(1)

Regulation (EU) 2016/429 lays down, inter alia, the animal health requirements for the entry into the Union of consignments of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin, and it applies from 21 April 2021. One of those animal health requirements is that those consignments must come from a third country or territory, or zone or compartment thereof, listed in accordance with Article 230(1) of that Regulation.

(2)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 (2) supplements Regulation (EU) 2016/429 as regards the animal health requirements for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain species and categories of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin from third countries or territories, or zones or compartments thereof. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 provides that consignments of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin falling within its scope may only be permitted to enter into the Union if they come from a third country or territory, or zone or compartment thereof, listed for the particular species and categories of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin, in accordance with the animal health requirements laid down in that Delegated Regulation.

(3)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 (3) establishes the lists of third countries or territories, or zones or compartments thereof, from which the entry into the Union of consignments of those species and categories of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin, that fall within the scope of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692, is permitted. The lists and certain general rules concerning the lists are set out in Annexes I to XXII to that Delegated Regulation. At the time of adoption of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, similar lists were set out in several Commission acts, including in Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 (4) for consignments of poultry and poultry products, and in Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 (5) for consignments of certain animals and fresh meat. Regulations (EC) No 798/2008 and (EU) No 206/2010 were repealed by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 with effect from 21 April 2021.

(4)

The table in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 sets out the list of third countries, territories or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of ungulates. In the title of column 7 of that table, a footnote should be inserted to reflect the footnote set out in the title of column 7 of the table in Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 providing that fresh meat obtained from ungulates slaughtered and certified before the closing date shall be permitted entry into the Union only for a limited period.

(5)

In addition, in column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404, in the entry for the zone BR-2 in Brazil, the specific condition ‘No vaccination carried out’ should be inserted to reflect the supplementary guarantee ‘H’ in Part 2 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 as in that zone in Brazil no vaccination against foot and mouth is carried out and the competent authority of Brazil must therefore implement a regular serological surveillance to demonstrate the absence of foot and mouth disease virus circulation therein. The table in Part 1 of Annex XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 should therefore be corrected accordingly.

(6)

The table in Part 1 of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 sets out the list of third countries, territories or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of fresh meat of poultry and game birds. In the title of column 6 of that table, a footnote should be inserted to reflect the footnote set out in the title of column 6A of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 providing that fresh meat obtained from poultry and game birds slaughtered and certified before the closing date shall be permitted entry into the Union only for a limited period. The table in Part 1 of Annex XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 should therefore be corrected accordingly.

(7)

The table in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 sets out, inter alia, a list of third countries, territories or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain species and categories of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin for which the Union is not the final destination. In column 5 of that table, in the entry for the zone RU-2 in Russia a clerical mistake as regards the name of the animal health certificate ‘BOV-X’ indicated for that zone should be corrected so as to indicate ‘BOV-X-TRANSIT-RU’ in line with the model animal health certificate for the entry into the Union of bovine animals intended for transit from the region of Kaliningrad to other regions of Russia via the territory of Lithuania set out in Chapter 3 of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403 (6). The table in Part 1 of Annex XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8)

Annexes XIII, XIV and XXII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 should therefore be corrected accordingly.

(9)

As Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 applies from 21 April 2021, in the interest of legal certainty and to facilitate trade, the corrections to be made to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 by this Regulation should take effect as a matter of urgency.

(10)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,