amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (1), and in particular Article 22(3) and Article 24(2),
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 (2), and in particular Article 9(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 (3) lays down veterinary certification requirements for imports into, and transit through, the Community of poultry and certain poultry products. It provides that the commodities covered by that Regulation (‘the commodities’) are only to be imported into, and transit through, the Community from third countries, territories, zones or compartments which are free from disease and are listed in the table in Part 1 of Annex I thereto. In addition, model veterinary certificates are set out in Part 2 of that Annex. Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 also provides that where examination, sampling and testing for certain diseases are required for imports of the commodities, they are to be carried out in accordance with Annex III thereto.
(2)
Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 provides that the commodities may only be imported into the Community where the third country informs the Commission of any initial outbreaks of Newcastle Disease or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and submits virus isolates to the Community reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease.
(3)
Where an outbreak of avian influenza is detected on the territory of a third country, or a zone or compartment(s) thereof, the competent authority of that third country may no longer certify that its territory, zone or compartment(s) thereof, as listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, is free from that disease.
(4)
In the interests of animal health and the prevention and monitoring of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) at Community level, it is appropriate that initial outbreaks of that disease be reported to the Commission. Article 7 of Regulation (EC) 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
Canada has demonstrated its capability to respond to outbreaks of LPAI in poultry holdings on its territory and to successfully prevent the spread of infection.
(6)
Canada has also provided the Commission with detailed information on the epidemiological situation and the disease control measures taken by it, including a description of the areas placed under official restrictions in relation to outbreaks of LPAI.
(7)
Council Decision 1999/201/EC of 14 December 1998 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products (4) approved that Agreement, which provides that each Party to it is to recognise a sanitary measure of the other Party as equivalent if the latter objectively demonstrates that its measure achieves the appropriate level of protection.
(8)
In view of that Agreement and the disease control system put in place in Canada, it is appropriate to apply alternative certification provisions for day-old chicks and hatching eggs originating from areas outside those placed under official restrictions for LPAI. Accordingly, the model veterinary certificates for day-old chicks other than ratites and hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites should be amended to allow for alternative certification provisions for Canada in the case of future outbreaks of LPAI.
(9)
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has recently issued recommendations on certain treatment procedures for the commodities for the inactivation of disease agents. The model veterinary certificate for egg products should therefore be amended in order to take account of those recommendations.
(10)
Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11)
In addition, the testing method for a Salmonella subspecies of animal health relevance should be amended to allow third countries to use laboratory methods as recommended by the OIE. Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(12)
In addition, a footnote should be corrected in the model veterinary certificate for transit/storage of specified pathogen-free eggs, meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products. Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(13)
Furthermore, it is appropriate to provide for a transitional period to permit Member States and industry to take the necessary measures to comply with the applicable veterinary certification.
(14)
Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(15)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended as follows:
1.
In Article 7, points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following:
‘(a)
informs the Commission of the disease situation within 24 hours of confirmation of any initial outbreaks of LPAI, HPAI or Newcastle disease;
(b)
submits virus isolates from initial outbreaks of HPAI and Newcastle disease, without undue delay to the Community reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease (*1); such virus isolates shall not be required for imports of eggs, egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs from third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which the import of such commodities into the Community is authorised;
(*1)
Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Weybridge, Surrey KT 153NB, United Kingdom.’
"
2.
