Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 of 9 February 2009 laying down a list of third countries or parts thereof, for imports into, or transit through, the Community of meat of wild leporidae, of certain wild land mammals and of farmed rabbits and the veterinary certification requirements (Text with EEA relevance)

This Regulation lays down:

1. a list of third countries or parts thereof from which the following commodities may be imported into, or transit through the Community:

   1. meat of wild leporidae not containing offal, except for unskinned and uneviscerated wild leporidae;

   2. meat of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, not containing offal;

   3. meat of farmed rabbits;

2. the veterinary certification requirements for the commodities listed in points (i), (ii) and (iii) (the commodities).

Without prejudice to the restriction provided for in Article 5(2), for the purposes of this Regulation, transit covers storage during transit (including putting into storage, as referred to in Article 12(4) and Article 13 of Council Directive 97/78/EC⁽¹⁾).

This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to:

1. specific certification requirements provided for in Community agreements with third countries;

2. the relevant rules on certification contained within legislation implementing Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein.

Commodities imported into the Community shall be accompanied by a veterinary certificate drawn up in accordance with the model certificate set out in Annex II, for the commodity concerned, completed in accordance with the notes set out in Part 4 of Annex I.

Commodities in transit through the Community shall be accompanied by a certificate drawn up in accordance with the model certificate set out in Annex III.

Compliance with the additional guarantees, as required for a certain Member State or part thereof in columns 4, 6 and 8 of the Table in Part 1 of Annex I and as described in Part 3 of Annex I, shall be certified by completing the appropriate section in the veterinary certificate for the commodity concerned.

Electronic certification and other agreed systems harmonised at Community level may be used.

By way of derogation from Article 4(2), 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⁽²⁾, of consignments of commodities coming from and bound for Russia, directly or via another third country, where the following conditions are met:

1. the consignment is sealed with a serially numbered seal by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry.