boned and skinned meat and comes from ratites from countries in Asia or Africa which:
(a) were placed in isolation in tick-proofed surroundings under an officially approved programme for rodent control for at least 14 days prior to slaughter;
(b) before being moving to the tick-proofed surroundings, were:
(
2
) either [examined to verify that they were tick-free,]
(
2
) or [underwent treatment to ensure that all ticks on them were destroyed]
by (specify the treatment): …
and this treatment has not given rise to any detectable residues in the ratite meat;
(c) were checked for the presence of ticks on arrival in the slaughterhouse (each batch), with negative results;]
II.2.4 has not been obtained from ratites that were slaughtered under any animal health scheme for the control or eradication of poultry and/or ratite diseases;
(
2
) (
6
) (
9
) either [II.2.5 comes from ratites vaccinated against Newcastle disease using a live vaccine in the 30 days preceding slaughter;]
(
2
) (
6
) or [comes from ratites not vaccinated against Newcastle disease using a live vaccine in the 30 days preceding slaughter;]
(
2
) (
8
) either [II.2.6 comes from ratites not vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(
2
) (
8
) or [comes from ratites vaccinated against Newcastle disease using a live vaccine which does not meet the requirements of Annex VI of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 but were not vaccinated in 30 days preceding slaughter;]
(
2
) (
8
) or [comes from ratites vaccinated against Newcastle disease using an inactivated vaccine which meets the requirements of Annex VI of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(
8
) (
10
) [II.2.7 comes from ratites from establishments on which surveillance for Newcastle disease has been carried out under a statistically based sampling plan with negative results for at least the previous six months;]
II.2.8 comes from ratites that during transport to the slaughterhouse, did not come into contact with poultry and/or ratites infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease;
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II.2.9 comes from approved slaughterhouses which, at the time of slaughter, were not under restrictions owing to a suspected or confirmed outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease and within a 10 km radius of which there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days;
and
has not been in contact at any time of slaughter, cutting, storage or transport with ratites or meat not complying with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
II.3. Animal welfare attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that I have read and understood Directive 93/119/EC and that the meat described in this certificate comes from ratites that have been treated in accordance with the relevant provisions of Directive 93/119/EC in the slaughterhouse before and at the time of slaughter or killing.
Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of the establishment of dispatch.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
Part II:
(1) ‘Ratite meat’ means any parts, excluding offal, of farmed ratites that are fit for human consumption and which have not undergone any treatment other than cold treatment to ensure preservation; vacuum-wrapped meat or meat wrapped in a controlled atmosphere must also be accompanied by a certificate in accordance with this model.
(2) Keep as appropriate.
(3) Code of the territory as it appears in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(4) Insert the name of compartment(s)
(5) Not applicable to consignment coming from Israel or Switzerland.
(6) Not applicable to the countries with the entry ‘VII’ in column 5 (‘AG’) in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(7) Indicate the date or dates of slaughter. Imports of this meat shall not be allowed when obtained from ratites slaughtered in the territory mentioned under (3) or the compartment mentioned under (4) during a period where restrictive measures have been adopted by the European Community against imports of this meat from this territory.
(8) Applicable only to the countries with the entry ‘VII’ in column 5 (‘AG’) of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(9) Such consignment can not be sent to Sweden or Finland.
(10) In non-vaccinated flocks this surveillance is carried out by serology and in vaccinated flocks it is carried out by tracheal swabs of ratites.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meat of farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT-MI/MSM)
(Not yet established)
Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird meat (WGM)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10.
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17.
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
I.20. Quantity
I.21 Temperature of product
I.22. Number of packages
Ambient
Chilled
Frozen
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.25. Commodities certified for:
I.26.
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Approval number of establishments
Species
(Scientific name)
Abattoir
Human consumption
02.08.90
I.24. Type of packaging
Nature of commodity
Manufacturing plant
Cold store
Number of packages
Net weight
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COUNTRY
WGM (wild game-bird meat)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1 Public Health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, declare that I am aware of the relevant provisions of Regulations (EC) Nos 178/2002, 852/2004, 853/2004 and 854/2004 and hereby certify that the wild game-bird meat (
1
) described in this certificate has been obtained in accordance with those requirements, and in particular that:
(a) it comes from (an) establishments(s) implementing a programme based on the HACCP principles in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;
(b) it has been produced in compliance with the conditions set out in Section IV of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
(c) it has been found fit for human consumption following post-mortem inspection carried out in accordance with Section IV, Chapter VIII of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004;
(d) it has been marked with an identification mark in accordance with Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
(e) the guarantees covering live animals and products thereof provided by the residue plans submitted in accordance with Directive 96/23/EC, and in particular Article 29 thereof, are fulfilled.
II.2 Animal Health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that the wild game-bird meat described in this certificate:
II.2.1 (a) was obtained from wild game-birds that were killed in
(
2
) (
3
) either [the territory of code …;]
(
2
) (
4
) or [compartment(s) …;]
in which no animal health restrictions have been in force for at least the previous 30 days in response to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza and Newcastle disease;
(b) was obtained from animals which, after killing, were transported within 12 hours to a collection centre and/or an approved wild game processing house for chilling;
II.2.2 comes from
(
2
) either [a collection centre;]
(
2
) or [an approved wild game processing house;]
(
2
) or [a collection centre and an approved wild game processing house;]
which at the time of dressing, was (were) not subject to restrictions owing to a suspected or actual outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease;
II.2.3 was obtained and inspected in accordance with Regulations (EC) Nos 853/2004 and 854/2004;
(
2
) either [II.2.4 In the case of fresh meat or plucked and eviscerated wild game-birds, the meat was obtained and inspected in accordance with Regulations (EC) Nos 853/2004 and 854/2004;]
(
2
) or [In the case of non-plucked and non-eviscerated wild game-birds:
(a) the meat was chilled to +4 °C or below for a maximum of 15 days prior to the intended time of import but has not been frozen or deep-frozen;
(b) an official veterinary health inspection has been carried out on a representative sample of the carcases and the meat was obtained and inspected in accordance with Regulations (EC) Nos 853/2004 and 854/2004;
(c) the meat has been identified by affixing an official mark of origin, the details of which are recorded in the box 1.28;
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(
5
) II.2.5 was obtained from wild game-birds which were killed on or between …;
II.2.6 complies with Directive 96/23/EC, and in particular Articles 29 and 30 thereof.
II.2.7 Additional guarantees:
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, certify that wild game-birds:
(
2
) (
6
) either [have been plucked and eviscerated;]
(
2
) (
6
) or [have been unplucked and uneviscerated but they will be transported by aeroplane.]
Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code of column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of establishment of dispatch.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
— Box: I.28 (Nature of commodity): select one of the following: Plucked and eviscerated game-birds/non-plucked and non-eviscerated game-birds.
Part II:
(1) ‘Wild game-bird meat’ means edible parts of wild game-birds hunted for human consumption and excluding offal, except for non-plucked and non-eviscerated wild game-birds which have not undergone any treatment other than cold treatment to ensure preservation; vacuum-wrapped meat or meat wrapped in a controlled atmosphere must also be accompanied by a certificate in accordance with this model.
(2) Keep as appropriate.
(3) Code of the territory as it appears in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(4) Insert the name of compartment(s).
(5) Indicate the date or dates of slaughter. Imports of this meat shall not be allowed when obtained from birds slaughtered in the territory mentioned under (3) or the compartment mentioned under (4) during a period where restrictive measures have been adopted by the European Community against imports of this meat from this territory.
(6) Applicable only to the countries with the entry ‘VIII’ in column 5 (‘AG’) of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird minced meat and mechanically separated meat (WGM-MI/MSM)
(Not yet established)
Model veterinary certificate for eggs (E)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10. Region of destination
Code
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17.
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
04.07
I.20. Quantity
I.21 Temperature of product
I.22. Number of packages
Ambient
Chilled
Frozen
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.24. Type of packaging
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Human consumption
I.26.
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Approval number of establishments
Species (Scientific name)
Manufacturing plant
Cold store
Number of packages
Net weight
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COUNTRY
E (Eggs)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1 Animal health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that eggs described in this certificate come from an establishment which at the date of issue of the certificate is free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
II.2 Public Health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, declare that I am aware of the relevant provisions of Regulations (EC) Nos 178/2002, 852/2004, 853/2004 and 2160/2003 and hereby certify that the eggs described in this certificate have been obtained in accordance with those requirements, and in particular that:
II.2.1 they come from (an) establishments(s) implementing a programme based on the HACCP principles in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;
II.2.2 they have been kept, stored, transported and delivered in accordance with the relevant conditions laid down in Section X, Chapter I of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
(
1
) [II.2.3 they fulfil the requirements of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005 implementing Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards special guarantees concerning Salmonella for consignments to Finland and Sweden of certain meat and eggs;]
II.2.4 the guarantees covering live animals and products thereof provided by the residue plans submitted in accordance with Directive 96/23/EC, and in particular Article 29 thereof, are fulfilled;
II.2.5 they fulfil the requirements in Article 10(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003. In particular:
(i) eggs shall not be imported from flocks of laying hens in which Salmonella spp. has been detected as a result of the epidemiological investigation of a food-borne outbreak or if no equivalent guarantees have been provided unless the eggs are marked as class B eggs;
(ii) eggs shall not be imported from flocks of laying hens with unknown health status, that are suspected of being infected or from flocks infected by Salmonella Enteritidis and/or Salmonella Typhimurium for which a target for reduction has been set in Community legislation and on which monitoring equivalent to the monitoring laid down in the provisions in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1168/2006 is not applied, or if no equivalent guarantees have been provided unless the eggs are marked as class B eggs.
Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code of column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of establishment of dispatch.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
— Box 1.18: indicate the class of eggs according to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1028/2006.
Part II:
(1) Delete if the consignment is not intended for import to Sweden or Finland.
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Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
Model veterinary certificate for egg products (EP)
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COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6.
Name
Address
Postal code
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10.
I.11. Place of origin
I.12.
Name
Approval number
Address
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17.
