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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 of 5 March 2019 concerning lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption, amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 as regards these lists (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 of 5 March 2019 concerning lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption, amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 as regards these lists (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 1 Subject matter and scope

This Regulation concerns the lists of third countries or regions thereof from which consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption shall be authorised for entry into the Union from food safety perspective in accordance with Article 126(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.

Article 2 Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

  1. ‘fresh meat’ means fresh meat as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  2. ‘meat preparations’ means meat preparations as defined in point 1.15 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  3. ‘meat’ means meat as defined in point 1.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  4. ‘poultry’ means poultry as defined in point 1.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  5. ‘wild game’ means wild game as defined in point 1.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  6. ‘eggs’ means eggs as defined in point 5.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  7. ‘egg products’ means egg products as defined in point 7.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  8. ‘meat products’ means meat products as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  9. ‘treated stomachs, bladders and intestines’ means treated stomachs, bladders and intestines as defined in point 7.9 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  10. ‘bivalve molluscs’ means bivalve molluscs as defined in point 2.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  11. ‘fishery products’ means fishery products as defined in point 3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  12. ‘raw milk’ means raw milk as defined in point 4.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  13. ‘dairy products’ means dairy products as defined in point 7.2. of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  14. ‘colostrum’ means colostrum as defined in point 1 of Section IX of Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  15. ‘colostrum-based products’ means colostrum-based products as defined in points 2 of Section IX of Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  16. ‘frogs' legs’ means frogs' legs as defined in point 6.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  17. ‘snails’ means snails as defined in point 6.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and any other species of snails of the family of Helicidae, Hygromiidae or Sphincterochilidae, intended for human consumption;

  18. ‘rendered animal fat’ means rendered animal fat defined in point 7.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  19. ‘greaves’ means greaves as defined in point7.6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  20. ‘gelatine’ means gelatine as defined in point 7.7 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  21. ‘collagen’ means collagen as defined in point 7.8 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

  22. ‘honey’ means honey as defined in point 1 of Part IX of Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1);

  23. ‘apiculture products’ means apiculture products as defined in point 2 of Part IX of Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

  24. ‘reptile meat’ means reptile meat as defined in point (16) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/625;

  25. ‘insects’ means insects as defined in point (17) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/625.

Article 3 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of fresh meat and meat preparations of ungulates

Consignments of fresh meat and meat preparations of ungulates intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into the Union in accordance with point (a) of Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 206/2010.

Article 4 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of meat of poultry, ratites and wild game birds, meat preparations of poultry, eggs and egg products

Consignments of meat of poultry, ratites and wild game birds, meat preparations of poultry, eggs and egg products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into the Union in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008(2).

Article 5 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of meat of wild leporidae, of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, and of farmed rabbits

Consignments of meat of wild leporidae, of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, and of farmed rabbits intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into the Union if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into the Union in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 119/2009.

Article 6 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines other than casings

Article 7 Third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of casings

Article 8 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods

Article 9 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of fishery products others than those referred to in Article 8

Article 10 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of raw milk, colostrum, dairy products and colostrum-based products

Article 11 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of frogs' legs

Article 12 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of snails

Article 13 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of rendered animal fats and greaves

Article 14 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of gelatine and collagen

Article 15 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen

Article 16 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen

Article 17 List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of honey and other apiculture products

Article 18 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of certain highly refined products

Article 19 List of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of reptile meat

Article 20 Third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of insects

Article 21 List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of other products of animal origin

Article 22 Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759

Article 23 Repeal

Article 24 Transitional provisions

Article 25 Entry into force and application

ANNEX I

ANNEX II

ANNEX III

ANNEX IIIaLIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES OR REGIONS THEREOF FROM WHICH ENTRY INTO THE UNION OF INSECTS IS PERMITTED, REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 20

ANNEX IV