Annexes I, III and XI are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
Commodities in respect of which the relevant veterinary certificates have been issued in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 before the amendments introduced by the present Regulation may still be imported or transit through the Community until 15 July 2009.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that the day-old chicks (1) described in this certificate:
II.1.1 meet the provisions of Directive 90/539/EEC;
II.1.2 have been hatched on:
(2)(3) either [the territory of code …;]
(3)(4) or [compartment(s) …;]
where the flocks from which the hatching eggs come were imported into the country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, this took place in accordance with veterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirements of Directive 90/539/EEC and any subsidiary Decisions;
II.1.3 come from:
(2)(3) either [the territory of code …;]
(3)(4) or [compartment(s) …;]
(a) which, at the date of issue of this certificate, was (were) free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;
(b) where a surveillance programme for avian influenza according to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is carried out;
II.1.4 come from:
(2)(3) either [the territory of code …;]
(2)(3)(12) or [the territory of code …, excluding any area under official restrictions in relation to low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(3)(4) or [compartment(s) …;]
(3) either [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was (were) free from highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(3) or [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was (were) free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, and
(3) either [(a) were derived from parent flocks which have been kept in an establishment in which avian influenza surveillance has been carried out with negative results within 21 days prior to the time of collection of eggs from which the day-old chicks were hatched;]
(3) or [(a) were derived from parent flocks which have been kept in an establishment in which during the past 21 days prior to the collection of the eggs from which the day-old chicks were hatched a virus detection test with negative testing results for avian influenza has been carried out on a random sample of cloacal and tracheal/or oropharyngeal swabs taken from at least 60 poultry in the establishment or from all poultry if less than 60 are present in the establishment;]
(b) the day-old chicks come from an establishment:
around which within a 1 km radius low pathogenic avian influenza has not been present within the last 30 days on any establishment;
where there has been no epidemiological link to an establishment where avian influenza has been detected within the last 30 days;]
II.1.5 (a) have not been vaccinated against avian influenza;
(b) were derived from parent flocks which:
(3) either [have not been vaccinated against avian influenza;]
(3) or [have been vaccinated against avian influenza in accordance with a vaccination plan under Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 using:
II.1.6 have been hatched in the establishment(s) defined in Box I.11 of Part I officially approved in accordance with requirements which are at least equivalent to those laid down in Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC, and
(a) the approval of which has not been suspended or withdrawn;
(b) which, at the time of consignment, was (were) not subject to any animal health restriction;
(c) within a 10 km radius of which, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days;
II.1.7 have been hatched from eggs coming from flocks which:
(a) have been kept for at least six weeks immediately prior to import to the Community in officially approved establishments, the approval of which, at the time of consignment of the hatching eggs to the hatchery, had not been suspended or withdrawn;
(b) at the time of consignment, were not subject to any animal health restriction;
(c) have undergone a disease surveillance programme for:
(3) either [Salmonella pullorum, S. gallinarum and Mycoplasma gallisepticum (fowls);]
(3) or [Salmonella arizonae, S. pullorum and S. gallinarum, Mycoplasma meleagridis and M. gallisepticum (turkeys);]
(3) or [Salmonella pullorum and S. gallinarum (guinea fowls, quails, pheasants, partridges and ducks);]
in accordance with Chapter III of Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC and have not been found to be infected, or showed any grounds for suspecting infection, by these agents;
(3) either [(d) have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(3) or [(d) have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using:
(name and type (live or inactivated) of Newcastle disease virus strain used in vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
(5) and/or [(e) have been vaccinated using officially approved vaccines
on … against … (repeat as necessary);]
II.1.8 have been hatched from eggs which:
(a) prior to consignment to the hatchery, had been marked in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority;
(b) had been disinfected in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority;
II.1.9 hatched on … (dates);
(5) [II.1.10 have been vaccinated using officially approved vaccines on … against … (repeat as necessary);]
II.1.11 at the time of consignment were examined and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease;
II.1.12 have had no contact with poultry not meeting the requirements laid down in this certificate or with wild birds.
II.2. Public health additional guarantees
(6) [II.2.1 The Salmonella control programme referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 and the specific requirements for the use of antimicrobials and vaccines in Regulation (EC) No 1177/2006, have been applied to the parent flock of origin and this parent flock has been tested for Salmonella serotypes of public health significance.
Date of last sampling of the parent flock from which the testing result is known: …
The specific requirements for the use of antimicrobials and vaccines in Regulation (EC) No 1177/2006, have been applied to the day-old chicks.
For reasons other than the Salmonella control programme:
(3) either [antimicrobials were not administered to the day-old chicks (including in-ovo injection);]
(3) (8) or [the following antimicrobials were administered to the day-old chicks (including in-ovo) injection …
(6) [II.2.2 If the day-old chicks are intended for breeding, neither Salmonella Enteritidis nor Salmonella Typhimurium were detected within the control programme referred to in point II.2.1.]
II.3. Animal health additional guarantees
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(9) [II.3.1 where the consignment is intended for a Member State the status of which has been established pursuant to Article 12(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC, the day-old chicks described in this certificate come from hatching eggs coming from flocks which:
(3) either [have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(3) or [have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using an inactivated vaccine;]
(3) or [have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using a live vaccine at the latest 60 days before the date the eggs were collected;]
(5) [II.3.2 the following additional guarantees, laid down by the Member State of destination under Articles 13 and/or 14 of Directive 90/539/EEC, are provided:
(9) [II.3.3 if the Member State of destination is Finland or Sweden, the day-old chicks for introduction into flocks of breeding poultry or flocks of productive poultry come from flocks which have tested negative in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Decision 2003/644/EC.]