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
I.20. Quantity
I.21 Temperature of product
I.22. Number of packages
Ambient
Chilled
Frozen
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.24. Type of packaging
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Human consumption
I.26.
I.27. For import or admission into EU
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Species
(Scientific name)
Manufacturing plant
Approval number of establishments
Nature of commodity
Cold store
Number of packages
Net weight
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COUNTRY
EP (egg products)
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1. Health attestation
I, the undersigned, official veterinarian/official inspector declare that I am aware of the relevant provisions of Regulations (EC) Nos 178/2002, 852/2004 and 853/2004 and hereby certify that the egg products described in this certificate have been obtained in accordance with those requirements, and in particular that:
II.1.1 they come from (an) establishments(s) implementing a programme based on the HACCP principles in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;
II.1.2 they have been produced from raw material which meets the requirements of Section X, Chapter II (II) of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
II.1.3 they have been manufactured in compliance with the hygiene requirements laid down in Section X, Chapter II (III) of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
II.1.4 they satisfy the analytical specifications in Section X, Chapter II (IV) of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and the relevant criteria in Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs;
II.1.5 they have been marked with an identification mark in accordance with Section I of Annex II and Section X, Chapter II (V) of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
II.1.6 the guarantees covering live animals and products thereof provided by the residue plans submitted in accordance with Directive 96/23/EC, and in particular Article 29 thereof, are fulfilled.
Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code of column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of establishment of dispatch.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
— Box I.19: use the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code the World Customs Organisation: 04.08 or 21.06.10
— Box I.28: Nature of commodity: specify the egg content percentage.
Official veterinarian or official inspector
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
(
1
)
  Commodities, including those transported on the high seas, produced before this date may be imported into the Community during a period of 90 days from this date.
(
2
)
  Only commodities produced after this date may be imported into the Community.
(
3
)
  Certificates in accordance with the agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (
OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132
 as last amended).
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4
)
  The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; provisional code that does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject in the United Nations.
(
5
)
  Not including Kosovo, as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.
ANNEX II
(as referred to in Article 4)
(To be completed and attached to the veterinary certificate where transport of poultry and day-old chicks to the European Community border includes transport by ship, even for part of the journey.)
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Declaration by the master of the ship
I, the undersigned, master of ship (name …), declare that the poultry referred to in the attached veterinary certificate No … has remained on board the ship during the voyage from … in … (exporting country, territory, zone or compartment) to … in the European Community and that the ship did not call at any place outside … (exporting country, territory, zone or compartment) en route to the European Community other than: … (Ports of call en route). Moreover, during the journey, the poultry has not been in contact with other poultry of a lower health status on board.
Done at … on …
(Port of arrival)
(Date of arrival)
(Stamp)
(Signature of master)
(Name in capital letters and title)
ANNEX III
COMMUNITY ACTS, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR EXAMINATION, SAMPLING AND TESTING AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
I.   Before import into the Community
Methods for standardisation of materials and procedures for examination, sampling and testing for:
1.
Avian influenza
—
Diagnostic manual for avian influenza as laid down in Commission Decision 2006/437/EC 
(
1
)
; or
—
Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE) 
(
2
)
.
2.
Newcastle disease
—
Annex III to Council Directive 92/66/EEC 
(
3
)
; or
—
Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE);
—
Where Article 12 of Directive 90/539/EEC applies, the sampling and testing methods must comply with the methods described in Annexes to Commission Decision 92/340/EEC 
(
4
)
.
3.
Salmonella pullorum and Salmonella gallinarum
—
Chapter III of Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC; or
—
Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE).
4.
Salmonella arizonae
—
Serological examination: 60 birds must be sampled at the point of lay with methods described in the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE).
5.
Mycoplasma gallisepticum
—
Chapter III of Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC; or
—
Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE).
6.
Mycoplasma meleagridis
Chapter III of Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC.
7.
Salmonella of public health significance
The detection method recommended by the Community reference laboratory (CRL) for 
Salmonella
 in Bilthoven, the Netherlands, or an equivalent method shall be used. That method is described in the current version of draft Annex D of ISO 6579 (2002): ‘Detection of 
Salmonella
 spp. in animal faeces and in samples of the primary production stage’. In that detection method, a semi-solid medium (modified semi-solid Rappaport-Vassiladis medium, MSRV) is used as the single selective enrichment medium.
Serotyping shall be carried out following the Kauffmann-White scheme or an equivalent method.
II.   After import into the Community
Sampling and testing procedures for avian influenza and Newcastle disease:
During the period referred to in point II.1 of Annex VIII, the official veterinarian shall take samples from the imported poultry for virological examination, to be tested as follows:
—
Between the seventh and the fifteenth day following the date of commencement of the isolation period, cloacal swabs must be taken from all birds where the consignment contains less than 60 birds, and from at least 60 birds where consignments contain more than 60 birds;
—
Testing of samples must be carried out in official laboratories designated by the competent authority, using diagnostic procedures for:
(i)
avian influenza as laid down in the diagnostic manual in Commission Decision 2006/437/EC;
(ii)
Newcastle disease as laid down in Annex III to Council Directive 92/66/EEC.
III.   General requirements
—
Samples may be pooled, subject to a maximum of five samples from individual birds in each pool.
