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)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC, and in particular Article 10(2)(c) thereof,
OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49. Directive as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 445/2004 (OJ L 72, 11.3.2004, p. 60).
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, and in particular the introductory phrase of Article 8, the first paragraph of point 1 of Article 8, Article 8(4), Article 9(2)(b) and Article 9(4)(b) and (c) thereof,
OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2005/432/EC of 3 June 2005 laying down the animal and public health conditions and model certificates for imports of meat products for human consumption from third countries and repealing Decisions 97/41/EC, 97/221/EC and 97/222/EC lays down the animal and public health rules and certification requirements for the importation into the Community of consignments of certain meat products, including the lists of third countries and parts thereof from which imports of such products are authorised.
OJ L 151, 14.6.2005, p. 3. Decision as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1792/2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1).
(2) Decision 2005/432/EC, as amended by Commission Decision 2006/801/EC, takes into account the health requirements and definitions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs, 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 and 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.
OJ L 329, 25.11.2006, p. 26.
OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1; corrected version OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 3.
OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55; corrected version OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).
OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206; corrected version OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 83. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006.
(3) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 lays down separate definitions for meat products and for treated stomachs, bladders and intestines.
(4) The specific treatments laid down for each third country by Decision 2005/432/EC are established basing on the treatments laid down by Directive 2002/99/EC in order to eliminate the potential animal health risk carried by the fresh meat used in the preparation of the meat products. From the animal health point of view, treated stomachs, bladders and intestines present the same animal health risk of the meat products. Therefore, they should be treated with the same specific treatments as provided for in Decision 2005/432/EC and consequently submitted to the harmonised veterinary certification for their import into the Community.
(5) Animal health requirements for importation into the EU of casings are laid down in Decision 2003/779/EC. Therefore, the products covered by Decision 2003/779/EC should be excluded by the definition of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines laid down in this Decision.
OJ L 285, 1.11.2003, p. 38. Decision as amended by Decision 2004/414/EC (OJ L 151, 30.4.2004, p. 56).
(6) Commission Decision 2004/432/EC of 29 April 2004 on the approval of residue monitoring plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Council Directive 96/23/EC lists the third countries authorised to export to the Community on the basis of their approved residue monitoring plans.
OJ L 154, 30.4.2004, p. 44. Decision as last amended by Decision 2007/362/EC (OJ L 138, 30.5.2007, p. 18).
(7) 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 lays down rules concerning veterinary checks on animal products introduced into the Community from third countries for the importation and transit of products of animal origin in the Community, including certain certification requirements.
OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352).
(8) It is necessary to lay down specific conditions for transit via the Community of consignments of meat products to and from Russia due to the geographical situation of Kaliningrad and taking into account climatic problems impeding the use of some ports at certain times of the year.
(9) Commission Decision 2001/881/EC of 7 December 2001 drawing up a list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on animals and animal products from third countries and updating the detailed rules concerning the checks to be carried out by the experts of the Commission specifies the Border Inspection Posts authorised to control the transit of consignments of meat products to and from Russia via the Community.
OJ L 326, 11.12.2006, p. 44. Decision as last amended by Decision 2007/276/EC (OJ L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 34).
(10) Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC of 21 December 1976 drawing up a list of third countries or parts of third countries, and laying down animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions, for importation into the Community of certain live animals and their fresh meat, establishes the list of third countries or parts thereof from which imports of fresh meat of certain animals are authorised. Iceland is listed in Annex II to that Decision as a country authorised to export fresh meat of certain animals. Therefore, import of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines of those animals from Iceland should be allowed without the application of any specific treatment.
OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15. Decision as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).
(11) Annex 11 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products lays down the animal health, public health and zootechnical measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products. Treatments applicable to meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines from the Swiss Confederation should be in accordance with that agreement. Therefore, it is not necessary to set out these treatments in the Annex to this Decision.
OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132.
(12) Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmisible spongiform encephalopaties has been amended by Regulation (EC) No 722/2007 of the Commission of 25 June 2007 amending Annexes II, V, VI, VIII, IX and XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 and by Regulation (EC) No 1275/2007 amending Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmisissible encephalopathies. New requirements with regard to the BSE status of third countries to export meat products and treated intestines to the Community should be included in the certificate.
OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 727/2007 (OJ L 165, 27.6.2007, p. 8).
OJ L 164, 26.6.2007, p. 7.
OJ L 284, 30.10.2007, p. 8.
(13) Commission Decision 2007/453/EC of 29 June 2007 establishing the BSE status of Member States or third countries or regions thereof according to their BSE risk lists countries or regions in three groups: negligible BSE risk, controlled BSE risk and undetermined BSE risk. A reference to that list should be made in the certificate.
OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 84.
(14) In the interest of clarity of Community legislation, it is appropriate to repeal Decision 2005/432/EC and replace it by the present Decision.
(15) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Subject matter and scope
1. This Decision lays down animal and public health rules for imports into Great Britain and the transit and storage in 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.
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)
2. This Decision shall apply without prejudice to Decision 2011/163/EU and Decision 2003/779/EC.
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)
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.
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)