II.4. Additional health requirements
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(10) [II.4.1 although the use of vaccines against Newcastle disease which do not fulfil the specific requirements of Annex VI (II) to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is not prohibited in:
(2) (3) either [the territory of code …;]
(3) (4) or [compartment(s) …;]
the breeding poultry from which the day-old chicks are derived:
(a) have not been vaccinated for at least the previous 12 months with such vaccines;
(b) comes from a flock or flocks which underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory not earlier than 14 days preceding consignment on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60 birds in each flock and in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 were found;
(c) have not been in contact during the last 60 days before consignment with poultry which does not fulfil the conditions in (a) and (b);
(d) have been kept in isolation under official surveillance on the establishment of origin in the 14-day period mentioned in (b);
(10) [II.4.2 the hatching eggs from which day-old chicks have been hatched have not been in contact in the hatchery or during transport with eggs or poultry which do not fulfil the abovementioned requirements.]
(11) II.5. Animal transport attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
II.5.1 the day-old chicks described in this certificate are transported in disposable boxes used for the first time and:
(a) contain only day-old chicks of the same species, category and type coming from the same establishment;
the name of the country, territory, zone or compartment of consignment,
the species of poultry concerned,
the number of chicks,
the category and type of production for which they are intended,
the name, address and approval number of the production establishment,
the approval number of the establishment of origin,
the Member State of destination;
(c) are closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority to avoid any possibility of substitution of the contents;
The containers and vehicles in which the boxes mentioned above have been transported have been cleansed and disinfected before loading in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority.
Notes
Part I:
Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of hatcheries and the breeding establishment.
Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
Box I.19: use the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code of the World Customs Organisation: 01.05 or 01.06.39.
Box I.28: (Category): select one of the following: Pure line/grandparents/parents/laying stock/broilers/others.
Part II:
(1) “Day-old chicks” as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(2) Code of the territory as it appears in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(3) Keep as appropriate.
(4) Insert the name of compartment(s).
(5) Keep if appropriate.
(6) This guarantee applies only for day-old chicks belonging to the species of Gallus gallus.
(7) If any of the results were positive for the serotypes below during the life of the flock, indicate as positive:
flocks of breeding poultry: Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Virchow and Salmonella Infantis;
flocks of productive poultry: Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium.
(8) Keep if appropriate: indicate the name and active substance of antimicrobials used.
(9) To delete if consignment is not intended for Finland and Sweden.
(10) This guarantee is required only for poultry coming from countries, territories, zones or compartments where Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 applies.
(11) Please note that pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 animals are to be checked by the competent authorities of the Member States to check if they are fit to continue the journey after entry into the Community. In the case the requirements are not fulfilled, the animals must be unloaded and further measures taken.
(12) This option only applies for Canada.
This certificate is valid for 10 days.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Qualification and title:
Date:
Signature:
Stamp:’
(b)
The model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than of ratites (HEP) is replaced by the following:
‘
Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites (HEP)
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that the hatching eggs (1) described in this certificate:
II.1.1 meet the provisions of Directive 90/539/EEC;
II.1.2 come from flocks which have remained on:
(2)(3) either [the territory of code …;]
(3)(4) or [compartment(s) …;]
for at least three months. Where the flocks from which the hatching eggs come were imported into the country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, this took place in accordance with veterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirements of Directive 90/539/EEC and any subsidiary Decisions;
II.1.3 come from:
(2)(3) either [the territory of code …;]
(3)(4) or [compartment(s) …;]
(a) which, at the date of issue of this certificate, was (were) free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;
(b) where a surveillance programme for avian influenza according to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is carried out;
II.1.4 come from:
(2)(3) either [the territory of code …;]
(2)(3)(10) or [the territory of code …, excluding any area under official restrictions for low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(3)(4) or [compartment(s) …;]
(3) either [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was (were) free from highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
(3) or [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was (were) free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, and
(3) either [(a) were derived from parent flocks which have been kept in an establishment in which avian influenza surveillance has been carried out with negative results within 21 days prior to the time of collection of eggs;]
(3) or [(a) were derived from parent flocks which have been kept in an establishment in which during the past 21 days prior to the collection of the eggs a virus detection test with negative testing results for avian influenza has been carried out on a random sample of cloacal and tracheal/or oropharyngeal swabs taken from at least 60 poultry in the establishment or from all poultry if less than 60 are present in the establishment;]
(b) the hatching eggs come from an establishment:
around which within a 1 km radius low pathogenic avian influenza has not been present within the last 30 days on any establishment;