—
Virus isolates must be sent without delay to the national reference laboratory.
(
1
)
  
            
OJ L 237, 31.8.2006, p. 1
.
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2
)
  http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mmanual/A_summry.htm
(
3
)
  
            
OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1
. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC (
OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352
).
(
4
)
  
            
OJ L 188, 8.7.1992, p. 34
.
ANNEX IV
(as referred to in Article 8(2)(d), Article 9(2)(b) and Article 10
REQUIREMENTS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMMES AND INFORMATION TO BE SUBMITTED 
(
1
)
I.   Requirements for avian influenza surveillance in poultry carried out in third countries, territories, zones or compartments as referred to in Article 10.
A.   surveillance for avian influenza in poultry:
1.
Description of objectives
2.
Third country, territory, zone or compartment (keep as appropriate):
3.
Type of surveillance:
—
Serological surveillance
—
Virological surveillance
—
Targeted avian influenza subtypes
4.
Sampling criteria:
—
Targeted species (for example, turkeys, chicken, partridges)
—
Targeted categories (for example, breeders, layers)
—
Targeted husbandry systems (for example, commercial establishments, backyard flocks)
5.
Statistical basis for number of establishments sampled:
—
Number of establishments in area
—
Number of establishments per category
—
Number of establishments to be sampled per poultry category
6.
Frequency of sampling
7.
Number of samples taken per establishment/shed
8.
Time period for sampling
9.
Type of samples taken (tissue, faeces, cloacal/oropharyngeal/tracheal swabs)
10.
Laboratory tests used (for example, AGID, PCR, HI, Virus isolation.)
11.
Indication of laboratories carrying out testing at central, regional or local level (keep as appropriate)
Indication of reference laboratory carrying out confirmatory testing (avian influenza national reference laboratory, OIE or Community reference laboratory for avian influenza)
12.
Reporting system/protocol used for avian influenza surveillance results (include results where available)
13.
Follow-up investigations of positive results for subtypes H5 and H7.
B.   where available information on surveillance for avian influenza in wild birds to assess risk factors for avian influenza introduction into poultry:
1.
Type of surveillance:
—
Serological surveillance
—
Virological surveillance
—
Targeted avian influenza subtypes
2.
Sampling criteria
3.
Targeting of wild bird species (indicate species names in Latin)
4.
Targeting of selected areas
5.
Information referred to in point 6 and points 8 to 12 of Part I.A.
II.   Avian influenza surveillance to be carried out following the occurrence of an outbreak of that disease in a third country, territory, zone or compartment previously free from that disease, as referred to in Articles 8(2)(d) and 9(2)(b)
Surveillance for avian influenza must provide at least the confidence by a randomised representative sample of the populations at risk to demonstrate the absence of infection taking into account the specific epidemiological circumstances in relation to the occurred outbreak(s).
(
1
)
  Please give as much detailed information as necessary to allow proper assessment of the programme.
ANNEX V
(as referred to in Article 11(a))
INFORMATION TO BE SUBMITTED BY A THIRD COUNTRY VACCINATING AGAINST AVIAN INFLUENZA 
(
1
)
I.   Requirements for vaccination plans carried out in a third country, territory, zone or compartment as referred to in Article 11
1.
Country, territory, zone or compartment (keep as appropriate)
2.
Disease history (previous outbreaks in poultry or cases in wild birds of HPAI/LPAI)
3.
Description of the reasons for the decision on the introduction of vaccination
4.
Risk assessment based on:
—
Avian influenza outbreak within that third country, territory, zone or compartment (keep as appropriate)
—
Avian influenza outbreak in a nearby country
—
Other risk factors such as certain areas, type of poultry husbandry or categories of poultry or other captive birds
5.
Geographical area where vaccination is carried out
6.
Number of establishments in vaccination area
7.
Number of establishments where vaccination is carried out, if different from number in point 6
8.
Species and categories of poultry or other captive birds in vaccination territory, zone or compartment
9.
Approximate number of poultry or other captive birds in the establishments referred to in point 7
10.
Summary of the vaccine characteristics
11.
Authorisation, handling, manufacture, storage, supply, distribution and sale of avian influenza vaccines on national territory
12.
Implementation of a DIVA strategy
13.
Envisaged duration of vaccination campaign
14.
Provisions and restrictions on the movements of vaccinated poultry and poultry products derived from vaccinated poultry or vaccinated other captive birds
15.
Clinical and laboratory tests carried out in the establishments vaccinated and/or located in the vaccination area (e.g. efficacy and pre-movement testing etc.)
16.
Means of record keeping (e.g. for the detailed information referred to point 15) and registration of holdings where vaccination is carried out.
II.   Surveillance for third countries, territories, zones or compartments that carry out vaccination against avian influenza as referred to in Article 11
Where vaccination is carried out in a third country, territory, zone or compartment all commercial establishments that are vaccinated against avian influenza must be required to undergo laboratory testing and the following information, in addition to the information referred to in Part I.A to Annex IV, shall be submitted:
1.
Number of vaccinated establishments in area per category
2.