Article 1a 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.
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 Conditions concerning species and animals
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 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.
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)
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 Animal health requirements concerning the origin and treatment of the meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines
The appropriate authority shall authorise imports into Great Britain of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines that:
(a) comply with—
(i) any conditions concerning origin and treatment set out in Annex 1(1) or (2); and
(ii) any conditions set out in a document published under point (b); and
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).
Art. 3(a) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 33(2)
(b) originate in the following third countries 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 identified with the code “AP” in the table in Part 2 of Annex II , 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;
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)
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)
(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, such of the third countries identified with the code “AP” in the table in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II 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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)

Article 4 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 Great Britain and animal and public health certificates
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 ... public health requirements, are imported into the relevant part of Great Britain for which it has responsibility;
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)
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)
(b) only consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines complying with the requirements of the model public and animal health certificate , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, are imported into Great Britain;
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)
(c) that certificate accompanies such consignments and is duly completed and signed by the official veterinarian of the third country of dispatch.
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)
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)

Article 5 Consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines in transit or storage in Great Britain
(1. The appropriate authority shall ensure that consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, introduced into the 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 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124, and not intended for importation into Great Britain, shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) they come from the territory of a third country ... listed in Annex II 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 ...;
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)
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)
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)
(b) they comply with the specific animal health conditions for the species concerned set out in the model animal and public health certificate , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time;
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)
(c) they are accompanied by an animal health certificate drawn up in accordance with the model , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, duly signed by an official veterinarian of the third country concerned;
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)
(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 control post of introduction into Great Britain.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
(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.
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)
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)

Article 5a 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.
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)

Article 6 Derogation for certain destinations in Russia
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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)

Article 6a Derogation concerning transit through Croatia of consignments from Bosnia and Herzegovina and destined to third countries
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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)

Article 7 Transitional provision
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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 Repeal
Decision 2005/432/EC is repealed.

Article 9 Date of application
This Decision shall apply from 1 December 2007.

Article 10 Addresses
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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)
ANNEX I

1. Meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines originating in the third countries or parts thereof referred to in Article 3(b)(i) of this Decision shall:
(a) contain meat eligible for import into Great Britain as fresh meat, as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; and
Words in Annex 1 para. 1(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(8)(a) (with regs. 69-71)
(b) be derived from one or more of the species or animals which have undergone a non-specific treatment as set out in point A Part 4 of Annex II to this Decision.

2. Meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines originating in the third countries or parts thereof, as referred to in Article 3(b)(ii), shall comply with the conditions set out in (a), (b) or (c) of this point:
(a) the meat products and/or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must:
(i) contain meat and/or meat products derived from a single species or animal, as indicated by the code “AP” in the relevant column in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II indicating the species or animal concerned; and
Words in Annex 1 para. 2(a)(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(6)(a)(i)
(ii) have undergone any specific treatment, as set out in Part 4 of Annex 2, for meat of that species or animal 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;
Annex 1 para. 2(a)(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(6)(a)(ii)
(b) the meat products and/or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must:
(i) contain fresh, processed or partly processed meat of more than one species or animal, as indicated by the code “AP” in the relevant column of Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II which are mixed prior to undergoing such final treatment, as set out in Part 4 of Annex II , as 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
Words in Annex 1 para. 2(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(6)(b)(i)(aa)
Words in Annex 1 para. 2(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(6)(b)(i)(bb)
Words in Annex 1 para. 2(b)(i) 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(6)(b)(i)(cc)
(ii) have undergone the final treatment referred to in (i) that must be at least as severe as the most severe of the treatments set out in Part 4 of Annex II for meat of the species or animals concerned, as 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;
Words in Annex 1 para. 2(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(6)(b)(ii)(aa)
Words in Annex 1 para. 2(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(6)(b)(ii)(bb)
(c) the final meat products and/or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must:
(i) be prepared by mixing previously treated meat or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines of more than one species or animal; and
(ii) have undergone the previous treatment referred to in (i) that must have been at least as severe as such of the treatments set out in Part 4 of Annex II as 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 for the species or animal concerned ... for each meat component of the meat product and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines.
Words in Annex 1 para. 2(c)(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(6)(c)(i)
Words in Annex 1 para. 2(c)(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(6)(c)(ii)
Words in Annex I para. 2(c)(ii) 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(6)(c)(iii)

3. The treatments set out in Part 4 of Annex II shall constitute the minimum acceptable processing conditions for animal health purposes for meat products and stomachs, bladders and intestines derived from the relevant species or animal originating in the third countries ... listed in Annex II or such parts thereof as 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 paragraph.
However, in cases where import of offal is not authorised under Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 owing to ... animal health restrictions, it may be imported as a meat product or treated stomach, intestine or bladder or used in a meat product provided any treatment 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 paragraph is carried out and the ... public health requirements are fulfilled.
In addition, an establishment from a country listed in Annex II may be authorised to produce meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines that have undergone treatments B, C or D, as referred to in Part 4 of Annex II, even where that establishment is located in a third country or part thereof that is not authorised for imports into Great Britain of fresh meat under the condition that ... public health requirements are fulfilled.
Words in Annex 1 para. 3 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(6)(d)(i)
Words in Annex 1 para. 3 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(6)(d)(ii)
Words in Annex 1 para. 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(8)(b)(i)(aa) (with regs. 69-71)
Word in Annex 1 para. 3 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(8)(b)(i)(bb) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Annex 1 para. 3 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(6)(e)
Word in Annex 1 para. 3 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(8)(b)(i)(cc) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Annex 1 para. 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(8)(b)(ii)(aa) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Annex 1 para. 3 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(8)(b)(ii)(bb) (with regs. 69-71)
ANNEX II

PART 1 Regionalised territories for the countries listed in Parts 2 and 3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Annex 2 Pt. 1 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(7)