where there has been no epidemiological link to an establishment where avian influenza has been detected within the last 30 days;]
II.1.5 were derived from parent flocks which:
(3) either [have not been vaccinated against avian influenza;]
(3) or [have been vaccinated against avian influenza in accordance with a vaccination plan under Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 using:
(a) have been examined at the date of issue of this certificate and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease;
(b) have been kept for at least six weeks immediately prior to import to the Community in the establishment(s) defined in Box I.11 of Part I, officially approved in accordance with requirements that are at least equivalent to those laid down in Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC:
the approval of which has not been suspended or withdrawn;
which is (are) not subject to any animal health restriction;
within a 10 km radius of which, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days;
(c) during the period mentioned in (b), have had no contact with poultry not meeting the requirements laid down in this certificate or with wild birds;
(d) have undergone a disease surveillance programme for:
(3) either [Salmonella pullorum, S. gallinarum and Mycoplasma gallisepticum (fowls);]
(3) or [Salmonella arizonae, S. pullorum and S. gallinarum, Mycoplasma meleagridis and M. gallisepticum (turkeys);]
(3) or [Salmonella pullorum and S. gallinarum (guinea fowls, quails, pheasants, partridges and ducks)]
in accordance with Chapter III of Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC and were not found to be infected, or showed any grounds for suspecting infection, by these agents;
(3) either [(e) have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(3) or [(e) have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using:
(name and type (live or inactivated) of Newcastle disease virus strain used in vaccine(s))
at the age of … weeks;]
(3) and/or [(f) have been vaccinated using officially approved vaccines
on … against … (repeat as necessary);]
(9) II.1.7 have been marked as indicated in point I.28 of the certificate using … (colour ink);
II.1.8 have been disinfected in accordance with my instructions, using … (name of the product and active substance) for … (time in minutes);
II.1.9 were collected from … to … (dates);
II.1.10 have been examined at the date of issue of this certificate and showed no clinical signs of or grounds for suspecting any disease.
II.2. Public health additional guaranties
(5) [II.2.1 The Salmonella control programme referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 and the specific requirements for the use of antimicrobials and vaccines in Regulation (EC) No 1177/2006, have been applied to the parent flock of origin and this parent flock has been tested for Salmonella serotypes of public health significance.
Date of last sampling of the parent flock from which the testing result is known: …
(5) [II.2.2 Neither Salmonella Enteritidis nor Salmonella Typhimurium were detected within the control programme referred to in point II.2.1.]
II.3. Animal health additional guarantees
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(7) [II.3.1 where the consignment is intended for a Member State the status of which has been established in accordance with Article 12(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC, the hatching eggs described in this certificate are derived from poultry which:
(3) either [have not been vaccinated against Newcastle disease;]
(3) or [have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using an inactivated vaccine;]
(3) or [have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease using a live vaccine at the latest 60 days before the date the eggs were collected;]
(8) [II.3.2 the following additional guarantees, laid down by the Member State of destination in accordance with Articles 13 and/or 14 of Directive 90/539/EEC, are provided:
(7) [II.3.3 if the Member State of destination is Finland or Sweden, the hatching eggs come from flocks which have tested negative in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Decision 2003/644/EC.]
II.4. Additional health requirements
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
(8) [II.4.1 although the use of vaccines against Newcastle disease which do not fulfil the specific requirements of Annex VI (II) to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is not prohibited in:
(2) (3) either [the territory of code …;]
(3) (4) or [compartment(s) …;]
the poultry from which the hatching eggs are derived:
(a) has not been vaccinated for at least the previous 12 months with such vaccines;
(b) comes from a flock or flocks that underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory not earlier than 14 days preceding consignment on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60 birds in each flock concerned and in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 have been found;
(c) has not been in contact during the last 60 days before consignment with poultry that does not fulfil the conditions in (a) and (b);
(d) has been kept in isolation under official surveillance on the establishment of origin in the 14-day period mentioned in (b).]
II.5. Animal transport attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, further certify that:
II.5.1 the hatching eggs are transported in perfectly clean disposable boxes used for the first time and which:
(a) contain only hatching eggs of the same species, category and type coming from the same establishment;
the name of the country, territory, zone or compartment of consignment,
the species of poultry concerned,
the number of eggs,
the category and type of production for which they are intended,
the name, address and approval number of the production establishment,
the approval number of the establishment of origin,
the Member State of destination;
(c) are closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority to avoid any possibility of substitution of the contents;
II.5.2 the containers and vehicles in which the boxes mentioned above have been transported have been cleansed and disinfected before loading in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority
Notes
Part I:
Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of the breeding establishment.
Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
Box I.28 (Category): select one of the following: Pure line/grandparents/parents/laying pullets/eggs of turkeys for consumption/others; (Identification system & Identification number): introduce the egg mark.
Part II:
(1) For hatching eggs of poultry as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 with the exception of ratites.