Number of vaccinated establishments to be sampled per poultry category
3.
Use of sentinel birds (indicate species and number of sentinel birds used per shed)
4.
Number of samples taken per establishment and/or shed
5.
Data on vaccine efficacy.
(
1
)
  Please give as much detailed information as necessary to allow proper assessment of the programme.
ANNEX VI
(as referred to in Article 12(1)(b) and (2)(c)(ii) and Article 13(1)(a))
CRITERIA FOR RECOGNISED NEWCASTLE DISEASE VACCINES
I.   General criteria
1.
Vaccines must be registered by the competent authorities of the third country concerned before being allowed to be distributed and used. For such registration, the competent authorities must rely on a complete file containing data about efficacy and innocuity; for imported vaccines the competent authorities may rely on data checked by the competent authorities of the country where the vaccine is produced, as far as these checks have been carried out in conformity with internationally accepted standards.
2.
In addition, imports or production and distribution of the vaccines must be controlled by the competent authorities of the third country concerned.
3.
Before distribution is allowed, each batch of vaccines must be tested on innocuity, in particular regarding attenuation or inactivation and absence of undesired contaminating agents, and on efficacy on behalf of the competent authorities.
II.   Specific criteria
1.
Live Newcastle disease vaccines shall be prepared from a Newcastle disease virus strain for which the master seed has been tested and shown to have an intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) of either:
(i)
less than 0,4, if not less than 10
7
 EID50 are administered to each bird in the ICPI test; or
(ii)
less than 0,5, if not less than 10
8
 EID50 are administered to each bird in the ICPI test.
2.
Inactivated Newcastle disease vaccines shall be prepared from a Newcastle disease virus strain with an intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) in one-day-old chicks of less than 0,7, if not less than 10
8
 EID50 are administered to each bird in the ICPI test.
ANNEX VII
(as referred to in Article 13)
ADDITIONAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
I.   For poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs coming from a third country, Territory, zone or compartment where vaccines used against Newcastle disease do not meet THE criteria of Annex VI
1.
Where the third country, territory, zone or compartment does not prohibit the use of Newcastle disease vaccines that do not meet the specific criteria set out in Annex VI the following additional health requirements shall apply to:
(a)
poultry, including day-old chicks must not have been vaccinated with such vaccines for at least 12 months preceding the date of import to the Community;
(b)
the flock or flocks must have undergone a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease not earlier than two weeks before the date of import into the Community or, in the case of hatching eggs, not earlier than two weeks before the date of collection of the eggs:
(i)
carried out in an official laboratory;
(ii)
on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60 birds in each flock;
(iii)
in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index of more than 0,4 have been found.
(c)
poultry must have been kept in isolation under official surveillance on the establishment of origin during the two-week period referred to in (b);
(d)
poultry must not have been in contact with poultry not meeting the requirements set out in (a) and (b) during a period of 60 days before the date of import into the Community or, in the case of hatching eggs, during a period of 60 days before the date of collection of the eggs.
2.
Where day-old chicks are imported from a third country, territory, zone or compartment as referred to in point 1, the day-old chicks and the hatching eggs from which the day-old chicks are derived must not have been in contact in the hatchery or during transport with poultry or hatching eggs not meeting the requirements set out in point 1(a) to (d).
II.   For meat of poultry
Meat of poultry must come from slaughter poultry that:
(a)
has not been vaccinated with vaccines prepared from a Newcastle disease virus master seed showing a higher pathogenicity than lentogenic strains of the virus within 30 days preceding slaughter;
(b)
underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory at the time of slaughter on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60 birds in each flock concerned and in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 were found;
(c)
has not been in contact in 30 days preceding the date of slaughter with poultry that does not fulfil the conditions set out in (a) and (b).
ANNEX VIII
(as referred to in Article 14(1)(a))
BREEDING AND PRODUCTIVE POULTRY OTHER THAN RATITES, HATCHING EGGS AND DAY-OLD CHICKS OTHER THAN OF RATITES
I.   Requirements applicable before import
1.
Breeding and productive poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites for import into the Community shall only come from establishments which have been approved by the competent authority of the third country concerned in accordance with conditions that are at least as strict as those laid down in Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC and where such approval has not been suspended or withdrawn.
2.
Where breeding and productive poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites and/or their flocks of origin are to undergo testing to meet the requirements of the relevant veterinary certificates laid down in this Regulation, sampling for testing and the testing itself must be carried out in accordance with Annex III.
3.
Hatching eggs for import into the Community shall bear the name of the third country of origin and the word ‘hatching’ that is more than 3mm high in one of the official languages of the Community.
4.
Each package of hatching eggs as referred to in point 3 shall contain only eggs of a single species, category and type of poultry from the same third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin and consignor, and shall bear at least the following particulars:
(a)
the information shown on the eggs as provided for in point 3;
(b)
the species of poultry from which the eggs come;
(c)
the consignor's name or business name and address.
5.
Each box of imported day-old chicks shall contain only a single species, category and type of poultry from the same third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, hatchery and consignor and shall bear at least the following particulars:
(a)
the name of the third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin;
(b)
the species of poultry to which the day-old chicks belong;
(c)
the distinguishing number of the hatchery;
(d)
the consignor's name or business name and address.