PART 2 Third countries ... from which the introduction of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines into Great Britain is authorised
(See Part 4 of this Annex for the interpretation of codes used in the table)
ISO code	Country of origin ...	1. Domestic bovine 2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game-(excluding swine)	Domestic ovine/ caprine	1. Domestic porcine 2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine)	Domestic soliped	1. Poultry 2. Farmed feathered game (except ratites)	Farmed ratites	Domestic rabbit and farmed leporidae	Wild cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine)	Wild swine	Wild soliped	Wild leporidae (rabbits and hares)	Wild game birds	Wild land mamma-lian game (excluding ungulates, solipeds and leporidae)
AR	Argentina ...	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
AU	Australia	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	AP
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
BH	Bahrain	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
BR	Brazil	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
BW	Botswana	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX
BY	Belarus	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
CA	Canada ...	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	AP
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
CH	Switzerland ...	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP
CL	Chile	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
CN	China	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
CO	Colombia	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
ET	Ethiopia	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
EU	member States, Liechtenstein and Norway ...	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP
GL	Greenland	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP
HK	Hong Kong	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
IL	Israel	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
IN	India	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
IS	Iceland	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP
JP	Japan	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
KE	Kenya	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
KR	South Korea	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
MA	Morocco	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
ME	Montenegro	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
MG	Madagascar	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
MK	The Republic of North Macedonia	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
MU	Mauritius	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
MX	Mexico	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
MY	Malaysia ...	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
NA	Namibia	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX
NC	New Caledonia	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
NZ	New Zealand	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	AP
PM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
PY	Paraguay	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
RS	Serbia	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
RU	Russia ...	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	AP
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
SG	Singapore	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
SZ	Swaziland	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX
TH	Thailand	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
TN	Tunisia	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
TR	Turkey	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
UA	Ukraine ...	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
US	United States ...	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
UY	Uruguay	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
XK	Kosovo	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
ZA	South Africa	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX
...
ZW	Zimbabwe	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	AP	XXX	AP	AP	XXX
. . .														
Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 925/2010 of 15 October 2010 amending Decision 2007/777/EC and Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards transit through the Union of poultry meat and poultry meat products from Russia (Text with EEA relevance).
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 heading 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(8)(a)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 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(9)(a)(i) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(x)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(y)(i)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(z)(ii)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(b)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(c)
Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1095 of 25 June 2019 amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC as regards the entries for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Russia in the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction into the Union of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines is authorised (notified under document C(2019) 4285) (Text with EEA relevance).
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(d)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(e)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(f)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(g)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(h)
Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/204 of 6 February 2015 amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC as regards the entry for Canada in the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines into the Union is authorised in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (notified under document C(2015) 554) (Text with EEA relevance).
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(y)(ii)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(i)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(j)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(k)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(y)(v)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table inserted (21.3.2023) by The Approved Country Lists (Animals and Animal Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/217), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(l)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 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(9)(a)(ii) (with regs. 69-71)
Annex 2 Pt. 2 footnote 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(9)(d)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(z)(i)
Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, right of establishment and freedom to provide services, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, fisheries, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, social policy and employment, environment, customs union, external relations, and foreign, security and defence policy, by reason of the accession of Croatia.
Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/216 of 10 February 2015 amending Decision 2000/572/EC as regards the reference to the Harmonised System (HS) in the model certificate for meat preparations and amending Decision 2007/777/EC as regards the entry for Israel in the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines into the Union is authorised (notified under document C(2015) 438) (Text with EEA relevance).
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 substituted (28.3.2021) by The Approved Country Lists (Animals and Animal Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/211), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table inserted (21.3.2023) by The Approved Country Lists (Animals and Animal Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/217), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)
Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/267 of 17 February 2015 amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC as regards the entry for Japan in the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction of certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines into the Union is authorised (notified under document C(2015) 738) (Text with EEA relevance).
Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/386 of 9 March 2020 amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC as regards the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction into the Union of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines is authorised, and amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 as regards the list of third countries, territories or parts thereof from which the introduction into the Union of fresh meat is authorised (Text with EEA relevance).
Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/41 of 14 January 2016 amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC as regards the entry for Mexico in the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines into the Union is authorised in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (notified under document C(2016) 41) (Text with EEA relevance).
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(y)(iii)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(m)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(n)
Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1781 of 5 October 2016 amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC as regards inserting an entry for Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction into the Union of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines is authorised (notified under document C(2016) 6287) (Text with EEA relevance).
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(y)(iv)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(o)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(p)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(q)
Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/193 of 3 February 2017 amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Ukraine in the lists of third countries from which the introduction of certain commodities into the Union is authorised in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (Text with EEA relevance).
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(y)(vi)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(r)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(s)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(t)
Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/252 of 13 February 2015 amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines into the Union is authorised in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (notified under document C(2015) 714) (Text with EEA relevance).
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(y)(vii)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(u)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(v)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(w)
Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/981 of 7 July 2020 amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC as regards the entry for KosovoThis designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence. in the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction into the Union of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines is authorised and amending Annex III to that Decision as regards the model certificate for imports of those products from third countries (notified under document C(2020) 4433) (Text with EEA relevance).
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 2 table 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(8)(z)(iii)
Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1461 of 8 August 2017 amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC as regards the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction into the Union of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines is authorised (notified under document C(2017) 5472) (Text with EEA relevance).
Deleted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 110/2012 of 9 February 2012 amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for South Africa in the lists of third countries or parts thereof (Text with EEA relevance).
Annex 2 Pt. 2 table notes omitted (10.2.2025) by virtue of The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 33(3)