(2) Code of the territory as it appears in column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(3) Keep as appropriate.
(4) Insert the name of compartment(s).
(5) Apply to the poultry which belongs to the species Gallus gallus.
(6) If any of the results were positive for the following serotypes during the life of the parent flock, indicate as positive: Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Virchow and Salmonella Hadar.
(7) To delete if consignment is not intended for Finland and Sweden.
(8) Keep if appropriate.
(9) At the time of consignment the eggs must be individually marked in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77, including the approval number of the breeding establishment, in indelible black ink; such markings must be in legible writing and in at least one Community language.
(10) This option only applies for Canada.
This certificate is valid for 10 days.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Qualification and title:
Date:
Signature:
Stamp:’
(c)
The model veterinary certificate for egg products (EP) is replaced by the following:
‘
Model veterinary certificate for egg products (EP)
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that the egg products described in this certificate were produced from eggs coming from an establishment which at the date of issue of the certificate is free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 and
either
(1) II.1.1 [within a 10km radius of which, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease for at least the previous 30 days.]
or
(1) II.1.1 [the egg products were processed:
(1) either [liquid egg white was treated:
(1) either [with 55,6 °C for 870 seconds.]
(1) or [with 56,7 °C for 232 seconds.]
(1) or [10 % salted yolk was treated with 62,2 °C for 138 seconds.]
(1) or [dried egg white was treated:
(1) either [with 67 °C for 20 hours.]
(1) or [with 54.4 °C for 513 hours.]
II.2. Public health attestation
I, the undersigned, official veterinarian/official inspector declare that I am aware of the relevant provisions of Regulations (EC) Nos 178/2002, 852/2004 and 853/2004 and hereby certify that the egg products described in this certificate have been obtained in accordance with those requirements, and in particular that:
II.2.1 they come from (an) establishments(s) implementing a programme based on the HACCP principles in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;
II.2.2 they have been produced from raw material which meets the requirements of Section X, Chapter II (II) of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
II.2.3 they have been manufactured in compliance with the hygiene requirements laid down in Section X, Chapter II (III) of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
II.2.4 they satisfy the analytical specifications in Section X, Chapter II (IV) of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and the relevant criteria in Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs;
II.2.5 they have been marked with an identification mark in accordance with Section I of Annex II and Section X, Chapter II (V) of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
II.2.6 the guarantees covering live animals and products thereof provided by the residue plans submitted in accordance with Directive 96/23/EC, and in particular Article 29 thereof, are fulfilled.
Notes
Part I:
Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code of column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of establishment of dispatch.
Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
Box I.19: use the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code the World Customs Organisation: 04.08 or 21.06.10
Box I.28: Nature of commodity: specify the egg content percentage.
Part II:
(1) Keep as appropriate.
Official veterinarian
Name (in capital letters):
Qualification and title:
Date:
Signature:
Stamp:’
(2)
In Part I of Annex III, point 4 is replaced by the following:
‘4. Salmonella arizonae
—
Chapter III of Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC; or
—
Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE).’
(3)
Annex XI is replaced by the following:
‘ANNEX XI
(as referred to in Article 18(2))
Model veterinary certificate for transit/storage of specified pathogen-free eggs, meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products
Transit/storage of specified pathogen-free eggs, meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products
II. Health information
II.a. Certificate reference number
II.b.
II.1. Health attestation
I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that specified pathogen-free eggs, the meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products (1) described in this certificate:
II.1.1 come from a third country, territory, zone or compartment appearing in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, and
(2) II.1.2 complies (comply) with the relevant animal health conditions laid down in the animal health attestation in the model certificates in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
Notes
Part I:
Box I.8: provide the code for the zone or the compartment of origin, if necessary, as defined under code of column 2 of Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
Box I.11: Name, address and approval number of the establishment of dispatch.
Box I.15: Indicate the registration number(s) of railway wagons and lorries, the names of ships and, if known, the flight numbers of aircraft. In the case of transport in containers or boxes, the total number of these and their registration and where there is a serial number of the seal it has to be indicated in box I.23.
Box I.19: use the appropriate Harmonised System (HS) code of the World Customs Organisation: 02.07; 02.08.90; 04.07; 04.08 or 21.06.10
Part II
(1) Specified pathogen-free eggs, meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products as laid down in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(2) In the case of specified pathogen-free eggs [SPF], meat of poultry [POU], meat of ratites [RAT], wild game-bird meat [WGM], minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry [POU-MI/MSM], minced meat and mechanically separated meat of ratites [RAT-MI/MSM], wild game-bird minced meat and mechanically separated meat [WGM-MI/MSM], eggs [E] or egg products [EP].
