CHAPTER IV U.K. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS FOR IMPORTS

[F1 Article 14 U.K. Specific conditions for imports of poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks

1. In addition to the conditions laid down in Chapters II and III, the following specific conditions shall apply to imports of:

(a) breeding and productive poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof, the requirements set out in Annex VIII;

(b) ratites for breeding and production, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof, the requirements set out in Annex IX.

2. The specific conditions referred to in paragraph 1(a) and (b) shall not apply to single consignments of less than 20 units of poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof. However, the requirements applicable after import set out in Section II of Annex VIII shall apply to those consignments.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2258 of 4 December 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards imports and transit of single consignments of less than 20 units of poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof (Text with EEA relevance).

Article 15 U.K. Specific conditions for imports of specified pathogen-free eggs

In addition to the requirements provided for in Articles 3 to 6, specified pathogen-free eggs imported into [F2 Great Britain] shall comply with the following requirements:

(a)

they shall be marked with a stamp bearing the ISO code of the third country of origin and the approval number of the establishment of origin;

(b)

each package of specified pathogen-free eggs must only contain eggs from the same third country of origin, establishment and consignor, and must bear at least the following particulars:

(i)

the information shown on the eggs as provided for in point (a);

(ii)

a clearly visible and legible indication that the consignment contains specified pathogen-free eggs;

(iii)

the consignor’s name or business name and address.

(c)

specified pathogen-free eggs imported into [F3 Great Britain] must be transported directly to their final destination after import controls have been completed satisfactorily.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Art. 15 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), 53(15)(a) (with regs. 69-71)

F3 Words in Art. 15(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), 53(15)(b) (with regs. 69-71)

Article 16 U.K. Specific conditions for transport of poultry and day-old chicks

Poultry and day-old chicks imported into [F4 Great Britain] shall not be:

(a)

loaded onto a means of transport carrying other poultry and day-old chicks of a lower health status;

(b)

in the course of transport to [F5 Great Britain], shall not be moved through nor unloaded in a third country, territory, zone or compartment from which imports of such poultry and day-old chicks into [F5 Great Britain] are not authorised.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Art. 16 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), 53(16)(a) (with regs. 69-71)

F5 Words in Art. 16(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), 53(16)(b) (with regs. 69-71)

Article 17 U.K. Specific conditions for imports of meat of ratites

Only meat derived from ratites which have undergone the protective measures in relation to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, laid down in Part II of Annex X, may be imported into [F6 Great Britain].

Textual Amendments

F6 Words in Art. 17 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), 53(17) (with regs. 69-71)