II.   Requirements applicable after imports
1.
Imported breeding and productive poultry other than ratites and day-old chicks other than of ratites shall be kept on the establishment(s) of destination from their date of arrival:
(a)
for a period of at least six weeks; or
(b)
where the birds are slaughtered before the expiry of the period referred to in (a), until the day of slaughter.
However, the period provided for in (a) may be reduced to three weeks, provided that sampling and testing in accordance with Annex III have been carried out with favourable results.
2.
Breeding and productive poultry other than ratites which have been hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept for at least three weeks from the date of hatching in the hatchery or for at least three weeks on the establishment(s) to which the poultry has been sent after hatching.
Where day-old chicks are not reared in the Member State which imported the hatching eggs, they shall be transported directly to the final destination (as specified in points 1.10 and 1.11 of the health certificate, Model 2 in Annex IV to Directive 90/539/EEC) and kept there for at least three weeks from the date of hatching.
3.
During the relevant periods, as referred to in points 1 and 2, imported breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks and breeding and productive poultry other than ratites which have hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept in isolation in poultry houses where no other flocks are present.
However, they may be introduced into poultry houses where breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks are already present.
In that case, the relevant periods referred to in points 1 and 2 shall commence from the date of introduction of the last imported bird and no poultry present shall be moved from the poultry houses before the end of those periods.
4.
Imported hatching eggs shall be hatched in separate incubators and hatchers.
However, imported hatching eggs may be introduced into incubators and hatchers where other hatching eggs are already present.
In that case, the periods referred to in points 1 and 2 shall commence from the date of introduction of the last imported hatching egg.
5.
No later than the date of expiry of the relevant periods as provided for in point 1 or 2, imported breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks shall undergo a clinical examination carried out by the official veterinarian and, where necessary, samples shall be taken to monitor their state of health.
ANNEX IX
(as referred to in Article 14(1)(b))
RATITES FOR BREEDING AND PRODUCTION, HATCHING EGGS AND DAY-OLD CHICKS THEREOF
I.   Requirements applicable before import
1.
Imported ratites for breeding and production (ratites) shall be identified by neck-tags and/or microchips bearing the ISO code of the third country of origin. Such microchips must comply with ISO standards.
2.
Imported hatching eggs of ratites shall be marked with a stamp indicating the ISO code of the third country of origin and the approval number of the establishment of origin.
3.
Each package of hatching eggs as referred to in point 2 shall contain only eggs of ratites from the same third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin and consignor, and shall bear at least the following particulars:
(a)
the information shown on the eggs as provided for in point 2;
(b)
a clearly visible and legible indication that the consignment contains hatching eggs of ratites;
(c)
the consignor’s name or business name and address.
4.
Each box of imported day-old chicks of ratites for breeding and production shall contain only ratites from the same third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, establishment and consignor, and shall bear at least the following particulars:
(a)
the ISO code of the third country of origin and the approval number of the establishment of origin;
(b)
a clearly visible and legible indication that the consignment contains day-old chicks of ratites;
(c)
the consignor’s name or business name and address.
II.   Requirements applicable after import
1.
After the import controls have been carried out in accordance with Directive 91/496/EEC, consignments of ratites and hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof shall be transported directly to the final destination.
2.
Imported ratites and day-old chicks thereof shall be kept on the establishment(s) of destination from their date of arrival:
(a)
for a period at least six weeks; or
(b)
where the birds are slaughtered before the expiry of the period referred to in (a), until the day of slaughter.
3.
Ratites which have hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept for a period of at least three weeks from the date of hatching in the hatchery or for at least three weeks on the establishment(s) to which they have been sent after hatching.
4.
During the relevant periods as referred to in points 2 and 3, imported ratites and ratites which have hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept in isolation in poultry houses where no other ratites or poultry are present.
However, they may be introduced into poultry houses where other ratites or poultry are already present. In that case, the periods referred to in points 2 and 3 shall commence from the date of introduction of the last imported ratite and no ratites or poultry present shall be moved from the poultry housing before the end of those periods.
5.
Imported hatching eggs shall be hatched in separate incubators and hatchers.
However, imported hatching eggs may be introduced into incubators and hatchers where other hatching eggs are already present. In that case, the periods referred to in points 2 and 3 shall commence from the date of introduction of the last imported hatching egg and the measures as provided for in those points shall apply.
6.
No later than the date of expiry of the relevant periods as referred to in point 2 or 3, imported ratites and day-old chicks thereof shall undergo a clinical examination carried out by an official veterinarian and, where necessary, samples shall be taken to monitor their state of health.
III.   Requirements for ratites for breeding and production and day-old chicks thereof from Asia and Africa applicable on their import into the Community
The protective measures for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever set out in Part I of Annex X shall apply to ratites for breeding and production and day-old chicks thereof coming from third countries, territories, zones or compartments in Asia and Africa.
All ratites testing positive to the competitive ELISA test for antibodies to Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever provided for therein shall be destroyed.
