Commission Decision of 29 November 2007 laying down the animal and public health conditions and model certificates for imports of certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines for human consumption from third countries and repealing Decision 2005/432/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 5777) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/777/EC)

Article 1 U.K. Subject matter and scope

1. This Decision lays down animal and public health rules for imports into [F1 Great Britain] and the transit and storage in [F1 Great Britain], of consignments of:

(a) meat products, as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; and

(b) treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, as defined in point 7.9 of that Annex, which have undergone one of the treatments laid down in Annex II part 4 to this Decision.

Those rules shall include the lists of third countries and parts thereof from which such imports shall be authorised and the model public and animal health certificates and rules on the origin and treatments required for those imports.

2. This Decision shall apply without prejudice to [F2 Decision 2011/163/EU] and Decision 2003/779/EC.

[F3 3. In this Decision:

• — “appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:

  (a)

  in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

  (b)

  in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

• — “third country” means any country or territory other than the British Islands.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 1(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(2)(a) (with regs. 69-71)

F2 Words in Art. 1(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(2)(b) (with regs. 69-71)

F3 Art. 1(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(2)(c) (with regs. 69-71)

[F4 Article 1a U.K. Publication of code representing part of a country in Annex 2

The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may for the purposes of an animal and public health certificate under this Decision specify, in a document published for the purposes of this Article, a system of words, letters or numbers representing a part of a third country listed in Part 2 or 3 of Annex 2.]

Textual Amendments

F4 Art. 1a inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 10(2)

Article 2 U.K. Conditions concerning species and animals

[F5 The appropriate authority] shall ensure that only consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, derived from meat or meat products from the following species or animals, are imported into [F6 Great Britain]:

(a)

poultry including fowl, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, geese, quails, pigeons, pheasants and partridges reared or kept in captivity for breeding, the production of meat or eggs for consumption or for restocking supplies of game;

(b)

domestic animals of the following species: bovine animals, including Bubalus bubalis and Bison bison, swine, sheep, goats and solipeds;

(c)

rabbits and hares, and farmed game, as defined in point 1.6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(d)

wild game, as defined in point 1.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(3)(a) (with regs. 69-71)

F6 Words in Art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(3)(b) (with regs. 69-71)

Article 3 U.K. Animal health requirements concerning the origin and treatment of the meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines

[F7 The appropriate authority] shall authorise imports into [F8 Great Britain] of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines that:

(a)

[X1 comply with the conditions concerning origin and treatment set out in Annex I(1) or (2); and]

(b)

originate in the following third countries [F9 or] parts thereof:

(i)

in the case of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines not subject to a specific treatment as referred to in point 1(b) of Annex I, the third countries [F10 identified with the code “AP” in the table] in Part 2 of Annex II [F11 , or any parts thereof that the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this point];

(ii)

in the case of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines subject to a specific treatment as referred to in point 2(a)(ii) of Annex I, [F12 such of] the third countries [F13 identified with the code “AP” in the table] in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II [F14 or any parts thereof that the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this point].

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2007/777/EC of 29 November 2007 laying down the animal and public health conditions and model certificates for imports of certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines for human consumption from third countries and repealing Decision 2005/432/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 312 of 30 November 2007).

Textual Amendments

F7 Words in Art. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(4)(a) (with regs. 69-71)

F8 Words in Art. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(4)(b) (with regs. 69-71)

F9 Word in Art. 3(b) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 10(3)(a)

F10 Words in Art. 3(b)(i) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 10(3)(b)(i)

F11 Words in Art. 3(b)(i) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 10(3)(b)(ii)

F12 Words in Art. 3(b)(ii) inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 10(3)(c)(i)

F13 Words in Art. 3(b)(ii) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 10(3)(c)(ii)

F14 Words in Art. 3(b)(ii) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 10(3)(c)(iii)

Article 4 U.K. Public health requirements concerning the fresh meat used in the production of the meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines to be imported into [F15 Great Britain] and animal and public health certificates

[F16 The appropriate authority] shall ensure that:

(a)

only consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines that are obtained from fresh meat, as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 that complies with F17 ... public health requirements, are imported into the [F18 relevant part of Great Britain for which it has responsibility];

(b)

only consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines complying with the requirements of the model public and animal health certificate [F19 , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, are imported into Great Britain];

(c)

that certificate accompanies such consignments and is duly completed and signed by the official veterinarian of the third country of dispatch.