PART 3 Third countries ... not authorised for certain species under the non-specific treatment regime (A) but from where imports into Great Britain of biltong/jerky and pasteurised meat products are authorised
ISO code	Country of origin ...	1. Domestic bovine 2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine)	Domestic ovine/caprine	1. Domestic porcine 2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine)	Domestic soliped	1. Poultry 2. Farmed feathered game	Ratites	Domestic rabbit and farmed leporidae	Wild cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine)	Wild swine	Wild soliped	Wild leporidae (rabbits and hares)	Wild game birds	Wild land mammalian game (excluding ungulates, solipeds and leporidae)
AR	Argentina ...	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	XXX	XXX
BR	Brazil ...	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
NA	Namibia	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX
	...	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	
UY	Uruguay	AP	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
ZA	South Africa	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX
	
ZW	Zimbabwe	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX	XXX	AP	AP	AP	XXX
XXX No certificate laid down and imports into the Community of biltong/jerky and pasteurised meat products are not authorised unless the country is authorised in Part 2 for treatment ‘ A ’ for the relevant species.														
Substituted by Commission Decision of 30 November 2009 amending Decision 2007/777/EC as regards imports into the Community of biltong from certain parts of South Africa and from Uruguay (notified under document C(2009) 9362) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/864/EC).
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 3 heading 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(10)(a)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 3 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(9)(c) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 3 table 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(10)(b)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 3 table 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(10)(c)(i)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 3 table 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(10)(f)
Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision of 21 February 2013 amending Decision 2007/777/EC as regards the entry for Brazil in the list of third countries and parts thereof from where imports into the Union of biltong/jerky and pasteurised meat products are authorised (notified under document C(2013) 899) (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/104/EU).
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 3 table 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(10)(c)(ii)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 3 table 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(10)(d)
Word in Annex 2 Pt. 3 table 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(10)(e)
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 3 table 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(10)(c)(iii)
Deleted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/386 of 9 March 2020 amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC as regards the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction into the Union of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines is authorised, and amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 as regards the list of third countries, territories or parts thereof from which the introduction into the Union of fresh meat is authorised (Text with EEA relevance).

PART 4 Interpretation of codes used in tables in parts 2 and 3

HEAT TREATMENTS AND RELATED CODES
Non-specific treatment:

A
No minimum specified temperature or other treatment is established for animal health purposes for meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines. However, the meat of such meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must have undergone a treatment such that its cut surface shows that it no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat and the fresh meat used must also satisfy the animal health rules applicable to exports of fresh meat into Great Britain.
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 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(9)(d) (with regs. 69-71)
Specific treatments listed in descending order of severity:

B
Treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an Fo value of three or more.

C
A minimum temperature of 80 °C which must be reached throughout the meat and/or stomachs, bladders and intestines during the processing of the meat product and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines.

D
A minimum temperature of 70 °C which must be reached throughout the meat and/or stomachs, bladders and intestines during the processing of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, or for raw ham, a treatment consisting of natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine months and resulting in the following characteristics:
Aw value of not more than 0,93,
pH value of not more than 6,0.

D1
Thorough cooking of meat, previously deboned and defatted, subjected to heating so that an internal temperature of 70 °C or greater is maintained for a minimum of 30 minutes.
Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision of 13 August 2013 amending Decision 2007/777/EC as regards the introduction of a new treatment to inactivate foot-and-mouth disease virus in meat products and the import conditions from the Russian region of Kaliningrad (notified under document C(2013) 4970) (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/436/EU).

E
In the case of ‘biltong’-type products, a treatment to achieve:
Aw value of not more than 0,93,
pH value of not more than 6,0.

F
A heat treatment ensuring that a centre temperature of at least 65 °C is reached for a period of time as necessary to achieve a pasteurisation value (pv) equal to or above 40.
Annex 2 Pt. 4 heading 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(11)

ANNEX III Model animal health and public health certificate for certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines intended for consignment to the European Union from third countries
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Annex 3 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(10) (with regs. 69-71)

ANNEX IV (Transit and/or storage)
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Annex 4 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(10) (with regs. 69-71)

Decision excluded (2.9.2024) by The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Plant and Animal Health) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/853), regs. 1(2)(b), 7 (with reg. 12)
Annex 2: power to amend conferred (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Legislative Functions) and Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1225), regs. 1(3), 6; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)