Part I: Details of dispatched consignment

Health certificate

For milk and milk products not intended for human consumption for dispatch to or for transit through the Community

COUNTRY

Veterinary certificate to EU

I.1. Consignor

Name

Address

Tel. No

I.2. Certificate reference number

I.2.a

I.3. Central Competent Authority

I.4. Local Competent Authority

I.5. Consignee

Name

Address

Postal code

Tel. No

I.6. Person responsible for the load in EU

Name

Address

Postal code

Tel. No

I.7. Country of origin

ISO code

I.8. Region of origin

Code

I.9. Country of destination

ISO code

I.10. Region of destination

Code

I.11. Place of origin

Name

Approval number

Address

I.12. Place of destination

Custom warehouse

Name

Approval number

Address

Postal code

I.13. Place of loading

I.14. Date of departure

I.15. Means of transport

Aeroplane

Ship

Railway wagon

Road vehicle

Other

Identification:

Documentary references:

I.16. Entry BIP in EU

I.17. No(s) of CITES

I.18. Description of commodity

I.19. Commodity code (HS code)

I.20. Quantity

I.21. Temperature of product

Ambient

Chilled

Frozen

I.22. Number of packages

I.23. Identification of container/Seal number

I.24. Type of packaging

I.25. Commodities certified for:

Animal feedingstuff

Further process

Technical use

Other

I.26. For transit through EU to third country

third country

ISO code

I.27. For import or admission into EU

I.28. Identification of the commodities

Species

Approval number of establishments Manufacturing plant

Net weight

Batch number

Part II: Certification

COUNTRY

Milk and milk products not for human consumption

II. Health information

II.a. Certificate reference number

II.b.

I, the undersigned official veterinarian, declare that I have read and understood Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (1), and certify that the milk (2) or the milk products (2) referred to in box I.28 comply with the following conditions:

1. they were produced and derived in … (insert name of exporting country), … (insert name of region) (3), which is listed in the Annex to Decision 2004/438/EC, and which has been free from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and rinderpest for 12 months immediately prior to export and has not practiced vaccination against rinderpest during that period;

2. they were produced from raw milk derived from animals which at the time of milking did not show clinical signs of any disease transmissible through milk to humans or animals, and which had been kept for at least 30 days prior to production on holdings that were not subject to official restrictions due to foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest;

3. they are

(2) either [milk or milk products, excluding whey, that have undergone one of the treatments or combinations thereof described in point 4]

(2) or [they comprise entirely of whey with a pH below 6, which was collected not earlier than 16 hours after clotting from milk subjected to one of the treatments described in point 4]

4. they have been subject to one of the following treatments:

(2) either [High Temperature Short Time pasteurisation at 72 °C for at least 15 seconds, or an equivalent pasteurisation achieving a negative reaction to a phosphatase test, in combination with:

(2) either a subsequent second High Temperature Short Time pasteurisation at 72 °C for at least 15 seconds or an equivalent pasteurisation which itself achieves a negative reaction to a phosphatase test]

(2) or a subsequent drying process that in the case of milk intended for feeding is combined with additional heating to 72 °C or higher,]

(2) or a subsequent process by which the pH is reduced and kept for at least one hour at a level below 6;]

(2) (4) or the condition that the milk/milk product has been produced at least 21 days before the shipping and in this period no cases of FMD has been detected in the exporting country;]

(2) (4) or the milk/milk product has been produced on //, this date, in consideration of the foreseen voyage duration, being at least 21 days before the consignment is presented to a border inspection post of the European Union]

(2) or [sterilisation at a level of at least F03]

(2) or [Ultra High Temperature treatment at 132 °C for at least one second in combination with:

(2) either a subsequent drying process that in the case of milk intended for feeding is combined with additional heating to 72 °C or higher,]

(2) or a subsequent process by which the pH is reduced and kept for at least one hour at a level below 6.]

(2) (4) or the condition that the milk/milk product has been produced at least 21 days before the shipping and in this period no cases of FMD has been detected in the exporting country;]

(2) (4) or the milk/milk product has been produced on //, this date, in consideration of the foreseen voyage duration, being at least 21 days before the consignment is presented to a border inspection post of the European Union]

5. every precaution was taken to avoid contamination of the milk/milk product after processing;

6. the milk/milk product was packed:

(2) either [in new containers,]

(2) or [in vehicles or bulk containers disinfected prior to loading using a product approved by the competent authority,]

and the containers are marked so as to indicate the nature of the milk/milk product and bear labels indicating that the product is Category 3 material and not intended for human consumption.

COUNTRY

Milk and milk products not for human consumption

Notes

Part I:

Box reference I.6: Person responsible for the load in EU: this box is to be filled in only if it is a certificate for transit commodity.

Box reference I.12: Place of destination: this box is to be filled in only if it is a certificate for transit commodity.

Box reference I.15: Registration number (railway wagons or container and lorries), flight number (aircraft) or name (ship) is to be provided. In case of unloading and reloading, the consignor must inform the BIP of entry into the EU.

Box reference I.19: use the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code of the World Customs Organisation: 23.09.10, 23.09.90, 35.01, 35.02 or 35.04.

Box reference I.23: for bulk containers, the container number and the seal number (if applicable) should be included.

Box reference I.26 and I.27: fill in according to whether it is a transit or an import certificate.

Box reference I.28: “Manufacturing plant”: provide the registration number of treatment or processing establishment.

Part II:

(1) OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1.

(2) Delete as appropriate.

(3) For completion if the authorisation to import into the Community is restricted to certain regions of the third country concerned.

(4) This condition applies only to third countries listed in column “A” of Annex I to Decision 2004/438/EC

The signature and the seal must be in a different colour from that of the printing.

Note for the importer: this certificate is only for veterinary purposes and has to accompany the consignment until it reaches the border inspection post.

Official veterinarian

Name (in capital letters):

Qualification and title:

Date:

Signature:

Stamp:’