All birds of the same consignment shall be retested by the competitive ELISA test 21 days after the date of the original sampling. Where any bird tests positive all birds in the same consignment shall be destroyed.
IV.   Requirements for ratites for breeding and production from a third country, territory or zone considered to be infected with Newcastle disease
The following rules shall apply to ratites and hatching eggs thereof coming from a third country, territory or zone considered as infected with Newcastle disease and to day-old chicks that have hatched from such eggs:
(a)
before the date the isolation period begins, the competent authority shall check the isolation facilities as referred to in point 4 of Part II of this Annex to verify whether they are satisfactory;
(b)
during the relevant periods as referred to in points 2 and 3 of Part II of this Annex a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease shall be carried out on a cloacal swab or faeces sample from each ratite;
(c)
where ratites are to be sent to a Member State, the status of which has been established in accordance with Article 12(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC, a serological test shall be carried out on each ratite, in addition to the virus isolation test provided for in point (b) of this Part;
(d)
negative results of the tests provided for in points (b) and (c) shall be available before any bird is released from isolation.
ANNEX X
(as referred to in Article 17)
PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN RELATION TO CRIMEAN-CONGO HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER
I.   For ratites
The competent authority shall ensure that the ratites are isolated in rodent-proof, tick-free surroundings for at least 21 days prior to the date of import into the Community.
Before moving to the tick-free surroundings, the ratites shall be treated to ensure that all ectoparasites on them are destroyed. After 14 days in tick-free surroundings, the ratites shall undergo the competitive ELISA test for antibodies to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever. Every animal put into isolation must test negative to the test. On the ratites' arrival in the Community, the treatment for ectoparasites and the serological test shall be repeated.
II.   For ratites from which meat for import is derived
The competent authority shall ensure that the ratites are isolated in rodent-proof, tick-free surroundings for at least 14 days prior to the date of slaughter.
Before moving to the tick-free surroundings, the ratites shall either be examined to verify that they are tick-free or treated to ensure that all ticks on them are destroyed. The treatment used must be specified on the import certificate. Any treatment used shall not result in any detectable residues in the ratite meat.
Each batch of ratites shall be examined for ticks prior to slaughter. If any ticks are detected, the entire batch shall again be put into pre-slaughter isolation.
ANNEX XI
(as referred to in Article 18(2)
Model veterinary certificate for transit/storage of specified pathogen-free eggs, meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products
Text of image
COUNTRY
Veterinary certificate to EU
Part I: Details of dispatched consignment
I.1. Consignor
I.2. Certificate reference number
I.2.a
Name
I.3. Central competent authority
Address
I.4. Local competent authority
Tel.
I.5. Consignee
I.6. Person responsable for the load in EU
Name
Name
Address
Address
Postal code
Postal code
Tel.
Tel.
I.7. Country of origin
ISO code
I.8. Region of origin
Code
I.9. Country of destination
ISO code
I.10. Region of destination
Code
I.11. Place of origin
I.12. Place of destination
Name
Approval number
Custom warehouse
Ship supplier
Address
Name
Approval number
Adress
Postal code
I.13. Place of loading
I.14. Date of departure
I.15. Means of transport
I.16. Entry BIP in EU
Aeroplane
Ship
Railway wagon
Road vehicle
Other
I.17.
Identification:
Documentary references:
I.18. Description of commodity
I.19. Commodity code (HS code)
I.20. Quantity
I.21 Temperature of product
I.22. Number of packages
Ambient
Chilled
Frozen
I.23. Identification of container/seal number
I.24. Type of packaging
I.25. Commodities certified for:
Human consumption
I.26. For transit through EU to 3rd country
I.27.
3rd country
ISO code
I.28. Identification of the commodities
Approval number of establishments
Species
(Scientific name)
Nature of commodity
Treatment type
Abattoir
Manufacturing plant
Cold store
Number of packages
Net weight
Text of image
COUNTRY
Transit/storage of specified pathogen-free eggs, meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products
Part II: Certification
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1 Health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that specified pathogen-free eggs, the meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products (
1
) described in this certificate:
II.1.1 come from a third country, territory, zone or compartment appearing in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, and
(
2
) (
3
) I.1.2 complies with the relevant animal health conditions laid down in the animal health attestation in the model certificates in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
Notes
Part I:
— Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or name of the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code of column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
— Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of the establishment of dispatch.
— Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
— Box I.19: use the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code of the World Customs Organisation: 02.07; 02.08.90; 04.07; 04.08 or 21.06.10
Part II:
(1) Specified pathogen-free eggs, meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products as laid down in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(2) Keep as appropriate.
(3) In the case of specified pathogen-free eggs [SPF], meat of poultry [POU], meat of ratites [RAT], wild game-bird meat [WGM], minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry [POU-MI/MSM], minced meat and mechanically separated meat of ratites [RAT-MI/MSM], wild game-bird minced meat and mechanically separated meat [WGM-MI/MSM], eggs [E] or egg products [EP].
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Date:
Stamp:
Qualification and title:
Signature:
ANNEX XII
(as referred to in Article 20)
CORRELATION TABLE
This Regulation
Decision 2006/696/EC
Decision 94/438/EC
Decision 93/342/EEC
Article 1(1) first subparagraph
Article 1 first subparagraph
Article 1(1) second subparagraph
Article 5
Article 1(2)
Article 1 second subparagraph
Article 1(3)
Annex I and II (part1)
Article 2 (1-5)
Article 2 (a-e)
Article 2 (6)
Article 2 (m)
Article 2 (7)
Article 2 (j)
Article 2 (8)
Article 2 (k)
Article 2 (9)
Article 2 (l)
Article 2 (10)
Article 2 (11)
Article 2 (12) (a-c)
Article 2 (g)
Article 2 (12) (d)
Article 2 (13)
Article 2 (h)
Article 2 (14)
Article 2 (f)
Article 2 (15)
Article 2 (16)
Article 2 (17)
Article 2 (18)
Article 2 (19)
Article 2 (20)
Article 3
Article 5
Article 4 first subparagraph
Article 5 and 3
Article 4 second subparagraph
Annex I part 3
Article 4 third subparagraph
Article 3 second subparagraph
Article 5
Article 4
Article 6
Article 7 (a)
Article 2 (h)
Article 7 (b)
Article 2 (g)
Article 7 (c)
Article 2 (i)
Article 8
Article 9
Article 10
Article 11
Article 12
Article 4 (1) (2)
Article 4 (1) (2)
Article 13
Article 4 (3)
Article 4 (4)
Article 14 (1) (a)
Article 9
Article 14 (1) (b)
Article 11
Article 14 (2)
Article 15
Article 18
Article 16
Article 8
Article 17
Article 16 (2)
Article 18 (1)
Article 18 (2)
Article 19 (b)
Article 18 (3)
Article 19
Article 19
Article 20
Article 20
Article 21
Article 22
Annex I
Annex I and II
Annex II
Annex I part 3
Annex III (I) (1-6)
Annex I part 4 (A)
Annex III (I) (7)
Annex III (II), (III)
Annex I part 4 (B)
Annex IV
Annex V
Annex VI
Annex B
Annex VII (I)
Article 7
Annex VII (II)
Annex
Annex VIII (I)
Article 9
Annex VIII (II)
Article 10
Annex IX (I)
Article 11
Annex IX (II)
Article 12
Annex IX (III)
Article 13
Annex IX (IV)
Article 14
Annex X
Annex V
Annex XI
Annex IV
Annex XII

Summary:
EU veterinary certification requirements for poultry and poultry products from non-EU countries, territories or zones
SUMMARY OF:
Regulation (EU) 798/2008 – List of non-EU countries, territories or zones from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?
It aims to ensure that poultry and poultry products from outside the EU imported into or transited through the EU meet the same standards as those produced within the EU.
KEY POINTS
Scope
The regulation sets out veterinary certification requirements for imports into the EU and transit through the EU, including storage during transit, of the following: 
poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks and specified pathogen-free eggs;
meat and minced meat of poultry, including wild game birds, eggs and egg products.
It lists the non-EU countries, territories or zones from which these animals and products may be imported into the EU.
It does not apply to 
poultry used for shows, exhibitions or contests
.
The regulation covers a number of aspects including:
general conditions for import and transit
 such as 
veterinary
 certification requirements
examination, sampling and test procedures and
disease reporting requirements;
the 
animal health status
 of the country, territory or zone of origin with regard to poultry diseases — this includes 
the criteria for one of these areas to be considered free of avian influenza
requirements of avian influenza surveillance programmes
the criteria for one of these areas to be considered free of 
Newcastle disease
 (a viral disease affecting poultry)
requirements as regards vaccination;
specific conditions for import
 — including for: 
the 
import
 of poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks
the import of specified pathogen-free eggs
the transport for poultry and day-old chicks;
specific conditions for transit
 — includes exceptions for transit of certain poultry products through Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Croatia.
FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?
It has applied since 1 January 2009.
BACKGROUND
Directive 
90/539/EEC
 lays down animal health conditions governing imports into the EU of poultry and hatching eggs. It has been 
codified
 by Directive 2009/158/EC (
Intra-EU trade in poultry and hatching eggs
).
Directive 
91/496/EEC
 on checks on the imports of live animals and Directive 
97/78/EC
 on veterinary checks will both be replaced by Regulation (EU) 2017/625 from 14 December 2019 (
Official controls along the agri-food chain
).
MAIN DOCUMENT
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, pp. 1-94)
Successive amendments to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 have been incorporated into the original document. This 
consolidated version 
is of documentary value only.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
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) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1-142)
See 
consolidated version
.
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’) (OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, pp. 1-208)
See 
consolidated version
.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 
139/2013
 of 7 January 2013 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Union and the quarantine conditions thereof (OJ L 47, 20.2.2013, pp. 1-17)
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 (codified version) (OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, pp. 74-113)
See 
consolidated version
.
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 (OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, pp. 11-20)
See 
consolidated version
.
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 (OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, pp. 9-30)
See 
consolidated version
.
Council Directive 
91/496/EEC
 of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, pp. 56-68)
See 
consolidated version
.
last update 21.06.2019

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