Textual Amendments

F15 Words in Art. 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(5)(a) (with regs. 69-71)

F16 Words in Art. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(5)(b) (with regs. 69-71)

F17 Words in Art. 4(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(5)(c)(i) (with regs. 69-71)

F18 Words in Art. 4(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(5)(c)(ii) (with regs. 69-71)

F19 Words in Art. 4(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(5)(d) (with regs. 69-71)

Article 5 U.K. Consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines in transit or storage in [F20 Great Britain]

[F21 1.] [F22 The appropriate authority] shall ensure that consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, introduced into the [F23 part of Great Britain for which it has responsibility] and which are destined for a third country either by transit immediately or following storage, in accordance with [F24 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124], and not intended for importation into [F25 Great Britain], shall comply with the following requirements:

(a)

they come from the territory of a third country F26 ... listed in Annex II [F27 or any parts thereof that the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this point,] and have undergone the minimum treatment for the import of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines of the species F28 ...;

(b)

they comply with the specific animal health conditions for the species concerned set out in the model animal and public health certificate [F29 , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time];

(c)

they are accompanied by an animal health certificate drawn up in accordance with the model [F30 , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time], duly signed by an official veterinarian of the third country concerned;

(d)

they are certified as acceptable for transit or storage, as appropriate, on the common veterinary entry document by the official veterinarian of the border [F31 control post of introduction into Great Britain].

[F32 2. In point (a) of paragraph 1, “the minimum treatment” is whichever of the specific treatments set out in Part 4 of Annex 2 that the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), specifies in a document published for the purposes of that paragraph as being the minimum treatment.]

Textual Amendments

F20 Words in Art. 5 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(6)(a) (with regs. 69-71)

F21 Art. 5 renumbered as Art. 5(1) (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 10(4)(a)

F22 Words in Art. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(6)(b)(i) (with regs. 69-71)

F23 Words in Art. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(6)(b)(ii) (with regs. 69-71)

F24 Words in Art. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(6)(b)(iii) (with regs. 69-71)

F25 Words in Art. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(6)(b)(iv) (with regs. 69-71)

F26 Words in Art. 5(1)(a) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 10(4)(b)(i)

F27 Words in Art. 5(1)(a) inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 10(4)(b)(ii)

F28 Words in Art. 5(1)(a) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 10(4)(b)(iii)

F29 Words in Art. 5(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(6)(c) (with regs. 69-71)

F30 Words in Art. 5(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(6)(d) (with regs. 69-71)

F31 Words in Art. 5(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(6)(e) (with regs. 69-71)

F32 Art. 5(2) inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 10(4)(c)

[F33 Article 5a U.K. Matters relating to the exercise of powers under this Decision

1. The powers exercisable by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), under the provisions listed in paragraph 2 may be exercised only where it is necessary or appropriate to do so in the light of an assessment of the risk to animal or public health in the United Kingdom, taking into account the animal health criteria and the public health criteria.

2. The provisions are—

(a)

Article 3(b)(i) (specification of third country or part thereof from which certain meat products not subject to specific treatment may be imported into Great Britain);

(b)

Article 3(b)(ii) (specification of third country or part thereof from which certain meat products subject to specific treatment may be imported into Great Britain);

(c)

in Article 5—

(i)

paragraph 1(a) (specification of third country or part thereof from which certain meat products may be imported into Great Britain for transit to a further third country);

(ii)

paragraph 2 (specification of minimum treatment for certain meat products which are to be imported into Great Britain for transit to a further third country).

(d)

in Annex 1—

(i)

paragraph 2(a)(ii) (specification of treatment for certain meat products);

(ii)

paragraph 2(b)(i) (specification of treatment for certain meat products from more than one animal or animals of more than one species);

(iii)

paragraph 2(b)(ii) (severity of final treatment for certain meat products);

(iv)

paragraph 2(c)(ii) (severity of treatment for certain meat products made for mixing previously treated meat);

(v)

the first sub-paragraph of paragraph 3 (specification of part of a third country from which certain meat products may be imported into Great Britain for transit to a further third country);

(vi)

the second sub-paragraph of paragraph 3 (specification of treatment for certain unauthorised offal).

3. Any assessment which is relied upon for the purposes of paragraph 1 must have been approved by the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales).

4. Where the Scottish Ministers or the Welsh Ministers request that the Secretary of State exercise a power under a provision listed in paragraph 2 the Secretary of State must have regard to that request.

5. In this Article—

• “animal health criteria” means the criteria set out in Schedule 1 to the Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Legislative Functions) and Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019;

• “public health criteria” means the criteria set out in Schedule 2 to those Regulations.]

Textual Amendments

F33 Art. 5a inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 10(5)

F34 Article 6 U.K. Derogation for certain destinations in Russia

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Textual Amendments

F34 Art. 6 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(7) (with regs. 69-71)

F35 Article 6a U.K. Derogation concerning transit through Croatia of consignments from Bosnia and Herzegovina and destined to third countries

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Textual Amendments

F35 Art. 6a omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(7) (with regs. 69-71)

F36 Article 7 U.K. Transitional provision

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Textual Amendments

F36 Art. 7 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(7) (with regs. 69-71)

Article 8 U.K. Repeal

Decision 2005/432/EC is repealed.

Article 9 U.K. Date of application

This Decision shall apply from 1 December 2007.

F37 Article 10 U.K. Addresses

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Textual Amendments

F37 Art. 10 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(7) (with regs. 69-71)