CHAPTER ISUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1Subject matter and scope
1.
This Regulation lays down veterinary certification requirements for imports into and transit, including storage during transit, through F1Great Britain of the following commodities (the commodities):
(a)
poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks and specified pathogen-free eggs;
(b)
meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, including ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products.
It lays down a list of third countries F2and makes provision for the specification for the purposes of this Regulation by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), of territories, zones and compartments from which the commodities may be imported into F3Great Britain.
2.
This Regulation shall not apply to poultry for exhibitions, shows or contests.
3.
This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in F4agreements between the United Kingdom and third countries.